Scripps National Spelling Bee 2009 Semi-Finals and Finals Update

It's time again for the 2009 National Spelling Bee, the spelling competition that is like the Super Bowl of word nerds. Dozens of pre-teens from around the US make their way to Washington, DC for the Bee, which...

International youth flock to US Spelling Bee

The 81st Scripps National Spelling Bee is due to begin this Thursday and this year's competition has more international contestants than ever before.Contestants have travelled thousands of miles, from countries...

Zillow Signs Deal With Newspapers

A very good tool that can only get better. Any homeowner interested in getting a ballpark home valuation should check it out."In what Zillow.com President Lloyd Frink is calling a "groundbreaking partnership," the Seattle online real estate startup has signed a deal to...

I may have helped send Frankie Laine to an early grave

Today singer Frankie Laine died and I feel terrible. I think I may have had something to do with his  untimely death.When I was 16, my first job was as a gas jockey at a marine fueling station.  Mr....

Voyage reveals bizarre life around deep-sea gas seeps (Video)

An international team led by scientists from the United States and New Zealand have observed, for the first time, the bizarre deep-sea communities living around methane seeps off New Zealand's east coast.'This is...

Weak ads weigh on newspaper publishers (AP)

" Newspaper publishers continued to struggle with a weak business climate in the third quarter, as McClatchy Co. and Scripps Co. reported lower advertising results. Scripps, however, got another boost from its thriving cable networks. McClatchy, reporting its first full...

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