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>>New Orleans stations sop up Bourbon Street celebration
>>Four hours of live post-Super Bowl wall-to-wall coverage
>>Leno, Oprah sneak into Letterman studio for secret taping
>>Zucker gives Leno the NBC corporate jet for CBS promo
>>NBC rearranges prime-time schedule for surreptitious shoot
>>Reporter gets fleur-de-lis buzz-cut into his bonehead
>>Remembering the news doctor who ruined local TV news
>>Newsroom fire devastates Ottawa TV station
>>Former NY1 anchor released from jail 11 days early
>>Carter was arrested 13 years ago for beating his wife
>>NFL analyst suspended after Miami arrest
>>Obama sidesteps mainstream media, goes digital
>>Washington watches as "The View" goes political
>>Stephanopoulos (stehf-uh-NAHP'-uh-luhs) talks GMA
>>KTLA slapped for "ethically suspect maneuver"
>>Chicago station fumbles exclusive Zell interview
>>Anchor beauty marries soap star in snow storm
>>Palm Springs station hires first-time ND off the beach
>>Ft. Myers station gets fifth news director in 7 years
>>Peyton Manning hoists Super Bowl trophy
>>Mrs. B helps fix your fractured phrases

Friday, February 5
>>Late Breaking: Frank N. Magid, father of TV research, dead at 78.
>>NBC-Comcast CEOs promise good things from proposed merger
>>Senator Al Franken isn't buying the spin, doesn't trust NBC
>>NBC's "Today" to drag U.S. Olympic athletes out of bed
>>Cash-strapped NBC O&O could lose veteran meteorologist
>>Booted CBS morning news reader breaks ankle in icy tumble
>>Haiti adoption report "complete false," says AC
>>Apple guru wines and dines New York Times executives
>>America's two female network news anchors profiled
>>Diane Sawyer mixes gravitas with emo-journalism
>>Katie Couric has high-energy likability of intrepid girl reporter
>>Top-rated Orlando station locking down veteran talent
>>CBS brings Chicago anchor legend out of retirement
>>University of Iowa wants apology from Des Moines TV station
>>Sky News anchor under fire for "cruel and heartless" interview
>>Mrs. B continues her battle against redundancies

Thursday, February 4
>>CBS News president defends Couric against "unfair criticism"
>>Says he hopes she'll be at CBS for "a long time"
>>Newspathers cleared out to make way for incoming correspondents
>>ABC News braces for similar staff cutbacks
>>Stewart calls O'Reilly "the voice of sanity" at Fox News...
>>Criticizes Fox's "cyclonic perpetual emotional machine"
>>Anderson Cooper to adopt Haitian orphan boy...
>>Promises he "won't jump on a plane for every story"
>>NBC-Comcast bigs prepare for political tug-of-war in DC
>>Telemundo debuts "enhanced" local evening newscasts
>>February sweeps begin today and end March 3
>>NBC, ABC, and Fox will run repeats against CBS Super Bowl
>>Submit questions here for Obama pre-Super Bowl interview
>>Viewers in Chicago prefer "Lost" over election returns
>>New York station moves back morning news to 4:30 a.m.
>>RTDNA issues guidelines for blogs and social media...
>>Warns against inaccuracy and unfairness
>>Super Bowl dad escapes betting controversy
>>Mrs. B gets picky with redundancies

Wednesday, February 3
>>CBS News drops the hammer on major staff cuts
>>Legendary news producers among system-wide layoffs
>>Veteran news correspondents demoted to Newspath
>>Shocked CBS staffers grumble about obscene Couric salary
>>Comcast, NBC executives to testify tomorrow in DC
>>NBC affiliates worried that network will migrate shows to cable
>>Veteran Chicago reporter accused of embellishing facts
>>New male-oriented morning show pulls terrible overnights
>>Mel Gibson calls Chicago entertainment reporter an "asshole"
>>Knife-wielding man pleads not guilty to stalking Seacrest
>>Live-shot bonehead sues Miami TV station
>>Omaha sports anchor quits for job as prison chaplain
>>Fox News cable ratings soar to new heights
>>Jon Stewart on tonight's O'Reilly Factor
>>Conan pays severance to 50 "Tonight" stagehands
>>The Weather Channel now covering entertainment news
>>Entrepreneur helps erect newspaper pay walls
>>Veteran Orlando reporter follows wife to Jacksonville
>>Newport promotes news director in Rochester
>>Granite hub screws up Detroit newscast
>>Mrs. B has a comparatively short grammar lesson

