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Amazon CEO Bezos Apologizes for Orwell Deletion from Kindle

July 25th, 2009 | No Comments

Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos issued a public apology for the deletion of two George Orwell novels, 1984 and Animal Farm, from the Kindle e-reader device. Although the novels were pulled over a copyright dispute, the specter of Big Brother-style interference was such that Bezos decided an apology was needed. Amazon is seeking to dominate the e-reader space with its Kindle, although it faces the prospect of competition from Plastic Logic and other companies.
– Amazon.com
CEO Jeff Bezos tendered an apology on his
site for last weeks deletion of two George Orwell e-books from users Kindle
devices.
Around July 16, Kindle users realized that copies of quot;Animal Farm quot;
and quot;1984 quot; had disappeared from their e-readers archived items
libra…

American police unions demand apology from Obama

July 25th, 2009 | No Comments

President Barack Obama has been urged by American police unions to tender an apology after he accused an officer of â€œacting stupidlyâ€ by arresting leading Black scholar, Professor Henry Louis Gates.
Police representatives queued up at a press conference to insist race had played no part in the incident and the president should retract his [...]

Earl Ofari Hutchinson: No Apology Needed President Obama for Speaking Out on Gates

July 24th, 2009 | No Comments

President Obama may have used the wrong words when he called the actions of the Cambridge Police Sgt. James Crawley in cuffing Harvard Professor…

Ahmed Rehab: Racism or Not, Cambridge Police Owes Professor Gates an Apology

July 22nd, 2009 | No Comments

While it is easy to come to the defense of a black man who happens to be a world class scholar, how many less fortunate blacks get arrested on even more flimsy grounds with no public outcry?

Chris Brown apology video

July 21st, 2009 | No Comments

So itâ€™s six months since Chris Brown beat the crap out of Rihanna and since then, the wannabe rapperâ€™s career has tanked.
But the woman beater is all apologies now.
So why didnâ€™t Chris Brown apologize before? He says he has already apologized to his ex-punching bag, Rihanna, but his Lawyers advised him to keep his mouth [...]

David Arquette Latina Women Remark

July 20th, 2009 | No Comments

David Arquette has issued a public apology after falling under public scrutiny for a remark he made about Latin women on live television last week.

Last Friday, the star appeared on The FOX News Channel’s Fox & Friends, where he offered up this analysis of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor — and all other Latinas.
“I think [...]