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Posted Jan 3rd 2007 4:01PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Cable, News, Celebrities
CNN's Soledad O'Brien, anchor of American Morning, was given access to Martin Luther King Jr's private collection of writings. The writings will be featured in a five-part American Morning special titled "Words That Changed a Nation." The special will air January 8 through January 12.
The "King Papers" offer a glimpse into the mind of Martin Luther King, Jr, who advocated peaceful demonstration and civil disobedience over violent measures. The papers will also reveal some of the doubts King had as he made the arduous journey from unknown preacher to civil rights icon. King's family allowed CNN exclusive access King's collection of writings.
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Posted Aug 12th 2006 10:15AM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Monk, USA
(S05E06) I think it's fairly easy to tell a person's high school or college experience by how excited (or not excited) they become when it comes time for a class reunion. I know my response to people asking if I was going to attend my ten year high school reunion was pretty much "hell no." My school experience was decent enough, but Adrian Monk's wasn't so great. In this episode he returns to Berkeley for his college reunion, after receiving an invitation addressed to "Captain Cool." We later find out he received that particular nickname not because he was popular, but because he defrosted the dorm refrigerator every weekend.
Before all that, of course, we get the obligatory Monk opening murder. A man, his face more or less obscured, pushes an old woman down a flight of stairs, and then breaks a beaded necklace to make it look as if she slipped and fell by accident. Disher and Stottlemeyer investigate, and Disher falls for the ruse, but Stottlemeyer points out that there are a lot of gaps Disher himself didn't notice. He turns it into a homicide investigation, which is good because otherwise the episode would only be five minutes long.
Continue reading Monk: Mr. Monk and the Class Reunion