Tuesday, February 2
>>Taiwan billionaire wants to bring animated news to television
>>Critics say animation blurs line between news and fiction
>>NBC News lives under code of "healthy paranoia"
>>Ann Curry trapped in New York Times elevator
>>Fox News jabs CNN with full-page Washington Post ad
>>Layoffs hit CBS Washington bureau, continue nationwide
>>Longtime CBS Newspath recruitment director out the door
>>ABC News charters private jet to bring anchors home from DC
>>Indianapolis and New Orleans TV stations swarm Miami
>>CBS sells out Super Bowl ad inventory
>>Gannett promotes woman to presidential suite
>>Gannett television revenue plunges 15%
>>Scripps Television boss sees more hard times ahead
>>TV agent says January showed significant jobs increase
>>Dayton morning news anchor sued in failed Popeye franchise
>>Philly traffic airplane makes emergency landing on turnpike
>>Brazilian news anchor battles ex-wife for custody
>>CBS morning show for men debuts in Chicago
>>Hartford weekend news anchor hired in Atlanta
>>Tampa morning weather guesser calls it quits
>>Live coverage of A-bomb explosion in Las Vegas
>>Mrs. B hopes you don't see your shadow today

Monday, February 1
>>Massive layoffs ahead at CBS News, affecting all network news shows
>>CBS bureaus in Moscow, Tel Aviv virtually shuttered
>>Broadcasting student, future anchor named Miss America
>>CNN's Crowley gets Sunday political talker
>>Fox News eyes Megyn as Greta's replacement
>>Morning anchor promotion for Alycia in El Lay?
>>BBC producer pleads guilty to secretly taping sex with anchors
>>Veteran San Diego anchor crosses the street
>>Tampa parade coverage suspended by violent weather
>>Panhandle anchor jumps 143 markets
>>St. Louis weekend anchor out the door
>>Boston has America's "most depressing" local news
>>Top Chicago general manager resigns
>>Former Wilkes-Barre news director nearly bleeds to death
>>Ex-Baltimore ND struggles to find work
>>New news directors in Salt Lake, Albuquerque
>>Ernie Anastos, Shep Smith, Brenda Blackmon profiled
>>Live truck carjacker arrested in Flint
>>Hip-Hop bonehead disrupting live shots in Miami
>>Mrs. B tells you when to capitalize Senator

Friday, January 29
>>Comcast-NBC assure FCC they are not creating a monopoly
>>Local news will not be reduced for three years, they promise
>>NBC expects to lose $250 million during 17-day Olympic coverage
>>Four-month-old Leno set to get makeover during Olympics
>>Live truck carjacked at gunpoint in Flint, Michigan
>>Atlanta station agrees not to air fatal 911 call
>>Should physician-reporters be assigned to breaking news?
>>MSNBC host in shouting match with conservative blogger
>>Denver weather guesser out after blowup with news director
>>CBS shuffles morning and weekend anchors in Denver
>>Philadelphia's highest-paid anchors listed
>>In New York, the 6:00 p.m. news doesn't start at 6:00 p.m.
>>CNN Radio cuts 11 staffers in Atlanta
>>Top-rated Palm Beach station finally gets a news director
>>Two Albuquerque stations in chopper-sharing talks
>>University of Florida will require J-school students to buy Macs
>>Booted Boston traffic reporter has nearly 9,000 Facebook fans
>>TMZ says new sports website won't focus on scandals
>>CBS plans 500 staffers and 50 cameras at Super Bowl
>>Future news anchors vie for Miss America crown
>>Mrs. B's grammar lesson is downright presidential

Thursday, January 28
>>Fox hires Boston reporter to anchor in Chicago
>>Is WFLD plotting the departure of Robin Robinson?
>>Orlando reporter faces long recovery from live-truck accident
>>President Obama slaps media for promoting "silly arguments"
>>Media respond by promoting a silly argument
>>Candidate for Illinois governor uses unauthorized video clip
>>Chicago station stumped for timely response
>>NBC moves to expand digital management in Los Angeles
>>Fargo news anchor hired as news director in Duluth
>>Major layoffs at CNN Radio in Atlanta rumored
>>Los Angeles legal correspondent returns to law practice
>>News anchor works his way down the broadcast ladder
>>Oregon station honors subpoena, hands over IP addresses
>>Rush Limbaugh seeks Miss America
>>Mrs. B hopes you won't be redundant

