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ABC News has settled its “pink slime” defamation case, according to a statement from the network news unit. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed. South Dakota meat processor Beef Products, Inc. (BPI) had initially filed a $1.9 billion lawsuit against ABC News over a series of 2012 reports by its Jim Avila. BPI refers to its product as “lean finely textured beef,” though Avila repeatedly referred to it as “pink slime.” Here’s ABC News’ Wednesday statement: “ABC has reached an amicable resolution of its dispute with the makers of ‘lean finely textured beef.’ Throughout this case, we have maintained that.

A South Dakota meat processor’s $1.9 billion lawsuit against ABC News began this week in a closely watched case that could have an impact beyond the size of any judgment. In a South Dakota courtroom this week, Beef Products Inc. argued that a series of 2012 reports by ABC News’ Jim Avila defamed their chief product, which the company calls “lean finely textured beef” but critics have termed “pink slime.” In his reports, Avila used the term “pink slime” 137 times to describe the substance, which results when beef trimmings are placed in a centrifuge to separate lean mean from fat...

Elian Gonzalez just gave his first American interview in over 10 years -- and wow, has has grown up! Sporting a beard and a brand new fiancee, the now 21-year-old sat down with ABC News to talk about his life in Cuba, his mother's death trying to get him to America and his desire to return to the country he briefly called home. It's been a decade and a half since the young Cuban refugee was at the center of a media firestorm. In November 1999, the then-5-year-old child was rescued off the coast of Miami after a boat carrying his mother and 9 others capsized. Elian was the only survivor. A very public tug-of-war began over the boy, as his father wanted him to return to Cuba ... while family members in Florida wished to keep him in the Us. On April 22, 2000, it was decided he would be sent back to Cuba...

Elian Gonzalez, the child seized by U.S. officials in Miami in 2000 and returned to his native Cuba, said he wants “to thank the American people” in an interview with ABC News Senior National Correspondent Jim Avila, the network said Sunday. The exclusive interview with Gonzalez, now 21, is the first he’s done with an American media company. it was conducted in Cuba and is the first time he has spoken at length on the event in nearly 10 years. “Good Morning America,” “World News Tonight with David Muir” and “Nightline” will air clips from the exclusive on Monday at 7 a.

President Obama declined to say whether he knew that the National Security Agency had spied on German chancellor Angela Merkel and others during an interview on new cable channel Fusion, saying that he would not discuss classified information. During an interview with White House correspondent and ABC News senior national correspondent Jim Avila for “America With Jorge Ramos” on Monday afternoon, Obama said that he’s the “final user” of the intelligence that the Nsa gathers. Also read: Maggie Gyllenhaal, John Cusack Slam Nsa Over Electronic Snooping (Video) “People wonder, how is it you didn’t know about the cell phones being looked at.

Interviews today with President Obama and controversial Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio officially launched Fusion with a special edition of the new America With Jorge Ramos. Actually, Fusion kicked off three minutes beforehand at 3:57 Pm Pt with a hip swiveling music video featuring actors playing CEO Isaac Lee and other senior executives plus various real hosts from the network. Amidst the dancing around the office and cameos by Barbara Walters and Diane Sawyer, the Fusion employees lyrically proclaimed themselves “the corporate godchild of ABC-Disney and Univision” that will “offer world class reporting with a pop culture theme.” Still, the dance video aside, ABC and Univision’s Fusion was very traditional in its first hour for a joint venture aimed at young English-speaking Hispanics and millennials. The dance routine was followed with a more sober intro by Ramos promising to “challenge the people that make the news” and asking “Why is...

A former worker at Beef Products Inc, the company at the forefront of a series of ABC News reports that said its meat was unsafe — turning the term “pink slime” into a pop culture hit — is suing the network, TV chef Jamie Oliver a food blogger and 10 unnamed defendants, saying the reports and their wake cost hm his job. Bruce Smith was chief counsel and director of environmental health and safety at a South Dakota-based processing plant, and was one of 750 co-workers eventually let go after the reports said company’s meat was not healthy and not even meat — former U.S. Department of Agriculture microbiologist Gerald Zirnstein used the term “pink slime” in a 2002 email after touring a Beef Products plant. Fast food chains soon began severing ties with the company, ultimately resulting in three plants being shuttered and layoffs at corporate headquarters. Beef Products sued ABC News, anchor Diane Sawyer,...

South Dakota meat processor Beef Products Inc. alleges ABC erroneously reported that its beef product, dubbed “pink slime” by critics, was unsafe, not healthy and not even meat, costing it hundreds of millions of dollars in lost profits. The reports aired in March and April. Along with ABC, six people are named in the suit filed in a South Dakota state court, including ABC News anchor Diane Sawyer and reporters Jim Avila and David Kerley. Gerald Zirnstein, a former U.S. Department of Agriculture microbiologist, who appeared in the ABC reports also is named as a defendant. Zirnstein had used the term “pink slime” in a 2002 email to coworkers after touring a Beef Products plant. His email was later released to The New York Times. “The lawsuit is without merit,” Jeffrey Schneider, senior vice president of ABC News, a unit of Walt Disney Co, said in a statement released to several news organizations.

NBC and Fox have both unleashed their Fall 2011-2012 TV schedule, now ABC has released theirs. I’m excited to see Castle, Modern Family, and The Middle back in the mix. Most of the new shows they have line-up don’t really interest me, but there are a few that have caught my eye. PanAm is another 1960’s based TV show that will go against AMC’s Mad Men and NBC’s The Playboy Club. There’s a show called Revenge that sounds really interesting, but the new series I’m most excited about is is the fantasy series Once Upon A Time, a show where fairy tales collide with the modern day.

Here is ABC’s full schedule along with a description of all of their shows. Go through them below and let us know what TV series you’re most excited about seeing.

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NEW YORK -- Two years after Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, the networks are planning a wide range of coverage to mark the anniversary and look in on the long recovery process.

ABC News said Thursday that it will air Katrina: Where Things Stand beginning Sunday. It will encompass all of the network's platforms, including Good Morning America, This Week With George Stephanopoulos and World News With Charles Gibson. "GMA" co-anchor Robin Roberts will report from Mississippi; Dan Harris, Jim Avila and other correspondents will report from elsewhere on the Gulf Coast.

NBC Nightly News will originate from New Orleans and Mississippi beginning Tuesday. Anchor Brian Williams, who is making his 14th trip since the storm that he rode out at the Superdome in New Orleans, will report from the region. Today also will originate from New Orleans on Wednesday. NBC has shown a large commitment to continuing to report the Katrina story.

CBS will have a four-part series anchored by Katie Couric on CBS Evening News along with pieces by Harry Smith on The Early Show and two separate hours this season on 48 Hours Mystery. One hour focuses on two murders in New Orleans after the storm and how the city is still a hotbed of homicide.

ABC News promoted correspondent Jim Avila to senior law/justice correspondent for the network while naming Mary Fulginiti as legal correspondent for Primetime and Good Morning America, among platforms.

The network said Avila will lead ABC News' coverage of trials and other legal issues and remain a correspondent for "20/20" and and contribute to Primetime. He's covered the Michael Jackson trial for ABC and before joining ABC News in 2004 he was national correspondent for NBC Nightly News and an investigative reporter at KNBC in Los Angeles.