By The Fresno Bee, Calif. Jun.

By MAGGIE BARRY PRIDE of Britain winner John Smeaton has been recognised for bravery by an American TV network. He was honoured with a CNN Hero award for helping police tackle the terrorists who attacked Glasgow Airport in June.

By Douglas Durden, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va. Sep.

By David Zurawik and Carolyn Peirce, The Baltimore Sun Apr.

It was a lost week in the television ratings for NBC. The network, which dominated television in the late 1990s and earlier this decade, averaged only 6.8 million viewers in prime time last week, according to Nielsen Media Research.