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>>Fired Detroit news director feared for his life
>>El Lay news director promoted up and out at NBC
>>New York's NY1 finally names a ND replacement
>>San Diego news director out after just 15 months
>>Steve Kroft shows America his best vagina pose
>>Andy Rooney's typewriter nabbed by El Lay collector
>>Hundreds line up to buy Rooney's neckties
>>CNN denies it was in talks with Andrew Brietbart
>>Pittsburgh anchor to undergo heart surgery today
>>Illinois station abandons studio when tower shudders
>>Amarillo station spins weathercaster shuffle
>>Orlando station announces Opsahl heir apparent
>>Remarkable coverage of remarkable weather
>>Mrs. B speaks military

Friday, March 2
>>Fox News expands "Fox & Friends" to four hours
>>TV networks launch lawsuits against Aereo streaming
>>Breitbart was in secret talks with CNN to host show
>>Huntsville meteorologist wants to buy your friendship
>>Brian Williams, the preeminent news comedian of his generation
>>Tiki Barber moves a step closer to marrying ex-NBC intern
>>CBS News hires sports host as "special correspondent"
>>Another local sports guy bites the dust
>>Houston sports anchor confirms stroke
>>Retired Hartford anchor surfaces across the street
>>Veteran Joplin anchor quits to run for political office
>>Sacramento station hires veteran political editor
>>Dallas morning meteorologist out the door
>>Honolulu anchor quits for college job
>>Hartford reporter calls it quits
>>When all else fails, buy a new studio set
>>ESPN escapes another embarrassing headline
>>Mrs. B has your number

Thursday, March 1
>>Cleveland's theater of the absurd draws viewers
>>Toledo station to cut 63 jobs in shared-services merger
>>Tribune's bankruptcy has now cost $233.3 million
>>Rupert Murdoch's heir apparent takes a fall
>>Longtime DC morning anchor calls it quits
>>Lexington station names replacement for chief met
>>Former Salt Lake anchor lands in Austin
>>Ex-Orlando anchor now working for hospital
>>Former Seattle anchor takes his own life
>>Oregon anchor quits TV after 17 years
>>Booted Ft. Myers anchor blames Google
>>Erie sports anchor flubs look-live, curses
>>Deputies use reporter's picture for target practice
>>Did LA station boot hosts for Whitney Houston comment?
>>Soledad O'Brien's CNN morning ratings tank
>>Whatever became of Ted Turner?
>>Mrs. B knows who from whom

Wednesday, February 29
>>San Fran attorney pushes back against Detroit TV owner
>>Exclusive photo of fired Ft. Myers anchor sweeping up
>>Texting and driving at the Daytona 500
>>Ball-busting South Florida blogger gets cease and desist
>>Legendary Houston anchor returns from broken hip
>>Longtime NYC consumer reporter moves across the street
>>El Paso anchor leaps 79 markets to Phoenix
>>Longtime Cox Media salesman bumped to GM
>>Myrtle Beach news director promoted to GM
>>Nexstar promotes news director 108 markets
>>Longtime Lexington meteorologist abruptly quits
>>America’s Most Favorite Weather Forecaster?
>>Houston reporter hired by NBC News
>>Celebrity suck-up will dance with the stars
>>Making an extraordinary transition in Vermont
>>Mrs. B takes a phenomenal leap

Tuesday, February 28
>>Station president fired for working side deal with NHL team
>>Adell Broadcasting demands the return of $67,044
>>Detroit news director canned in station parking lot
>>WADL owner settles contentious lawsuit with sisters
>>Longtime Greensboro sports anchor dies of heart attack
>>San Diego sports guy suspended for Danica Patrick slur
>>Detroit Lion Hall of Famer sues TV anchor for divorce
>>Denver dog owner due in court tomorrow to face bite charges
>>KABC apologizes for post-Oscar F-bomb on live TV
>>NBC moves "Rock Center" again
>>Gawker editor admits he gets carried away
>>Minneapolis news anchor lands San Diego baseball gig
>>Colorado anchor leaps 70 markets to CBS O&O
>>Tragedy-stricken Palm Beach photog becomes dad again
>>Former Ft. Myers anchor entitled and unemployed
>>Mrs. B strokes her pet peeve

Monday, February 27
>>Detroit station hires talent agent as news consultant
>>Update: Detroit news director fired before first day
>>Booted Ft. Myers anchor sues station for dust balls
>>Comedian spills dictator's ashes on Ryan Seacrest
>>Critics calls Oscar coverage a "culturally empty affair"
>>Did Philly news director kill story at mayor's request?
>>WABC news anchor a "professional liar"
>>Good Morning America's old "developing" news
>>A spell of bad weather in DC
>>Rock Center fades, NBC digs in
>>Austin reporter quits to run cooking school
>>Kansas City sports anchor returns from surgery
>>San Diego sports anchor calls Danica a bitch
>>Fox Daytona coverage a likely Monday rainout
>>Mrs. B does a happy jig

