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Freedom Comm. names Burl Osborne interim CEO

Jun. 16, 2009
Freedom Communications, Inc. has named independent director and media veteran Burl Osborne interim CEO. The Irvine-based company announced Tuesday that Osborne will replace Scott Flanders, who resigned to take the CEO post at Playboy Enterprises, Inc. Osborne...
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Osborne to preside over Oscar red carpet

Osborne to preside over Oscar red carpet

BEVERLY HILLS , Calif., Feb. 18 (UPI) -- Oscar nominees and presenters are to be greeted on the red carpet by Hollywood movie historian and TV host Robert Osborne, it has been announced.

Georgia murderer executed

ATLANTA, June 4 (UPI) -- Georgia Wednesday executed convicted murderer Curtis Osborne following a judicial review and rejection of clemency by the state Board of Pardons and Paroles.

Killer seeks pardon; blames ex-lawyer

ATLANTA, May 29 (UPI) -- Curtis Osborne is asking Georgia officials to commute his death sentence because his attorney 18 years ago deliberately put up a flimsy defense, lawyers say.

Robert Osborne to greet celebs at Oscars

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Feb. 18 (UPI) -- Oscar nominees, presenters and performers are to be greeted on the red carpet in Hollywood Sunday by columnist and TV personality Robert Osborne.

Osborne to remain at Nebraska until 2010

LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Tom Osborne, who rejoined the Nebraska athletic department in October, has agreed to remain the school's athletic director through June 30, 2010.

Osborne is a coach again -- for a while

LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Seventy-year-old Tom Osborne, Nebraska's interim athletic director, is now the Cornhuskers' interim football coach as well.

Osborne named interim AD at Nebraska

LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Tom Osborne, who has been named interim athletic director at the University of Nebraska, says the school's football program faces a total evaluation.

Osborne to succeed Archer on Oscar carpet

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Film historian, TV host and Hollywood Reporter columnist Robert Osborne was chosen Thursday as the red carpet greeter for the 2006 Academy Awards.

Osborne says 'No' to Nebraska Senate bid

OMAHA, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Former Nebraska Cornhuskers' head coach Tom Osborne said he would not be a candidate for U.S. Senate in 2006, the Omaha World-Herald said Thursday.

Cubs take chance on injury-prone hurler

CHICAGO, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- The Chicago Cubs Tuesday agreed to a minor league
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch