(AFX UK Focus) 2008-07-03 06:42 Colombian army rescues Ingrid Betancourt, oth bi2770923 BOGOTA (Thomson Financial) - French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt, three US nationals and 11 other hostages were rescued from Marxist FARC rebels Wednesday, freed after years captivity by a daring Colombian military operation

FCC chief Martin: The nation's indecency czar (The Philadelphia Inquirer) bi2770923 They hail as a hero. He Kevin J. Martin, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission and, for proponents of family values, the man who can shield America's living rooms from the coarse and offensive offerings of the cable industry

New TV 'stars' are regular folks (CNN.com) bi2770923 NEW YORK (AP) -- The prime-time "stars" of summer are regular folks willing to humiliate themselves on national

Dish Network drops after AT&T says deal to end (AP via Yahoo! Finance) bi2770923 Dish Network Corp.'s shares dropped Wednesday after the satellite company reported that AT&T Inc. ending an agreement to market programming services, although analysts disagree on whether the partnership truly over

Warren Ferguson, 9th-Circuit judge (San Jose Mercury News) bi2770923 Senior Circuit Court Judge Warren J. Ferguson, who served nearly 42 years on the federal bench and presided over several cases broad implications, has died

Life's a scream for local writers (Baltimore Sun) bi2770923 Edgewood pals pen 'Fear Itself' scripts Growing up three blocks apart, Richard Chizmar and Johnathon Schaech spent teenage days hanging out at a supposed haunted house Harford County, trying to frighten each other and friends scary stories. More than 20 years later, the duo from Edgewood telling horror stories - time on

Toilet-trained chimp goes missing US forest (The New Zealand Herald) bi2770923 A 42-year-old chimpanzee, who eats a knife and fork but also bites humans, at large a southern California forest after escaping from cage

Missing Vermont girl found dead, police say (CNN.com) bi2770923 Investigators have found the body of a 12-year-old Vermont girl missing for a week a case that led to separate sexual assault charges against her uncle and stepfather, state police announced Wednesday

Possible strike stops Detroit production of TV pilot (Crain's Detroit Business) bi2770923 Filming Detroit on the $10 million pilot ?The Saint? has been delayed at least August because of a possible actors strike, the show?s producer said

Body of missing 12-year-old Vermont girl found (AP via Yahoo! News) bi2770923 Instead of gathering at a vigil to offer prayers for the safe return of a missing 12-year-old girl, residents found themselves mourning the news that her body had been found

Amazon has released 500 new "stores" or pages dedicated to - Seattle Post bi2770923 Seattle Post Intelligencer Amazon has released 500 new "stores" or pages dedicated to Seattle Post Intelligencer - 15 hours ago The news follows Amazon's recent decision to show more than 6000 movies and shows free on IMDb.com. (IMDb.com an Amazon subsidiary. Arts, Briefly Free Films on Imdb New York Times Amazon's IMDb Now Showing Free Movies InformationWeek IMDb adds full-length streaming movies Register CBC.ca - Reutersall 144 news articles..

blinkx Launches Web-Based Version of Broadband Television Offering - MarketWatch bi2770923 blinkx Launches Web-Based Version of Broadband Offering MarketWatch - 1 hour ago SAN FRANCISCO, Sep 18, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- blinkx, the world's largest video search engine, today launched an evolution of broadband ..

Television: She zags, she zigs, but she can't dance - Minneapolis Star Tribun bi2770923 : She zags, she zigs, but she can't dance Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN - 5 hours ago said she tries to distinguish herself by isolating herself from others' analyses, a strategy aided by the fact that she doesn't own a set. ..

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