ABC began news broadcasts early in its independent existence as a radio network after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ordered NBC to spin off the former NBC Blue Network into an independent company in 1943. The split (which NBC conducted voluntarily in the event that its appeal to have the ruling overturned was denied) was enforced to expand competition in radio broadcasting in the United States as the industry had only a few companies such as NBC and CBS that dominated the radio market, and in particular, was intended to prevent the limited competition from dominating news and political broadcasting and projecting narrow points-of-view. Television broadcasting was suspended however, during World War II.
In the past four years, 31-year-old Kyle Cook has survived a lightning strike, a bite by a venomous spider and – most recently – an attack by a rattlesnake in his backyard in Lakeland, Florida, southwest of Orlando, CBSNews reports.“I need to get a (protective) bubble,” Cook says. His father, Mike Cook, sees it another way.“He’s a walking Murphy’s law. I walk on the other side of the mall.” – Mike CookOn Aug....
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas DarlingWith newsPresident Barack Obama used a 15-year-old piece of legislation approved by Congress to militarily intervene in, and aggressively bomb, 14 countries, the most recent being Syria and Libya, it appears the new face of genocide is politically motivated ... In other words, everyone cannot exploit everyone else at the same time ... 11 attacks ... by the corporate dominated news media ... 4 ... 5 ... 4.....
Stars and Stripes reported an explosive-laden truck driven by a Kurdish suicide bomber rammed into a checkpoint before detonating near a police station Friday in southeast Turkey killing at least 11 police offices and wounding 78 other people, according to Turkey’s prime minister.The driver struck the checkpoint 50 yards from a main police station near the town of Cizre, in the mainly-Kurdish Sirnak province bordering Syria....
Czech tourist Pavlina Pizova has described the death of her partner and the month she spent in the New Zealand wilderness after the couple set out on an ill-fated hike ... ....
Philippine troops have killed 11 Abu Sayyaf militants, including an influential commander, in an assault on the extremists following their beheading of a captive over an unpaid ransom ... ....
The 28-year-old GreaseLive! star and her brother, 31, are both returning for the upcoming season of the ABC competition series, as a judge and a pro, respectively ... ....
The charming America Ferrera, formerly of “Ugly Betty,” stars in this workplace sitcom as the most normal person at a big-box store among an array of comically eccentric employees ... The Complete Eighth and FinalSeason” (ABC, 2015-16, five discs, 22 episodes, deleted scenes, audio commentaries, featurette, bloopers) ... Brandon Routh and Victor Garber are among the stars ... Veteran character actor Luis Guzman co-stars....
PRESCOTT, Ariz ... Four ex-hostages who had shared cells with Kayla Mueller spoke publicly for the first time in an interview with ABCNews set to air Friday ... They said guards targeted Mueller more than other prisoners ... Mueller and her boyfriend were captured after both left a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Aleppo ... Carl Mueller told ABCNews that Obama had promised during a private meeting in 2015 to make a contribution ... ....
Trading in the stock of medical device manufacturer St. Jude Medical was halted Friday afternoon after a dramatic drop in its value. That drop was triggered by news of alleged vulnerabilities in the company's cardiac care devices ...Muddy Waters on Thursday claiming that it had demonstrated "two types of cyber attacks against STJ implantable cardiac devices....
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Neowin ... "[South Carolina Representative, Trey Gowdy, spoke to Fox News about Hillary Clinton's lawyers using BleachBit to wipe the private servers ... They were using something called BleachBit ... Trey Gowdy on Fox News. His comments on the "drastic cyber-measure" were in response to the question of whether emails on her private Microsoft Exchange Server were simply about "yoga and wedding plans." ... ....
Cabrera’s caution served him well, but the spyware scandal that rocked Apple this week brought only bad news for dissidents, human rights activists, investigative journalists and others in the sights of repressive or meddlesome governments ...Cyber experts revealed this week that an Israeli firm, NSOGroup, had created spyware that allowed remote ......
Aug 26 (Reuters) - One day after a short seller claimed that St. Jude Medical Inc's heart implants are vulnerable to deadly cyber attacks, investors appear most concerned about whether the accusation... ....
Bloomington, Ind. • SwimmingstarLillyKing is holding her ground on doping. She wants cheaters out of the pool — and out of international sports ... “I don’t think it’s necessarily a bad thing,” she said during a news conference at Indiana University. “If you’re going to be the poster child for anything, I t... ....