'Golden Girls' Estelle Getty Passes Away at age 84

Estelle Getty, the feisty mother hen to the famous Golden Girls series that ran throughout the 80's (and continues in reruns today) died today at the age of 84. Getty was long a supporter of gay rights and had a...

"Golden Girls" star Estelle Getty dies at 84

Sad news....I really love her in that show. RIP, Estelle.  " Emmy-winning actress Estelle Getty, best known as a wise-cracking octogenarian on the popular 1980s and '90s sitcom "The Golden Girls," died on...

Getty Images and Flickr Photos: an unlikely partnership?

Reports on the possible joint venture of Getty Images and Flickr photos make all wonder on how to make money in social media " Making Money With Social Media: Getty Images Plans To Build Business On Flickr Photos...

UK Newspaper Attempted to Deceive Readers

When it comes to members of the mainstream news media and their penchant for making dire predictions about the economy, no one describes the phenomenon better than world-famous salesman and motivational speaker Zig Ziglar: “The media has accurately predicted ten of the...

Getty Images May Sell For More Than $1.5 billion, Report

This will be a substantial acquisition for whomever ends up acquiring Getty Images, at a projected price tag of more than $1.5 billion."Getty Images Inc, the world's biggest supplier of pictures and video to media and advertising companies, has put itself on the auction block...

Rugby World Cup Begins, With or Without Media Coverage

Update: An 11th-hour agreement allowed the bog news bureaus to transmit photos to media outlets around the world who are covering the Rugby World Cup- the agreement was reached just before Argentina and France took...

Why New Yorkers Last Longer

"    Researchers have long known New Yorkers walk faster than anyone else in the country. But epidemiologist Simonsick wondered, does walking speed affect health?She decided to conduct an experiment to find out. She and a group of scientists assembled 3,075...

Champ Cars Take Flight In Cleveland June 24, 2007 :: MAXINE

"Champ Cars Take Flight In Cleveland (Turn One video link at Source)  The long, flat airport taxiways and runways make for one of the most exciting driver skill contested venues for an open-wheel event in...

The British Military - Stiff Upperlip To Jell-O Backbone :: MAXINE

"After watching the U.K. Sailor news conference on TV this morning, I'm left with a tremendous feeling of speechlessness. What I observed was, at best, a civilian response to a military situation and the world is...

For Cancer Patients, A Struggle to Prolong Hope as Well as Life

"Why is it that Americans speak of trying to whip cancer, show courage in the face of it, and die after a long battle against it? Why at the same time do we tell ourselves cancer is the new diabetes, a chronic disease we can have for a lifetime? It's because what F. Scott...

Getty Images Buys Cit-J Photo/Video Agency Scoopt

"Getty Images, which till recently was in talks to buy Jupitermedia (but the talks fell through) has done a small but high-profile acquisition: it has bought Scoopt, the Scottish startup which was a representation agency for citizen journalism pictures and videos, “an...

Use Flickr, make a Dollr (or two)?

To me this totally speaks to the increasing demand for citizen-powered (or crowd sourced, if you will...) photo distribution. If this plan were to go through, Flickr could become a way for some folks to make a...

More Votes Than Registered Voters

The mainstream media censored the vast majority of the evidence of fraud, so that most Americans to this day, have never heard a fraction of what was amiss.

Whose Energy?

"Canada an emerging energy superpower: Harper Uh huh whose energy? Its Alberta's. We supply Canada with 70% of its oil and 80% of its natural gas."

OUTLOOK: Celebrities Invade Toronto for Film Festival

The streets of Toronto will be awash today with celebs attending its 31st International Film Festival. Here is a delicious opportunity for celeb-spotting and celeb-sharing on NowPublic. Keep your batteries charged in...

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