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By Alan Pergament If you put 200 of the nation's television critics in the same room with media executives and stars, you're bound to have some issues raised. And there was the usual share during the Television Critics Association tour that ended Tuesday. Here is your local critic's list of the Top 10 issues -- some heavy, some light and some unintentionally funny -- from the tour, along with some answers or opinions. Call it a new version of the old ABC program, "Issues and Answers." 1....

By Brian Stelter Talk was never cheap for Rush Limbaugh, but now it is getting a lot more expensive. The AM radio host will be paid about $400 million to continue serving up his daily dose of conservative patter through 2016. His $50-million-a-year paycheck represents a raise of about $14.4 million a year over his current contract, which was paying him $285 million over eight years and was set to expire in 2009. The deal - struck a month short of the 20th anniversary of "The Rush Limbaugh...

Eastwick Communications for Ustream.TV Lyda Velez, 650-480-4074 lyda@eastwick.com On Thursday, June 26, Ustream.TV will be broadcasting the 8-hour telethon, "From the Front Lines," honoring America's military men and women. Ustream.TV, the leading internet broadcasting platform, and Move America Forward, the nation's largest pro-troop organization, have come together to raise the largest single shipment of care packages to U.S. troops in history. The shipment of care packages is...

On Thursday, June 26, Ustream.TV will be broadcasting the 8-hour telethon, "From the Front Lines," honoring America's military men and women. Ustream.TV, the leading internet broadcasting platform, and Move America Forward, the nation's largest pro-troop organization, have come together to raise the largest single shipment of care packages to U.S. troops in history. The shipment of care packages is scheduled to go out days before the 4th of July, as a gift from the American people to our...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Carolina's Steve Smith had more than 200 yards receiving and burned the Chicago secondary for two long touchdowns to help lead the Panthers to a 29-21 victory over the Bears. The win gives Carolina a berth in the NFC championship game against the Seattle Seahawks. Smith scored on only the second play of the game, a 58-yard touchdown reception after cornerback Charles Tillman fell down trying to cover him. He added a 39-yard scoring reception late in the third...