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>>Sudden death of longtime Detroit general manager
>>Investigators have still not spoken with Greg Kelly
>>Romona makes "nerve-wracking" debut in Cleveland
>>Gulf-California Broadcast's strangle-hold on Palm Springs
>>Customs officials make huge seizure of NFL merchandise
>>Inside Sunday's Stupor Bowl coverage and features
>>NFL-approved announcer and reporter assignments
>>Former Nashville sports anchor advising pro athletes
>>Buffalo station debuts new set, new anchor
>>Canoodling with Lawrence and Tamron
>>Try to follow the bouncing Bologna
>>Stone Phillips resurfaces with head injury
>>Brian Williams admits to being unexceptional
>>CBS to debut "Person to Person" on Wednesday...
>>Same night as repositioned "Rock Center" 
>>Mrs. B nails CBS News for grammar goofs

Thursday, February 2
>>Sweeps strategy sinks morale at penny-pinching Cincinnati station
>>Networks accused of using trickery to skew ratings
>>Punxsutawney Phil is a punk, says Chicago meteorologist
>>Ex-Chicago anchor puzzled by "bizarre, disturbing incidents"
>>Bakersfield crew claims it was "attacked" by angry woman
>>Fresno meteorologist arrested for "extreme alcohol intoxication"
>>Omaha anchor suspended after third DUI arrest
>>CNN morning shows suffering from "lack of chemistry"
>>Fresno anchor suspended for fitness commercial
>>Chelsea Clinton prettier than her photo, says Boca retiree
>>Cleveland station pairs veteran anchors
>>Ex-Cleveland anchor hired by Long Island cable
>>Roanoke reporter lands morning anchor gig
>>Former CNN executive joins CBS News
>>Dish Network drops New Orleans station
>>Mrs. B wishes you a happy Groundhog Day

Wednesday, February 1
>>Former Chicago anchor details "excessive and brutal" arrest
>>Philadelphia reporter returns from one-week Paterno suspension
>>Palm Desert news department shuttered, merged with four others
>>Raycom takes control of Tucson competitor's news operation
>>Media General begins providing content for Providence cable news
>>AFTRA-SAG merger totals 80 pages of lawyerly lingo
>>CBS "Evening News" on a ratings surge, up 7%
>>NBC News plans payback for Gawker embarrassment
>>Cops accuse Boston station of "irresponsible, inaccurate" reporting
>>New Haven station ends contract renegotiation drama
>>Houston morning anchor recovering from back injury
>>Champaign reporter still recovering from car crash
>>Cleveland station hires Sam Champion's producer
>>New Orleans sports director officially steps down
>>North Platte anchor-reporter leaps 192 markets
>>NFL sells 7,300 tickets for Super Bowl Media Day
>>NFL cracks down on trademarked words "Super Bowl"
>>El Lay's "Forecasting Foxes, Hottest Weathergirls"
>>Mrs. B welcomes FE-brew-ary

Tuesday, January 31
>>Former Chicago anchor arrested and jailed in Arizona
>>Minnesota anchor officially charged with DUI
>>Rabid New York tabloid media blankets date rape story
>>Greg Kelly's reputation already damaged, says expert
>>Olbermann replaced by Eliot Spitzer at Current TV
>>Anderson cans senior executive producer
>>Belo GM blacklists Dallas media writer
>>NBC's empty Romney campaign ad complaint
>>Gingrich won't debate if reporters moderate
>>Senator blasts Banfield for prostitute ambush
>>Colbert's satirical super PAC raises $1 million
>>Tribune has spent $231 million on bankruptcy
>>Gannett gives former CEO $14.7 million
>>Mandatory furloughs coming to Phoenix station
>>Evansville station shuts down for two hours
>>Rupert plans Spanish-language network
>>CTV news anchor's husband found dead
>>Austin man arrested in PBS bomb scare
>>Former reporter's KickStarter campaign 
>>Mrs. B goes Latin

Monday, January 30
>>Brain surgery in two weeks for veteran Seattle anchor
>>Seattle morning reporter needs kidney transplant
>>Investigators uncover flirty sexting from date-rape accuser
>>Romney ignores NBC demands to cease and desist
>>Brokaw furious with unauthorized use of Nightly News
>>Longtime Des Moines anchor announces retirement plans
>>CBS Sports fires weekend editor for Paterno screw-up
>>Miami general manager parts ways with NBC
>>AFTRA votes to merge with SAG
>>Houston deuce abruptly resigns from Fox
>>News director changes in Milwaukee, Reno, Yuma
>>Boston O&O names weekend meteorologist
>>Tampa "pastorologist" sees God in weather
>>CBS weekend anchor gets hitched in Minneapolis
>>San Diego news photographer on the wagon
>>Mrs. B is bitten by the grammar bug

