Camera Crew Discreetly Trails Overweight Woman For Obesity Segment
MILWAUKEE—A WITI News camera crew spent 30 minutes inconspicuously following an overweight woman at the Henry W. Maier Festival Park Monday to capture footage ...
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Crank Caller Keeps Jerking Local News Team Around
PLATTSBURGH, NY—The Channel 5 Action News Team was duped once again by a crank call to the WPTZ breaking-news hotline Monday. "I should have ...
Quaaludes Are Back, Reports Quaalude-Taking Journalist
CHICAGO—The illegal use of Methaqualone is on the rise, Quaalude-addicted AP reporter Keith Jannings said Monday. "Quaaludes fell largely out of sight after the ...
Alan Colmes Loses Argument With Nephew
NEW YORK—Alan Colmes, the liberal co-host of the Fox News debate program Hannity & Colmes, lost an argument to his nephew Bryan while babysitting the ...
Katie Couric Winces At Word 'Vagina'
NEW YORK—Today host Katie Couric noticeably winced at mention of the word "vagina" during an interview with National Ovarian Cancer Foundation spokeswoman Janette Pruce ...
85 Percent Of Public Believes Bush's Approval Rating Fell In Last Month
WASHINGTON, DC—85 percent of Americans strongly believe that the American people no longer strongly believe that Bush is performing effectively.
News Anchor Wonders Where All These Great Stories Come From
SALT LAKE CITY, UT—Midway through a story about new evidence in an unsolved area homicide, KTVX news anchor John Reesen wondered aloud where all ...
Man Trapped Under Boulder Braces For Possible Good Morning America Interview
YOSEMITE VILLAGE, CA—Rock climber Scott Prichard, 31, who has spent the last 48 hours with his legs pinned under a boulder on Glacier Point ...
The New New York Times
Effective July 30, Bill Keller will become The New York Times new executive editor. What changes are in store for the nation's most respected ...
Newsweek Editors Argue Over What To Make Readers Fear Next
NEW YORK—Having devoted cover stories to the threats of Hepatitis C, identity theft, and airport security, the editors of Newsweek spent Monday arguing over ...
Punk Band Has Something Against Local Newscaster For Some Reason
HARRISBURG, PA—Crucial Consensus, a local hardcore punk band, apparently holds a longstanding grudge against Channel 27 newsanchor Rick Wagner. "They opened with this song ...
Teen Newsweek Reports North Korea Is The Bomb
Teen Newsweek Reports North Korea Is The Bomb
NEW YORK—According to the new issue of Teen Newsweek, a fledgling Newsweek spin-off aimed at younger ...
NEW YORK—According to the new issue of Teen Newsweek, a fledgling Newsweek spin-off aimed at younger ...
Missing White Girl Drives Missing Black Girl From Headlines
CORVALLIS, OR— Becky Van Gelder, an 11-year-old white girl from Corvallis, was abducted from her home Monday, bumping 10-year-old Chicago black girl Tyesha Washington from ...
CNN Graphic Designer Asked To Combine Dollar Sign, Syringe, Fighter Jets, Panda
ATLANTA—Christine Kannberg, a CNN Headline News graphic designer, expressed befuddlement Monday when asked to create a story logo incorporating a dollar sign, a syringe ...
Film Critic Belatedly Comes Up With Swordfish Zinger
AMARILLO, TX— Some seven months after the film's theatrical release, Amarillo Globe-News movie critic Irwin Hough thought up a brilliant put-down for Swordfish Monday ...
Consumer Reports Rates Self 'Excellent'
NEW YORK— Consumer Reports magazine earned a rating of "excellent" in its special "Consumer Advocacy Magazines" issue, which hit newsstands Tuesday. "From our exhaustive, unbiased ...
