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BROOKE GLADSTONE: The Guardian newspaper reported this week that Nick Sophocleous was staying at his girlfriend's flat in North Kensington on July 21st when she called to alert him that suspects in the London bombing were holed up just across the street. But darn it, his camcorder was dead! So he charged the battery for an agonizingly long 20 minutes, catching the suspects on tape just as they left their building in their underwear, surrounded by the law. His images were beamed around the world, netting him a nice piece of change.
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Coming up, journalists weigh whether to give terrorists their 15 minutes of fame. And Sunday's must-worship TV event.
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