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Giffords' Husband: 'I Thought She Was Dead'
By Lauren Frayer - AOL NewsFor 20 excruciating minutes, Gabrielle Giffords' husband believed his wife was dead. Mark Kelly first got a call on the morning of Jan. 8 from one of the Democratic congresswoman's staffers, saying she'd been shot. A friend volunteered a private plane to whisk Kelly to Tucson, Ariz., where his wife had been meeting constituents in a Safeway parking lot when a gunman opened fire. On the plane, he saw erroneous TV reports saying that Giffords was dead. "I just, you know, walked into the bathroom, and you know, broke down," Kelly, an astronaut slated to command the Space Shuttle Endeavour's ...
Gabrielle Giffords' Husband Mark Kelly: She Gave Me a Neck Rub in ICU
By Annie Groer - Politics DailyEight days after Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head in a massacre that left six people dead, she was giving a neck rub to her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, according to ABC News. Kelly tells ABC's Diane Sawyer he knows his wife faces a long recovery and says he might be willing to see the parents of assailant Jared Loughner, who is charged with killing six and wounding 13 others in the Jan. 8 rampage in Tucson, Ariz., while Giffords held an outdoor constituent meeting. On Sunday, the three-term Arizona Democrat's condition was upgraded from critical to serious. Doctors have also ...
Why Christiane Amanpour Is Bombing on ABC's 'This Week'
By Luisita Lopez Torregrosa - Politics DailyNEW YORK – Nine weeks since her hot launch as the host of one of the major Sunday political talk shows, Christiane Amanpour is tanking as the ratings for ABC's "This Week " have fallen dramatically to the point that the program occasionally drops to last place among the top three. "This Week," under host George Stephanopolous, at times hit No. 1, but usually held a strong second place in the Sunday morning talk show wars, after the perennial favorite, "Meet the Press" on NBC. But now "This Week" is winding up in third place more often than not on most Sundays. On Sunday, Sept. 19, for ...
iPad Security Breach Hits Rahm Emanuel, Other Big Wigs
By David Knowles - Politics DailyJust like that, the iPad feels a lot less magical. A security breach of Apple's hot-selling tablet computer has potentially exposed the private information of approximately 114,000 people to hackers and no-good-nicks, Gawker reports. Specifically, the customers hit were those early adopters who purchased the iPad 3G's wireless subscription plan and signed up for AT&T service. So whose info has been compromised? According to Gawker, A-listers such as White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, ABC News anchor Diane Sawyer, film producer Harvey Weinstein, and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg ...
Who We Are: Older Avengers or 'Bozos in Heat'?
By Christine Wicker - Politics DailyPopular culture must reflect who we are. If it didn't, it wouldn't be popular. Right? Here are three views of who we are right now as reflected by the small screen, two from the West Coast and one from the East. ...
Obama Says Lack of Transparency on Health Reform Was a 'Mistake'
By David Sessions - Politics DailyIn an interview with ABC's Diane Sawyer on Monday, President Obama said he regretted not making Congress' drafting of the health care reform bills more accessible to the public. Calling the murkiness of the health reform proceedings a "mistake," Obama partially admitted to the charge many supporters of the bill have leveled against him since the Republicans won a decisive Senate victory last week: that he has failed to solidify Americans' confidence in health reform. "We had to make so many decisions quickly in a very difficult set of circumstances that after a while, we started worrying more ...
Colin Powell Portrait Unveiled to Tears and Cheers
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyGen. Colin Powell returned to the State Department Monday for an emotional unveiling of his official Secretary of State portrait. Powell and current Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presided over the unveiling of the portrait, which will hang with those of the other former secretaries of State in the secretary's suite of offices. When Powell was introduced to speak in the Ben Franklin room on the top floor at the department, the crowd cheered and applauded loudly. Powell was surrounded his immediate family -- wife Alma Powell, daughter Linda Powell, son Michael Powell, daughter-in-law ...
Men's Group Tells Rihanna to 'Woman Up'
By Helena Andrews - Politics DailyOn Thursday, the National Coalition for Men (yeah, me neither) released a statement calling on pop princess Rihanna, the very public victim of physical abuse at the hands of her fellow chart-topping ex-boyfy Chris Brown, to "woman up" and accept responsibility for her role in their now infamous battle royale. In an interview with ABC's Diane Sawyer, which airs at 10 tonight on "20/20," Rihanna will for the first time talk about what happened that night, and the NCFM says the "Disturbia" singer isn't telling the whole truth."According to court records and other sources, Rihanna struck Brown in ...
Diane Sawyer Finally Gets Top Anchor Job
By Bonnie Goldstein - Politics DailySo long, Charlie. ABC News just sent out a press release that Charlie Gibson, the "World News" anchor, will be leaving the highest ranking job on TV news. The anchor chair is the center of a news program's universe, and the evening news is the crown jewel of a network news division. Gibson's title goes to Diane Sawyer, who has held every other top position as both correspondent and anchor at both CBS and ABC. ...
Charlie Gibson Passing ABC's 'World News' to Diane Sawyer
By David Sessions - Politics DailyABC's Charlie Gibson announced Wednesday that he is retiring as anchor of "World News" at the end of the year, and the network said Diane Sawyer will replace him. Sawyer will leave her position as co-host of ABC's "Good Morning America" in January. Gibson's program has been finishing second in the network news race behind NBC's "Nightly News" with Brian Williams. ...
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