Peabody Awards announced

ATHENS - ABC News and National Public Radio won Peabody Awards Wednesday for their coverage of the September 11 terrorist attacks, and ABC&#39;s embattled ``Nightline&#39;&#39; also was honored with one of the annual awards for broadcast excellence. <br> <br> ``The Bernie Mac Show,&#39;&#39; a Fox series about the comedian&#39;s adventures raising his sister&#39;s three children, also won for what the judges said transcended ``race and class while lifting viewers with laughter, compassion -- and cool.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> HBO was honored for five projects, including the ten-part World War Two miniseries ``Band of Brothers;&#39;&#39; ``Wit,&#39;&#39; the film adaptation of Margaret Edson&#39;s Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a woman facing cancer; and ``The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> The annual awards are given by the University of Georgia&#39;s Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication to honor broadcast excellence. A total of 34 winners were selected this year from more than 1,100 entries.

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