Congress asks HP to turn over records

"Congress and federal investigators on Monday entered the fray surrounding Hewlett-Packard Co.'s possibly illegal probe of media leaks, as the company's board met to discuss the fate of its embattled chairwoman. With the FBI, the U.S. Attorney for Northern California and the...

SFU political controversy heats up

"The president of the SFU Computing Science Graduate Students Association, Michael Letourneau, has told the Straight that at least 13 graduate caucuses, including his own, have passed motions expressing nonconfidence in the Simon Fraser Student Society board of directors. He...

Crotty added to NASCAR board of directors (Nascar)

" From Press Release August 30, 2006 12:04 PM EDT (16:04 GMT) DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- W. Garrett "Gary" Crotty, Secretary and General Counsel for NASCAR, has been named to NASCAR's Board of Directors. Crotty, 43, is a native of Daytona Beach. He received his undergraduate...

The Super Stars of New Social Media

From the Wall Street Journal:""As videos, blogs and Web pages created by amateurs remake the entertainment landscape, unknown directors, writers and producers are being catapulted into positions of enormous influence. Each week, about a half-million people download a comedic...

Cemetery directors look to rebury remains (AP)

" GREENFIELD, Mass. - The eternal slumbers of about 50 people — including a former Massachusetts governor — are about to be interrupted, either by nature or man. Directors of the Green River Cemetery are rushing against gravity in an attempt to exhume and rebury...

UBC directors buy via placing (ShareCast via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)

" LONDON (ShareCast) - UBC Media chief executive and non-executive chairman both took the opportunity to snap up shares via a placing. Chief executive Simon Cole and non-executive chairman John Hodson both acquired 250,000 shares at 20p each. Cole raises his stake to 20.9m...

On the Move (Vancouver Province)

" Dr. John Gilbert, principal, College of Health Disciplines, UBC, has been selected to the volunteer board of directors for B.C. Women's Hospital & Health Care Centre Foundation. Irmgard Margellos of B.C. Women's Auxiliary has also been selected to the volunteer board...

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high-tech vote-fixing

I believe there is some truth, to some of the charges, of high-tech vote-fixing. As for the corporate media -- Stop saying "glitch" when you mean "crooked election".