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'DWTS' Judges Pick Favorite 2 Contestants Ever

Posted 04.24.2012

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Over the past thirteen seasons, judges Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli have seen a lot of celebrity contestants come and go on "Dancin...

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'Revenge For Real': Danny Pelosi Claims Proof Of Innocence

Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: TV Canada, Ted Ammon, Revenge for Real, Video, 20/20, Murder in the Hamptons, Tv Replay, Revenge, Abc, Cynthia McFadden, Generosa Ammon, Daniel Pelosi, Reality-Free, TV News

Clearly riding on the coattails of the success its found with the soapy drama "Revenge," ABC News is filling that slot for two weeks with their own tr...

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Why Gabby Giffords' Recovery Is Not a Miracle

Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Nightline, Bob Woodruff, Remind.org, Traumatic Brain Injury, Health Care Reform, 20/20, Diane Sawyer, Gabrielle Giffords Rehabilitation, Health Care, Gabby Giffords, Politics News
Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn

I do not begrudge Gabby Giffords or Bob Woodruff their access to first class healthcare. I just wish that we as a nation could figure out a way to share healthcare a little better.

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WATCH: Gabrielle Giffords Speaks, Smiles In '20/20' Interview

AP/The Huffington Post | By KEVIN FREKING | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: Gabrielle-Giffords, Gabrielle Giffords Interview, Gabby Giffords 20/20, Video, Jared Lee Loughner, Tucson Shooting, Gabby Giffords Shooting, 20/20, Gabrielle Giffords 20/20, Mark Kelly, Gabrielle Giffords Shooting, Diane Sawyer, Gabby Giffords, Politics News

By KEVIN FREKING, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP/The Huffington Post)-- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, struggling to form the words in her first ext...

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Amanda M. Fairbanks

Young Latinos Vital To Reaching National College Degree Attainment Goals

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda M. Fairbanks | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Latinos, Latino-Politics, Latino Education Gap, College Completion, College, Cost of Higher Education, Correction, High School, 2020, Obama, Dropout, College Dropouts, Higher Education, High School Dropouts, College Attainment, Students, Latino Students, Latino Education, Latino Voices News

Daniel Perez narrowly avoided the fate of navigating his young life armed with only a high school diploma. His family had emigrated from Mexico whe...

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Lucky in Love Meets Cautious Online

Hemanshu Nigam | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: match.com, Ssp Blue, Hemanshu Nigam, 20/20, Internet Security, Online Dating, ABC World News, Love, Technology News
Hemanshu Nigam

It's comforting to think that everyone on dating sites is just as earnest as you are: looking for love and hoping to find a soul mate. Sadly, even the online dating world has scammers.

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Charlie Sheen's Primetime Mea Culpa

Matt Semino | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Charlie Sheen, The Today Show, Denise Richards, Brooke Mueller, 20/20, Two and a Half Men, Piers Morgan, Cbs, Good Morning America, Entertainment News
Matt Semino

If Sheen truly wants his kids back, a genuine display of humility and remorse as well as a true commitment to getting his life under control could go a long way.

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Has the Media Been Fair to Charlie Sheen?

Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Charlie Sheen, 20/20, Baltimore Sun, Two and a Half Men, Cbs, Charlie Sheen Coverage, Charlie Sheen Media, Media News
Danny Groner

Faced with Sheen's self-destructive and strange behavior, should the media back off from this story, or are journalists, with captivated audiences in mind, providing an appropriate response?

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To Private Gun Sellers: Don't Ask, Don't Sell

Colin and Andrew Goddard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Columbine, Gun Violence, Brady Campaign, Gun Show Loophole, Gun Violence Prevention, Andrew Goddard, Gun Shows, 20/20, Colin Goddard, Gun Show Undercover, ABC News, Background Checks, Guns, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, Politics News
Colin and Andrew Goddard

Any responsible American should want to know that the weapon he's making money from won't be put in the hands of someone who is known to be dangerous.

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Changing Charity to a Charity That Changes You

Lee Schneider | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: TOMS Shoes, Homeless Shelters, Habitat for Humanity, Indiegogo, Charity: Water, Acumen Fund, Gap, Jumo, Real Food Daily, Shelter, Red, Jacqueline Novogratz, (RED), Be the Change, Patient Capital, 20/20, Impact News
Lee Schneider

I'm trying to approach this whole charity thing differently -- simply by not thinking of it as charity.

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Court: Defamation Suit Over Stossel Story Can Proceed

AP | PAUL ELIAS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Crenshaw Christian Center, Frederick Price, 20/20, John Stossel, ABC News, Media News

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court on Tuesday reinstated a televangelist's defamation lawsuit claiming ABC's "20/20" news program used a fi...

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Can the US Get Back the Needed Moral Authority to Host a 2020 World Expo?

Bob Jacobson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 2020, Morality, World Expo, Shanghai Expo 2010 Inc., Shanghai Expo, Public Diplomacy, California Budget, Arnold Schwarzenegger, San Francisco, China, USA Pavilion, US Diplomacy, World News
Bob Jacobson

I'm still digging into the slag heap that was the "USA Pavilion" at the World Expo: a completely private, law-evading, tax-exempt gift to wealthy corporations posing as a public institution.

