DAVID GREENE, HOST: In 2003, an obscure, independent film called The Room opened in movie theaters here in LA. It was intended to be a serious melodrama about friendship, love, betrayal. Instead, it was shockingly bad - a baffling storyline, uncomfor

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Anchor: Dan Brown's best-selling novel The Da Vinci Code is second only to the Harry Potter series as the best-selling novel of all time. And it has inspired a whole slew of books on Biblical puzzles, Opus Dei, and the life of Mary Magdalene, as wel

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1. President Bush is asking Congress for money for another troop surge. He wants to send more than 8,000 more troops to Iraq and Afghanistan. The request comes as Congress is trying to figure out ways to get the U.S. out of Iraq. 2. Meanwhile, repre

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ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: What is the worst movie you have ever seen? Well, many people might point to Tommy Wiseau's The Room, a romantic drama so ineptly made it has been called the Citizen Kane of bad movies. The Room has inspired a cult following, a v

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Less than a week ago, Sony indicated that, under pressure of threats, the moviegoing public wasn't going to be able to see the comedy The Interview at a theater today. But that decision hit quickly on a trip wire of criticisms about geopolitics, free

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By Jill Moss THIS IS AMERICA – April 15, 2002: Visiting the Capitol VOICE ONE: Historians have described the United States Capitol building as “the most recognized sign of democratic government in

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