Oman explores Singapore e-media experience
SINGAPORE — Dr Abdulmunim bin Mansour bin Said al Hasani, Minister of Information, yesterday met with Dr Ibrahim Ya'qoob, Singaporean Minister for Communication and Information. The meeting discussed the media aspects in the two friendly countries …
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Media Lobbyists For Gun Control Go Down In Defeat
If this were a Republican president, they'd be sounding lame-duck alarms on the nightly newscasts. But most media outlets can't do this. They were fully vested in this campaign alongside Obama, and to underscore his weakness is to acknowledge their own.
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TCTC media students win honors
CHAMPION – Students in the multimedia production classes at the Trumbull Career and Technical Center earned first-place honors at the state competition and will be heading to nationals in May. Cassie Waggoner, a junior at TCTC, was the winner in …
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Jennifer Lawrence: New Short Hair at GLAAD Media Awards 2013 …
Jennifer Lawrence: New Short Hair at GLAAD Media Awards 2013!Just Jared
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How did the media do this past week? « Gretawire
media. How did the media do this past week? by Greta Van Susteren Posted in: media. Apr 20 2013 – 6:43 PM ET. comments. < previous post. recent posts. How did the media do this past week? Pic sent by GretaWire blogger (and put YOUR …Gretawire
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Media At Boston Bombing Manhunt Had Ringside Seat, But No View
BOSTON — The series of shootings, explosions, and ensuing security clampdown and eventual street parties here will always be talked about by those who lived through the tumult on Thursday and Friday. For two HuffPost reporters, it was a …The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
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Adam Carolla: Why Did Boston Bombing Get More Media Attention …
Comedian and frequent O'Reilly Factor guest Adam Carolla was one of the few media voices this week to stand up and say that the Boston Marathon bombings were getting too much attention from the press. On his popular podcast Friday, …Mediaite
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Cops may have played the media – Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion
The NY Post and other media outlets are being raked over the coals for releasing a photo of alleged suspects which turned out to be wrong, as I discussed. It turns out the cops may have been playing the media deliberately to give the real …Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion
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Moroccan, Indian have lives Ruined by old, new Media, falsely …
Moroccan, Indian have lives Ruined by old, new Media, falsely Accused of Boston Bombing. Posted on 04/20/2013 by Juan Cole. US judges' famous reluctance to apply libel laws because of the First Amendment may need to be revisited.Informed Comment
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Contextualizing Media Claims in Boston — Registan.net
Now that Dzhohar Tsarnaev has been captured, the long process of unraveling the mystery of the Boston Marathon bombing begins. Investigators, the press, and ordinary citizens will ask: Who were these young men? Why did they do what …Registan.net
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Media Becomes Part of Story in Boston Manhunt – NYTimes.com
Reporters found themselves in a complex relationship with the authorities, being thanked and chastised at the same time.
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A Coding Standard to Track Media Assets Is Proposed – NYTimes.com
An industry group says a new system for monitoring where, when and how digital videos are watched would be a boon to media companies and marketers.
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The Media Doesn't Own The Story Anymore – BuzzFeed
With a 17-year-old implicated for the Boston bombings and then exonerated by the internet in mere hours, it's time for the press t…
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'Perks of Being a Wallflower,' 'New Normal,' Bill Clinton honored at GLAAD …
GLAAD Media Awards went to The Perks of Being a Wallflower and The New Normal on Saturday night for their thoughtful depictions of gay characters, while former President Bill Clinton received the inaugural Advocate for Change Award for his work …
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Syrian troops, rebels fight near Lebanese border; opposition demands foreign …
BEIRUT — Syrian troops backed by pro-government gunmen captured at least one village in heavy fighting Sunday in a strategic area near the Lebanese border, activists and state media reported. The clashes came as U.S. officials said the Obama …
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Media Flips 'Confirmed' Boston Suspect From Sunil Tripathi To …
It seems the media cannot stick with a suspect, pinning the Russian native and follower of Islam as the new 'confirmed suspect' hours after claiming that Boston …
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Koch Brothers Set Their Sights On Controlling The Media – Huffington Post
In any coup, one of the first targets is the media so the coup controls the news. They're also buying politicians and those they can't buy they're growing the Tea Party to take them on. And the reasons: reduce government (oversight), reduce regulation …
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Draft media law needs amendments – Kuwait top MP
KUWAIT, April 21 (KUNA) — Parliament speaker Ali Al-Rashed said the draft media law did not reach the house officially, and it would be thoroughly discussed once arrived. “After I looked at it (draft media law) in newspapers, I think it needs some …
