Mediagazer: Rebekah Brooks's former PA arrested (Lisa O'Carroll/Guardian)

3:05 PM ET, January 6, 2012

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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:

Rebekah Brooks's former PA arrested — Woman arrested by detectives on suspicion of attempting to pervert the course of justice understood to be Cheryl Carter — The long-serving personal assistant to former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks is understood to have been arrested …

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Mark Sweney / Guardian:

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Laurie Segall / CNNMoney.com:

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Tom Schoenberg / Bloomberg:

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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:

Current TV Source: Keith Olbermann Has Not Responded To Request To Cover New Hampshire — The plot of the bewildering, apparently one-sided dispute between Countdown host Keith Olbermann and Current TV is thinning as it thickens. A source at the network tells Mediaite that …

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Alex Weprin / TVNewser:
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