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"Runaway General" Journalist Michael Hastings Dies

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Associated Press | Jun 19, 2013

LOS ANGELES - Award-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings, whose unflinching reporting ended the career of a top American army general, died early Tuesday in a car accident in Los Angeles, his employer and family said. Hastings, who was 33, was described by many of his colleagues as an unfailingly bright and hard-charging reporter who wrote stories that mattered. Most recently, he wrote about politics for the news website BuzzFeed, where the top editor said colleagues were devastated by the loss. "Michael was a great, fearless journalist with an incredible instinct for the story, and a gift for finding ways to make hi... more

Family Sues Over Woman's Death in TV Project

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Associated Press | Jun 19, 2013

DENVER - Survivors of a woman killed during the production of a reality TV show pilot have filed a wrongful death and negligence lawsuit against Discovery Communications Inc. and Anthropic Productions Corp. Terry Flanell's husband and daughter filed the lawsuit last week in federal court in Denver. It says the companies were producing a pilot focusing on the family's Colorado Springs business, Dragon Arms Inc. The suit says the opening sequence was to have employees walk through a cloud of smoke, but pyrotechnic devices that were used to create the smoke malfunctioned, and one struck Flanell. The lawsuit alleges no licensed pyrotechnics... more

'Brooklyn DA' Documentary Drama is Behind Camera

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Associated Press | Jun 17, 2013

NEW YORK - On the CBS documentary series "Brooklyn DA," the story line is simple: Can prosecutors put the bad guys away? Behind the scenes, the drama unfolding at one of the nation's largest district attorney's offices is more complex, with an upcoming election and opponents threatening to unseat the longtime leader, a review of dozens of cases and a federal lawsuit by a man who was wrongfully convicted. "I think there is definitely some damage control going on," said Alex Vitale, a Brooklyn College political sociology and criminology professor. "But it's important to keep in mind it's a huge staff. I don't think it's fair to say there i... more

CBS: Someone Tampered With Reporter's Computer

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Associated Press | Jun 17, 2013

NEW YORK - Private investigators found that CBS News Washington reporter Sharyl Attkisson's computer was tampered with multiple times late last year, the TV network said Friday. CBS said an intruder, working remotely using Attkisson's accounts, executed commands involving the search and filtering of data. The network said it is taking further steps to identify the intruder and how that person gained access to her computer. CBS hired a cybersecurity firm to conduct the analysis. Attkisson, an investigative reporter who has worked at CBS since 1995, said three weeks ago that she thought someone had tampered with her computers. In an inter... more

Hip, Cage-Free TV: 'Portlandia' is Renewed

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Associated Press | Jun 14, 2013

PORTLAND, Ore. - In the last season of "Portlandia," the mayor of this sustainability-obsessed city vanished in shame after he was singled out as Portland's "No. 1 electricity hog," Portland went into a blackout, cats barked, creepy music played, and a bizarre Australian who calls himself "Birdman" told guests at a bed and breakfast "there is no civilization." Carrie and Fred - about the only characters in "Portlandia" with any grip on reality - tracked down the mayor at a compound in the wilderness where he was leading a band of savages, a la Colonel Kurtz in "Apocalypse Now." "Do you come as assassins?" asks the muddled mayor, played b... more

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