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Katie Couric teams with rival anchors to 'Stand Up to Cancer'
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterNEW YORK -- Katie Couric marks her second anniversary at "CBS Evening News" today, but tonight the anchor will be focused on raising money for cancer research. Couric will be joined by her rival network anchors, ABC's Charles Gibson and NBC's Brian...Tags: Katie Couric, Diseases, Death and Dying, Therapies, Health Treatments
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Out Of The Shadows
By ROGER CATLIN | Courant TV CriticPerhaps because of their association with darkness and shadow, the essence of movie drama, vampires have been part of film culture since "Nosferatu." Defined by Bela Lugosi and stylized by everyone from Anne Rice to Andy Warhol, the vampire has become...Tags: Bela Lugosi, Rivers, Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Gays and Lesbians
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Friday's Highlights
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Rescued: "DogTown" (6 p.m. National Geographic) reveals what happened to Michael Vick's dogs after the Atlanta Falcons quarterback went to prison for running a dog-fighting ring.
Back to school: "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?" returns at 8 p....Tags: Baseball, Elizabeth Edwards, Football, U.S. Open Tennis, Kirsten Dunst
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Employers Seeking More Telecommuting Options, AT & T Says
Courant Staff WriterWith job growth lagging in Connecticut, telecommunications companies are under pressure to develop new technologies that increase worker productivity and cut real estate and energy costs through telecommuting, industry officials said at an economic...Tags: Connecticut, Energy, Satellite and Cable Service, Market and Exchange, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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Friday's TV highlights
++++++++++++++++++++ || TIME || EVENT || ON THE AIR || || AUTO RACING || || 5 a.m. || Formula One Belgian Grand Prix practice || TV: Speed || || 7 a.m. || NASCAR Nationwide practice || TV: ESPN2 || || 8 a.m. || NASCAR Sprint Cup Happy Hour || TV:...Tags: Baseball, National Basketball Association, Football, Emerson Radio Corporation, Motor Racing
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Comcast to appeal FCC Web traffic ruling
Associated PressWASHINGTON — Comcast Corp. is appealing an FCC ruling that the company is improperly blocking customers' Web traffic, triggering a legal battle that could determine the extent of the government's authority to regulate the Internet. In a precedent-...Tags: Court Administration, Satellite and Cable Service, Justice System, Comcast Corp., Regional Authority
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Everyone loves to hate the media
So I tuned in to the Republican National Convention the other night to size up Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and enjoy the political theater, and you can imagine my surprise to find out she and Sen. John McCain are campaigning against Barack Obama, Joe Biden...Tags: Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Karl Rove, Tina Fey, Alaska
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'Peanuts' animator and voice of Snoopy
Tribune NewspapersLOS ANGELES — Animator, director and producer Jose Cuautemoc "Bill" Melendez, whose television programs and theatrical films featuring Charles Schulz's "Peanuts" characters earned four Emmy Awards, an Oscar nomination and two Peabody Awards, died...Tags: Walt Disney, Public Holidays, Los Angeles, Emmy Awards, Cinema Industry
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Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick resigns
Chicago Tribune correspondentMired in a sex scandal that crippled the governance of Detroit all year, the city's troubled mayor chose Thursday to walk out of office, rather than run the increasing risk of being heaved out. The tawdry drama of Democrat Kwame Kilpatrick, the once-...Tags: Trials, Kwame Kilpatrick, Democratic National Conventions, Elections, Government
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Networks Unite For Cancer Fundraiser
It's not often that the three major networks join together for a simulcast outside of, say, presidential speeches or the last two weeks of convention coverage. But after telethons in recent years to aid victims of 9/11, the Asian tsunami and the...Tags: Miley Cyrus, Football, Howie Mandel, Kirsten Dunst, Conan O'Brien
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Parents! Teen sex hookups hit many snags
Pat McDonough is an educator and psychologist from Westbury.A new school year brings new challenges, the least of which involve reading, writing and arithmetic. The greater choices facing some students today aren't academic, but social and sexual - even in middle school, where tweens meet the hookup culture head...Tags: People, Saturday Night Live, Teen-agers, Schools, Middle Schools
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United against cancer
As much as we talk and write about the power of the Internet, it is easy to forget that nothing focuses the nation's attention on a topic or event like TV - particularly the combined gaze of cameras from the major networks of ABC, NBC and CBS. That's...Tags: America Ferrera, David Letterman, Miranda Richardson, John Malkovich, Forest Whitaker
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