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South Africa: Mandela taken to hospital
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former South African President Nelson Mandela is in "serious but stable" condition after being taken to a hospital to be treated for a lung infection, the government said Saturday, prompting an outpouring of concern from admirers...
Tags: Pneumonia, Medical Procedures and Tests, Africa, Nelson Mandela, South Africa
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Contract gives NBC Notre Dame rights through 2025
NBC Sports Group announced a 10-year contract extension to televise Notre Dame football games Thursday, doubling the length of its previous agreement. NBC and Notre Dame said the extension would begin in 2016 and run through the 2025 season. Terms...
Tags: Media Industry, Fox Sports (tv network), Notre Dame Fighting Irish, NBC (tv network)
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Comcast gun commercial ban hits Indiana gun stores
LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — A decision by Comcast Corp. to ban commercials touting firearms and ammunition has left some Indiana gun store owners searching for new ways to advertise their products. Rick Oliver, who owns the Lafayette-area gun store...
Tags: Time Warner Cable Inc., Television Industry, Advertising, Comcast Corporation, NBCUniversal
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Officer charged in girl's slaying faces hearing
DETROIT (AP) — A pre-trial hearing is planned for a Detroit tactical unit officer charged in the shooting death of a 7-year-old girl during a police raid that was being taped by a reality TV show crew. The Wayne County prosecutor's office says the...Tags: Court Preliminary, Trials, Prosecution, Murder
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TV show probes strange events at Indiana home
GARRETT, Ind. (AP) — Rudy and Leah Combs moved in to what they believed to be their dream home on Garrett's north side nearly two years ago. But rattling cabinet doors, voices emanating from heating vents when no one else was home, watching the...
Tags: DeKalb, Movies, Unexplained Phenomena, Land Price, Abusive Behavior
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British police deploy in force after lion sighting
LONDON (AP) — Outside the idyllic English village of St. Osyth, police are hunting a lion. A small army of officers and tranquilizer-toting zoo experts, along with a pair of heat-seeking helicopters, are spending their Monday combing the woods,...Tags: United Kingdom, England, Television Industry, Cornwall
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GLAAD gives CW network high marks for diversity
NEW YORK (AP) — The advocacy group GLAAD has given the CW network high marks among broadcasters for its portrayal of gay and lesbian characters. The group also gave a favorable rating to cable networks Showtime, ABC Family, TNT and HBO. The study...Tags: The CW (tv network), ABC Family (tv network), CBS Corp., Television Industry, ABC (tv network)
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P-word? OK. The V-word? That's trickier
NEW YORK (AP) — Kayt Sukel, an author who writes about neuroscience and sexuality, has given lectures around the country on the issue. And there's one word, she finds, that never fails to get her audiences squeamish. "There's just something about...Tags: Television, Abortion, ABC (tv network), Abortion Issue, Jon Stewart
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'Family Feud' TV host Richard Dawson dies at 79
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Richard Dawson, the wisecracking British entertainer who was among the schemers in the 1960s TV comedy "Hogan's Heroes" and a decade later began kissing thousands of female contestants as host of the game show "Family Feud" has...Tags: Television, United Kingdom, Saturday Night Live (tv program), Ronald Reagan, Game Shows
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Notre Dame hockey: Lorenz giving back to others
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterNotre Dame's Sean Lorenz has plenty of things to keep him busy. The defenseman has been a four-year starter for the Irish hockey team, adding the co-captaincy to his responsibilities this season. And he's a finance major in the Mendoza College of...Tags: Special Olympics, Ice Hockey, Sports, Facebook, Notre Dame Fighting Irish
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Irish hockey drops Game 1 in double OT
(Ann Arbor, Mich.)Michigan forward Chris Brown scored the game-winning goal at 3:11 of the second overtime to give the Wolverines a 2-1 win over Notre Dame on Friday night at Yost Arena.
Brown snapped a shot past Irish goaltender Steven Summerhays who...Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Ice Hockey, Sports, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Michigan Wolverines
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UPDATE: Evangelical Christian group in Lowe's flap has history of protests
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The conservative group that got Lowe's to pull its ads from a reality TV show about American Muslims has been fighting for more than two decades against gay rights, strip clubs and most anything else that offends evangelical...Tags: Television, The Associated Press, Protestantism, Companies and Corporations, Religion and Belief
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