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Memo released Tuesday informed Participant's staff of 100 that the 20-year-old studio is winding down operations Participant, the activist film and television studio that has financed Oscar winners like "Spotlight" and socially conscious documentaries like "Food, Inc," and "Waiting For Superman" is closing its doors after 20 years. Billionaire Jeff Skoll told his staff of 100 in a memo shared with The Associated Press Tuesday that they were winding down company operations. "This is not a step I am taking lightly," Skoll wrote in the memo. "But after 20 years of groundbreaking content and world-changing impact campaigns, it is the...

CNN’s Brian Stelter says Lester Holt is signaling to his NBC colleagues that he may enter the fray in Monday night’s presidential debate as a participant rather than a moderator — thanks to intense left-wing backlash over Matt Lauer’s performance at the “Commander in Chief Forum” weeks ago.

The G20: Who is there and how desperate are they?Ed Pilkington The Guardian, Saturday November 15 2008 Argentina - $150bn public debtAttending: Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, presidentArgentina last month decided to nationalise its 10 largest private pension funds, taking $30bn of assets into public ownership. Shares then lost a fifth of their value in two days. Argentina defaulted on its debts in 2001 and investors fear it may do so again.Desperation rating: Five starsAustralia - $141bn public debtKevin Rudd, prime ministerAustralia has eliminated net public debt but runs a gross one of about 15% of GDP. Tough regulation meant its...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2006 -- Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Nelson Felix Lebron said a number of reasons, aside from serving his country, led him to join the military. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Nelson Felix Lebron (center) poses with Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England (left) at the Pentagon. Lebron is one of 13 servicemembers who served in Iraq or Afghanistan participating in the Why We Serve speaking tour created to respond to the requests of the American people who invite returning veterans to participate in community events and a variety of public affairs activities. Defense Department photo  '(Click photo for...