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Nightline's Foxconn report offers revealing look at factory

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:29:45 +0000

Mike Daisey discusses his thoughts on Nightline's Foxconn visit and Apple's labor practices.

Mich. man who lost son serving in Iraq was protesting order to lower NJ flags. Video appears to show dinner guest glancing at Princess Mary's cleavage. Bill Weir goes to China to see how iPads and iPhones get made. Homeowners' association in Florida

ABC News also highlighted a Jennifer Hudson interview from 2008 with “Nightline.” Oscar-winner Hudson sang “I Will Always Love You” at Sunday's Grammys to honor Houston, who died at age 48 on Saturday. “Whitney Houston was probably the ultimate artist

ABC will get the first look ever inside Apple's Foxconn factories in China tonight on Nightline.

ABC New's Nightline will air what they're calling an "unprecedented" look inside Foxconn's Chinese factories that manufacture several Apple products. The.

Lewis Black on Whitney Houston: Did the media overdo it?

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:29:44 +0000

by T. Ballard Lesemann If you get comedian Lewis Black started on the current presidential race or the state of cable news, be prepared: He'll grumble in his growly tone for more than a few minutes. As the happiest curmudgeon on the national comedy

Lewis Black isn't happy. This fact is evident anytime he opens his mouth. Black, known for his angry rants, while simulating a mental breakdown, has a segment on Comedy Central's The Daily Show, where he examines various aspects of our

By Linda Sickler When he's not onstage making people laugh, Black does fundraisers for a wide range of causes. And he insists he's not a mean-spirited humbug — he's just a really pissed-off optimist. “The American people are a lot smarter than we give

Urging members to vote Yes on merger are the high-wattage visages of several dozen stars, including Alec Baldwin, Lewis Black, Amy Brenneman, George Clooney, Jon Cryer, Robert De Niro, Danny DeVito, Sally Field, Tom Hanks, William H. Macy, RJ Mitte,

American Reporter Marie Colvin's Final Dispatches From Homs

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:28:24 +0000

Click here American war reporter Marie Colvin killed in Syria Originally published: February 22, 2012 6:25 AM Updated: February 22, 2012 3:32 PM By The Associated Press DANICA KIRKA (Associated Press) (AP) — She was instantly recognizable for the eye

Veteran war reporter Marie Colvin was killed yesterday by Syrian forces after being targeted whilst covering the bloody siege of the city of Homs for a British newspaper. Her killing, along with that of French photographer Remi Ochlik, 28,

Video of an interview that journalist Marie Colvin did with CNN's Anderson Cooper just hours before she was tragically killed in Syria.

LONDON (AP) — She was instantly recognizable for the eye patch that hid a shrapnel injury — a testament to Marie Colvin's courage, which took her behind the front lines of the world's deadliest conflicts to write about the

American Reporter Marie Colvin's Final Dispatches From Homs

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:28:23 +0000

By ROBERT MACKEY Britain's Channel 4 News broadcast a telephone interview with Marie Colvin, an American journalist in Homs, Syria, on Tuesday. Hours later, she was reportedly killed. Updated | 4:10 pm As my colleagues Rod Nordland and Alan Cowell

The deaths of the two journalists come less than a week after the new York Times' Anthony Shadid died in the area as well.

Foreign Secretary William Hague, said: "Marie Colvin embodied the highest values of journalism throughout her long and distinguished career as a foreign correspondent” To fellow journalists Marie was a wonderful and warm colleague as well as a brave

By WalesOnline Two Western journalists killed in Syria were today identified as the famous Sunday Times foreign correspondent Marie Colvin and French photojournalist Remi Ochlik. French government spokeswoman Valerie Pecresse confirmed the deaths after

Golf-Woods ekes out win in Match Play opener

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:28:42 +0000

Ranked No. 65 in the world, the former No. 1 got in when Phil Mickelson decided not to play. The Accenture Match Play Championship practice rounds continue Tuesday, and the tournament starts Wednesday.

Fantasy Tip Sheet: There is no consensus on who to pick from our fantasy panel, but Aussie Adam Scott is one of the favorites at the WGC-Match Play.

