"NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge's order to Google Inc (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) to turn over YouTube user data to Viacom Inc (VIAb.N: Quote, Profile, Research) sparked an outcry on...
"In an age when Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad openly declares the Holocaust a myth, it is increasingly important to tell people the truth of what happened, and Tosia Schneidner has made that her life’s mission.“There is no occurrence that was better documented...
"Americans, to quote JFK, seem willing to "pay any price" to achieve better gas mileage. As gasoline prices pass $4 a gallon, consumers remain high on hybrids. That holds true both before and after the average market price -- $5,000 -- is revealed, according to the J.D....
That is an update to Brazilians place an unsolicited $46.3bn bid for Anheuser- Busch and Is Budweiser an American icon ? " Belgian-Brazilian InBev may get a warmer welcome in St. Louis if it raises its $46.3...
Wow, a serious fight is underway between the AP and the blogosphere. Jeff Jarvis posted this on his blog yesterday:"I talked to a reporter this week about the embattled Associated Press and said three times...
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"U.S. defense communications and information technology company Harris Corp (HRS.N: Quote, Profile, Research), breaking its silence after weeks of speculation, said on Monday the company is not for sale and is not...
I know that China is a very large country and that it is difficult for officials to ignore rules and regulations but one would think that they could have allowed a week or two for people to experience the wonderful...
"Perhaps it's appropriate that Ozzie Guillen would unleash one of his patented expletive-filled tirades on Chicago fans, the Cubs, and media outlets just a few short days removed from the 25th anniversary of Lee...
Free comics!To address the decline in comic book sales in early 2002, comic retailers and publishers came up with Free Comic Book Day. Basically, walk into any participating comic book store and you'll get at least...
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"Arcade Fire and Superchunk Team for Obama Campaign ShowsBy Eliot Van Buskirk EmailApril 22, 2008 | 5:57:33 PMCategories: Shows Barack Obama's iPod contains some Jay-Z songs, but his campaign will receive a boost...
"Most sensible Brits have been scandalized by a revelation that a candidate for the London Assembly believes "rape is simply sex." Yes, that's an actual quote, straight from the blog of the British National Party's...
"RBK Daily, the full-color daily business newspaper set up to rival Vedomosti, reportedly fired one of their journalists, 29-year-old Anastasia Samotorova, after she published an article on increasingly restricted press freedoms. The news comes just after another...
And yet again, an example that we have completely digressed as a society. Is this really one of the top quotes of the year? "It was the plea heard round the world. "Don't tase me, bro" - shouted by a...
"It’s marketing. Any publicity is good publicity, or so the old saying goes. Gene is still an attention-whore, as is evidenced by his basic cable TV show on which he is filmed going about his daily business."