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• NBC buying Weather Channel for $3.5 billion
NEW YORK - NBC Universal and two partners said Sunday they have reached a deal to buy The Weather Channel from Landmark Communications Inc., ending a drawn-out process that had attracted interest from several major media companies. Financial terms ...
• Freed Colombia hostage to write play
Betancourt has vowed in various interviews with the French media to work for the freedom of the remaining hostages, who could number in the hundreds.
• Olympics a 'billion-dollar research lab' for NBC
NEW YORK - NBC is using the Olympics as a "billion-dollar research lab" to get a sense of how people are using different media platforms to experience the Beijing Games that begin Aug. 8. Besides giving advertisers a clearer picture of how much ...
• Obama chides media on his Iraq remarks
July 5: Are Barack Obama's recent comments signs of smart strategy, or a change of course? MSNBC's Alex Witt reports. ST. LOUIS - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Saturday his plan to end the Iraq war was unchanged and he was ...
• Madonna denies affair with A-Rod
... is best known for his movies "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" (1998) and "Snatch" (2000), but he has come in for critical maulings since then, most notably when he directed Madonna in "Swept Away" (2002). Madonna brushed off the rumors as media ...

» Gun Control News - Topix - News on guns and gun control collected from diverse sources on the web.
» Mother Jones Guns and Gun Violence Resources - Archive of articles on guns and gun violence, plus related links.
» The New York Times Issue in Depth: Gun Control - Collected articles on gun violence, lawsuits, and gun control initiatives. (Free registration required.)
» PBS Frontline: Hot Guns - "A report on cheap handguns, their manufacturers, and the illicit handgun market."
» Reason's Gun Page - Resources on firearms from Reason magazine, including articles about firearms facts, lawsuits, media coverage, and the Second Amendment.
» Salon Politics2000: Gun Control - Essays from Salon columnists.
» WashingtonPost.com: The Gun Fight - Feature story and brief presentation of pending federal legislation, providing off-site links for further details.


» Outgunned: How the Network News Media are Spinning the Gun Control Debate - A look at the media's role in the gun control debate. (January 5, 2000)