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Media Monkey's Diary: Danny Finkelstein, the BBC and John Sweeney
All the way back to 1989, when Torin Douglas emerged from the primordial journalistic soup and began his marathon stint of nearly 24 years as a BBC media correspondent. He recalled last week, after it was announced he would be taking voluntary …
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13th general election media centre to open Thursday
KUALA LUMPUR: The media centre for the 13th general election will be opened here on Thursday to assist media practitioners in covering the polls. Located on the ground floor of Block A of the Sultan Abdul Samad Complex, it is provided by the …
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Forbes Media's Lewis DVorkin: 'I'm not a geek, I just like doing new things'
Forbes Media's Lewis DVorkin may seem an unlikely potential saviour for the newspaper industry. Yet after years working as a writer and editor at some of America's best-known publications, he is now as close as anyone to finding a new sustainable …
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Social media child exploitation charges
Queensland detectives from Task Force Argos have arrested two men in their ongoing efforts to identify those who target young children online and use the internet and social media to commit child exploitation offences. Police say that afteer …
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Clamp on media 'hate campaign'
TOUGH action could be taken against international media waging a “hate campaign” against Bahrain, warned a top minister. Minister of State for Information Affairs Sameera Rajab said several news organisations would be dealt with seriously for …
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Reese Witherspoon arrested for disorderly conduct: US media
LOS ANGELES: Oscar winner Reese Witherspoon was arrested for disorderly conduct in the US state of Georgia after authorities detained her husband for drunk-driving, US media reported Sunday. While cops questioned her husband Jim Toth after seeing …
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US media views Musharraf's arrest as sign of political shift – The Nation
NEW YORK – Despite their saturation coverage of the Boston Marathon episode, American print and electronic media found space to carry reports about former President Pervez Musharraf's legal troubles in Pakistan. Most newspapers and channels have …
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UBC Media sees Fiscal year operational losses in line with market view
UBC Media Group plc (UBC.L) announced that the company expects turnover from continuing operations for the year to 31 March 2013 to be approximately 17% up on the company's prior year revenues at 3.8 million pounds. The company expects …
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Media Coverage Of The Boston Marathon Attack – Business Insider
Hilary Sargent of Chartgirl.com kindly gives us her permission to run this epic chart of the media's coverage of Boston Marathon Explosion. You'll likely want to click on the chart to get taken to a super-large version for easy reading.Business Insider
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Koch Brothers Make Play for Media Empire | TheBlaze.com
While many conservatives bemoan the influence of billionaire investor George Soros over American politics through his prolific investments in nonprofits and media, progressives have long held a bogeyman of their own to attack: Charles and …TheBlaze.com – Stories
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Jennifer Lawrence Honors President Clinton At The 2013 GLAAD …
Check out the winners from last night's 2013 GLAAD Media Awards HERE!PerezHilton
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Media Monkey's Diary: Danny Finkelstein, the BBC and John …
Read Media Monkey's diary from the Monday pages.Blogposts | guardian.co.uk
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USA TODAY Sports Launches "For The Win" — The First-Ever Sports Media …
MCLEAN, Va., April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — USA TODAY Sports today launched For The Win (ftw.usatoday.com), the first mainstream sports media property focused exclusively on “social news,” with a steady stream of stories that fans are, or will be …
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Goa BJP warns media against biased reports on entry tax
Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Subhash Faldessai told reporters here that the media should support Goa's interest in combating pressures from vegetable traders and the transport operators who are opposing the imposition of Rs.1,000 toll tax per …
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Iran to meet UN nuclear watchdog in May: Iranian media
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran and the United Nations nuclear watchdog will have further talks over Tehran's disputed nuclear program on May 21 in Vienna, Iranian media said on Monday. There was no immediate confirmation from the International Atomic Energy …
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Marketing and Media Specialist Leslie Andrachuk Joins Digital Journal as …
“We're excited to welcome a seasoned marketing specialist to our growing team,” says Chris Hogg, CEO of Digital Journal Inc. “Leslie has a very unique skill set, having spent time both in media and marketing throughout her career. That hybrid …
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Oh No They Didn't! – 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards
24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards. Charlize Theron Elle Fanning Kelly Rowland Teri Polo and Shauna Saum Alex Pettyfer Tobey Maguire Naya Rivera Chris Evans Kyle Richards Maria Menounos Avan Jorgia Kat Graham Wilson Cruz …Oh No They Didn't!
