Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather and the network are talking about his leaving the corporation that has employed him for the last 44 years before his contract expires in November. But he might have his fingers in a new pie, one being backed by billionaire Mark Cuban.

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NYT researcher Zhao Yan has a month to worry about whether he'll be found guilty of fraud and disclosing state secrets following a closed, one-day trial on Friday.

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Mark Cuban, owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, has funded the startup of Sharesleuth, a website that will "focus on corporate chicanery and securities fraud," according to the NYT article.

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This BBC story rounds up some World Cup commentary from the African blogosphere.

The Globe and Mail had a story about a new program to help exiled and refugee journalists learn how to ply their craft in this country.

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What a crazy series this has been.

My analogy is a championship fight between two boxers. One smacks the other so hard, you want to hold a mirror over the poor guy's mouth, let alone hold a 10-count. But despite the shot, he somehow gets up off the canvas and finds it within himself to take the fight back to the other guy.

At some point, however, someone's will gets broken. At some point, someone says, "no mas." That point in time is at hand for the Carolina Hurricanes.

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