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A new era in technology is calling

A new era in technology is calling

The much-anticipated Apple iPhone hits stores Friday amid a huge marketing push. Will this high-tech gadget live up to all the hype?
by Jon Gordon

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Stretching the sound of reporting

Stretching the sound of reporting

Using dramatization, radical sound effects and humor, the new series Radio Lab probes the secrets of the mind while reporting the latest research on the human condition.

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A birthday tribute to Studs Terkel

A birthday tribute to Studs Terkel

A true legend of American radio turns 95 on Wednesday. Studs Terkel spoke with luminaries, thinkers, writers, saints and sinners during his five decades at Chicago's WFMT -- everyone from Pete Seeger to Bob Woodward to Garrison Keillor.

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Violence and the news media

Violence and the news media

With NBC's decision to broadcast the videotape of Seung Hui Cho, media coverage of the Virginia Tech massacre became the story and may have started a backlash against the competitive nature of the news business.

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CBS fires Don Imus

CBS fires Don Imus

CBS fired Don Imus from his radio show Thursday, the finale to a stunning fall for one of the nation's most prominent broadcasters. Don Imus's inflammatory remarks about the Rutgers women's basketball team provoked a storm of protest and a round of apologies -- which weren't enough to save his job.

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Remembering Herb Carneal

Remembering Herb Carneal

The man known as the voice of the Minnesota Twins - Herb Carneal - was remembered Thursday at Colonial Church in Edina. Carneal broadcast Twins games for 45 years, and died this past weekend at the age of 83.
by Brandt Williams

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Jonathan Lethem and "You Don't Love Me Yet"

Jonathan Lethem and "You Don't Love Me Yet"

Jonathan Lethem has a new novel about indie rockers and young performance artists living in Los Angeles. But he is also shopping a new idea -- that artists and businesses keep too tight a hold on copyrights, and that the artistic spirit would flourish if everyone agreed to loosen that grip.
by Euan Kerr and Mary Lucia

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Players and friends remember Herb Carneal

Players and friends remember Herb Carneal

The Minnesota Twins open their 2007 season Monday, with a game at the Metrodome. But the occasion will be tinged with sadness, with the death of longtime Twins radio announcer Herb Carneal. Carneal, who called Twins games for 45 seasons, died Sunday of congestive heart failure at 83.
by Jessica Mador

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News outlets grapple with a changing audience

News outlets grapple with a changing audience

News consumers appear to be separating into two groups -- those interested in hard news and those who want the latest on celebrities like Paris Hilton. Where does that leave those in the middle? Kerri Miller discusses the issue with one of the authors of a new report on the state of American journalism.

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