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Stars Go Oh So Glam For GLAAD Media Awards | Radar Online
Jennifer Lawrence, Charlize Theron, Elle Fanning, Kelly Rowland, Maria Menounos, Kyle Richards and host Drew Barrymore all got their serious glamour on for the 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards Saturday night in Los Angeles.Radar Online
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Program Aimed at Reconnecting Couples & Strengthening Marriages, Chooses …
“We are extremely impressed by Insider Media Management's staff of former journalists and experienced PR professionals who have the contacts, inside knowledge of media and marketing, and a proven track record of success,” says Tim Popadic, Director of …
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Bret Easton Ellis's tweets provoke 'ban' from gay media awards
Bret Easton Ellis. Unhappy with Glaad … Bret Easton Ellis. Photograph: Graeme Robertson. Bret Easton Ellis was barred from attending the annual Glaad media awards at the weekend, the perennially controversial novelist and screenwriter has revealed.
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Six Media General TV Stations Earn 15 Regional Murrow Awards
RICHMOND, Va., April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Media General, Inc. (NYSE: MEG), a local broadcast television and digital media company, announced today that six of its television stations have won 15 regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for outstanding …
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The Pressure to Be the TV News Leader Tarnishes a Big Brand
Like a lot of Americans, when I woke up on Friday morning and found out there was a manhunt in the Boston area for the remaining suspect in Monday's bombing at the marathon, I turned on CNN.
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Jennifer Lawrence presents Bill Clinton with GLAAD Media Award
Actress Jennifer Lawrence put the spotlight on former U.S. President Bill Clinton as she handed him a trophy during the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Media Awards on Saturday. The Oscar winner took the stage with movie mogul Harvey …
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Boston 'witchhunt' on social media sites – and a bad week for the old guard
One crucial question is whether the whip-like response of social media and its unlimited appetite for content after an event such as Boston causes the established media to struggle to stay relevant by publishing half-baked snippets and worsening the …
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Putin Spokesman Slams Foreign Media For 'Stereotypes'
The main spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin says many foreign media are biased against Russia and base their reporting on “10-year-old stereotypes.” Spokesman Dmitry Peskov, speaking on the “Russia-24″ television channel on April 21, said …
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Apax in media shake-up for digital push
Apax is merging its media group with other sectorial teams as the buyout fund moves away from investments in traditional media companies and focuses on digital platforms. The British group's 13 media investment professionals are being reallocated to …
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Dan Lyon's media rant highlights HubSpot's new digital dimes on Globe's old …
On the positive side, it means that companies that once had to plow almost a million dollars into untrackable, mass-media campaigns can now invest most of that sum into building new products, improving existing ones, or passing the savings along to the …
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Snakk Media share offer near bottom of valuation range
Snakk Media, the latest brainchild of Hyperfactory co-founder Derek Handley, wants to raise up to $2 million through a share purchase plan near the bottom of an independent adviser report's valuation range. The Auckland-based company will sell shares …
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The Media Are Getting Miranda All Wrong
Following the dramatic resolution of that effort with Tsarnaev's arrest Friday evening, media attention immediately turned to a more metaphorical battleground: the legal rights owed Tsarnaev now that he is in custody. Following his arrest, many assumed …
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Boston bombings: Social media spirals out of control – Los Angeles …
Over the last few days, thousands of people have taken to the Internet to play Sherlock Holmes. Armed with little more than grainy surveillance camera videos, …
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Boston bombings: Social media spirals out of control – baltimoresun …
The Boston Marathon bombing investigation, a watershed moment for social media, spirals out of control as Web sleuths cast suspicion on innocent people, …
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32 Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed – Mashable
It's been another busy week in the digital world. Catch up on the latest digital media resources with our weekly features roundup.
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The Manhunt for Media Screw-Ups | Media – Advertising Age
In the Boston-bombing media circus, which should we hate most? The New York Post? CNN? Reddit?
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Stolen Laptop Owner Outwits Mugger, Police, and the Media …
An anonymous reader writes “What do you get mugged in Central London and the local police are too incompetent to find a mugger even with his address and …
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Ad Age Hires Executive Editor, Media Reporter | News – Advertising …
Advertising Age has hired Matthew Quinn as executive editor to build out its coverage of the business of marketing and media.