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Michael Douglas and Yoko Ono Support Mayor Akiba and Nuclear Disarmament at John Catsimatidis' Fifth Avenue Home

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Luce

Mayors for Peace, headed by the Mayor of Hiroshima, Tadatoshi Akiba, got a boost this week during the five-yearly review of the Nuclear Non-Proliferat...

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John Stossel of Fox News: Is He Dumb or Dishonest?

Jackson Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jackson Williams

Stossel's shopworn technique is to marshal his porous arguments in two ways. He leaves out crucial information, and uses facts that aren't particularly germane, all the while betting that viewers won't know any better.

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Cultural Reorientation in Africa: Nigeria's "Project Runway"

Linda Constant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Promoting Nigerian Dress Culture, Clothing, Cultural Diplomacy, Africa, Workshop, Fashion Designers, Cultural Balance, Goodluck Jonathan, Unesco, 2020, Globalization, Diplomacy, Western, Traditional Dress, Cultural Reorientation, Nigerian Fashion Week, Style, Nollywood, Umaru Yar?Adua, National Institute for Cultural Orientation, Fashion, Barclays Ayakoroma, Nigeria, World Decade for Cultural Development, Nico, World News
Linda Constant

Nigeria's image in Western media is a complex combination of exoticism, intrigue and danger. While most people are well acquainted with Nollywood (now...

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Meryl Streep's Yearbook Photos, Cheerleading Past Revealed (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Meryl Streep, Abc, Before They Were Famous, Video, 20/20, Meryl Streep Yearbook Photos, Entertainment News

ABC News dug up Meryl Streep's old yearbook photos and sat down with her best high school friend and her graduate school drama coach to shoot a 'Befor...

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U.S. Olympic Committee Won't Seek 2020 Summer Games After Chicago 2016 Failure

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 2020, Usoc, Chicago Olympic Bid, Chicago Olympics, Illinois, US Olympics, Chicago 2016, Chicago, Chicago News

After the embarrassing failure of Chicago's bid for the 2016 Summer Games, the United States Olympic Committee has announced it won't put forward a ca...

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Writing for Haiti

Jen Grisanti | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haiti Earthquake, 60 Minutes, Seminars, Writing, Living, 20/20, Fundraising, Rebuilding Haiti, Haiti Relief, Los Angeles News
Jen Grisanti

How do you move past a tragedy like this? How do your emotions begin to process the loss? Can we help this devastated place recover?

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Conan O'Brien calls, The Jobs Whisperer, Stephen Viscusi For Advice on His Next Career Move!

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stephen Viscusi

By Stephen Viscusi I sit and daydream about the number of celebrities who have been calling me lately for career advice. Ever since "Up in the Ai...

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Conan O'Brien calls, The Jobs Whisperer, Stephen Viscusi for career advice, and hears these words: "Think Katie Couric": The Grass Is Not Always Greener!

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stephen Viscusi

By Stephen Viscusi I sit and daydream about the number of celebrities who have been calling me lately for career advice. Ever since "Up in the Ai...

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The 2020 Project: At the Intersection of Identity Politics & Pop Culture

Maegan Carberry | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Diana Nguyen, 2020, 2020 Project, Maegan Carberry, Disgrasian, Impact News
Maegan Carberry

In the latest 2020 interview, Diana Nguyen and I explore the importance of expressing one's identity (even in the Obama Era!) and the accessibility of blogs and social media.

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Is Dr. Fox-enstein - Roger Ailes - Building Another Monster?

Karl Frisch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pat Buchanan, Birthers, Msnbc, Cnbc, Lou Dobbs, Crossfire, The Glenn Beck Show, Immigration, Roger Ailes, Fox Broadcasting Company, Tucker Carlson, Fox Business Network, RFD TV, Fox Business, Chris Wallace, Rutgers Womens Basketball Team, Cnn, Don Imus, Rupert Murdoch, Michael Savage, Fox News, 20/20, John Stossel, Glenn Beck, ABC News, Dancing With the Stars, Fox News Channel, Media News
Karl Frisch

For months now, Roger Ailes has been putting the finishing touches on his first monster, Fox News Channel, just as its bride, Fox Business Network, is showing signs of life.

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Debbie Wasserman Schultz for President/Vice-President in 2016?

2morrowknight | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jewish Heritage, President, 2020, 2016, Florida, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, Vice-President, Florida Politics, Michelle Bachman, Kathleen Sebelius, Democratic Party, Democrats, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Women, Woman's Right to Vote, Hillary Clinton, Female Politicians, Politics News
2morrowknight

Could a female candidate be the answer for Democratic longevity in 2016? If so, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, with her toughness and ability to net the Dems Florida might be that female.

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Rhianna and MTV Shine a Light on Domestic Violence

Trish Kinney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chris Brown, Domestic Violence, 20/20, Abc, T.I., Diane Sawyer, Domestic Abuse, Entertainment News
Trish Kinney

Anytime abuse and violence against women hits the news, usually by way of celebrities, it is a rare opportunity for awareness and education surrounding an issue that most people would prefer to ignore.

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Chris Cuomo To Co-Anchor "20/20" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Cuomo announced Thursday that, like Diane Sawyer, Friday would be his last day on ABC's "Good Morning America." "I am leaving my position as ne...

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