NEW YORK - A judge declared a mistrial Friday in the trial of two former Tyco International executives accused of looting the company of $600 million, citing intense outside pressure placed on one of the jurors.

January 18, 2007

WASHINGTON - Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens was convicted of seven corruption charges Monday in a trial that threatened to end the 40-year career of Alaska's political patriarch in disgrace.

David Petersen thought he was clear of his legal troubles when he cut a plea deal with Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard. But then the former state treasurer found out he was being targeted by MACE.

Floyd and Mary Beth Brown: With the secret filming in ACORN offices by twenty-something journalists James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles, they have caught America's attention. These brave young people have done the type of gutsy journalism that used to be the domain of once-powerful "60 Minutes" on CBS. 

LAS VEGAS - Media players in personal computers have serious vulnerabilities that could allow online criminals to attach malicious code and infect computers without the user's knowledge, a researcher said Thursday.

Floyd and Mary Beth Brown: A new documentary movie by courageous filmmaker John Ziegler entitled “Media Malpractice” made its theatrical début Thursday in Seattle. The movie systematically proves how corrupt and dishonest the American media were during the campaign of 2008.

Award-winning network TV reporter Bernard Goldberg first hit pay dirt in the book world with “Bias,” his 2001 best-seller exposing how the news we saw was distorted by the liberal bias of the journalists he worked with during his long career with CBS News.

Very strange how the media screamed about the amount of time it took President Bush to send FEMA and government workers and government aid to the individuals who lost their homes, etc. when the hurricane hit New Orleans. Why have we not heard a peep from the media in the past few years while the tornadoes devastated the middle of our country. Why is it that the media showed, and told, of the devastation caused to the hundreds of homes and the individuals living in the states who lost everything they owned to mother nature, but never questioned why the Obama government was not on the scene the very next day, and why the Obama government did not supply homes for those who lost their home and all their belongings in the horrific weather in the past three years?

"As job seekers, we're constantly told to make sure our resumes and cover letters are perfect - no typos, etc. So, should we be applying for jobs with companies that have misspelled words in their job postings?"

With Joe Biden and Paul Ryan’s debate behind us, the nation is still asking, “what happened to Obama in the first debate?” and “can he fix it in the next round?”

Every day when I sit down at my desk, I look straight at the Tankman.

“(Supervisor) Mary Rose Wilcox sending for Rev. Al (Sharpton) shows her alliance is not with Maricopa County nor the majority of voters who keep voting Sheriff Joe into office. This was personal and not for the good of our county. She should step down immediately.”

We have expressed discomfort with a reporter having the absolute right to grant a source confidentiality. We do believe, however, that such confidentiality should only be abrogated in the narrowest, most carefully designed and monitored circumstances, in certain matters directly related to national security.

With Biden and Ryan’s debate behind us, the nation is still asking, “What happened to Obama?” in his first debate and can he fix it in the next round?

A top campaign adviser to Gov. Jan Brewer has apologized Wednesday -- sort of -- for trying to make a public issue over whether Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry Goddard is gay.

Insisting they are more accountable, Republican state lawmakers voted Wednesday to ask voters to let them once again draw the political lines for the state.

Insisting they are more accountable, Republican state lawmakers voted Wednesday to ask voters to let them once again draw the political lines for the state.

Insisting they are more accountable, Republican state lawmakers voted Wednesday to ask voters to let them once again draw the political lines for the state.

There seems to be some selective outrage as reflected in popular news. While the media obsession with publicity mongering Jackson-Sharpton’s kangaroo court of mob opinion drones on ad nauseum, some other items seem to miss the editors’ notice:

The 2004 election cycle marked the first time the Internet played a substantial role in U.S. presidential campaigns, from Howard Dean’s successful Internet fund-raising to publicity for the swift boat veterans to criticism of Dan Rather and “60 Minutes” to scores of individual bloggers.

XINHUA, China - Chinese leaders moved to contain the political aftershocks of last week's deadly earthquake, promising a big rebuilding fund, reining in the recently aggressive media and trying to keep despair from turning to anger in the disaster zone.

PHOENIX – Investigative journalism is on life support, real news is increasingly replaced with fluff and democracy is suffering because of it, a Federal Communications Commission member said Monday.

It is startling how much time is being wasted parsing out the motive behind the murder of 51-year-old substitute teacher, Bill Sparkman in tones that seem to indicate that some kind of feeble justification exists out there, somewhere.