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NEWS ABOUT: videotape

videotape stories: 17 news summaries

 White House: 
 Beating Vid 
 'Chilling' 

Obama prepares to pitch Chitown Olympics as city reels from murder

Oct 1, 09 4:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - As Barack Obama prepares to make a pitch to hold the Olympics in his hometown, the White House is decrying a "chilling" videotaped beating death of a teenager in the same city. It's one of the most shocking things "you can ever see," White House spokesman Robert... More »

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high school • Chicago • crime • White House • murder • gang violence • videotape • beatings • teenager • videotaped beating • Derrion Albert

(Newser) - Video of a member of the UAE’s royal family brutally torturing an Afghan salesman threatens to sink a nuclear trade deal between the UAE and the US, the Times of London reports. Sheikh Issa bin Zayed al-Nahyan, a brother of the UAE president, is shown beating the trader... More »

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torture • nuclear power • Abu Dhabi • United Arab Emirates • videotape • videotaped beating • UAE • Obama administration • trade deal

(Newser) - Two Santa Ana College football stars and a friend have been busted for videotaping their gang rape of an unconscious teen, according to Orange County cops. The 18-year-old victim, who was dating a friend of the men, was called to a hotel where the group was partying. The men took... More »

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NCAA football • football • rape • videotape • sexual assault • felony assault

 Court: Naked 
 Have Right 
 Not to Be Taped 

Man argued that nude lover had no right to privacy from hidden camera

Dec 31, 08 7:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Shucking off your clothes in front of somebody doesn't strip you of your privacy rights, a Wisconsin court ruled yesterday. The court ruled against a man who claimed that because his then-girlfriend was often nude in front of him, it was legal for him to secretly videotape her with a... More »

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Wisconsin • nudity • privacy • videotape • videotaping • nude photo

 Be Kind, 
 Rewind, 
 One Last Time 

The era of VHS is officially over

Dec 22, 08 9:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Remember those black plastic bricks you used to pop into your entertainment system to watch movies? The nostalgic might want to snap a few digital photos, because tapes won't be with us for much longer now that the last VHS supplier has made his final shipment. The LA Times rewinds... More »

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DVD • videotape • entertainment industry • Blu-Ray • obsolete technology • nostalgia • VHS • VCR

 Israeli Soldier Shoots
 Prisoner on Tape 

Blindfolded Palestinian demonstrator hit with rubber bullet

Jul 21, 08 9:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Israeli soldier was arrested today after a human rights group released a tape showing him shooting a handcuffed and blindfolded Palestinian protester with a rubber bullet, YNetNews reports. The Israeli Defense Force questioned the man shortly after the incident, which was reported by an officer at the scene, but... More »

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Israel • West Bank • protests • Israel and Palestinians • Palestinians • videotape • human rights activists • Israeli Army

NEW RELEASE

Rewind Spins Out of Control

Jack Black comedy too experimental for its own good, critics say

Feb 22, 08 8:13 AM CST
(Newser) - The Jack Black comedy Be Kind Rewind isn't predictable, but at times it's not coherent either, critics say. The film—about a guy who inadvertently erases a video store's VHS inventory, then, using a camcorder, re-creates popular movies for the store to rent—"never stops experimenting, even when the... More »

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comedy • movie review • videotape • movie rentals • viral video • Jack Black • guy movies • Be Kind Rewind • movies

New Claims of Taped CIA Torture

Lawyers to present evidence to Senate panel

Feb 7, 08 4:38 AM CST
(Newser) - Evidence that another CIA detainee was videotaped allegedly being tortured by interrogators is expected to be presented to the Senate Intelligence Committee tomorrow, reports Time magazine. A former suburban Baltimore high school student underwent unspecified "systematic torture" that may have involved waterboarding in a secret CIA prison in 2003,... More »

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torture • Majid Khan • secret prisons • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • black sites • videotape • waterboarding • Abu Zubaydah • harsh interrogation • hunger strike

Bin Laden Targets Pakistan in New Tape

Upcoming message will declare war on 'the tyrant Perez Musharraf'

Sep 20, 07 9:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Osama bin Laden is about to declare jihad against Pakistani President Perez Musharraf in a new tape, militant websites vowed yesterday, posting advertisements that usually presage a new recording by one to three days, according to the AP. At the same time, al-Qaida released a video on the same theme... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • jihad • Ayman al Zawahiri • Osama bin Laden • videotape • al-Qaeda

Pats Coach Agrees to Turn Over Videos

Belichick cedes to NFL demands after fine for using sideline camera

Sep 18, 07 4:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - New England head coach Bill Belichick said yesterday that he would "of course" hand over any video recordings or notes pertaining to opposing teams' sideline action. The Patriots and Belichick have been fined for violating the NFL's ban on using cameras on the sidelines, and would face additional penalties... More »

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NFL • Roger Goodell • New England Patriots • New York Jets • videotape • Bill Belichick

Pats Whacked With  $750K  Fine

Team and coach fined; New England also forfeits a top draft pick

Sep 14, 07 4:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Steely-eyed NFL commissioner Roger Goodell bolstered his reputation as a stern disciplinarian by levying heavy penalties against New England for using a videocamera to spy on Jets coaches as they signaled to their team during last week's game. New England was fined $250,000 and will lose at least one... More »

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NFL • Roger Goodell • New England Patriots • videotape • Bill Belichick

Anguished Pats Nation: Say It Ain't So, Bill

Coach apologizes as cameragate spying taints top team

Sep 13, 07 3:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - After a Patriots employee was caught videotaping the Jets coaches signaling during Sunday's blowout in the Meadowlands, commissioner Roger Goodell is weighing the punishment for football's most stacked team. Patriots Coach Bill Belichick said he was sorry about the incident. "I want to apologize to everyone who has been... More »

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NFL • Roger Goodell • New England Patriots • football • New York Jets • videotape • Bill Belichick • Mike Golic • scandal

Second Bin Laden Tape Surfaces

Hijacker reads will in front of blazing Trade Center on terror anniversary

Sep 11, 07 4:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new videotape today from Osama Bin Laden on the sixth anniversary of the 9/11 terror attack features one of the hijackers reading his will over an image of the burning World Trade Center, AP reports. The videotape hasn't been posted on web sites, but frames have been released by... More »

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September 11 • video • Osama bin Laden • Walid al Shehri • videotape • hijacker

Osama Tape 'Sophomoric' and Bizarre

'I expect more from a terrorist mastermind,' says National Review

Sep 9, 07 5:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Osama’s latest tape is “a great disappointment,” as sophomoric as it is bizarre, says James Robbins in the National Review. The terrorist’s invitation for Americans to convert to Islam – which would force “warmongering corporations” to spend energy converting people back – is as odd... More »

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Islam • terrorism • Democrats • Republican • Marxism • terrorist • Osama bin Laden • Koran • Bible • Torah • videotape • al-Qaeda

Osama's New Tape Combed for Meaning

Experts say bin Laden alive, plotting, and struggling for relevance

Sep 8, 07 1:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Osama bin Laden’s latest tape, designed to coincide with the anniversary of 9/11, is being mined for clues as to al Qaeda's robustness. Noting bin Laden’s unnaturally black beard, Newsweek says the leader may have dyed his own to demonstrate vigor, or donned a fake beard, after shaving... More »

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terrorism • counterterrorism • Osama bin Laden • videotape • al-Qaeda • Iraq war

Osama Urges US to Convert

Officials says al-Qaeda leader's latest message appears to be authentic

Sep 7, 07 4:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - The first video of Osama Bin Laden in 3 years appears authentic, and he issues "no overt threat" but does call the US unjust, chides Americans for re-electing George Bush, and says the war in Iraq can only end with American defeat—or Americans converting to Islam, which he... More »

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War on Terror • homeland security • September 11 • terrorist • Osama bin Laden • videotape • al-Qaeda • Iraq war

Osama May Release Tape on 9/11

Signs point to new message from terror leader, group says

Sep 6, 07 7:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Osama bin Laden, architect of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, will release a video to commemorate their sixth anniversary, says a Washington-based terrorist watchdog group. The video, the al-Qaeda leader's first in nearly three years, is circulating on radical Islamic websites and addresses the American public, Bloomberg reports. More »

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Taliban • September 11 • terrorist • Osama bin Laden • videotape • al-Qaeda

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