May history moments span media critique to migration and tragedy
In 1961 FCC chair Newton Minow called television a vast wasteland in a NACB speech. In 1902 Christopher Columbus began his final voyage from Cadiz. In 1960 FDA approved Enovid as the first birth control pill. In 1980 a Liberian freighter crash killed 35 motorists and collapsed a Sunshine Skyway Bridge section in Florida.
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Federal Communications Commission
Newton N. Minow
National Association of Broadcasters
Christopher Columbus
Cadiz
Spain
West
Food and Drug Administration
Sunshine Skyway
Tampa Bay
Florida
Bird Flu film prompts grim warnings and sharp pacing
Review of Bird Flu in America notes a tightly paced two hour thriller mixing global fears and domestic breakdowns. It traces outbreaks from a Chinese factory to Washington with scenes of panic, rationing, and triage on a subway, while exploring government competence and social collapse.
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America
Pan
ABC
China
Washington
FEMA
New York City
Geman
Blaine Fails Breath-Hold Stunt At Lincoln Center Event
World famous stunt artist David Blaine was pulled from an eight foot tank at Lincoln Center after nearly two minutes short of his 8 minute 58 second breath hold world record. Divers freed him from chains as he endured a grueling weeklong underwater endurance challenge televised by ABC. Blaine, 33, exited with 7:08, later thanking supporters as medical teams monitored his condition noting liver stress and other aftereffects.
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New York
David Blaine
Blaine
ABC
Plaza of Lincoln Center For the
Kirk Krack
Gunel
NASA
Outer Space
Guiel
Yale
Keith Richards surgery in Auckland slows Stones tour
Keith Richards underwent a small operation to relieve brain pressure after a fall in Fiji and later talked after surgery at Ascot Hospital in Auckland. The Rolling Stones tour was postponed to June.
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London
Keith Richards
New Zealand
Ascot
Auckland
LD Communications
Keith
Fiji
The
Stones
Barcelona
Spain
Richards
Cooper to report for CBS News as Anderson Cooper joins 60 Minutes
Anderson Cooper will contribute five stories annually to 60 Minutes on CBS, with CNN allowed to rebroadcast the reports. The arrangement fills a part time slot once held by Christiane Amanpour, and Cooper, 38, will split duties between networks.
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New York
Anderson Cooper
60 Minutes
CBS
CNN
Cooper
Christiane Amanpour
Notable celebrity birthday milestones listed
CBS News correspondent Mike Wallace turns 88, Albert Finney reaches 70, Candice Bergen hits 60, Billy Joel becomes 57, John Corbett is 45, Ghostface Killah turns 36, Rosario Dawson marks 27.
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CBS News
Mike Wallace
Albert Finney
Candice Bergen
Billy Joel
John Corbett
Ghostface Killah
Rosario Dawson
Journal-World contact details and departments list
Local news and city county KU Lawrence schools and business desk contact numbers are listed. The page provides email options and a web feedback form along with individual phone lines for departments including arts sports obituaries and photo reprints. It also notes an outside Lawrence toll free number for inquiries.
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Ljworld.com
Liworld.com
Kansas University
Lawrence
Newspaper staff and contact list from Lawrence Journal-World
The notice lists editors and contact emails for the Lawrence Journal-World including Dennis Anderson Bill Snead Mike Shields Ann Gardner Tom Keegan Mindie Paget Jon Niccum and others plus News Partners 6News World Online and circulation advertising and subscription lines. It provides phone numbers and websites for subscriptions redelivery and classifieds.
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Dennis Anderson
Danderson
L Jworld
Bill Snead
Lsnead
Ljworld
Mike Shields
Mshields
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Tom Keegan
Keegan
Jworld
Mindie Paget
Mpaget
Jon Niccum
Mniccum
Mark Fagan
Mingan
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McDonough
Star Hollow
Sonic Youth
Sam Phillips
Mary Lynn Rajskub
Yo la Tengo
Sparks
Joe Pernice
Dave Gruber Allen
Fox
Gibbs
NCIS
Nancy Drew
Mars
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
NBC
Parker Posey
Boston Legal
Murat Gunel
Yale University School of Medicine
Stuart Ramson
Ijworld.com
Sandlers
Los Angeles
Adam Sandler
Big Daddy
Sandler
Jackie
People Magazine
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Cindy Guagenti
Adamsandler.corm
Kidman
Cruise
Nicole Kidman
Tom Cruise
Ladies’ Home Journal
Tom
Isabella
Connor
Katie Couric
Wallace
Jackle, Adam Sandler
Journal-World Contact US
N.H
Cody Howard
Howard
Sunflowerbroadband
World Online
Dave Toplikar
Chris Bell
Cbell
al Bonner
Abonner
Seventh St
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