Wednesday, January 27
>>Fox News, America's most trusted source for news
>>ABC News, according to poll, America's least trusted
>>CNN Haiti crew "all getting sick in one way or another"
>>Anderson Cooper buys Greenwich Village firehouse for $4.3 million
>>CNN Washington Bureau staffers turn thumbs down on Rick Sanchez
>>Federal judge allows cameras in Nancy Grace deposition
>>Former network correspondent as State Department propagandist
>>ABC fires dozens in New York operations and engineering
>>Martha Stewart screws NBC, jumps to Hallmark Channel
>>Local stations stranded, anger with NBC management grows
>>Former "Inside Edition" technical director sues CBS
>>Deborah Norville subpoenaed to testify in defamation lawsuit
>>Chicago reporter plans "dirty hospital" sweeps investigation
>>Former ABC sports anchor working for 16-year-old blogger
>>Flint morning news anchor jumps 60 markets
>>Palm Springs reporter makes 100-market leap to Vegas
>>Another veteran reporter out the door in Jacksonville
>>Chimpanzees shoot documentary for BBC
>>10-year-old boy to report on Vancouver Winter Olympics
>>Mrs. B hopes you won't have a one-year anniversary

Tuesday, January 26
>>SPJ warns against "Advocacy, self promotion, injecting oneself into story"
>>Couric says "People want coverage that has a POV"
>>Obama kisses Sawyer; Philly Inquirer smooches Morning Joe 
>>CBS gives "Swift Justice" to locals
>>Wall Street Journal compares Leno to Hitler
>>Eco-friendly Correspondents Dinner ticket prices jump
>>Veteran CNN Wall Street reporter not renewed
>>Omaha news director out the door after14 months
>>Former Louisville ND enjoying "awesome" El Lay
>>Morning host sues station for wrongful termination
>>Kentucky coach calls ESPN sports guy a "jagoff"
>>Veteran Ohio sports reporter gets the boot after 17 years
>>Eight Emmys didn't help job security
>>Jacksonville reporter out, News 12 reporter in
>>PBS embezzler pleads guilty, gets prison sentence
>>Popular Piedmont weather guesser dead at 84
>>Veteran DC news photog dies at 62
>>Flesh-eating bacteria claims former Spokane photog
>>Mrs. B has a different lesson on different

Monday, January 25
>>Veteran Chicago anchor attacks blogger in ALL CAPS
>>Couric says Palin interviews still make her "kind of uncomfortable"
>>Mainstream media give Diane Sawyer a tongue bath
>>Anderson Cooper staying in Haiti another week
>>Unauthorized Oprah biography due in April
>>NBC clashes again with Sunbeam's WHDH in Boston
>>Cancer claims popular former Philly news anchor
>>Longtime Honolulu sports anchor suddenly resigns
>>Shared-services news director plans to leave Hawaii
>>Ft. Myers anchor resigns for special interest lobby
>>Another Ft. Myers anchor heads for the door
>>Tallahassee station fills weekend vacancies
>>Boston weatherman proudly displays his nine inches
>>Former ESPN analyst finally admits to penis photo
>>Cincinnati station settles "sexting" lawsuit
>>Woman hit and killed by San Diego news van
>>Indianapolis reporter arrested for DUI accident
>>News director changes in Arkansas, West Virginia
>>Best TV jobs market since 2004, says agent
>>Proof that the Newseum is being run by idiots
>>Mrs. B suspects there are no suspects

Friday, January 22
>>Veteran Chicago news anchor admits to ongoing battle with addiction
>>Longtime Orlando reporter injured in live-truck crash in Daytona
>>Late Breaking: News chopper down in Detroit
>>Liberal radio network pulls the plug, will declare bankruptcy
>>Boston reporter says she'll remain in TV, despite husband's election
>>Gail Huff, the "Girl With the Curious Hand"
>>Italian reporter grabs soccer star's crotch on camera
>>Man pleads guilty to threatening BBC weather presenter
>>Offered cash if she'd wear see-through top and colored bra
>>Legendary Canadian news anchor jumps networks
>>NBC entertainment boss calls late-night mess "Shakespearean"
>>NY Times critic says Leno-O'Brien like a teacher food-fight
>>Leno agrees to Oprah confessional next week
>>National Enquirer to apply for Pulitzer Prize
>>Las Vegas critic is fed up with local news theatrics
>>Friends and colleagues bid farewell to DC sports legend
>>Death of young reporter may have been caused by African infection
>>Tennessee news director heads west to Spokane
>>Surprise winner in "20 Hottest Women on Sports TV"
>>Mrs. B is completely destroyed by redundancy

