Rolling Stone honored for story on Gen. McChrystal

02/22/11 AP - Rolling Stone magazine won one of journalism's most prestigious awards for an article that prompted President Barack Obama to fire his military commander in Afghanistan. The Associated Press also won a 2010 George Polk award for its coverage of the Gulf oil spill, and the Washington Post won for its investigation on the growth of national security agencies.

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Rolling Stone lauded for story on US General

02/21/11 NEW YORK - Rolling Stone magazine won one of journalism's most prestigious awards for an article that prompted President Barack Obama to fire his military commander in Afghanistan. Michael Hastings won the 2010 George Polk award...

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Road to Redemption: Former Angola Prisoner Wilbert Rideau Receives Polk Award

04/14/11 At a podium inside the Roosevelt Hotel last week, Wilbert Rideau, 69, stood before an audience of academics and journalists, as he prepared to deliver a speech more than three decades in the making. "After 31 years they invited me back," Rideau said. "They remembered me." Thirty-one years ago, while Rideau was serving a life sentence in prison for murder, he was awarded a George Polk Award for ...

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