"Nobody knows how to play with the media more than Apple does, even when a bad news can damage their profits Apple turns it into good news and generate more positive buzz than bad. Take for example the recently...
Here's some good ol' fashioned wheeling and dealing for the Tech & Biz channel: earlier today, an investment fund controlled by the government of Abu Dhabi bought New York City's famous Chrysler Building for $800...
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""Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired" (June 9, HBO) explores the implausible events that took place between these dates, along with details, before and after, that forever altered the life and career of acclaimed...
A neighbourhood near the future Olympic Park in east London was getting back to normal today after being evacuated for a few hours while British Army engineers denotated a large WWII bomb that was unearthed this...
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A police chief in Syndey has been accused of some very serious conspiracy charges."A senior Australian police officer has been charged in connection with an alleged international plot to import half a tonne of drug-making chemicals.Mark Standen is accused of conspiracy to...
Last night we posted a story about a group of Tibetan monks who disrupted a government tour for international journalists intended to showcase the restored peace of the Tibetan capital.Today, the Associated Press, which had a correspondent on the tour, filed a lengthier, more...
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In a shocking display of defiance and certain risk to their lives, a group of monks in Tibet ambushed an organised media tour by the Chinese government."Tibetan monks staged a daring protest against Chinese rule, disrupted anofficial government tour for foreign journalists...
To be honest, I don't know much about this project but it looks interesting:"“The media is the place where we have a discussion with each other. We can't know everyone individually. We do it through the media. When the kitchen table that we all sit around is controlled by a...
The Queen will officially open Heathrow's Terminal 5 today in a grand ceremony involving hundreds of people, but some are still unhappy with the new addition."
This comes ahead of the opening for business on 27...
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Love him or hate him, Steve-O has been arrested."LOS ANGELES - Steve-O of "Jackass" fame was arrested for investigation of vandalism and possession of a controlled substance at his Hollywood home. Police arrested the...
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Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor
Ah Yes, Death and Taxes, only one is a sure thing, Taxes that is.
An acquaintance, let's call him Peter M age 50, would brag to anyone in earshot about this New...
"This is how Islam ends
By Bradley Burston, Haaretz Correspondent
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This is how Islam ends.
It is Friday, the Muslim day of prayer. Two mentally disabled women are fitted with bomb belts. Their handlers hold the switches that will activate the...
"Benazir Bhutto killed in bomb blast: in shocking news Benazir Bhutto has been reportedly been killed after .. http://tinyurl.com/ywbh4s" "Teeth" is a dentist from Karachi, according to Amy Gahran in E-Media Tidbits. Thanks to Amy for the concise explanation of the situation....
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorAnother coup for BC Justice and Christmas Kisses to the Criminals of the worst kind "Dealers of Death in the form of Cocaine and Heroin". Santa comes in the form of...