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KAMERA OBSCURA: In memory of Roger Ebert

The world of film criticism lost its most important and influencial voice with the death of Roger Ebert yesterday. During his time writing for the Chicago Sun–Times, Ebert helped create the modern movie critic. Anyone trying to review movies certainly owes something to the work of Mr. Ebert.  


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AP source: Tim Pernetti out as Rutgers AD

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.  — Tim Pernetti is out as Rutgers athletic director, two days after the basketball coach was fired following a video that went public of Mike Rice shoving, grabbing and throwing balls at players in practice and using anti-gay slurs.


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Jet bounced off runway before Indiana crash

INDIANAPOLIS — A private jet coming in for an emergency landing bounced several times on the runway of a northern Indiana airport before crashing into nearby homes, killing two people and injuring three more, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report released Friday.



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Sun-Times: Famed movie critic Roger Ebert dies

CHICAGO  — Roger Ebert, the most famous and most popular film reviewer of his time who become the first journalist to win a Pulitzer Prize for movie criticism and, on his long-running TV program, wielded the nation's most influential thumb, died Thursday, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. He was 70.


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Facebook unveils 'Home' Android product

MENLO PARK, Calif.  — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the company is not building a phone or an operating system. Rather, Facebook is introducing a mobile experience called "Home" that makes the social network the hub of any smartphone that runs Google's Android operating system.



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VIDEO: 72HRS - Grill My Professors

Playing off Jimmy Kimmel’s “Celebrities Read Mean Tweets” bit, 72 HRS brings you “Grill My Professors.” We’re currently collecting reactions from Ball State professors as they read not-so-nice reviews on their ratemyprofessors.com page. Here’s a sneak peek of what’s to come. 





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