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A license to kill Americans: no judge, no jury
Bill PressHave you heard? George W. Bush and Dick Cheney are up to their old tricks. It wasn't so long ago that they cited congressional authorization for the war on terror, passed by Congress one week after September 11, 2001, to justify their use of rendition,...Tags: Laws, Justice System, Barack Obama, U.S. Department of Justice, Bill Press
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Al Gore, still energized
Al Gore hails from Tennessee, but when he comes to California next week, he'll be coming back to his spiritual home. In 2000, Californians gave him a double-digit lead — 1.3 million votes — over George W. Bush for president. His documentary,...
Tags: Barack Obama, Television, Energy Saving, Politics, Al Gore
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Ronald Reagan's lead on immigration
Bill PressYes, good things still happen in this country. They just don't happen overnight. That lesson was brought home to me again on Current TV this week when I interviewed Eleanor Smeal, president of the Feminist Majority Foundation, about Defense Secretary...Tags: Michael F. Bennet, Elections, Migration, Barack Obama, Dick Durbin
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Al Gore's sale to Big Oil not a blow to climate crusade
Former Vice President Al Gore is used to taking pot shots from the right, and he's getting peppered with them lately following his decision to sell his unpopular Current TV network to Al Jazeera, the Middle Eastern news channel still vilified by many...
Tags: Entertainment, Global Change, Qatar, Television, Jon Stewart
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Charlie Sheen to Lance Armstrong: 'Go get a paper route, dude.'
In the off chance you were lying awake at night wondering what America's greatest moral philosopher Charlie Sheen thinks about Lance Armstrong, your wait is over: He’s “kind of a douche,” the “Anger Management” star told...
Tags: Lance Armstrong, Charlie Sheen, Sports, Jay Leno, Cycling
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'How I Met Your Mother' officially renewed for 9th (and final) season
Mother's Day has come early at CBS: Its veteran comedy "How I Met Your Mother" will indeed return next season -- and it will be the final one for the series. The entire gang is set to return for the show's swan song. And patient viewers of the...
Tags: Seinfeld (tv program), Entertainment, CBS Corp., Television, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.
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MGM gets some new money. Katie Couric back for second season.
After the coffee. Before remembering to record the "30 Rock" finale. The Skinny: I know I'm in the minority but I want the new BlackBerry. Yes, while everyone else lines up for iPhones, I cling to my BlackBerry because I need the keypad! Today's...
Tags: Two and a Half Men (tv program), 30 Rock (tv program), Time Inc., Television, House of Cards (tv program)
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David Letterman grills Al Gore about selling Current to Al Jazeera
Al Gore has taken a lot of heat since finalizing a deal to sell his struggling cable network Current TV to Al Jazeera, the Qatari news service. Predictably, the backlash started on the right, with numerous outcries from the pundits at Fox News,...
Tags: Global Change, David Letterman, Al Gore, Matt Lauer, Satellite and Cable Service
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CNN starts overhaul. 'Entourage' movie finally happening?
After the coffee. Before the thunderstorms hit D.C. The Skinny: Yes, I'm in Washington now. I'm out of the New Orleans hotel with no window and in a basement on a couch. Isn't the life of the entertainment journalist glamorous? FX's latest drama "The...
Tags: Television, House of Cards (tv program), Epic (movie), News Agency, James Carville
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"Queer Eye" forced Carson Kressley to come out to his parents
TV WatchersGrowing up in the Lehigh Valley, it was "kind of touchy" to talk about being gay, Carson Kressely. On Joy Behar's "Say Anything" on Current TV last week, Kressley who grew up in Claussville said he didn't come out to...... -
Liberals true defenders of freedom
Bill PressMost inaugural addresses are not memorable. Second inaugural speeches are even less so. But President Obama's second inaugural address is an exception. Only 18 minutes long, it will go down in history as one of the most powerful inaugural addresses ever....Tags: Barack Obama, Global Change, Government Health Care, Bill Press, Weather
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News Corp. may convert Fox Soccer into entertainment network
News Corp. is considering revamping its Fox Soccer cable channel into a general entertainment network, according to people briefed on the matter. The plans are in a preliminary stage and are not definite, these people said. With News Corp. planning to...
Tags: Entertainment, Soccer, Fox Broadcasting Company, Television, Sports
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