'Illness Blogging' becoming Popular for Terminally Ill Patients

Eva Markvoort wasn't the only terminally ill patient to blog her experience on life with a crippling and life threatening disease.  Recently Susannah Breslin, an award winning blogger, author, and freelance journalist was just diagnosed with breast cancer. She shared...

Top 100 Sports Bloggers on Twitter

The crew at @ballhyped spent the past week combing through our favorite blogs and Twitter lists to come up with the Top 100 Sports Bloggers on Twitter. Here's the Top 10. The rest can be found at BallHyped.com Sports Blog Rankings....

Bradley Cooper is the 'Face' of the new "A-Team" (INTERVIEW)

Bradley Cooper is the new 'Face' of 'The A-Team," one of the summer's anticipated film blockbusters. Photo: Norman Jean Roy/Details Magazine; LA Premiere image: Wireimage.com; Film Stills: Courtesy of 20th Century Fox.   Related articles 'Splice' of Life: The...

KentuckyDerby.com ditches top blogger

Ever wonder why the world of thoroughbred horse racing has trouble attracting the under twenty-five demographic? I mean they're the ones with all the frick'in disposable income. It doesn't seem to make any...

16 Design Blogs Everyone (even non-designers) Should Read

The days of design being something strictly for geeks are behind us. Today, quality design has emerged as the art of the 21st century. As Photoshop, Illustrator, and other graphics programs continue to improve, so too do the people that use them. Many of today's top design...

Economist declares economic 'train wreck' in America's future

" If you thought last week’s job numbers were bad, take a look at the latest from Morgan Stanley’s chief economist, Richard Berner. In a research note that’s been making the rounds of economics blogs this...

Volunteer Brings D.C. Students Face-to-Face with Kenyan Poverty

June 26, 2009, Washington, DC: "You are sick and it is the weekend. You have a fever and you're sweating and vomiting so you fear you have malaria. You need medical attention. All the money you have is what is in your pocket, a total of $3.59. You never went to school so you...

Can Obama Reform Health Care, Mortgages, Markets and Iran?

If you could stop all police brutality today, either in Iran or in the United States,where would you choose to bring an end to all police brutality?  If you say it is more important to stop police brutality in Iran, then I am going to guess that your skin is white or...

Melanie Phillips: the most important election in history, maybe

Piss myself laughing! "Consider. A new Speaker is necessary because of the astonishing revelations of endemic and institutionalised dishonesty over Parliamentary expenses. " For parliamentary read all MPs – Conservative ones as well as New Labour, LibDem etc. Though – I...

45 Peace Fellows to Support Community Advocates in 26 Countries

Washington, DC: During the school year, Kate Cummings is a graduate student at Tufts University in Boston. For three months this summer, she will be helping women in Kenya to campaign against rape and human trafficking.Gretchen Murphy, from American University in Washington...

Washington Post's 2009 Best State Political Blogs

It was a tough call but the Washington Post finally selected the best State Political Blogs of 2009. Check out which ones made the cut....read more.

Danes Using Twitter & Facebook to Attract a New Breed of Tourists

Twitter and Facebook have hit the mainstream travel industry. The Danes have launched an entirely online campaign entitled 48hoursindenmark.com, in which they are promising a free trip to Denmark, for whoever...

Rumor Mongering, The Mob and Web 2.0’s Ugly Side

Recently there have been big uproars regarding the growing lack of responsiblity of some blogs and the mob attacks that are set to follow their posts.  For some peculiar reason some bloggers seem to believe they can post whatever they want to, running around like cowboys...

Greek government attempts to shut down internet news sites

The Greek government has made moves to shut down Indymedia sites in the capital, Athens and neighbouring Patras according to local news sources. Following questions in parliament by member of the far right LAOS...

2009: Year of the Shadow Media

Kirk Lapointe, Managing Editor of the Vancouver Sun pointed me to something interesting today. "Several weeks ago, BusinessWeek columnist Jon Fine shared a term in one of his predictions for 2009 that was intriguing...

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