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Turkish official approves 'standing man' protest
Turkish official approves 'standing man' protest
Turkey's deputy prime minister gave a nod of approval to a new form of peaceful resistance that is spreading through Turkey on Wednesday as police were questioning dozens of people rounded up in police raids. Although police dispersed pockets of protesters who set up barricades in two Turkish citie

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Group decries Sri Lanka's proposed media code
Group decries Sri Lanka's proposed media code
Rights groups are criticizing a code of media ethics proposed by Sri Lanka's government, saying Wednesday that the code could have a chilling effect on free speech in the Indian Ocean island nation. New York-based Human Rights Watch said the code is "unnecessary" and infringes on the right to free

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Hard-line Egypt cleric sentenced for burning Bible
Hard-line Egypt cleric sentenced for burning Bible
A hard-line Muslim cleric received an 11-year suspended sentence Sunday for tearing up and burning a Bible, Egypt's official news agency said. Cairo's Nasr City court sentenced Ahmed Abdullah and his son was given a suspended sentence of eight years over the same incident, the Middle East News Agen

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Jodi Arias film: a new case of fatal attraction
Jodi Arias film: a new case of fatal attraction
She doesn't boil a pet bunny. But Jodi Arias displays wicked knife technique in a new Lifetime movie that could have just as well been titled, "Fatal Attraction for Cable News." Premiering Saturday at 8 p.m. EDT, "Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret" is a ripped-from-cable-news saga of a woman scorned

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Graham: Without immigration, GOP to fail in 2016
Graham: Without immigration, GOP to fail in 2016
Republicans are "in a demographic death spiral" and will fail in their effort to win the presidency if the party blocks an immigration overhaul, a leading GOP senator said Sunday. Sen. Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican who helped write a bipartisan immigration bill under debate in the S

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NBA Finals Game 5 viewership down from last year
NBA Finals Game 5 viewership down from last year
The NBA Finals' television viewership for Game 5 was down 13 percent from last year. The San Antonio Spurs' 114-104 victory over Miami on Sunday on ABC was watched by an average of 16.1 million people. That's down from 18.5 million for the Heat-Thunder series in 2012. Miami clinched the title in Ga

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Morris the cat runs for mayor of Mexican city
Morris the cat runs for mayor of Mexican city
This mayoral hopeful in Mexico promises to eat, sleep most of the day and donate his leftover litter to fill potholes. Morris, a black-and-white kitten with orange eyes, is running for mayor of Xalapa in eastern Mexico with the campaign slogan "Tired of Voting for Rats? Vote for a Cat." And he is a

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Assisted by basketball, ABC wins ratings week
Assisted by basketball, ABC wins ratings week
Basketball and talent shows commanded TV viewers' attention last week. Three nights of NBA finals with Miami facing San Antonio were the top programs in prime time. They helped ABC, the network that aired them, to win the week overall, according to the Nielsen Co. Sunday's game was the week's most-

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Stuntwoman sues News Corp. over alleged phone hack
Stuntwoman sues News Corp. over alleged phone hack
A woman who worked as a stunt double for Angelina Jolie sued Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. in Los Angeles on Tuesday, claiming she's a victim of a phone hacking scheme to obtain information about the actress. Eunice Huthart, of Liverpool, England, is the first person to sue the media company in the U

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'Inside Llewyn Davis' Career Paths
'Inside Llewyn Davis' Career Paths
'Inside Llewyn Davis' stars, Justin Timberlake, Carey Mulligan and Oscar Isaac, discuss their paths to success. (June 18)

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AP IMPACT: Snowden's life surrounded by spycraft
AP IMPACT: Snowden's life surrounded by spycraft
In the suburbs edged by woods midway between Baltimore and the nation's capital, residents long joked that the government spy shop next door was so ultra-secretive its initials stood for "No Such Agency." But when Edward Snowden grew up here, the National Security Agency's looming presence was both

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A look at original shows by online video services
A look at original shows by online video services
Netflix's deal to air 300 hours of original television programming from Dreamworks Animation in a multi-year deal is part of a trend in which online streaming video services including Amazon and Hulu are increasingly producing original shows. The new content often stacks up in length and quality to

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Zimmerman Jury Selection Turns to Media Exposure
Zimmerman Jury Selection Turns to Media Exposure
The racial dimension of Trayvon Martin's shooting and what prospective jurors were exposed to in the media became the focus of questioning Monday as jury selection in George Zimmerman's trial entered its second week. (June 17)

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News Summary: Police chief on criminals online
News Summary: Police chief on criminals online
SOCIAL FAUX PAS: If you're up to no good in this pocket of northeast Ohio, you're risking not only jail time or a fine but a swifter repercussion with a much larger audience: You're in for a social media scolding from police Chief David Oliver and some of his small department's 49,000 Facebook fans.

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Grenade hurled at Libyan TV station in Benghazi
Grenade hurled at Libyan TV station in Benghazi
Libya's first independent TV station says a hand grenade was hurled at its building in the eastern city of Benghazi. An employee at the Libya Al-Hurra, Tareq el-Issawi, said on Friday that a colleague was injured in the attack overnight outside the TV's offices. No one has claimed responsibility fo

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Netflix cuts original TV deal with DreamWorks
Netflix cuts original TV deal with DreamWorks
Netflix said Monday that it would offer new TV shows from DreamWorks Animation starting in 2014 in what the company described as its biggest transaction ever for original first-run content. Though financial details were not disclosed, Netflix Inc. said the agreement includes more than 300 hours of

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Envelope mix-up at Daytime Emmy Awards
Envelope mix-up at Daytime Emmy Awards
"Days of Our Lives" scored a rare win for best drama series at the Daytime Emmys in a show marked by an envelope mix-up, expletives and the constant din of audience chatter heard during the cable telecast that stretched beyond its time slot. NBC's "Days" won just its second drama series trophy and

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Media study: more pro views on same-sex marriage
Media study: more pro views on same-sex marriage
Around the time the U.S. Supreme Court was considering the same-sex marriage issue, news reports had more comments from supporters than opponents, a study released Monday concluded. The Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism looked at nearly 500 stories on the topic over a two-m

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Iran state TV: Polling stations open to voters who will decide successor to Ahmadinejad
Iran state TV: Polling stations open to voters who will decide successor to Ahmadinejad
Iran state TV: Polling stations open to voters who will decide successor to Ahmadinejad.

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Davidson, Tom win lead acting Daytime Emmys
Davidson, Tom win lead acting Daytime Emmys
"Days of Our Lives" won drama series honors for just the second time in 40 years at the Daytime Emmys in a rough-hewn ceremony that included more upsets and an envelope mix-up on Sunday night. The NBC soap opera that began in 1965 beat out defending champion "General Hospital" and former three-time

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