Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
The effects of rising prices and a sagging economy are beginning to drag down more vulnerable consumers.
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
Trinidad and Tobago will celebrate a major sporting milestone tomorrow: the 60th anniversary of T&T's first Olympic medal, silver, by featherweight Rodney Wilkes in London in 1948. That London Games of the XIV Olympiad, which ran from July 29- August 14, marked T&T's first participation in Olympic competition. Wilkes was among six athletes, including cyclist Compton Gonzalves, with sprinter George...
Schwitzer health news blog (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
Just four days ago, in response to an NBC News story in which reporter George Lewis recommended that all men over age 50 get annual prostate exams including the PSA blood test, I cited the statement of the U.S. Preventive...
Schwitzer health news blog (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
First, we send our sincere best wishes to NBC reporter George Lewis, who this week reported on his diagnosis and treatment for prostate cancer. I have respected his work throughout his career. But the standards of sound journalism are not...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
Longtime NBC News Los Angeles-based correspondent George Lewis , recently diagnosed with prostate cancer, reported on his treatment yesterday on the Today show and Nightly News. Lewis, on set with Brian Williams , was introduced by the anchor: "There are a few people who reported from as many places for NBC News as our own George Lewis. He's among the heavy hitters on our roster. He's a veteran who...
MSNBC.com: Nightly News (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
July 30: One of 186,000 american men diagnosed with cancer this year, NBC's George Lewis discusses the terror of being diagnosed with this common disease. (Nightly News)
Bill Boyarsky (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008
L.A.-based NBC reporter George Lewis was on "Today" this morning and will be featured on the "Nightly News" reporting on his own treatment for...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008
A trombonist with strong roots in the acoustic tradition and a fondness for cutting edge electronic experimentation, Michael Dessen straddles the line between the avant garde and the accessible better than most. A dauntless sonic explorer, Dessen has bolstered his extensive academic career studying with icons like Anthony Davis, Yusef Lateef and George Lewis...
MSNBC.com: Today (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008
NBC's George Lewis shares his personal experience with prostate cancer.
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 07/27/2008
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 Patricia Nicholson's Celestial Moonbeams Funk Matthew Shipp Trio Paul Dunmall, Henry Grimes and Andrew Cyrille George Lewis and Joelle Leandre Braida/ Borghini/ Spera/ Maraffa Quartet 13th Annual Vision Festival Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center New York City June 14, 2008...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
This month brings to the city two performances by pianist and composer Anthony Davis, who has been living in Southern California for the last decade. Prior to his immigration to the West Coast, Davis was active in New York and his return brings an improvisational voice sorely missed in the city where he made his home for so many years...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Somehow it's not at all surprising to read in Michael Dessen's bio that he studied with trombonist George Lewis and pianist Anthony Davis, two of this music's most well known academes. Dessen is a trombonist, composer-improviser and scholar who explores new media arts, the internet and cross-cultural migration through sound. Improvised music has a hard time fitting in with the academy, and can often...
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
New satellite images show that an Antarctic ice shelf continues to disintegrate, and even more surprising is that it's happening during the Antarctic winter.
MSNBC.com: Nightly News (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
July 8: A heatwave in California further undermined firefighting efforts as winds shifted wildfires north of Sacramento. NBC's George Lewis reports. (Nightly News)
MSNBC.com: Nightly News (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
July 7: Firefighters battling two major blazes in California are keeping a wary eye on the weather, which is expected to reach record high temperatures in the days ahead. NBC's George Lewis reports. (Nightly News)
