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AP Layoffs Underway: Cutting Payroll by 10% As Planned
AP layoffs are apparently underway. Various sources have confirmed that the Associated Press is cutting staffs today, as the news cooperative said it would do. Gawker reported that at least 80 jobs will be cut. Paul Colford, director of media relations of AP, declined to...Grenade Tossed in Prison Cell Video Released by Corrections Dept.
A grenade tossing video was released by Wisconsin Department of Corrections. A nonlethal stinger grenade was used against Raynard Jackson in a prison cell in March 2005. Jackson sued the department for excessive force and the case was settled in July 2009 for $49,000. ...
Lance Cpl Joshua Bernard AP Photo: Photo of Dying Marine
US marine Lance Corporal Joshua Bernard was wounded in Afghanistan, and died on the operating table. Associated Press photographer Julie Jacobson shot a photo of the dying soldier, and the AP released the image. The Department of Defense immediately protested the publication... 70829 views | 32 recommendations | 146 comments
AP (Associated Press) Charges $2.50 Per Word to Quote Stories
Lately, the Associated Press (AP) has truly been going out of their way to show that traditional journalists really do understand social media.Open-source, cross-linking, going viral? They're down with that. The AP is with it. Fo' shizzle.For instance, the AP understands that... Niger Crisis escalating after EU suspends all aid to the Country.
By, Uwe Paschen. E.U. Suspends all aid to Niger and freezes all accounts. After Failure of the Niger Government to comply with EU demands as reported in an earlier post. (See links at the end of this post.)... Presidenet Zelaya returns to Honduras on Thursday
Caracas, Venezuela, 29 June 2009. Honduran President Manuel Zelaya announced his return to Honduras on Thursday. He would be accompanied by OAS General Secretary and probably some other Latin American leaders. ... Deadly fire at Mexico day care center claims lives of 29 children
A deadly fire at a Mexico day care center has claimed the lives of 29 children and injured several others. " The victims were from 1 to 5 years old, said Jose Larrinaga, the spokesman. The fire appeared to have...
created by Rhonda J Mangus | 29 wks ago | updated 29 wks ago
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571 views | 76 recommendations | 11 comments
Radio Show Leads The Way For Gaelic Comeback
The name Seamus Blake says it all. Blake is the son of immigrants from Ireland and an “evangelist” of the Gaelic language. He has a weekly broadcast on WFUV-FM in New York that plays everything from Afro-Celtic funk to lessons on how to speak the...Family contest in Armoor
Surrounded by nine bewitching hills, the agriculture-rich Armoor, also known as Navanathapuram is geared up for an interesting ‘all in the family’ contest in this citadel of Congress. The vagaries of...The quintessential nehruvian: Jaipal Reddy
Hyderabad: He has been a trend-setter and the fact that the delimitation exercise has left him without his constituency, Miryalguda, has allowed him to stay off the beaten track yet again. Quite aptly, even though it entailed a shift of districts from Nalgonda to Ranga...Battle ground Secunderabad
If all the world was a stage, as Shakespeare said, playing the successful politician is one of the most demanding acts. As a natural actress, Jaysudha has charmed two generations of film lovers in the state but she knows fully well the demands of her new role. Having been...Keen tussle in Castor town
Amudalavalasa: It’s called Amudalavalasa but you don’t find too many castor (amudalu) plantations in this corner of north coastal Andhra. But it’s an interesting name which derives from its name from Asokan times. It was then called Herandapuram, heranda in Sanskrit...Brick by brick towards a hutless AP
Laxmi Devi, a 28-year-old labourer, had a dream to build a house. Living hand to mouth with husband and son in a dingy hut on the outskirts of Garladinne in Anantapur district, she had no hope of life ever becoming kinder. “In spite of having two acres of land, we had to... AP PROPAGANDA VS FREEDOM OF THE PRESS VS CENSORSHIP
This is my comment on the increasing irrelevant AP's desperate last ditch effort to prevent it from going the way of the many bankrupt newspapers that have went before it. [See AP IS DESPARATE TO OUTLAW SEARCH ENGINE LINKING] For the last 30 years or so the AP self censored...
created by CynicalPatriot | 37 wks ago | updated 37 wks ago
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166 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
AP Apology: YouTube Cease-and-Desist to WTNQ-FM Tennessee Mistake
AP has reached out to affiliate radio station WTNQ-FM in Tennessee to say sorry after a misunderstanding over some YouTube video footage. AP was rumored to have sent WTNQ-FM a cease-and-desist letter after the radio station embedded footage from the AP YouTube channel...
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