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Several to Receive Lifetime Honors at 60th Golden Mike Awards

Paul Moyer, Pat Harvey, Jerry Coleman head the list of recipients.

(UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif.) - Television anchors Paul Moyer and Pat Harvey, along with San Diego sportscaster Jerry Coleman, will be honored with Lifetime Achievement awards at the 60th annual Golden Mike Awards presented by the Radio & Television News Assn. of Southern California, the organization announced.

The awards will be presented at the Hilton Hotel in Universal City the evening of Saturday, January 23 as part of a show honoring the best in radio, television, and internet broadcast journalism.

Answering Helen Thomas on Why

It would help if American people were finally let in on the root causes for what otherwise get dismissed as irrational actions by Muslims.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Thank God for Helen Thomas, the only person to show any courage at the White House press briefing after President Barack Obama gave a flaccid account of the intelligence screw-up that almost downed an airliner on Christmas Day.

It took this 89-year old veteran correspondent to break through the vapid remarks about rechanneling “intelligence streams,” fixing “no-fly” lists, deploying “behavior detection officers,” and buying more body-imaging scanners.

Conan O`Brien Says NO WAY to NBC

"The Tonight Show" at 12:05 simply isn't "The Tonight Show."

(SALEM, Ore.) - Jay Leno may be getting his entire show back, but he should have remembered the old cliche, be careful what you ask for.

Since Jay Leno retired about six months ago, the odds have been against his replacement. With Leno taking a slender amount of viewers with him to the ten o'clock show, and then Letterman hitting rating records with his affair/blackmail scandal, Conan O'Brien has had an uphill climb where it should have been a cake walk.

Israelis Debate Ethnic Cleansing Live on Evening News

And you thought American TV was bad!

(LONDON) - Israel's Channel 23 News is a snapshot of Jewish tolerance. Bear in mind that this is Israel National TV's 5:00 pm News. In this clip the reality of 1,400 dead in Gaza, including 400 children, is not something the announcers can agree upon.

The elder Israeli presenter is Dan Margalit, a leading Israeli Journalist and a devoted servant of every Israeli government and War Criminal leader in the last four decades.

Local TV Station Engages in Turf War With Cable Access Station (VIDEO)

David versus Goliath?

(SALEM, Ore.) - Salem residents may be surprised to learn that cable subscribers are footing the bill for a fight against the area's only local broadcast TV station, something Salem residents lacked for years. KWVT Channel 17 has been on the air in Salem since 2004.

Roy Disney, Nephew of Walt Disney, Dies at 79

Multi-faceted former Disney Vice Chairman was a leading Businessman, Philanthropist, Filmmaker and Sailor.

(NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.) - Roy Edward Disney, son of Disney Studios co-founder Roy O. Disney, and nephew of Walt Disney, passed away Wednesday at Hoag Memorial Presbyterian Hospital in Newport Beach, California, following a year-long battle with stomach cancer. He was 79 years old.

Mr. Disney was a successful played a key role in the revitalization of The Walt Disney Company and Disney's animation legacy.

Widespread Use of TV a Concern in Home-Based Child Care

Study reveals problems in meeting nutritional standards.

(CORVALLIS, Ore.) - A large study of family child care providers shows that while nutrition standards are often met, most children ages 2 to 5 are not getting enough physical activity and are exposed to the television for most of the day.

A study of about 300 home-based child care providers by Oregon State University’s Stewart Trost, an internationally-recognized expert on childhood obesity issues, sheds light on both positive and negative aspects of family daycare providers.

Pot Goes Mainstream on NBC`s Today Show (VIDEO)

Studies indicate that 8 million American women smoked marijuana in the last year.

(LOS ANGELES) - It was interesting to watch Matt Lauer have to be "cool" about marijuana in this week's NBC Today Show segment titled "Stiletto Stoners", which related a story of growing numbers of women who prefer pot as a wind down drug, that they see as far less harmful than alcohol or other substances.

Marie Claire editor-in-chief Joanna Coles, is one of many modern professional women who disagree with the somewhat common belief, that there is a large social stigma attached to smoking marijuana.

Portland Police and Crew from COPS TV Show Survive Head-On Crash (SLIDESHOW)

The show COPS has been in Portland for the last six weeks filming episodes with the Portland Police for their TV program.

(SALEM, Ore.) - A Portland Police car with a crew from TV Show COPS aboard, collided head on with a Subaru Outback that drifted into their lane, according to reports. It happened at SE 136/137th & SE Stark, Portland.

Q Madp of IraqWarHeroes.org, photographed the aftermath of the crash in great detail and shares the images with our Salem-News.com viewers.

Statements indicate that Tuesday night at 9:00 p.m., a Portland Police Officer was driving his police car and was hit by an oncoming Subaru Outback that had veered into the officer's lane of traffic. This accident occured in the area of Southeast 136th and Stark Street.

Joe Wilson`s Utterly Memorable `You Lie` Comment Focus of SNL Sketch (VIDEO)

NBC's writers try their hand at imagining the moments leading up to, and following Wilson's recent Congressional outburst.

(NEW YORK) - Joe Wilson topped the charts for overall human disrespect when he called out "you lie" to President Barack Obama during his recent speech to Congress.

Right on cue, the folks from "Saturday Night Live" release a sketch that plays off Wilson's comment, or more specifically, the time preceding it.