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`Project Runway' may leave, but NBC keeps its producers
May 5 2008, AP

“Project Runway” may switch from Bravo to the Lifetime cable network this fall, but NBC Universal ensured Monday that the show’s creators won’t go with it.NBC Universal, whose properties include Bravo, USA and Oxygen, announced a deal that ties it to...

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Ithaca, NY, wants to be America's 1st podcar city
AP, Ithaca
The thought of a driverless, computer-guided car transporting people where they want to go on demand is a futuristic notion to some.
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Bank stock purchased pushed; `no' to protectionism
AP, Washington
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told international leaders on Sunday that isolationism and protectionism could worsen the spreading financial crisis. With a new...
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American Foreign Policy with Mexico: Challanges For the Next U.S. President
Oscar, Oaxaca
With less than a month left before the Presidential election, the economy has come to the forefront as the decisive factor and will likely remain so through election...
u.s., foreign policy, presidential election, obama
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UK university holds artificial intelligence test
AP, Reading
Computers argued, cracked jokes and parried trick questions Sunday, all part of an annual test of artificial intelligence carried out at the University of Reading.
EU, Britain, Artificial, Intelligence
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Ohio shooting puts face on foreclosure crisis
AP, Akron
By the time deputies came to escort Addie Polk out of her home of 38 years, the 90-year-old had taken out her life insurance policy and placed it next to her pocketbook...
Foreclosure, Shooting, Addie Polk, Akron
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`Chihuahua' fetches $17.5M to win another weekend
AP, Los Angeles
An adorable talking dog remained just the sort of escapist movie hero audiences wanted after a week of awful economic news.
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Fire burns 750 acres northeast of Los Angeles
AP, Los Angeles
A wildfire burned up to 750 acres of forest north of Los Angeles Sunday, threatening hundreds of homes and an animal sanctuary, authorities said.
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Holocaust survivors tell love story
AP, North Miami Beach
In the beginning, there was a boy, a girl and an apple.
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Paulson: Protectionist policies won't solve crisis
AP, Washington
Appealing for global unity in a time of crisis, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Sunday that isolationism and protectionism do not offer a way to contain the...
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All is forgiven; McCain returning to Letterman
AP, New York
David Letterman and Sen. John McCain will get a chance to make up.
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Counting cards: NY collection includes 6,356 decks
AP, New York
The collection spans 50 countries and four centuries and touches on subjects ranging from beer marketing to 19th-century Portuguese politics.
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Fire burns 500 acres northeast of Los Angeles
AP, Los Angeles
A wildfire burned about 500 acres of forest Sunday, threatening hundreds of homes and an animal sanctuary north of Los Angeles, authorities said.
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Palin has mixed record as fiscal conservative
AP, Anchorage
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican nominee for vice president, bills herself as a fiscal conservative. But that can be a relative term when you’re governor...
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Bailout managers may be buying own securities
AP, Washington
The government’s plan to make sure private managers of a $700 billion bailout plan are free of conflicts of interest is weak, according to some critics, and...
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Residents get OK to return after Pa. chemical leak
AP, Petrolia
About 2,500 people who fled when a corrosive liquid overflowed from a tank at a chemical plant and evaporated were allowed to return home Sunday after authorities...
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NKorea to resume dismantling nuclear facilities
AP, Seoul
North Korea said Sunday it will resume dismantling its main nuclear facilities, hours after the United States removed the communist country from a list of states that...
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Writers find inspiration in Kerouac's Orlando home
AP, Orlando
This city in a region of mouse ears and outlet malls was once the home to Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac and it may be incubating a successor.
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Attorney: Marine fighting extradition from Mexico
AP, Jacksonville
The attorney for a Marine accused of killing a pregnant colleague says his client is fighting extradition to the United States.
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Castro: Racism in US keeps many away from Obama
AP, Havana
Fidel Castro says a “profound racism” in the United States will stop millions from voting for Barack Obama in next month’s presidential election.
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About 2,500 flee chemical leak in western Pa.
AP, Petrolia
About 2,500 people have fled a toxic cloud after a corrosive material was leaked at a chemical plant in western Pennsylvania.
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GE profit falls 22 pct, hurt by financial arm
AP, Fairfield
General Electric Co., which makes everything from jet engines to water treatment systems and owns NBC Universal, said Friday its third quarter profit fell 22 percent,...
