It's Not Over Yet

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It's Not Over Yet

The verdict came in, Jodi Arias was found guilty of First Degree Murder. ​

All the Phoenix stations ​went wall to wall with the coverage (remaining calm while doing do) of the verdict. As expected, none of the networks broke into programming with coverage.

The cable nets were all over it and no network was more sad to see a verdict than HLN. Not because of of the guilty verdict, but because their obsession with the trial that ​has boosted their ratings is coming to an end.

But, there is still the death penalty phase and that should eek out a few more days of coverage for Nancy Grace and her gang of hooligans over at HLN. ​

The tweet you have to see about Grace's coverage after the jump.  ​

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Looks Like a Cold Front of Republicians are Moving in

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Talk about a strange forecast.​

WFAA weatherman Pete Delkus was looking at a very old map behind him during his weather report and the map had nothing to do with the weather. 

Forget the highs and the lows, Delkus forecast was red states and blue states forecast from the 2012 election.

The station is blaming a new weather map system the recently installed.

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Ann Curry has No Plans for Tell All

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If you're waiting for a tell all book from Ann Curry about her canning from The Today Show....you might be waiting a longtime.​

“Ann isn’t writing a tell-all book, memoir, expose, work of fiction. Nada. She has moved on from the drama of being fired from Today last year. She isn’t focused in the past and is focusing on her work. Ann has been getting more on screen time at NBC, and she is pursuing stories of interest to her that aren’t getting the attention from the media,” a source told RadarOnline.com.

​Media reports have circulated this week that Curry is being courted by multiple publishers to write a revealing memoir about her demotion from the morning news
program.

There just comes a point when enough is enough, and that time is now,” the insider said.

Amen to that!​

Chicago Weatherman's Brother to Get out of Jail Early

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Former Enron CEO and current jailbird Jeffrey Skilling should be out of jail in just four years, skipping nearly a decade of his prison sentence for corporate fraud and graft.

How is he able to get out so early? Skilling is expected to get early release with a combination of cash payments and legal maneuvers.

Word is that Skilling is paying Enron's victims some $40 million and has agreed to stop the lawsuits that are involved with his conviction and sentence in 2006.

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Skilling's promised payments would equal 0.1% of the $40 billion Enron stole under Skilling's leadership. He was originally sentenced to 24 years behind bars, but his total sentence would be half of that if his lawyers get approval.

The TV news tie in?

Jeff Skilling is the brother of WGN Chicago Weatherman Tom Skilling. ​

Washington Weatherman to Retire

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Washington Weatherman to Retire

Weather forecaster Bob Ryan, a fixture on Washington TV for decades, said Wednesday that he intends to retire next month from WJLA.

Ryan has been forecasting the weather on Washington’s airwaves for more than 30 years. He spent most of his local career at WRC, before moving to rival WJLA in 2010.

With a friendly but no-nonsense style, Ryan, a certified meteorologist, has guided Washington area viewers through blizzards, droughts, hurricanes and tornadoes. His presence helped make NBC-owned WRC, the leading news station in the region.

More after the jump.   ​

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Chris Cuomo Delves into Amanda Knox's Sex Life

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Chris Cuomo Delves into Amanda Knox's Sex Life

CNN's Chris Cuomo is catching some heat for his interview with Amanda Knox last night. 

Gawker writes that it appeared that Cuomo felt he had been hired by the morality polizia to interrogate Knox about her role as a sexfun badgirl.

"Knox is into some freaky sexual things!" he barked at her.

"Were you into into deviant sex? Insensitive question, but hey..."

"Still smoke weed?"

Throughout the interview, Cuomo seemed to be working a sort of good cop/bad cop angle in which he was the bad cop and the only good cop is a bad cop so he was also the good cop (a bad cop).

More and some video after the hop.   ​

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We have a Verdict in Jodi Arias Case (Upadted)

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We have a Verdict in Jodi Arias Case (Upadted)

It's been a very bust news day to say the least.​

Both Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus are home. They are two of the women that were abducted in Cleveland and held for more than 10 years.​

Now word is coming down that the jury has reached a verdict in the Jodi Arias case.

The jury in the Jodi Arias trial has reached a verdict after deliberating for more than 15 hours.

After months of sometimes-gory evidence and shocking testimony filled with sex, lies and allegations of brutality, Jodi Arias is just minutes away from learning her fate.

Update: Arias was found Guilty of First Degree Murder. More after the jump 

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Oh No! ....Say it isn't So Charles

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Oh No! ....Say it isn't So Charles

FTVLive told you that Cleveland hero Charles Ramsey was avoiding the media spotlight. He brushed off his actions that helped save Amanda Berry, Gina Dejesus and Michelle Knight escape after being help captive in a Cleveland house for years. 

​The day after the women were found, Ramsey turned down requests from the network morning shows. 

But, today Ramsey was spotted in the Cleveland airport and we are guessing he is headed to make the media rounds.​

It looks like the beckoning spotlight was just too much for the Cleveland man to turn down.​

More after the leap.  ​

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Stepping Down in Motown

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Stepping Down in Motown

After 33 years on the air WXYZ Reporter Bill Proctor is walking away from TV news.

Proctor a former federal protection officer was a tough reporter.  He refused to be bullied by former Detroit Mayor Coleman A. Young, he negotiated by phone with cop killer Alberta Easter, and he doggedly pursued allegations that Inkster Judge Sylvia James was misusing public funds.

But, the one story that he is very proud of, is a story that saved a man's life. ​

Find out what he did after the jump.  ​

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He Just Keeps Getting Better

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He Just Keeps Getting Better

Cleveland Hero Charles Ramsey talked to CNN's Anderson Cooper in his backyard yesterday.​

Ramsey who has become an Internet sensation after his interview with local Cleveland stations went viral, continues ​to not disappoint.

Cooper's interview with Ramsey was heartwarming, sad and funny all in just one conversation. ​

But, maybe the most impressive part is where Ramsey, who admits lack of money keeps him up at night, talks about what should be done with the reward money.​

The video after the leap.   
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Don? No it's Dawn....

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Don? No it's Dawn....

To prove that fact can be stranger than fiction, ABC News Producer Din Ennis is no longer Don Ennis.​

He now wants to be known as Dawn Ennis and is coming to work dressed as a woman.​

We're not making this up.​

The 49-year-old journalist is leaving her wife of 17 years and their three children to make the complete transition into living as a woman.

Ennis, who has emailed FTVLive for years never hinted that the dude wanted to be a dame.​ He/she even gave us tips when we moved to Florida years ago. Don previously worked in the Jacksonville market.  

Ennis, who has worked at ABC News for ten years, says the transition which he/she says began seven years ago, but was kept a family secret until now.

More after the jump.  ​

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Cleveland Hero Doesn't Want Media Attention

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Cleveland Hero Doesn't Want Media Attention

n a world of the Kardashians ​it's nice to see a guy that actually did something and deserves to get some media attention, doesn't want it.

Charles Ramsey is being called a hero after helping Amanda Berry, Gina Dejesus and Michelle Knight escape after being help captive in a Cleveland house for years. 

And while Ramsey became a YouTube hit with his interview just after the girls were taken out of the house by police, he has since stop talking to the media.​

Ramsey was invited on all the network morning shows Yesterday and he turned them down. ​

As for all the media attention Ramsey says no thanks. 

His thoughts on the media attention and what he has to say after the jump.  ​

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