BRAIN GAME
University of Colorado student Than Hedman, 19, of Denver, will be among 15 college students from across the country competing in the two-week 2008 Jeopardy! College Championship, beginning at 6 p.m. Monday on Denver's 7. The winner will take home a grand prize of $100,000, but no student goes home empty-handed: The second- place contestant is guaranteed a minimum of $50,000; third place, $25,000; and semifinalists, $10,000. Players eliminated in the first week receive $5,000.
ON THE AIR AGAIN
2-plus years away from television has ended for Aaron BrownDOWN , the former CNN anchor who quit cable TV because it was an awkward fit. He is joining PBS' Wide Angle, a weekly public affairs series with a global focus. Brown says it offers the chance "to work in an environment where people just think about making good TV and good journalism."
Source: Associated Press
CHATTER
"I like places where when the door of the plane opens, you know you're not in Kansas anymore."
Matt LauerUP , Today co-anchor, about his ninth edition of the NBC morning show's serialized travel segment, Where in the World Is Matt Lauer, which has taken him 210,721 miles to places such as Mount Everest, Easter Island, Paris and Bhutan
Source: Associated Press
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