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Media 'reckless' on Bachmann campaign dispute – WorldNetDaily
“The way the media is portraying this story is wrong, reckless, and outrageous. The affidavit by a former employee in fact confirms that Congresswoman Bachmann followed all applicable laws and ethical rules and instructed those working for her to do …
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The Five Rips Media For Humanizing Bombers, Beckel Calls For …
The Five hosts tore into some members of the media on Monday for what they considered humanizing the suspects in the Boston bombing case. The Five hosts wondered aloud why so many in the media consider it more acceptable to …Mediaite
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Singaporean Tech Media Platform e27 Expands Offerings With …
Singapore-based e27 is moving beyond its roots as a tech media and events platform with its latest offering Bundles, or product and service packages geared at..TechCrunch
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NY Media Startup Greatist Acquires Columbia Students' App …
It's an acqui-hire that took shape on a basketball court.SAI
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Koch Brothers Moving Into Media? – Real Clear Politics
In an age of declining revenue and readership for newspapers it is interesting that a battle is shaping up between the left- and right-leaning zillionaires for control of the Tribune Media group of eight newspapers including the Chicago Tribune, …RealClearPolitics – Homepage
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iTunes Store update lets you buy media today, download it tomorrow
While we like the convenience of shopping the iTunes Store from any device, that doesn't mean we want the download wherever we happen to be — just ask.Engadget RSS Feed
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Watch: Lawrence flubs Clinton's name at GLAAD Media Awards …
There Jennifer Lawrence goes, being adorable again. The actress had a slip of the tongue while introducing Bill Cliton at Saturday's GLAAD Media Awards, which recognize the media for accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, …The Marquee Blog
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China clamps down on media's use of micro-blogging site | Media …
Editors told they must not post foreign news reports.Media: Greenslade | guardian.co.uk
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Saradha mess: media, ad industry see four-folds jump in Bengal
Group chairman Gautam Kundu told Business Standard that the media business was booming and it was the right avenue to invest. The television channel business would record a net profit of Rs 50 crore this year, claimed Kundu. The chairman said the print …
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Demand Media to Announce First Quarter 2013 Financial Results on May 7, 2013
Demand Media(R) (NYSE: DMD) today announced it will report its first quarter 2013 financial results after market close on May 7, 2013. The Company will also host a conference call to discuss the results at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (2:00 p.m. Pacific Time).
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Famed EPA Whistleblower Hits Media Coverage of 'Criminal' Texas Plant …
In the past five days, millions of words have been written and spoken relating to media mistakes and failures in the aftermath of the Boston marathon bombings. So far relatively little has emerged concerning the even more deadly explosion in West …
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Gosnell trial: Pols aren't media critics
The media-attention deficit disorder has rightly drawn a public flogging from the Media Research Center's Brent Bozell and other conservative leaders who wrote in a collective statement: “If the pro-life movement were involved in this type of insanity …
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Burundi Media Law Too Restrictive, Activists Say – VOA
Last week, Burundi's senate approved a new media bill that would force journalists to disclose sources, and bans the press from reporting on issues deemed too sensitive, including public security, defense and the economy. Media houses that overstep the …
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UFC 159 Jones vs Sonnen Pre-fight Media Call Fireworks (Jones, Sonnen …
http://www.MMAWeekly.com/ — Check out the fireworks display that was the UFC 159: Jones vs. Sonnen pre-fight media call, featuring Jon Jones, Chael Sonnen, Michael Bisping, and Alan Belcher.
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Dan Lyons' media rant highlights HubSpot's new digital dimes on Globe's old …
“I've spent my entire career in the media business, and now I've bailed out. In the end it was a pretty simple decision. I came to the realization that advertising is dying, and therefore any business that depends on advertising to pay the bills is a …
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Bill Clinton Honored At GLAAD Media Awards – Look to the Stars
The GLAAD Media Awards recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community and the issues that affect their lives. The GLAAD Media Awards also fund GLAAD's …
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Social Media Influence Is Much More Than This Forbes List Shows
In an effort to continue delivering online content, Forbes recently published two blogs by contributor Haydn Shaughnessy. His original piece was The Top 20 Women Social Media Influencers. Those results were then incorporated into his follow-up blog …
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Social Media Disclosure Update: Netflix's Abuse of the SEC
About a week later, Netflix filed a Form 8-K stating how it intends to disclose material news and threw into the kitchen sink numerous social media channels including Twitter, Reed Hasting's personal Facebook page, Netflix's Tech Blog, its YouTube …
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Viacom lags media peers as Netflix deal to end
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Viacom Inc. was the worst performing media company stock in an upbeat market Tuesday after Netflix Inc. said it will end its broad deal to license content from Viacom's Nickelodeon, BET and MTV networks at the end of May. Instead …
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Has Speaking to the Media Evolved Since Steve Carlton?
COMMENTARY | Once upon a time – 1973 actually – Steve Carlton of the Philadelphia Phillies decided to stop speaking to the media. Lefty was plodding through one of the worst seasons of his career when the local press got wind of some of the pitcher's …
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South Korean media question Bill Gates' handshake with president
Did Bill Gates disrespect South Korea's president? Korean media is abuzz over the question after the Microsoft founder was photographed Monday holding his hand in his pocket as he exchanged greetings with Park Geun-hye. “Cultural difference, or an act …
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