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made popular Oct 10 2008
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Google, NBC Universal ink ad deal
AP, San Francisco
Internet search leader Google Inc. and NBC Universal said Monday they’re teaming up to allow Google to sell advertisements on some of NBC’s cable channels...
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made popular Sep 9 2008
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Highlights from Olympic coverage, and what's ahead
AP,
A look at NBC Universal’s coverage of the Summer Olympics:
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made popular Aug 10 2008
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Zucker: NBC Universal is an 'important' part of GE
AP, Sun Valley
General Electric has no plans to sell its NBC Universal media unit even as the conglomerate moves forward with spinning off slower-growing businesses, NBC Chief...
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made popular Jul 11 2008
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NBC Universal to buy The Weather Channel for $3.5B
AP, New York
NBC Universal and two partners said Sunday they have reached a deal to buy The Weather Channel from Landmark Communications Inc., ending a drawn-out process that had...
NBC, Weather, Channel, Technology
made popular Jul 6 2008
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NBC Universal agrees to buy The Weather Channel
AP, New York
NBC Universal says it has reached a deal to buy The Weather Channel from Landmark Communications Inc. for an undisclosed sum.NBC already operates a cable and broadcast...
NBC, Weather, Channel, Business
made popular Jul 6 2008
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Settlement in NY lawsuit over NBC's 'Predator'
AP, New York
NBC Universal has settled a $105 million lawsuit brought by a woman who claimed a televised sex sting by “Dateline NBC: To Catch A Predator” drove her...
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made popular Jun 26 2008
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The Weather Channel moves closer to deal with NBC
AP, New York
An investor group led by NBC Universal moved closer to buying The Weather Channel Friday after Time Warner Inc. dropped out of the bidding.NBC Universal, a unit of...
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made popular Jun 14 2008
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NBC Universal, ad agency to create product-centered programs
AP, Burbank
A newly formed NBC Universal production unit is teaming up with an advertising agency to create programs around sponsors’ products, the company said.NBC Universal...
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made popular Apr 18 2008
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`Project Runway' Walks to Lifetime
AP, New York
The Peabody Award-winning “Project Runway” is walking to Lifetime, and NBC Universal Co. responded Monday by suing the hit reality show’s makers to...
TV, Project, Runway, Entertainment
made popular Apr 8 2008
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GE Chief Says No Sale of NBC Universal
AP, Fairfield
The chief executive of General Electric Co. is telling investors that the industrial and financial conglomerate will not sell NBC Universal, despite recurring...
GE, NBC, Universal, Business
made popular Mar 12 2008
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Online Video Site Brings TV Shows to Web
AP, Los Angeles
Hulu.com, a joint venture between News Corp. and NBC Universal, plans to open its online library of ad-supported TV shows and movies to the public on Wednesday, the...
Online, Video, Technology, Business
made popular Mar 11 2008
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Site Plans Hundreds of TV Shows Online
AP, Los Angeles
Hulu.com, a joint venture between News Corp. and NBC Universal, plans to open its vast online library of ad-supported TV shows and movies to the public on Wednesday,...
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made popular Mar 11 2008
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NBC Universal to buy Sparrowhawk Media
Rahul, Shimla
NBC Universal agreed to buy Sparrowhawk Media, which owns the channels, from the private equity firms 3i and Providence Equity Partners. With the acquisition NBC...
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made popular Aug 29 2007
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MySpace thinks of branded video channels to battle YouTube's dominance
Naveen, Shimla
Recently, News Corp. and NBC Universal joined hands to roll out a YouTube-like online video sharing site that will feature TV shows, movies, and video clips to be...
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made popular May 16 2007
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News Corp. and NBC Universal join hands to challenge YouTube
Naveen, Shimla
YouTube was one of the biggest internet phenomenons of the year 2006 as it was acquired by Google. The Time Magazine has already nominated YouTube as the...
News Corp., NBC Universal, Google, YouTube
made popular Mar 22 2007
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Media houses team up to create a rival of YouTube
Ashutosh, Chandigarh
The supremacy of YouTube might be challenged as the biggest media corporations are in talks to create a rival of YouTube. One look at the list of media house...
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made popular Dec 10 2006
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