TV Networks sue Dish Network over ad-skipper

Source: Marketplace

David Brancaccio: Satellite TV provider Dish Network has a new digital recorder that automatically cuts through commercials. When we first reported on it, some experts thought it was a lawsuit-waiting-to-happen. Now three broadcasters ...
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Brattleboro through the eyes of a child

Source: Brattleboro Reformer

Friday May 25, 2012 lives and professional ambitions is, however, a fruitless task. - (One hour later) - cry. Hey, I'm hungry! Jess Cavanagh and her 4-month-old son, Landon Doleszny, sit in front of The ...
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Tony Judt: the last public intellectual?

Source: Spiked

This is the conclusion of the late British historian Tony Judt in his interviews with US historian, Timothy Snyder, in Thinking the Twentieth Century. Judt came to prominence for his brilliant 2005 book, Postwar, a panoramic survey of Europe ...
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Fifty Shades of Grey

Source: Redmond Branch Library

When literature student Anastasia Steele goes to interview young entrepreneur Christian Grey, she encounters a man who is beautiful, brilliant, and intimidating. The unworldly, innocent Ana is startled to realize she wants this man a ...
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Police Blotter: Man charged with stealing $5 baseball cap from Dixie Highway store

Source: Palm Beach Post

A customer at the drive-through of a restaurant in the 4200 block of 45th Street attempted to pay for her order with a $100 bill. The store manager checked the bill with a counterfeit detection pen and learned the money was ...
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Review: 'Nobody Loves You,' but the reality is, they do

Source: Los Angeles Times

Reality TV has plenty to recommend it — even beyond Schadenfreude — but likable characters are not its long suit. “Nobody Loves You,” an original musical premiering at the Old Globe in San Diego, is about a fictional televised dating c ...
Full article at: Los Angeles Times  More like this  3 days ago, 3:20pm CDT

Monaco: glamour and grind

Source: ESPN

Monaco's glamorous image hides a logistical nightmare for the teams and media © Press Association "What's your favourite race?" It's a common question, for which the answer is expected to be: "Monaco". Th ...
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100 days to London Paralympics: Tyler Miller, Joey Johnson excited, preparing to play

Source: Vancouver Sun

Five years ago, Tyler Miller was left a paraplegic following a crane accident. "I got some steel dropped on me. I thought my life was over." But he found wheelchair basketball and, at age 27, is headed to his first Paralympic Ga ...
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No singing, Daddy

Source: LehighValleyLive.com

I love music. I sing sometimes. I can’t help myself. My daughter does. She’s 5. Abby gets really annoyed when I sing. It started when I’d spontaneously intone the alphabet song. I wouldn’t make it to F without a terse, “Daddy!” I like to sing the themes ...
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