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Barbara Walters reveals most fascinating person
Dec 15th, 2011
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Barbara Walters said she had hoped to get an interview with the person atop her 2011 Most Fascinating People list, but those hopes were dashed in October. Walters revealed in her annual "10 Most Fascinating People of 2011" ABC special Wednesday that Apple founder Steve Jobs, who died on October 5, was still her top choice for the list. Walters noted that picking Jobs went against a rule for her specials -- that the most fascinating people are always people who are still alive. ... (Source: Reuters) -
(Reuters) - Trailblazing broadcast journalist Barbara Walters, known for her interviews with world leaders and celebrities and the first woman to co-anchor a U.S. evening news program, said on Monday she will retire in the summer of 2014. With tears in her eyes, Walters, 83, announced her upcoming resignation on "The View," the all-woman ... [Full Article]
NEW YORK - Neon green, vivid orange, striped and spotted - the frogs are back! An exhibit featuring live frogs from around the world is returning to the American Museum of Natural History here in New York. (Source: LiveScience.com)... [Full Article]
By Angela Moon NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks mostly edged lower on Thursday but were sharply off their session lows as a rally in Hewlett-Packard's shares offset worries about weak Chinese manufacturing data and the prospects of the Federal Reserve reducing its monetary stimulus. Hewlett-Packard jumped nearly 15 percent and helped the Dow s... [Full Article]
CAIRO (AP) - Suspected militants in Egypt's Sinai abducted seven security personnel as they headed to Cairo for holidays early Thursday, security officials said. It was the first such kidnapping of security forces in the lawless peninsula. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]