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Oct. 28, 2014 5:24 p.m. EDT Full Episode: Avoiding a Fiscal Cliff, and the Petraeus Scandal A look at Obama's second term agenda, avoiding a fiscal crisis, and the Petraeus scandal ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7sa7SZ6arn1%2BssrWtjrCYrKCZo7S1u82wnJ6jX6u2pbHOeKean5VyfnWA

'The Blind Side' producers fight back against Michael Oher with money reveal

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Explore More Producers of “The Blind Side” have said that the hit film is still “verifiably authentic” after its credibility was thrust into doubt following Michael Oher’s bombshell lawsuit. The 37-year-old former offensive tackle — whose life story inspired the 2009 film starring Sandra Bullock — this month claimed that his parents, Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, never actually adopted him. Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove, co-founders and co-CEOs of Alcon Entertainment and producers of the film, have given their two cents as “familial ups and downs” have challenged the authenticity of the storyline. Read More...

Journalist Michelle Li pushes back after racist voice mail calls her very Asian

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A journalist for more than two decades, Michelle Li had grown accustomed to negative comments. But when the award-winning Asian American news anchor first listened to a voice mail on New Year’s Day, she said she was “disheartened.” The words were more than rude — they were hateful. Racist. The caller criticized Li for “being very Asian” and said she should “keep her Korean to herself.” But soon after that experience, “something amazing happened,” Li, a reporter and anchor for NBC St. Read More...