Lemon has also anchored the network's breaking news coverage of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the Arab Spring, the death of Osama Bin Laden and Joplin tornado.

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Breaking network headlines followed by chaotic news footage and pictures.

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Kutcher is racing the network's breaking-news feed specifically.

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Partly, it began as an experiment after my first year of university: Could I survive without news reports, without the media, even as a member of the media, by getting my breaking news (the important stuff) via my network.

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Prior to the games, customers can use NFL Mobile from Verizon to keep up-to-date with breaking news, highlights, video on demand and live NFL Network coverage available on an array of smartphones.

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That account provides only brief updates about breaking news, therefore CNN doesn't send a lot of alerts -- just those for major events the network believes its audience will want to know.

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