Friday, February 24
>>Denver anchor speaks for first time about the "accident"
>>She's scheduled to undergo hip replacement surgery, too
>>Did Fat Albert lead to the firing of Kevin O'Brien?
>>El Lay cops gun down carjacking suspect on live TV
>>Gannett's $37.1 million secret agreement with former CEO
>>Gannett cut 1,500 newspaper jobs in 2011
>>Profits tumble 44% at Journal Communications
>>Who's shooting bullets at the Kansas City Star?
>>Nexstar hires new GM for Evansville duopoly
>>Philanthropic group surprised by Chicago News Cooperative 
>>White House reporters using sexy Twitter photos
>>Former ESPN analyst says gays must answer to God
>>Barbara Walters defends aggressive questioning of Star
>>Tom Brokaw to deliver Arizona State commencement speech
>>Dan Rather thanks Hurricane Carla for his First Big Break 
>>Mrs. B is feeling unattached to her "s"

Thursday, February 23
>>Detroit station fires Kevin O'Brien
>>Denver news director angrily denies story cover-up 
>>Bitten anchor able to speak and eat solid food after surgery
>>Media General to sell its 22 regional newspapers
>>Tampa station gets fourth general manager in two years
>>Gannett to take 80 newspapers behind pay wall
>>CBS Evening News beats ABC's World News
>>Another distracted driver crashes near live shot
>>Orlando cable outlet hires Sacramento news director
>>Honolulu ND packs up desk and heads back to mainland
>>Miami station replaces morning news anchor
>>Tucson meteorologist returns from lung infection
>>Fisher shutters local news drop-ins at Oregon satellites
>>AAJA issues "yellow peril" news advisory
>>Remembering the pre-PC newsrooms
>>Mrs. B is in on the robbery

Wednesday, February 22
>>ESPN's "chink in the armor" a repeat of 2008 Olympic gaffe
>>Unflappable Cleveland morning host retires today
>>Denver morning anchor undergoes second surgery
>>Seattle veteran slowly recovering from brain surgery
>>Chelsea Clinton thisclose to signing NBC deal
>>Tonight's 20th GOP debate will be the last
>>Critic: Fox News has corrupted the political process
>>Connecticut bonehead fires shots at TV van
>>Baron appeals patent-infringement dismissal
>>Chicago News Cooperative didn't cooperate
>>Comcast announces minority-owned channels
>>Russian networks kick back 3% to fund public TV
>>Lara Logan's bedroom fantasy
>>Mrs. B has a pair

Tuesday, February 21
>>Grumpy veteran reporter hired as news director at Detroit start-up
>>NBC offers Chelsea Clinton a contract extension
>>Meredith bounces dean of Connecticut TV news anchors
>>CBS spent $46 million on new "CBS This Morning"
>>GLAAD kisses and makes up with Roland Martin
>>Fired ESPN editor says racial slur never crossed his mind
>>Suspended ESPN anchor was stunned by network's decision
>>Glenn Beck says ESPN is "paralyzed by political correctness"
>>CBS Sports announcer has a soft stool in Cincinnati
>>Chicago News Cooperative to suspend operations
>>State Attorney declines to prosecute Miami reporter
>>Aereo soft-launches in NYC by invitation only
>>Stephen Colbert returns from two-show hiatus
>>Tribune tries live studio audience during morning show
>>CNN anchor warns students of tough times ahead
>>MSNBC host profiled as "rare liberal success"
>>Martin Bashir celebrates first anniversary at MSNBC
>>Mrs. B has cement in her concrete

Monday, February 20
>>Denver station pleaded with competitors to hold dog bite video
>>News director calls competitors "wimps" for caving to pressure
>>Newspaper accuses Fox station of "outright classlessness"
>>Veteran Seattle anchor out of ICU following brain surgery
>>Columbus station reveals top anchor replacement
>>Anchor salaries tumble in shifting news market
>>Former Seattle morning anchor headed to Cincinnati
>>CNN freelancer hired by CBS-owned Philly station
>>Sinclair bumps Balto ND to head of news group
>>Wichita morning anchor quits to follow husband's job
>>Matt Lauer's irrational fear of vomiting
>>CBS "This Morning" tumbles, Fox News profits
>>Chelsea Clinton's "empty-headed puff job"
>>Texas cable standoff reaches 70 days, FCC intervenes
>>ESPN fires writer for "chink in the armor" headline
>>Anchor suspended by over-reactive cable managers
>>Mrs. B wishes you a happy Presidents' Day

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