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• PBS's NOW: New legal hope for Guantanamo detainees?

  Published: August 3, 2007, 1:25 pm

  Tags: Pbs, Gitmo Abu Ghraib

  PBS’s NOW: A strong blow to the Bush Administration’s detainee policy, and the military lawyer who dealt it. On Friday, August 3 at 8:30 pm (check local listings), David Brancaccio talks with Lieutenant Commander Charles Swift, whose Supreme Court victory on behalf of his client, a Guantanamo Bay detainee, successfully challenged the

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• PBS's NOW: Insight Into America's Income Inequality

  Published: August 10, 2007, 4:45 pm

  Tags: Pbs, Economy

  PBS’s NOW: In America, the top one-tenth of one percent of earners makes about the same money per year collectively as the millions of Americans in the bottom fifty percent combined. This is putting a tight squeeze on the middle class, while leaving millions of others in the cold. On Friday, August 10th, David Brancaccio talks with Pulitzer

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• Independent Lens returns in October

  Published: August 11, 2007, 6:02 am

  Tags: An Unreasonable Man, China, Documentaries, Independent Lens, King Corn, Mapping Stem Cell Research, Miss Navajo, Pbs, Terrence Howard, Terrencehoward, Vote For Me, Wordplay

  would air as part of the PBS series Independent Lens on October 16. It turns out it's also the very first documentary of the series' sixth season. Other documentaries will include An Unreasonable Man, the popular 2006 documentary about presidential candidate and consumer advocate Ralph Nader; Banished, which tells the story of how some

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• Gwyneth Paltrow, TV star?

  Published: August 14, 2007, 10:03 am

  Tags: Cuisine, Gwyneth Paltrow, Mario Batali, Mariobatali, Pbs, Spain, Spanish

  has Holly Hunter and now PBS has Gwyneth Paltrow.Paltrow, the star of Shakespeare in Love and the upcoming Iron Man movie, will be traveling to Europe this fall for a new cooking show exploring the usually overlooked world of Spanish cuisine.Continue reading Gwyneth Paltrow, TV star? Permalink   Email this

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• Matt Damon gets tooned-up

  Published: August 15, 2007, 4:00 am

  Tags: Arthur Cartoon, Arthurcartoon, Celebrity Cartoon Character, Celebritycartooncharacter, Matt Damon, Matt Damon On Pbs, Mattdamon, Mattdamononpbs, Pbs Arthur, Pbs Kid Show, Pbsarthur, Pbskidshow

  be a special guest star in PBS' animated show "Arthur" tentatively airing September 3rd. The Oscar-winning star will be promoting a Project Greenlight-ish contest and encouraging children to submit their videos to the show's "Postcards from You" segment. The Ocean's Eleven and Bourne Ultimatum star became a step-dad to daughter Alexis in

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• Gwyneth Paltrow and Mario Batali will tour Spain together

  Published: August 23, 2007, 8:30 am

  Tags: Gwyneth Paltrow, Iron Chef, Mario Batali, Mariobatali, Pbs

  for the show to air on PBS. Gwyneth's voice is a little annoying to me, but I adore Chef Batali.[via: TVSquad]Permalink   Email this   Comments

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• Tower Tremors: Wireless Communication Towers

  Published: August 31, 2007, 3:36 am

  Tags: Pbs S Posts, Technology, Science, Environment, Culture, Random Thoughts, Politics

  Cellular towers are becoming a part of our modern landscape equivalent to when billboards began to multiply a few decades ago. And like billboards, they are a mixed blessing at best and an environmental blight to many people. Each year in North America an estimated 4-5 million birds per year are killed in [...]

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• So You Think Your Home is Insured for its Full Value?

  Published: August 18, 2007, 8:39 pm

  Tags: Home Insurance Industry, Pbs Now

  An revealing look from the PBS news program NOW about how the home insurance industry is failing many of its customers. The report serves as a warning to consumers to be careful when purchasing insurance plans. Here's the linkCODYLYONBLOGOLATER

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• Sneak preview of PBS' The War available online - VIDEO

  Published: September 1, 2007, 9:03 am

  Tags: America, Fight, Generation, Ken Burns, Pbs, Soldiers, The War, Thewar, World War Ii, Worldwarii, Wwii

  Burns' new documentary for PBS, The War, which debuts on September 23 at 8:00 p.m. and is scheduled to air in seven parts. Check your listings for airtimes in your area. I've been drawn to the idea of a lengthy documentary about World War II partially for the historical aspect, but moreso because of the human aspect. Growing up, my exposure to

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• PBS offering censored and uncensored versions of The War

  Published: September 4, 2007, 3:02 pm

  Tags: Censored, Curse Words, Fcc, Ken Burns, Pbs, Swearing, The War, Uncensored, World War Ii, Wwii

  Google it).Continue reading PBS offering censored and uncensored versions of The War Permalink   Email this     Comments

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• PBS Officials, Conservatives Maintain Dispute Over Radical Islam Documentary

  Published: September 4, 2007, 1:54 pm

  Tags: Radical Islam, Pbs, Journalistic Issues

  Burke claimed. PBS has acknowledged expressing reservations over the role Gaffney and Alexiev were assigned in the filmmaking process. The strong advocacy positions CSP held on the very issues covered in the film were cause for concern, Michael Getler, the PBS ombudsman explained in a recent column. While PBS eventually agreed

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• Mining Company Fights Back Against Soros Lies

  Published: September 5, 2007, 12:31 pm

  Tags: Business Coverage, Liberals Democrats, George Soros, New York Times, Pbs

  Rosia. The New York Times, PBS and other media outlets have in recent weeks presented a false picture of the Rosia Montana project, describing it as a small village trying to fend off destruction by a big Canadian mining company. The real picture is much different - the truth is, the people of the village largely support the proposed mine, and

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• WaPo Gushes, PBS Host Tavis Smiley Emcees Bill Clinton Book Launch Event

  Published: September 5, 2007, 10:46 am

  Tags: Campaigns Elections, Poverty, Bill Clinton, Tavis Smiley, Pbs, Washington Post

  by Tavis Smiley, the nightly PBS chat-show host. The headline on the front of the style section was "Bill Clinton's Got What It Takes for 'Giving.'" Segal can't get over how Clinton consistently sounds like a genius, and how it makes him long for the glory days: He still has this way of presenting his ideas for reforms as simple,

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• PBS's NOW: Women in the U.S. military assaulted and raped by fellow soldiers

  Published: September 6, 2007, 3:01 pm

  Tags: Pbs, Military

  NOW: Roughly one in seven of America’s active duty military soldiers is a woman, but a NOW investigation found that sexual assault and rape is widespread. One study of National Guard and Reserve forces found that almost one in four women had been assaulted or raped. Last year alone, almost 3,000 soldiers reported sexual assault and rape

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• A Not-So-Splashy Way to Save the Planet

  Published: September 7, 2007, 11:51 am

  Tags: Energy, Health, Global Warming, Usa, Oil, Environmental Issues, Pbs

  Give up bottled water. Seriously. The oil used to distill water, make plastic containers and ship them over long distances rivals the energy spent and the pollution caused by gas-guzzling cars. Americans have to drive to work, take the kids to school and go shopping. They don't have to drink water out of bottles. In most places [...]

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