<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110310/ap_en_ot/us_npr_tea_party_criticism"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110309/capt.24c1e809993646fb8e1c770a88d0c5fe-24c1e809993646fb8e1c770a88d0c5fe-0.jpg?x=86&amp;y=130&amp;q=85&amp;sig=Fqdm6BU_QyjY69wFBRO2yA--" height="130" width="86" alt="NPR CEO resigns after VP criticizes tea party   (AP)" style="float: left; border: 0px;" />
</a>AP - NPR's president and CEO resigned Wednesday in an effort to limit the damage from hidden camera footage of a fellow executive deriding the tea party movement as "seriously racist." Conservatives called the video proof that the network is biased and undeserving of federal funds.</p><br style="clear: both;" />