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Video Postcard: “September’s Symmetry”

A post like this one might also serve as a reminder that when viewing pretty pictures, there really can be more than meets the eye. (Sorry, the entirety of this original post is not currently available.  However the featured video can still be found here).

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iTragedy: Do newsrooms have an ap for that?

COMMENTARY Please pardon any perceived insensitivity in my posing the question, but what if the events of September 11, 2001 had unfolded on September 11, 2009?  I’m thinking of today’s cell phones, the iPhone and similar technologies. I’m thinking of the potential for even more intense discussion in the newsroom wherein new and frightening scenarios [...]

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Daring undercover video from inside Zimbabwe (VIDEO)

COMMENTARY One day after the United States celebrated Independence Day, a riveting secretly-recorded news video concerning Zimbabwe’s recent Presidential election appeared on the Internet. The report is produced by The Guardian Newspaper in London and is found beneath the headline, Exclusive:  Secret film shows how Mugabe stole an election. If what we see in the [...]

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Father of baby found dead in fire pit no stranger to law, deportation

Update (October 3, 6:08pm PST):  “2 years in prison for man whose infant son died in fire pit” (Seattle Times) Attorneys had said that Rios could be deported after his sentencing or could be made to serve his sentence first. Rios, who has used different aliases and birth dates in the past, already has been [...]

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