Andy Rooney

Andy Rooney's Publisher On New Book Of Collected Writing

The Atlantic | Peter Osnos | Posted 12.02.2009 | Books

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Andy Rooney turns 91 on January 14, 2010. For 31 of those years he has delivered the closing essay on CBS's 60 Minutes. These pieces are the main reas...

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Andy Rooney On Sleep

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living

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Dr. Michael J. Breus

It would be nice to have a gauge on us to let us know when we need to get some shut eye or when we've had enough, much like a battery light that comes on to tell us it's time to charge a certain device for optimal use.

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WATCH: Chevron's Ecuador Problem Forces Andy Rooney to Drop the H-Bomb...Something He Really, Really, Hates to Do

Paul Paz y Miño | Posted 09.19.2009 | Green

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Paul Paz y Miño

Andy Rooney hates what Chevron is doing -- leaving 18 billion gallons of wastewater and 17 million gallons of crude oil to pollute Amazonian communities, and then trying to pretend that nothing ever happened.

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Robert D. Novak Is in the Book

Scott Shrake | Posted 09.18.2009 | Media

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Scott Shrake

Of course, Robert Novak was listed in the phone book. Or is it an "of course"? Let's break it down.

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Andy Rooney: Walter Cronkite Was "A Best Friend," "I Just Liked Him A Lot" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Elyssa Spitzer | Posted 08.27.2009 | Media

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After struggling to deliver his eulogy at last Thursday's funeral for Walter Cronkite, Andy Rooney spoke about his friendship with the recently deceas...

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Farewell Walter Cronkite

Joe Peyronnin | Posted 08.23.2009 | Media

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Joe Peyronnin

At the funeral today, Andy Rooney recounted how they met during World War II, when the Air Force would arrange to take them on bombing missions. Rooney became too upset to go on and stepped down.

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Andy Rooney Breaks Down At Cronkite Funeral (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Peter Drivas | Posted 08.23.2009 | Media

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Andy Rooney had an emotional moment at Walter Cronkite's funeral Thursday afternoon. The "60 Minutes" correspondent abruptly ended his eulogy of his ...

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Andy Rooney Goes Fruit Shopping, Talks Local Food (VIDEO)

Posted 08.13.2009 | Green

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Andy Rooney, the infamous curmudgeon, leaves his 60 Minutes desk to go fruit shopping at Fairway, in Manhattan. He scoffs at all of the fruit from Cal...

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Andy Rooney Accidentally Plagiarizes SNL Parody Of Himself (VIDEO)

Videogum | Posted 07.16.2009 | Comedy

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Andy Rooney's always-entertaining commentary on last night's 60 Minutes was about shoes. Why don't they design better ones, why don't they fit, why do...

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Andy Rooney Worries About The Environment (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 05.14.2009 | Green

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Andy Rooney is worried about global warming, and he used his perch on "60 Minutes" to talk about it this week. His message is general, but the audien...

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Pay-To-Play: Inauguration Tickets, Only $12,500 Each!

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

This doesn't sound a whole lot like "change we can believe in." This sounds more like same-old-same-old cronyism and pay-to-play.

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"60 Minutes" Turns 40

USA Today | Peter Johnson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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60 Minutes correspondent Morley Safer recalls complaining to former CBS News chief Bill Leonard about the then-fledgling newsmagazine. Leonard cut hi...

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