Jay Leno to prime time: Why NBC is doing it

"Everyone knew the face of late-night TV would change when Jay Leno left The ­Tonight Show, but prime time as well? On Dec. 9, NBC announced that the reigning king of late night will stay put at the network by...

Indian Stock Markets down on recession fears

Stocks market after rallying high for one day have come down in India. Even Asian markets have shown same trend. " The Sensex continued its southward journey on Wednesday plummeting close to 650 points by 3.15 pm. The downslide is due to panic selling by major market...

Obama Admits the Surge worked on O’Reilly’s ‘No Spin Zone’

Barack Obama was the most clear he has been on the war on Terror during Thursday nites interview with Bill O'Reilly's no spin zone.  The interview as very imformative as Obama went further in answering...

Man sues restaurant after passing a 9-foot tapeworm

Two years ago Anthony Franz started eating at Shaw’s Crab House in Chicago.  He apparently became ill after eating a salmon salad, and ended up passing a 9-foot tapeworm. A pathologist said the tapeworm...

The 'People's Choice Awards' Winners

"The "People's Choice Awards" took on a new format this year as a result of the writers strike. Instead of the normal set-up with an audience and the winners taking to the stage, the nominees were presented through the use of clips and filmed acceptances. Among the fan...

PETA Skins Olsen Twins

Leave to the PETA provocateurs to use web 2.0 guerrila tactics for a hilariously subversive purpose. The latest iteration of their anti-fur-wearing-celebrity campaigns employs social media and networking sites to...

Microsoft's Unified Communications Product To Unify All Devices

"Microsoft expects its unified communications product - the company's effort to link email, instant messaging and phone systems over internet networks - to become one of the fastest-growing segments of its $US16 billion business division. Revenue growth from unified...

Democrats Win Morning-Show Primary

"Rich Noyes of the Media Research Center assessed all morning-show coverage on the Big Three from January 1 through July 31. In those 517 campaign segments, the networks offered nearly twice as many segments to...

Freight train with shuttle parts derails - AP

AP is reporting the derailment of a freight train containing rocket boosters for the US space shuttle. There are early reports of injuries but no evacuations. The rocket fuel, "aluminum perchlorate, has the consistency of a rubber eraser and there was no danger of it...

Damn the Man! Indie music sticks it to the majors

This is a very, very big deal, and hopefully it sets a precent for future independent musicians and labels to get a slice of the on-air pie. As a musician of the independent (read: poor) variety, I know I'm very...

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