MARANA, Arizona (Reuters) – Former US Open winner Graeme McDowell once again found himself on the wrong side of the vagaries of golf at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship when he lost to Yang Yong-eun 2&1 on Wednesday.

Tiger Woods clawed back from a poor start to scrape past Spaniard Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano one up in Wednesday's opening round at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. The American former world number one, seeking his first PGA Tour victory in

Justin Rose was on the receiving end of Lawrie's brilliance from tee to green on Wednesday in a fine opening-round match between the pair in the Accenture Match Play Championship. The final margin was one hole but if ever such a narrow advantage could

President Obama sings 'Sweet Home Chicago' with BB King, Buddy Guy

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:28:41 +0000

By NANCY BENAC, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The president just couldn't say no: Mick Jagger held out a mic almost by way of command, and soon Barack Obama was belting out the blues with the best of

Between busting out his falsetto register for a taste of the Al Green 1971 classic "Let's Stay Together" and shouting out the in-attendance Reverend Green, color us impressed. So we asked a few major label A&R executives if

The surprise performance by Obama came at the end of the playlist when the blues ensemble was singing "Sweet Home Chicago," the blues anthem of Obama's home town. Buddy Guy prodded the president, saying he'd heard that the president sang part of an Al

Last night, Mick Jagger passed the mic to President Barack Obama during a White House Blues concert and Mr. Obama belted out "Sweet Home Chicago." And since the President's first singing debut was such a hit, why not?

President Obama may have a second career when he leaves office. Watch and listen to him sing a few bars of "Sweet Home Chicago" here!

President Obama sings 'Sweet Home Chicago' with BB King, Buddy Guy

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:29:45 +0000

President Obama sings with Blues legend BB King at an event called "Red, White and Blues" at the White House. The Fox Nation is for those opposed to intolerance, excessive government control of our lives, and attempts to monopolize opinion or suppress

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama host, “In Performance at the White House: Red, White and Blues” in celebration of blues music in the East Room of the White House, Feb. 21, 2012. (Official White

By Fahima Haque President Obama was egged on to sing a little of 'Sweet Home Chicago' at the White House rock-blues concert Tuesday night. The White House hosted the rock-blues concert in part to honor the blues as part of Black History Month.

At the prompting of musician Mick Jagger, President Barack Obama took center stage at a White House concert on Tuesday night, seizing the mic and crooning with the best of them to the tune “Sweet Home Chicago,” putting

Britain protests over reporter Marie Colvin's death in Syria

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:29:44 +0000

Journalist Marie Colvin headshot Award-winning Sunday Times female journalist Marie Colvin was killed in the Syrian city of Homs yesterday when shells hit the house in the Baba Amr district of Homs in which she was

Marie Colvin, who has been killed by a shell in Syria aged 56, was a fearless but never foolhardy war correspondent who believed passionately in the need to report on conflicts from the frontline. In a career spanning 30 years, she covered wars from

The deaths of the two journalists come less than a week after the new York Times' Anthony Shadid died in the area as well.

No, American Corporations are Not Being Crushed Under the IRS Jackboot

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:29:29 +0000

Religious broadcasters want IRS investigation of Media Matters | Group is 'deeply disturbed' that liberal watchdog took $50000 grant to monitor and attack religious broadcasts.

Ushering in tax season, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released its annual "Dirty Dozen" tax scams for 2012.

The work of Joe West on that case caused him to “invent” a method for obtaining the names of individuals investing offshore who would not otherwise be known to the IRS. The article discusses the case that led Joe West to his

U.S. Senate candidate Jamie Radtke has asked the Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to launch a formal investigation into abusive actions by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) toward

You may recall that more than a year ago, Z Street went to court to try to force the IRS to make a determination on their application for tax exempt status. I am pleased to tell you that this week (more than a year later), a Federal

Danica Patrick brings big buzz to NASCAR, but can she succeed?

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:29:28 +0000

Because race car driver Danica Patrick says she is uncomfortable being described as a sex symbol. “People don't know how to describe women in a pretty way. Do you call Blake Griffin a sex symbol because he was on the cover of Men's Health with his

Danica Patrick NASCAR press conference The 54th running of the Daytona 500 kicks off the 2012 Sprint Cup series and the start of a new season of stock-car racing. Forty-three of the top drivers in the world will compete in

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