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Hostage Situation In Alabama Ends With Child Safe

Gino Geruntino — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 23:12:52 +0000

The nearly week long hostage situation in Alabama involving a five-year-old boy has finally come to an end. According to officials in Alabama, the boy has been recovered safely by officers. His kidnapper, Jimmy Lee Dykes, was killed, when authorities stormed his underground bunker. The boy was taken from a school bus last week, [...]

Rachel Nichols Leaving ESPN for CNN — Roster of People to Report On Tim Tebow Gets Smaller

Drew Weisholtz — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:47:30 +0000

ESPN’s cavalcade of reporting stars is shrinking quicker than the Falcons lead over the 49ers in the NFC Championship Game. Rachel Nichols is leaving ESPN for a competing set of non-alphabetical letters. The reporter, who spent nine years with the all-sports cable channel, is joining CNN and Turner Sports and will waste no time getting [...]

CNN Names 'Top 50 Beach Bars' Just To Make Us Hate Winter a Little More

Jen A. Miller — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:30:29 +0000

It’s year end wrap up time, which means lists, lists and more lists. CNN went with the World’s 50 Best Beach Bars just to remind half the world it’s almost Christmas and it’s probably freezing outside as they read this article.

Motley Crue to Drop by CNN's 'Piers Morgan' on Thursday for Big Announcement

Mary Ouellette — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:44:20 +0000

Motley Crue is dropping by the ‘Piers Morgan Tonight’ show on CNN on Thursday, Dec. 1, at 9PM ET to announce some big news, and leading up to that, they are dropping daily clues for fans to keep them guessing. The first clue was simply the word ‘MOST’ sporting the signature Motley umlaut over the [...]

Anderson Cooper Has a Minute-Long Giggle Fit on CNN [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:18:47 +0000

During the “Ridiculist” segment on Wednesday night’s ‘AC360,’ CNN’s Anderson Cooper delivered a silly, pun-laden soliloquy about French actor Gérard Depardieu urinating in the cabin of a plane.

About mid-way through, right after he delivered a line about how the cleaning crew “should thank their lucky stars this wasn’t Depard-two,” Cooper gets tickled at his own monologue — and that’s when it happened.

Christine O'Donnell Walks Out on Piers Morgan Interview [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:13:21 +0000

Christine O’Donnell — you may remember her from the disastrous “I’m not a witch, I’m you” senate campaign in 2010 — is making the media rounds to promote her new book, ‘Troublemaker.’ And on Wednesday’s ‘Piers Morgan Tonight,’ she gave the book’s title credence when she abruptly walked out of an interview with the CNN host.

Homeless Man Jumps White House Fence During Live CNN Broadcast [VIDEO]

Don Deane — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:06:31 +0000

On Tuesday, a 41-year-old homeless man scaled the White House fence and was quickly taken into custody by Secret Service.

The incident was captured by a CNN news crew during John King’s live show. The man, who was identified as James Dirk Crudup, can be seen sprawled on the White House lawn as Secret Service move in with rifles drawn.

Nick Charles, CNN's First Sports Anchor, Dead at 64

Shauna Wright — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 20:14:17 +0000

Sportscaster Nick Charles has died of bladder cancer at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was 64.

As CNN’s first sports anchor, his work with Fred Hickman on the nightly-roundup show ‘Sports Tonight’ sometimes drew a larger audience than even that of sports network ESPN.

Anderson Cooper Punk'd On His Own CNN broadcast [VIDEO]

Steve Kelly — Thu, 12 May 2011 00:01:45 +0000

The joke was on Anderson Cooper on his own show when producers decided to play a trick on him.