Friday, January 27
>>Accused New York anchor takes "some time off"
>>Dallas reporter hired as Charlotte morning anchor
>>Sunbeam settles with DirecTV
>>Media General teeters on the edge of bankruptcy
>>NBC promotes "Rock Center's" move to Wednesdays
>>Longtime Honolulu newsman dead at 75
>>Springfield anchor recovering from "extensive injuries"
>>Fox News "warrior journalist" preps El Lay radio show
>>At the intersection of pixels and grit
>>Emmy committee to file criminal charges
>>As much as $500K missing from DC Emmy account
>>Mrs. B concludes her fractured phrases list

Thursday, January 26
>>Cleveland station drops two veteran news anchors
>>Anchor lineup shuffled to make way for Romona
>>Fox New York morning anchor under investigation for rape
>>Rebooted "CBS This Morning" relapses to tabloid coverage
>>San Antonio station angers viewers with anchor buffoonery
>>KNBC drops chopper-sharing agreement with KTTV
>>Indianapolis anchor dropped for refusing shift change
>>Severe weather forces cancellation of ND announcement
>>Michigan judge orders seizure of Dallas anchor's property
>>Longtime Denver reporter quits TV for PR
>>Cincinnati GM promoted to Sinclair group manager
>>Joplin anchor will continue to work while running for office
>>Boston weekend sports anchor quits
>>Trouble-making Oakland reporter out the door
>>Hearst promotes news anchor in Baltimore
>>Cleveland sports reporter reassigned after embarrassing tweet
>>NFL will allow players to tweet during Pro Bowl
>>Russian state TV to carry WikiLeaks TV show
>>Raleigh news anchor still out after double hip replacement
>>NABJ to induct five new Hall of Famers tonight
>>Tallahassee anchors are ecstatic, excited, shocked
>>Mrs. B adds more fractured phrases to her list

Wednesday, January 25
>>ABC News pushes back against "irresponsible reporting" claims
>>Osunsami sent to make nice with "trusted local forecasters"
>>White House anchor lunch featured thyme-roasted sea bass
>>Longtime NBC News correspondent retires after 42 years
>>Raycom replaces Sharon Reed with Romona Robinson
>>Houston sports anchor plots exit after 38 years
>>Who's the highest-paid sportscaster on TV?
>>NBC sideline reporter quits Minneapolis radio gig
>>CBS Chicago reporter out the door in April
>>WCBS adds a pair of luscious lookers
>>Jesse Jackson's daughter loses Chicago radio job
>>Bravo reality contestant gets tentative talk show tryout
>>Weather Channel gets a new CEO from Yahoo
>>Meredith TV earnings plunge dramatically
>>Couric and Zucker shaking babies in Miami
>>Mrs. B has more fractured phrases

Tuesday, January 24
>>KNBC rebrands in Los Angeles to gloss over accusations
>>New WNBC studio set gets thumbs down from group boss
>>NBC Chicago quietly embraces disgraced former Tribune CEO
>>CBS sends cease-and-desist letter to Merlin Media
>>Randy Michaels accuses CBS of false advertising
>>Pittsburgh anchor returns to work after cardiac arrest
>>Football coach accuses former ESPN analyst of perjury
>>Birmingham wxman says Diane Sawyer got it wrong
>>The long strange trip of WeatherNation TV
>>Fox Chicago hires familiar face as assistant ND
>>Belo likely to promote San Antonio ND to Dallas
>>Wichita news director heads to Portland
>>Longtime Salt Lake anchor announces retirement
>>Syracuse reporter jumps 54 markets to Hartford
>>It's official because CNN says it's official
>>Stephanopoulos leads "This Week" to ratings jump
>>Mrs. B has more fractured phrases

Monday, January 23
>>Premature Paterno death report shakes CBS Sports
>>Gingrich capitalizes on irritation with news media
>>Puppets report on corruption trial in Cleveland
>>Cashing in on the lucrative morning news block
>>Good Morning America's "massive storm" front
>>Veteran Atlanta meteorologist crosses the street
>>Heart attack claims longtime Indianapolis weatherman
>>Freelancer promoted to main anchor in Indianapolis
>>Evansville sports anchor quits after six months
>>The Bitch Birds have returned to KRON-4
>>Cincinnati station replaces morning traffic reporter
>>Tallahassee news director heads to Yuma
>>Tampa meteorologist sings at Monster Jam
>>Schmuck Alerts issued for dismembered tripod
>>Mrs. B has fractured phrases

