Shortage of closed captioners hampers captioned TV access
Congress promised more captioned programming starting next January but a shortage of trained captioners blocks access for millions of deaf and hard of hearing viewers. About 350 captioners exist now, with demand doubling, while training efforts and funding seek to expand capacity across colleges and technical institutes.
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Closed Captioning Crisis Prompts Workforce Doubling Plan
A congressional mandate pushes the television industry to double its roughly 350 captioning transcriptionists. The task faces hurdles as training is lengthy and recruitment remains low, with lawmakers explaining the process behind how closed captions are produced.
CBS options McVeigh book for miniseries
CBS will adapt a miniseries from American Terrorist by Buffalo News writers Lou Michel and Dan Herbeck. The book, based on more than 75 hours of interviews with Timothy McVeigh at Terre Haute prison, covers the Oklahoma City bombing death toll of 168. The project will focus on Oklahoma City’s coping rather than McVeigh’s motives.
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Russian jet arrives in China to recover US spy plane
A large Russian Antonov 124 cargo aircraft arrived at Lingshui air base on Hainan island to take home the EP-3E Aries II. The U S Navy aircraft had been grounded since an April 1 midair collision with a Chinese fighter. The AN 124 touched down at 11 17 a m under clear skies as its jet roar echoed.
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Hanssen told wife of spying decades ago says reports
The wife of accused FBI spy Robert Hanssen told investigators that he revealed spying for the Soviets to a Catholic priest around 1980 in Scarsdale New York. She said he later claimed he sent money to Mother Teresa and that he deceived the Russians while continuing to confess to priests through the 1980s and 1990s.
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Robert P. Hanssen
Bonnie Hanssen
Mother Teresa
Moscow
Plato Cacheris
Justice Department
Saleman
U.S
FBI
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