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• In Brief: Katie Couric wants you to remember that Lindsay ...

  Published: July 27, 2007, 12:15 pm

  Tags: Katie Couric, Lindsay Lohan, Lindsay Lohan Victim

  Katie Couric wants you to remember that Lindsay Lohan is suffering from a serious illness: addiction. "Her biochemical state is exacerbated by the constant media attention.... This young woman's life...

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• Dow Down 281 Points Big News Friday, Dow Up 287 Points Not So Newsworthy Monday

  Published: August 6, 2007, 8:52 pm

  Tags: Stock Market, Ann Curry, Brian Williams, Charles Gibson, Katie Couric, Abc World News, Cbs Evening News, Nbc Nightly News

  Home Mortgage. CBS's Katie Couric on Friday only devoted 25 seconds to how investors headed for the exits, and the Dow plunged 281 points. So, since hitting a record high 14,000 two weeks ago, the Dow has now given up more than 800 points. On Monday, however, she squeezed in a piddling eight seconds on the rebound, not counting

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• Couric ignored Bush dodge on Pakistan during joint press conference with Afghanistan's Karzai

  Published: August 7, 2007, 4:57 pm

  Tags: Katie Couric, Cbs, Cbs Evening News, National Security Foreign Policy, Terrorism

  of the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric: COURIC: As for the war in Afghanistan, President Bush and Afghan President Karzai vowed today to finish off the Taliban once and for all. The two presidents wrapped up a two-day summit at Camp David. Karzai told reporters the Taliban are still terrorizing Afghan civilians, but pose no threat to his

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• ABC Regurgitates Criticism of Christian University: A Catholic Jonestown'

  Published: August 8, 2007, 5:59 pm

  Tags: Abortion, Christianity, Labeling, Religion, Katie Couric, Martin Bashir, Florida, Nightline, Today

  reporters. In March of 2006, Katie Couric, then with NBC's "Today" show, grilled him over how intolerant Ave Maria would be: Katie Couric: "At the same time, you can understand how people would hear some of these things and be like, wow, this is really infringing on civil liberties and freedom of speech and right to privacy and

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• Couric Praises Pelosi's New Congress for Promises Kept: They 'Worked Much Harder'

  Published: August 8, 2007, 5:45 pm

  Tags: Congress, Dan Rather, Katie Couric, Nancy Pelosi, Newt Gingrich, Cbs, Cbs Evening News, Cbs Online

  Democrats' leader in 2002, Katie Couric said to NBC colleague Ann Curry: "Is it okay to say, You go girl!'?" That cheerleading spirit continued in her Monday "Katie Couric's Notebook" commentary (featured at her blog Couric & Co.) lauding the new Democratic Congress: "this new crop worked much harder than the

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• Universal Heath Care Backer's 'Moment of Truth' Championed by CBS Evening News

  Published: August 8, 2007, 9:15 pm

  Tags: 2008 Presidential, Health Care, Katie Couric, Michelle Miller, Steve Skvara, Cbs Evening News

  health care. Anchor Katie Couric previewed the upcoming story: Presidential candidates hear a dramatic plea for help from one of the millions of Americans with no health insurance and no way to pay for it. Setting up the tribute to the retiree, Couric asserted that 45 million Americans have no coverage. That includes more than

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• Breaking: Lohans Not Best Parents

  Published: August 9, 2007, 11:30 am

  Tags: Gossipmonger, Amy Winehouse, Britney Spears, Brooklyn, Chris Noth, Clint Eastwood, Dina Lohan, Harvey Weinstein, Heather Mills, Jay Mccaroll, John Cusack, Katie Couric, Kevin Federline, Kirk Kerkorian, Lindsay Lohan, Maria Bartiromo, Michael Lohan, Mischa Barton, Nantucket

  the designer told New York. Katie Couric belted out "Sweet Caroline" at a piano bar in Nantucket. Harvey Weinstein picked Clint Eastwood to compose the score for John Cusack's new movie. City comptroller Bill Thompson says he was able to buy an apartment in Brooklyn shortly after graduating college in 1974, but his daughter couldn't even afford

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• Gossip Roundup: Dina Lohan Thought 16 Was The Legal Drinking Age

  Published: August 9, 2007, 9:20 am

  Tags: Chris Noth, Gossip Roundup, Katie Couric, Lindsay Lohan, Sex The City

  Among the shocking revelations from the lips of tragic former child star Lindsay Lohan's ex-bodyguard: "Dina often 'let her do whatever she wanted, just to keep her happy and working . . . [At her...

