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Andy Rooney, '60 Minutes' Commentator and Journalist, Dies at 92

The death of Andy Rooney has sparked a flood of reactions on Twitter about the passing of everyone's favorite curmudgeon, or so Katie Couric of ABC News called him.

CBS stated the cause of death was complications arising from minor surgery.

Andy Rooney, the curmudgeonly commentator who pondered everything from shoelaces to the existence of God on CBS's 60 Minutes news show for more than 30 years, died Friday night at the age of 92, CBS said.

The lead dancer in Justin Bieber's Mistletoe video has spoken about how life has been different for her, from the time the video was launched. My friends were freaking out a little more than I was, the 18-year-old told MTV News, I wasn't really prepared for all the stuff that was happening. I think that pretty much everyone has been pretty supportive. There are some things out there that are untrue, just as far as my age and stuff, but everyone has been really nice and ...

It's no surprise that tablet users are rich, educated, and like reading the news. So, why won't they pay for it?

Veteran television commentator Andy Rooney, who earlier this month at age 92 took his final bow on the CBS newsmagazine 60 Minutes, has been hospitalized due to complications from surgery, the network said on Tuesday.

From the beginning, Occupy Wall Street has been committed to direct democracy. But that model is coming under strain as the still-nascent movement becomes more organized and maps a way forward.

The biography of Steve Jobs written by Walter Isaacson does deliver some key information that will perhaps disappoint even those who have followed Jobs closely during his career. One such episode is regarding Lisa Brennan-Jobs.

U.S. Ron Paul, R-Texas, has one message for the national media in protest to their lack of coverage of his campaign: Bring it.

Norman Corwin, the award-winning writer and director of golden-age radio plays who was also Oscar nominated for his work in films has died of natural causes at home in Los Angeles. He was 101.

After decades at the center of the media world, including jobs as Newsweek's editor-in-chief and his current position as CNN's managing editor, there was still one topic Mark Whitaker never covered: his own life.

President Barack Obama has received the most unrelentingly negative media coverage of any presidential candidate in the past five months, according to a Pew Research Center study released Monday.

Kendra Marr borrowed from other publication on at least seven articles

Frankel reportedly sold SkinnyGirl cocktails for $8 million, not $120 million

At the culmination of his last muckraking documentary, 2009's Capitalism: A Love Story, Michael Moore said he was not going to make another film until someone else -- a group, a movement, an individual, anyone -- stepped up with their own dissonant voice.

Hank Williams Jr. posted his new song, Keep the Change, on his Web site Tuesday and appeared on The View, the week after his controversial analogy of President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler led to his disassociation with ESPN.

Hank Williams Jr. is firing back at Fox News and ESPN after his comments analogizing President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler backfired on him last week. Williams recorded a song, “Keep the Change,” a week after he and ESPN ended their partnership on Monday Night Football with Williams’ song, “All My Rowdy Friends.”

Jobs himself was also estranged from a child he fathered early in his life. On May 17, 1978, when Jobs was 23, his­­ high school girlfriend Chris-Ann Brennan gave birth to a daughter. Like his biological father Jandali, Jobs too struggled with his responsibilities and denied he was her father for two years.

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NBC's The Playboy Club was the first show to be cancelled in the 2011 fall television season. It will be replaced on Oct. 31 by Brian William's Rock Center.