DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Pakistani militants on Thursday killed 15 security force members they kidnapped last month close to the Afghan border, showing that not all insurgent factions are interested in reported peace talks with the government.

The mens’ naked bodies were dumped in Shiwa town in the North Waziristan region, said local residents Sada-u-Alla and Salam Khan. Intelligence officials confirmed the men had been killed. The officials didn’t give their names because they were not authorized to be identified in the media.

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BADIN, N.C. – The Southeastern Outdoor Press Association, Inc. (SEOPA) has begun its 2012 Media Auction. Space in six different media outlets is being offered at one-half the regular rates as a fundraiser for SEOPA. Bonus packages are available. Click here to learn about affordable options for expanding your marketing efforts and helping support SEOPA at the same time. SEOPA has been helping outdoor communicators and allied corporations excel in their respective fields since 1964.

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The more complicated the cause of a conflict, the less likely it is that the media will cover it or the international community will apply the diplomatic pressure necessary to stop the killing.

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BALTIMORE — A federal judge has sentenced a former senior spy agency official who leaked information to the media to a year of probation, a move that could spell trouble for the Obama Administration’s crackdown on leakers.

Fifty-four-year-old Thomas Drake has said he gave The Baltimore Sun information about alleged mismanagement inside the National Security Agency, which gathers electronic intelligence. But he denied giving away secrets.

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Just like Lohan, the Liberal Party sat humbled in front of the media, milked a fading celebrity status, and promised wholeheartedly to change — similar to a celebrity who hit rock bottom. Bob Rae even shielded his party from scrutiny like a pair of D&G sunglasses as he calmly projected a message of hope. It was vintage Lohan, I’m telling you.
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While teen girls and the media have obsessed over Kristen Stewart’s romance, both in fantasy and real life, with “Twilight” co-star Robert Pattinson, her post-vampire career will kick off with a true fairy tale romance in “Snow White and the Huntsman.”

And finally, her prince has been revealed.

Sam Claflin, a rising star fresh off a major role in “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” has been cast as Prince Charmant in a new spin on the classic tale. He plays opposite Stewart, who will play Snow White, and Charlize Theron, who takes on the Evil Queen.

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If you thought The Huffington Post was going to the dogs, you were exactly right. But these dogs are special. Tillman, the world-famous skateboarding dog, rolled into Huffington Post Media Group’s new…

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Johnstown, Pa. – The Professional Outdoor Media Association (POMA, www.professionaloutdoormedia.org) announced a new webinar service focused on journalists and communications and marketing professionals. The service kicks off with the webinar “News Flash – You Need an Online Newsroom” slated for March 23, 2011 from 3-4 p.m. EST. The first webinar is available at no charge, but space is limited.

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Filed under: Giants , MLB Police Blotter , MLB PEDs , Sports Business and Media SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Barry Bonds’ perjury trial is fast approaching and the lawyers and judge are still scrambling to set limits and rules for the month-long proceedings scheduled to start March 21. On Friday, U.S

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We might have to start calling this the Serena Clause. It took 11 minutes for nearly all 12,000 tickets to sell for Nike’s tennis exhibition March 8 at the University of Oregon.

Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Maria Sharapova and …

Serena Williams.

That’s right. Williams is about to come back. She will have been gone eight months, since winning Wimbledon and then toughing it out for an exhibition and estimated seven-figure guarantee in Belgium.

Since then, she has missed everything, after having an alleged foot surgery for an alleged incident that allegedly involved broken glass at an alleged restaurant in Germany, a country that definitely exists. Until Williams settles on her own story, we’ll consider all facts up for grabs.

Anyway, the announcement about Williams’ return was exciting and everything until you got to this sentence prominently placed in the second paragraph of the press release for the event:

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