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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2009
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 Lou Dobbs: 
 I Wasn't 
 Forced Out 

Ex-CNN host says he hasn't talked with Fox

Nov 15, 09 4:47 PM CST
(AP) - Lou Dobbs says he doesn't feel as though he was pushed out of CNN, where he worked for all but 2 years of its existence until last Wednesday. "I don't know if people will believe it, but we had a very amicable parting on the best of terms,"... More »

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immigration • TV networks • CNN • illegal immigration • Lou Dobbs • anchor • host • news anchor • television news

don't ask, don't inhale

 
 Admit It 
 Wolf, You 
 Smoked 
 Pot 

It's no big deal, so stop getting all secretive about it

Nov 10, 09 4:38 PM CST
(Newser) - Wolf Blitzer can stay calm and collected on nearly any subject—except when marijuana comes up. Yesterday, during a discussion of Barney Frank’s brush with pot, the anchor noted that he couldn’t recognize the plant but could recognize the smell, then got flummoxed when asked to elaborate. And... More »

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marijuana • CNN • Wolf Blitzer • anchor


 Fox Anchor 
 Apologizes 
 to Chickens 
 Everywhere 

Ernie Anastos sorry for laying on-air egg

Sep 18, 09 4:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Fox anchor who stirred up a fricassé when he almost suggested a co-worker go pluck a chicken has apologized for his on-air bleep, reports AP. "I misspoke," said veteran New York broadcaster Ernie Anastos. "I apologize for my remarks to anyone who may have been offended.... More »

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television • profanity • obscenity • broadcasting • anchor • chicken • news anchor • Fox TV • Ernie Anastos • weather forecaster

 ABC's John Stossel 
 Jumps Ship for Fox 

20/20 anchor joins fellow transplants Chris Wallace, Brit Hume

Sep 10, 09 2:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - 20/20 anchor John Stossel is leaving ABC for Fox News and the Fox Business Channel, Mediabistro reports. The move is yet another shakeup for ABC—Stossel’s co-anchor Elizabeth Vargas is a frontrunner to replace Diane Sawyer on Good Morning America. Stossel, a frequent guest on Fox, will... More »

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television • Fox Business Network • Fox News • Good Morning America • anchor • ABC News • Diane Sawyer • Chris Wallace • Brit Hume • John Stossel • Elizabeth Vargas • 20/20

 Andy Rooney at Cronkite  
 Funeral: 'I Can't Get Over It'

Memorial service honors legendary TV news anchor

Jul 23, 09 5:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Family and friends of Walter Cronkite remembered the venerable television news anchor today at a memorial at St. Bartholomew’s Church in Manhattan, CBS News reports. Speakers at the service remembered Cronkite’s sense of humor, his love of sailing, and the strong emotions that lay beneath his calm, collected... More »

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World War II • funeral • memorial service • anchor • Walter Cronkite • television news

(Newser) - A judge has reinstated Dan Rather's $70 million lawsuit against CBS and granted the former anchor access to thousands of pages of documents pertaining to his ouster following a network story he ran critical of former President George's Bush performance in the Texas Air National Guard. Rather's attorneys believe the... More »

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military • CBS • Dan Rather • pilot • anchor • George W. Bush • ROTC

(Newser) - The fishing boat that capsized earlier this month leaving three football players presumed dead was improperly anchored, the AP reports. After interviewing the lone survivor, a Florida agency has determined that when the passengers attempted to free the anchor by gunning the boat’s motor, the craft was swamped and... More »

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Florida • NFL • Gulf of Mexico • Arab Israeli conflict • anchor • fishing boat • report • Corey Smith • Marquis Cooper • Nick Schuyler • William Bleakley • capsize • state agency

 Lopez Lands Extra Anchor Slot

Will be solo emcee of the entertainment show

Jul 29, 08 11:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mario Lopez will become the solo anchor for Extra when the entertainment news show’s 15th season kicks off in September, Variety reports. The former weekend co-host, best known for his stints on Dancing With the Stars and the teen sitcom Saved By the Bell, replaces Dayna Devon and Mark... More »

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reality TV • celebrity • gossip • entertainment industry • anchor • news anchor • Mario Lopez • Extra

 Hume to Leave Fox Anchor Role 

But he plans to stay on part-time as a senior political analyst

Jul 15, 08 9:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fox News' Brit Hume plans to step down from his role as anchor of the daily Special Report and as Washington managing editor at the end of the year, the Washington Post reports. Hume is near a deal to stay on Fox part-time as a senior political analyst, sources say,... More »

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retirement • Fox News • Roger Ailes • anchor • punditry • Brit Hume

2 Internet Cables Repaired

Med and Persian Gulf damage repaired, says operator

Feb 12, 08 7:48 AM CST
(Newser) - Repairs are complete on two undersea Internet cables in the Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf that were cut last month, reports the AP. UK-based Fiber-optic Link Around the Glob (FLAG) said the Persian Gulf cable was cut by an abandoned anchor, but the other cable cut remained unexplained. The damage... More »

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undersea Internet cables • anchor • earthquake

Anchor Cut Persian Gulf Internet Cable

Source unknown; severance raises questions of sabotage

Feb 8, 08 5:41 PM CST
(Newser) - The severed Internet cable in the Persian Gulf was the work of a 5.5-ton ship’s anchor, the AP reports. A crew from the FLAG telecommunications company, which owns the cable, found the anchor near Dubai and hauled it up; how the cut occurred is still unexplained. The incident... More »

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Persian Gulf • Internet security • undersea Internet cables • FLAG telecom • anchor

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