Friday, January 20
>>Gingrich condemns "vicious, negative" news media
>>Atlanta radio station hires Herman Cain
>>Former ESPN VP drops defamation lawsuit
>>Uncovering Fox's Queen of Mean and her blacklist
>>DC morning anchor heads across the street
>>NBC lifer jumps to Fox Philly as general manager
>>New York freelancer lands Cleveland anchor job
>>Los Angeles reporter booted after two months
>>Dallas flagship hires veteran St. Louis anchor
>>Booted Evansville ND becomes EP in Indianapolis
>>Orlando reporter quits after three years
>>The crazy shit reporters say on a daily basis
>>Sunbeam's standoff with DirecTV continues
>>There's a shooter in the crosshairs in Baton Rouge
>>Mrs. B hopes you're not laying low

Thursday, January 19
>>Appeals court overturns $1 million age discrimination judgment
>>Standoff between Sunbeam, DirecTV continues in Boston, Miami
>>Australian reporter falsifies report, then sues TV station
>>Cancer claims longtime chief meteorologist
>>Former ABC News business correspondent joins PR firm
>>Chicago reporter appears headed to ABC News
>>NBC Dallas reporter out the door after two years
>>Hartford anchor returns to Boston roots
>>Gawker publisher and editor in shouting match
>>Angry office spat follows embarrassing BriWi email
>>ABC plans to air interview with Gingrich's ex-wife
>>SOPA blackout extends to more than 30 websites
>>China TV network building US bureau in DC
>>WNBC to debut new studio set, graphics this weekend
>>Fresno morning anchor quietly leaves station
>>Booted New Orleans anchor resurfaces across the street
>>Mrs. B hopes you won't be redundant again

Wednesday, January 18
>>Longtime San Fran news director heads to New York
>>Reporters with political bedfellows in China
>>Houston investigative reporter joins ABC News
>>Houston weekend anchor may land Chicago job
>>Dallas sports anchor agrees to huge pay cut
>>Former Salt Lake anchor gets top Fox Philly job
>>Baltimore meteorologist suddenly gone
>>Tampa station hires Myrtle Beach weather girl
>>Veteran Providence news anchor demoted
>>Boston photog hits pedestrian with news cruiser
>>Portland news crew escapes falling limb, power line
>>New general manager in Mobile
>>Raycom buys entertainment production company
>>Google joins Wikipedia in SOPA protest
>>On the road to Antarctica. But is it news?
>>Thick skin, awful hair in Milwaukee
>>How to tell when a reporter doesn't like you
>>Mrs. B hopes your anniversary isn't redundant

Tuesday, January 17
>>Legendary Houston anchor injures hip in studio tumble
>>O&O station forced to broadcast from newsroom
>>NBC asks Gawker to remove embarrassing Brian Williams email
>>Williams calls SNL performance "one of worst"
>>Bloomberg TV: America's most paranoid media company
>>Internal security force monitors staff communications
>>John Bolaris plotting return? "You'll see," he promises
>>Previous Fox management blamed for Bolaris mayhem
>>KC station seeks replacement, 49 days after suicide
>>Beginners won't be considered, promises station
>>WCBS freelancer hired across the street at WABC
>>Soledad O'Brien's facelift, eyelifts, and cheek implants
>>Wikipedia joins SOPA protest, will go dark tomorrow
>>Mrs. B warns: Don't urinate on a dead body

Monday, January 16
>>The TV business gets stranger and stranger
>>Owner of black network hires manager accused of racist behavior
>>Former Tribune CEO eludes drunk driving charge
>>Legendary network correspondent dies in car crash
>>CNN correspondent hired to anchor in Nashville
>>Longtime Accuweather meteorologist heads to Salt Lake
>>The Rascon family's broadcasting pedigree
>>Indianapolis anchor enters fourth week of "vacation"
>>I'M BACK, tweets John Bolaris
>>Nebraska sports anchor heads to Columbus
>>CNN predicts weather for non-existent NFL game
>>NBC Sports Network sniffing around ESPN talent
>>Daily Show producer wants to "keep our methods confidential"
>>El Paso's first female news anchor dead at 66
>>Lansing station to shuffle entire anchor lineup
>>Nexstar hires new general manager in Wilkes-Barre
>>News director changes in Champaign and Charlottesville
>>Sunbeam stations go dark on DirecTV satellite
>>Mrs. B says, Blessed are those who remember The Reverend Rule

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