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• ABC Gushes Over Very Personal' Photos of John Edwards Wedding Renewal

  Published: August 9, 2007, 11:25 am

  Tags: 2008 Presidential, Campaigns Amp Amp Elections, Diane Sawyer, Elizabeth Edwards, John Edwards, Katie Couric, Robin Roberts, Good Morning America, Today

  During the 2004 campaign, Katie Couric, then a host of NBC's "Today" show, giddily asked, "What do you say, One Frosty, two straws?'" A transcript of the August 9 segment, which aired at 7:19am, follows: 7:01am tease Diane Sawyer: "And also in the news this morning, we have the very first pictures of a very

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• Couric Gaffe: CBS Anchor Puts Reporter With Hoarse Voice On the Spot

  Published: August 9, 2007, 12:09 pm

  Tags: Foreign Policy, Iraq, Military, David Martin, George W Bush, Katie Couric, Cbs, Cbs News, Humor, Video

  News" anchor Katie Couric tossed a question to Pentagon correspondent David Martin. But Couric apparently wasn't informed that Martin has lost his voice and was ill-equipped to go live on national television as he could barely whisper the answer to Couric's question. Video (0:47): Real or Windows, plus MP3

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• Someone's Finally Sticking Up for Katie

  Published: August 9, 2007, 6:11 pm

  Tags: In Other News, Cbs, Fox News Channel, Katie Couric, Shep Smith

  champion for the struggling Katie Couric emerged today. Her knight in shining Brooks Brothers is rival Shep Smith, who anchors Fox News' evening newscast. From an interview today on TV Guide's Biz Blog: TVGuide.com: CBS Evening News tried to do something different last year after they hired Katie Couric, and it was rejected. They didn't try it

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• CBS Evening News Connects George H.W. Bush to Trapped Miners

  Published: August 10, 2007, 9:07 pm

  Tags: Katie Couric, Nancy Cordes, Robert Murray, Cbs Evening News

  owns the Utah mine. Anchor Katie Couric introduced a story on how the mines owned by Bob Murray of Murray Energy have been cited over and over for safety violations. Cordes undermined Couric's implication by relaying how the Crandall Canyon Mine in Utah has a better-than-average safety rate. But, she added, over 1984 video of Bush

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• Couric Conducts Decent Interview With Conservative Think Tank Official

  Published: August 10, 2007, 11:14 am

  Tags: 2008 Presidential, Campaigns Amp Amp Elections, Conservatives Amp Amp Republicans, Health Care, Political Groups, Katie Couric, Robert Moffitt, Online Media, Blogs, Couric Amp Amp Co

  feature on her "Couric & Co." blog is the "10 Questions" interview, usually posed to a think tank official or politician on a major political issue. In the past, I've blogged about how the interviews have generally skewed leftward, but I was pleasantly surprised with the CBS anchor's mostly neutral agenda of

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• At Presidential Press Conference, Reporters Push Bush to Agree to Raise Taxes

  Published: August 10, 2007, 1:44 am

  Tags: Taxes, Ann Compton, Jim Axelrod, Katie Couric

  between CBS News anchor Katie Couric and White House correspondent Jim Axelrod: COURIC: Let's go to Jim Axelrod who is in the White House briefing room. Jim I'm surprised the President wasn't really pushed more on infrastructure questions, and he seemed to dismiss the notion of raising the federal gas tax to pay for some, what, quarter of

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• Out of the Blogosphere

  Published: August 11, 2007, 9:01 am

  Tags: Cbs Evening News, Cbseveningnews, Corey Haim, Coreyhaim, Craigslist, Drew Carey, Drewcarey, Homer Simpson, Homersimpson, Jericho, Katie Couric, The Price Right, Tmz Com, Tv Newser, Two Coreys

  Filed under: Industry, Programming, Web, Celebrities Drew Carey injured on the set of The Price Is Right! This woman on Craigslist wants to help Corey Haim. The staff of The CBS Evening News learns how to dance to "Thriller." We all have a Homer Simpson gene. TV Barn goes behind the scenes of The Early Show. Get

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