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Barbara Walters to Announce Retirement

Barbara Walters to Announce Retirement

UPDATE: Howard Kurtz states that a source of his claims Walters will retire in 2014. A source confirms that Barbara Walters will step down in May 2014, but wants to announce it on her own terms. Hard in the Twitter

'Modern Family' Co-Creator Hopes Show Helps End Prop 8

'Modern Family' Co-Creator Hopes Show Helps End Prop 8

The ABC sitcom Modern Family features a gay couple raising an adopted daughter. The show doesn’t preach, stop to send overt messages or otherwise stir up political matters. Yet series co-creator Steve Levitan still hopes the show’s very presence will

ABC's 'Nightline' Takes Aim at Glock Handguns

ABC's 'Nightline' Takes Aim at Glock Handguns

On March 22 ABC’s Nightline did a segment focused on how Glock handguns are the scourge of the anti-gun world.  Before the segment started, anchors teased it as being framed around America’s love for the Glock. But once it began,

NYC Warns of Deadly Meningitis Spread Through Gay Encounters

NYC Warns of Deadly Meningitis Spread Through Gay Encounters

The President of New York City’s Brooklyn Borough has urged “all men who have intimate contact with other men get vaccinated” for meningitis. A deadly strain of bacterial meningitis that is reportedly spread through sexual encounters between men who meet through

Is It 'Fair' that Palestinians Don't Have a State?

Is It 'Fair' that Palestinians Don't Have a State?

The most telling line in President Barack Obama’s speech Thursday to students in Jerusalem was his plea for Palestinian statehood on the basis of “fairness”: “It is not fair that a Palestinian child cannot grow up in a state of

Will Hasselbeck Get New View At CNN?

Will Hasselbeck Get New View At CNN?

Even though Barbara Walters swears she’s not going anywhere, the rumors that Elisabeth Hasselbeck’s days on ABC’s The View are numbered continue to persist.  The latest twist in the saga comes from the New York Post with a report that

Boehner says he 'absolutely' trusts Obama

Boehner says he 'absolutely' trusts Obama

(AP) Boehner says he ‘absolutely’ trusts ObamaWASHINGTONHouse Speaker John Boehner says he “absolutely” trusts President Barack Obama _ not that they don’t have their differences. Boehner tells ABC’s “This Week” that the two have a good relationship and that they’re

GWB Strategist Dowd: CPAC Attendees 'Dinosaurs'

GWB Strategist Dowd: CPAC Attendees 'Dinosaurs'

Republican Establishment figures are getting nervous about the conservative behemoth arising from the ashes of the 2012 election defeat: Matthew Dowd, former chief strategist for the 2004 George W. Bush campaign, made scathing remarks about CPAC and Sarah Palin on

Boehner: I 'Absolutely' Trust Obama

Boehner: I 'Absolutely' Trust Obama

On ABC’s This Week, hosted by Martha Raddatz, Speaker of the House John Boehner appeared to downplay the problem of national debt while loudly proclaiming his wonderful relationship with President Obama. “The president and I, as I have made very

ABC Prints Misleading Gun Poll

ABC Prints Misleading Gun Poll

ABC has released the results of another gun poll claiming that support for background checks at gun shows has “vast public support.” But neither the poll nor ABC’s report notes that background checks already routinely occur at gun shows. The

House GOP Gives Obama Standing Ovation–Twice

House GOP Gives Obama Standing Ovation–Twice

Jonathan Karl of ABC News has reported that GOP sources told him House Republicans gave Barack Obama a standing ovation at the beginning and end of his get-together with them on Wednesday. One of Karl’s sources said the GOP was

Joy Behar Leaves ABC's 'The View'

Joy Behar Leaves ABC's 'The View'

Joy Behar, one of the original couch members of ABC’s late morning talk show The View, has confirmed that she is leaving the long-running show. Billed as a comedienne when she first hit The View’s couch 16 and 1/2 years ago,

Rodman: I Can Broker Peace Between North Korea, US

Rodman: I Can Broker Peace Between North Korea, US

On the day North Korea vowed to nuke America, representatives for Dennis Rodman said the former Chicago Bulls superstar intends to travel to North Korea again in the next six months to convince North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un to