Thursday, January 21
>>Mississippi station uncovers Tiger, national media pounces
>>Hattiesburg newspaper refuses to violate Tiger's privacy
>>National Enquirer scores money shot, Today Show goes live
>>NBC settles with Conan for $40 million-plus
>>O'Brien diverts own funds for non-union staff
>>Irked ABC News boss dumps Koppel without offer
>>Buffalo weather guesser pays fine, escapes trespass charge
>>Cops says he was wearing leather chaps, had petroleum jelly
>>Will Mrs. Brown go to Washington? Boston TV station unsure
>>Glenn Beck unleashes libelous attack on new senator
>>Fox News anchor has too many shoes for her own good
>>Boise station ad-libs newscast after losing power
>>Reporter attacks, kicks ape carrying sign
>>Mrs. B abhors redundant dead bodies

Wednesday, January 20
>>Doctor-reporters cross line between impartiality and advocacy 
>>Is Anderson Cooper going rogue as roving superhero emo-anchor?
>>Critic: Haiti earthquake coverage feels self-serving
>>Boston Globe declares wrong winner in Senate election
>>White House reporters feel jilted by failed Obama promises
>>Judge orders former CBS producer to stand trial for extortion
>>Conan settlement becoming increasingly unsettled
>>NBC accuses "Tonight Show" host of posturing 
>>Canada's largest independent broadcaster fires 60 staffers
>>Newsroom "decimated," newscasts canceled in Toronto
>>Florida sportscaster arrested on kiddie porn charges, fired
>>Former Boston sportscaster sentenced to federal prison
>>Colon cancer claims veteran news director
>>Popular Atlanta and Pittsburgh reporter dead at 32
>>Belo hires, shuffles weekend news anchors in Dallas
>>Newspapers cut copy editors, assign new online duties
>>Mrs. B ponders the enormity of it all

Tuesday, January 19
>>Leno opposed move to prime time, NBC tried to fire him
>>Bumbling behind-the-scenes network maneuvers exposed
>>Late Breaking: Judge orders trial in Letterman extortion case
>>Orlando station settles defamation lawsuit "to avoid cost"
>>Canadian news anchor on trial for drunken airplane slapfest
>>Hartford TV exec gets "accelerated rehabilitation" for DUI arrest
>>Newseum bosses claimed huge bonuses as layoffs continued
>>Afghan TV reporter injured by Kabul car bomb...video
>>Larry King introduces Addision Cooper from Haiti
>>Network news anchors leave Haiti, eye Boston election coverage
>>Is CNN rebuilding its news sets in Atlanta?
>>Glenn Beck admits to hitting bottom before discovering talk radio
>>Top Dallas morning anchor out in contract dispute
>>Charlotte reporter drops 24 markets for love of horses
>>Weekend crew bolts from Tallahassee station
>>BBC weather guesser exposes himself in gay magazine
>>Mrs. B hopes you won't revert back to redundancy

Monday, January 18
>>NBC execs in full ass-protection, finger-pointing mode
>>Zucker blames fickle public, Ebersol blames Conan
>>NBC News boss blames news media for late-night ordeal
>>O'Brien separation agreement delayed to protect Golden Globes
>>NBC to pay $30 million to retain rights to Masturbating Bear
>>Leno's "Big Dog Garage" filled with automotive fortune
>>CBS announcer plugs "60 Minutes" report on "Hay-sha"
>>Former CBS "Early Show" host a "Good Enough Mother"
>>RTDNA April convention in Vegas may be its last
>>NY Times could erect online pay wall this week
>>Cancer claims legendary Palm Beach general manager
>>Body stranded in Curacao as hospital officials stall
>>Asheville news photog dead after fall into darkened air shaft
>>Longtime Birmingham anchor announces retirement plans
>>Former Boston sports guy faces kiddie porn sentencing tomorrow
>>Pittsburgh news anchor says God is "awesome"
>>Texas news director accused of trying to be next Rush Limbaugh
>>San Diego meteorologist accuses NASA of manipulating WX data
>>Louisville's wave of paranoia ends with ND resignation
>>News director changes in Fresno, Reno, El Paso, Wichita Falls
>>Mrs. B seeks to correct your infrastructure

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