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CBS in serious talks to contract out 'most of its news reporting to CNN

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:58:25 GMT

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CBS, the home of the most celebrated news division in broadcasting, has been in discussions with Time Warner about a deal to outsource some of its news-gathering operations to CNN, two executives briefed on the matter said Monday.

Over the last decade, CNN has held intermittent talks with both ABC News and CBS News about various joint ventures. But during the last several months, talks with CBS have been revived and lately intensified, according to the executives who were given anonymity because of the confidential nature of the negotiations.

Broadly speaking, the executives described conversations about reducing CBS’s news-gathering capacity while keeping its frontline personalities, like Katie Couric, the CBS Evening News anchor, and paying a fee to CNN to buy the cable network’s news feeds.

Another possibility, these people said, would be for CBS to keep its correspondents in certain regions but pair them with CNN crews.

Jessica Simpson Shaves Like a Man

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:16:16 GMT

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Clip Source: justjared.buzznet.com

To the left: Jessica Simpson shaving off her “beard” on the May 2008 cover of Esquire Magazine. (It’s the mag’s 75th anniversary.)

To the right: The 1964 Esquire cover that inspired it, featuring Italian actress Virna Lisi. Lisi is now 70-years-old.

Fun fact: Simpson and Lisi were both 27 at the time of their respective cover shoots.

Obama Seeks to Affirm His Patriotism

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:14:03 GMT

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Barack Obama wants to make something clear: He loves America.

After a series of incidents that prompted questions about his patriotism, the Democratic presidential candidate is peppering speeches with explicit statements on his love of country.

"I love this country not because it's perfect but because we've always been able to move it closer to perfection," he told an audience in North Dakota.

And in Montana: "It's a country where ... I've seen ordinary Americans find justice, where I've seen progress made for working families who need leaders who are willing to stand up and fight for them. That is the country I love."

Obama also stirs crowds into a frenzy of cheering and clapping when he talks about treating military veterans with respect, of giving them the best possible equipment, of providing top-notch health care for the wounded.

"They have earned our respect," the Illinois senator exclaims.

Alligator Blood Could Take Bite Out of MRSA

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:11:28 GMT

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Clip Source: www.foxnews.com

Alligators may have a reputation of being vicious predators, but the blood that runs through their veins could someday save your life, it is being reported.

A study done by researchers at McNeese State University in Louisiana suggests that proteins found in alligator blood may provide new antibiotics that could treat diabetic ulcers, severe burns and “superbugs," including MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), that are resistant to other kinds of medicine.

The proteins could also help a plethora of other ailments, said the study’s authors, such as Candida albicans yeast infections, which often appear in AIDS patients and transplant recipients, who have weakened immune systems.

"We're very excited about the potential of these alligator blood proteins as both antibacterial and antifungal agents,” said study co-author Dr. Mark Merchant, a biochemist at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, La.