Malaysia blames Discovery Channel in dance flap

Malaysia sought Friday to allay anger in Indonesia over the use of a Balinese dance in a promotional spot for a TV documentary series on Malaysia, with officials laying the blame on cable network Discovery Channel.

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Discovery Channel to re-air 'Cronkite Remembers'

Discovery Channel says it's re-airing "Cronkite Remembers," an eight-part look at the 20th century through the eyes of veteran newsman Walter Cronkite.

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TV show helps Utah boy survive night solo in woods

When he realized he'd been separated from his family on a weekend hike in a northern Utah forest, 9-year-old Grayson Wynne's thoughts turned to television. Grayson watches "Man vs. Wild" on the Discovery Channel every week with his brothers and his dad. On the show, host and adventurer Bear Grylls strands himself in the wilderness and then shows viewers how to survive the sticky situations.

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Discovery, partner to open NYC exposition center

The Discovery Channel and the production company Running Subway have teamed up to create a Times Square exhibition space for blockbuster experiential shows such as "Titanic" and "Tutankhamun."

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Ferrell survives `Man vs. Wild' with Grylls

Will Ferrell says it was a thrill to join adventurer Bear Grylls for an icy episode of Discovery Channel's "Man vs. Wild."

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Just for fin, he tackles fish from a helicopter

If the phrase “extreme fishing” sounds fishy to you, it’s only because you haven’t met Matt Watson — a man who brings a whole new meaning to the phrase “Don’t try this at home.”

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Discovery's Bear Grylls injured in Antarctica

Discovery Channel says Bear Grylls, rugged adventurer and star of its popular "Man vs. Wild" series, has been injured during an expedition in Antarctica.

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Ted Koppel leaving Discovery Channel early

Former "Nightline" host Ted Koppel and his documentary team are taking a buyout from the Discovery Channel six months before the end of their contracts.

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Sheriff says Discovery Channel won't film at jail

Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez says the Discovery Channel has changed plans and will not do a documentary about the jail after a judge blocked filming.

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Bear Grylls Returning in 'Man Vs. Wild'

Bear Grylls hopes his reputation as a blood-and-mud-covered adventurer hasn't been tarnished since it was revealed he wasn't totally roughing it during the previous season of his popular Discovery Channel survival series, "Man vs. Wild."

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Armstrong May Appear at Tour de France

The strong performance of the Discovery Channel team at the Tour de France has prompted Lance Armstrong to consider making an appearance at the race he won a record seven straight times.

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Documentary Shows Possible Jesus Tomb

Filmmakers and researchers on Monday unveiled two ancient stone boxes they said may have once contained the remains of Jesus and Mary Magdalene, but several scholars derided the claims made in a new documentary as unfounded and contradictory to basic Christian beliefs.

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Discovery's 'Shark Week' Has Ratings Teeth

British TV executive Jane Root is still learning the peculiarities of the American television market, but she already knows to keep away from the sharks.

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Brokaw Joins Fight Against Global Warming

Tom Brokaw is giving Al Gore some company in the effort to raise awareness of global warming. The former NBC anchorman is host of "Global Warming: What You Need to Know," which doubles as an explainer and call to action for average Americans. It premieres Sunday at 9 p.m. on the Discovery Channel.

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Network Breaks Ties With NYC Parachuter

The Discovery Channel severed ties Friday with a television show host accused of trying to parachute from the Empire State Building.

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Shark Week! An exciting time in America, and an exciting time all around the world – but have you ever asked yourself how Shark Week began? As you and your loved ones celebrate Shark Week in your local parks, city centers, mosques, hobo jungles and shopping malls, and as you en …

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Billy Lane of Choppers Inc has just been sentenced to 6 years inside, 3 years probation, has lost his license for life.

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A Florida medical examiner says television pitchman Billy Mays likely died of a heart attack but further tests are needed.

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Billy Mays, the burly, bearded television pitchman whose boisterous hawking of products such as Orange Glo and OxiClean made him a pop-culture icon, has died. He was 50.

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When he realized he'd been separated from his family on a weekend hike in a northern Utah forest, 9-year-old Grayson Wynne's thoughts turned to television.

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Koppel on Discovery Images from "The Last Lynching"

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They gave them their own show? Color me 'desperate for ratings'

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Talk about a fish story: "Extreme fisherman" Matt Watson forgoes bait and tackle for tackling marlin from a helicopter. "The thrill started wearing off, so I started thinking of ways to bring back the thrill of catching my first big fish again," he explained.

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Excerpt: Whether it was in poor taste or simply survival training, a game based on the Hudson River plane crash made its way onto the Discovery Channel website and was subsequently pulled.

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Pay programming from HBO and other networks may become available online for paying customers

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Media companies are rushing to repackage their videos for the Internet, and some say they can hardly keep up with advertiser demand for more. Video clips of TV shows and behind-the-scenes outtakes are omnipresent online — but how do they get there?

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Discovery Channel has announced Treasure Quest, a new reality series that will explore underwater shipwrecks and the artifacts contained within, will premiere Thursday, January 15 at 10PM ET/PT.

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*Police interview with Troy Brown, friend of Casey Anthony and former roommate of Amy Huizenga *Police interview with Casey Anthony's former friend, Amy Huizenga *Police interview with Brian Burner, the neighbor who claims he loaned Casey Anthony a shovel *Police interview wit …

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Excerpt: A spokesman for Casey Anthony's defense lawyer accused police of lying to the press and suggested they could be tampering with evidence at the site where a little child's bones were found.

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Homicide investigators' search of the Caylee Anthony crime scene will stretch at least until Thursday because they keep finding new evidence pointing to the missing child, police told FOXNews.com. Authorities had hoped to wrap up the process sooner.

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Italian researchers have reconstructed the last hours in Pompeii of a dozen people who managed to survive Mount Vesuvius' devastating eruption for more than 19 hours.

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The first documented virgin shark birth seemed like an odd miracle, but now a second female has become pregnant sans daddy, adding to the evidence that female sharks don't always need a male to conceive, according to a new study.

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Monkeys taught to play a computer game were able to overcome wrist paralysis with an experimental device that might lead to new treatments for patients with stroke and spinal cord injury.

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Sharkrunners !!!!

FIrst off, let me start by stating that this is not an advertisement. This is only about a strange game that I found online that takes forever to play.Now back to the article.....

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For 20 years, the warts studding Dede Kosawa's hands and feet multiplied and sprouted like gnarled roots.

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In an experiment that tested technology that could one day be used to transmit solar energy from satellites to Earth, researchers beamed solar energy from one Hawaiian island to another, across a distance of 92 miles.

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STEVE Irwin's former best friend and partner John Stainton has begun a controversial new project that involves re-creating some of Australia's most notorious animal attacks.

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Dr. Jason Box, a glaciologist from Ohio State University, is on a mission to prevent glaciers from melting by covering them with blankets that will reflect the powerful rays of the sun.

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This year they will spotlight lesser-known and unusual sharks, address myths about sharks, and educate the public on the conservation of sharks.

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Or so claims the advertisements for Discovery Channel's new six-part documentary/tribute to the first 50 years of U.S.

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