It’s only been a dozen years, but the landscape of television is very different from what it was when “Ally McBeal” was in its heyday. When the hit show debuted in 1997, the world of reality television consisted mostly of MTV’s “The Real World” and Fox’s “Cops.” Sitcoms and dramas were still king.
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NBA wants regular-season game in London
The NBA is hoping to stage a regular-season game in London in the next two years before the British capital hosts the 2012 Olympics. David Stern, commissioner of the world’s premier basketball league, revealed that it might even be possible to hold the match at London’s O2 Arena next year.
Senior rebels disarm in Nigeria’s oil-rich Delta
Two senior rebel leaders in Nigeria’s oil-rich Delta region accepted a government offer of amnesty to militants who disarm. (CNN) — Whenever President Obama has traveled overseas and offered pointed and direct assessments of the United States, some of them critical, Republicans have ripped him for criticizing America, saying a president should always defend the United States.
Rio de Janeiro to host 2016 Olympics
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee announced Friday.
Obama spokesman: Video of beating death ‘chilling’
The videotaped beating death of an honors student in Chicago, Illinois, is “chilling” and one of the most shocking things “you can ever see,” White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Wednesday. At his daily news briefing in Washington, Gibbs said President Obama was concerned about the killing and the issue of violence in his former hometown
Chicago police seek 3 more in teen’s death
Chicago police asked the public for help Tuesday in finding three more people believed connected to last week’s videotaped fatal beating of 16-year-old Derrion Albert.
GM unveils new 4-door Pontiac G8
General Motors will unveil a new Pontiac sedan at the Chicago Auto Show today. One researcher said he often went by the lab in the Yale School of Medicine building where Le was found strangled and stuffed in a wall
Key Blagojevich player is dead, ex-governor says
Christopher Kelly, former chief fundraiser for ex-Illinois Gov.
‘John schools’ try to change attitudes about paid sex
The accused came from all walks of life: Retirees, dads and twentysomethings. An engineer, a business owner and an auto worker. A man in a wheelchair.
Ted Kennedy: Bringing the Myth Down to Earth
The patriarch, Joseph P.