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Inked: Heroes and heavies in social media landscape

The banality of social media can be painful to watch, but when it does something positive, when it steps in to speed along justice in a way that cops and courts cannot, the effect is mind-blowing. The point has been made that without the reach and...

Tags: Media Industry, Wolf Blitzer, Social Media, Crime, Law and Justice, CNN (tv network)

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Theater review: 'The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)'

In the past week I've had two acquaintances tell me that Shakespeare just isn't their thing. "It's so boring," one whispered shamefacedly. "Oh, the language!" another boldly exclaimed. "Who can understand it?" I expect they'll be staying away from the...

Tags: Ocoee, Titus Andronicus (music group), Arts and Culture, One Direction (music group), Rick Scott

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Ex-Bears punter Brad Maynard lists Long Grove mansion

Former Chicago Bears punter Brad Maynard has listed his 14-room, 5,971-square-foot mansion in Long Grove for $1.38 million. Known for having the third-most punts in NFL history, Maynard, 38, was with the Bears from 2001 until the team released him last...

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CNN, Fox News get top grades for anticipating, covering Isaac

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Father Of Bus Bully Apologizes, Says His Family Has Been Through Hell

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Three of the middle-school kids who viciously taunted a 68-year-old bus monitor—and then posted the video on YouTube—sent letters of apology to Karen Klein, as the father of one boy paid Klein a visit at her home Friday to say he was sorry. ...

Tags: Disneyland Park, Trips and Vacations, CNN (tv network), Southwest Airlines Co., Travel

New report shows CNN International as top news channel in Africa

The Baltimore Sun

I know some of my more parochial colleagues can't get past the troubles CNN continues to have in its prime-time American operation. And I am right up there in being dismayed by some of the moves management has made with Eliot Spitzer, Kathleen Parker,...

Tags: Fox News Channel (tv network), Nigeria, Morocco, Cameroon, Media Industry

Hagerstown mother wants FDA to regulate energy drinks

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Wendy Crossland said she's always made it clear to her three kids that energy drinks were off-limits, and most importantly, never allowed in the house. "All I knew was that it had a lot of caffeine, which isn't good for anybody," she said, sitting in her...

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Bullied Bus Monitor Quits After $700,000 Donation

KTLA News

GREECE, NY -- After an out pour of public sympathy -- and now several hundred thousands dollars richer -- a New York bus monitor whose bullying at the hands of students was caught on camera has finally opted to retire. Karen Klein, 68, told the...

Tags: Bullying, Disneyland Park, Human Interest, Family, Crime, Law and Justice

Family: Victim Fought Gunman in Lobby of Sikh Temple

CNN

OAK CREEK, Wisconsin -- Several years ago, Satwant Singh Kaleka put a large American flag in the front of his yard, raising the eyebrows of his children, who thought it might be considered an eyesore. Kaleka pointed out there were no homes nearby with...

Tags: Lobbying, Separation of Church and State, FBI, Injuries and Wounds, Sikh Temple Shooting (2012)

Mike Church: When the Presidency Is a Casualty of the Truth

“In war truth is the first casualty” wrote the Greek “Father of Tragedy” Aeschylus. If only he were around today to witness the tragedy of his “tragedies” coming true with very little by the way of truth.   We are...

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