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Biography paints Cronkite’s darker side

Thu, 24 May 2012 10:51:58 -0700
To millions of TV news viewers, Walter Cronkite might well have been the most trusted man in America. But, according to a new biography, he committed unethical, biased no-nos that would get him fired these days, writes Newsweek's Howard Kurtz. Kurtz describes the new book, Cronkite, by Douglas Brinkley, as "sweeping and masterful" in its [...]
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Apple: More MBAs, more emphasis on execution

Thu, 24 May 2012 04:51:48 -0700
How the company is changing in the post-Steve Jobs era
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Tim Cook's Apple: More MBAs, more emphasis on execution

Thu, 24 May 2012 04:54:42 -0700
How the company is changing in the post-Steve Jobs era
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'Kim Kardashian Is Emblematic Of the Shallowness of American Culture', Says Her Biography

Tue, 15 May 2012 23:36:53 -0700
IMDB Went Viral...
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Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate likely to make strong showing in Egypt

Thu, 24 May 2012 15:33:02 -0700
CAIRO — In many ways, Mohamed Morsi, a conservative Islamist, has been an accidental candidate in the race to become Egypt’s next president. It was not until his mentor, Khairat el-Shater, was disqualified from the race that Morsi became the choice of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s most powerful Islamist group. Some Egyptians deride him as the “spare tire,’’ a reference to his backup role. He ...
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ALA and Carnegie Corporation of New York announce finalists for first Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction ...

Thu, 17 May 2012 07:00:00 -0700
CHICAGO, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Library Association (ALA), along with Carnegie Corporation of New York, today announced six books as finalists for the 2012 Andrew Carnegie Medals for ...
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Apple bans Steve Jobs biography from Samsung hearing

Wed, 02 May 2012 05:00:22 -0700
If jurors have already read the biography they may be aware of Steve Jobs’ thermonuclear attitude towards Android, which is at the centre of the Apple/Samsung lawsuit.
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Apple CEO Cook's doing a good job, but Jobs 'would have lost his mind over Siri'

Fri, 25 May 2012 04:57:42 -0700
An ex-employee revealed that people at Apple are “embarrassed by Siri”. Siri is Apple’s voice-recognition ‘PA’ feature on iPhones that has come under fire recently in a series of lawsuits that claim Siri doesn’t work as advertised. Related Stories Apple buys more chips than any other company Remains of the Day: Losers, weepers Apple settles patent lawsuit with SimpleAir Apple's Europe head ...
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Apple, Amazon, And The DOJ

Fri, 25 May 2012 04:15:25 -0700
Michael Harper for RedOrbit.com Apple had some tough words for the Department of Justice ( DOJ ) on Thursday as they accused them of siding “with monopoly, rather than competition” when they sued Apple and 6 publishers for allegedly price-fixing their e-books . The DOJ filed a lawsuit in April accusing Apple and the other publishers of trying to retaliate against Amazon.com for offering their ...
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New Biography Reveals Obama’s ‘New York Girlfriend’ Genevieve Is A Composite [Updated]

Wed, 02 May 2012 11:02:18 -0700
As we draw nearer to November, President Barack Obama 's 1995 autobiography Dreams From My Father is facing renewed scrutiny, both regarding the President's culinary adventures as a child in Indonesia and his "New York girlfriend."
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