Posts tagged ‘news’
One question has tugged at my professional conscience throughout the year-long congressional debate over health-care reform, & it has nothing to do with the public option, portability or medical malpractice. It is this: Why haven't America's old-school news organizations blown the whistle on Roger Ailes, chief of Fox News, for using the network ...
Feud Over, Ludacris Makes Peace With Bill O’Reilly
Feisty rapper Ludacris has made peace with Fox News anchor Bill O'Reilly, bringing an end to one of the great showbiz feuds of the last decade.
Chefs Call Proposed New York Salt Ban ‘Absurd’
Chefs Call Proposed New York Salt Ban 'Absurd', MyFoxNY Fox 5 News WNYW:More Liberal big brother control proposed. What's next, National ID cards? Oh wait.
Hard Rock Hotel Las Vegas Exec Found Dead of Clear Suicide
"News that Randy Kwasniewski died from an apparent self-inflicted gun wound to the head."
How Did YOU Get Fired From Activision? [Infographic]
Joystick Division (and just about every other gaming news outlet) was buzzing about the firing of Infinity Ward executives Jason West and Vince Zampella last week, especially Activision's mysterious charge of "insubordination". We had to wonder: What is insubordination at Activision, and how often are people fired for it? We've got the an
What the Credit CARD Act Means for You
The Credit CARD Act is good news for consumers and puts a stop to many of the more nefarious practices of the credit card issuers. But it doesn't stop everything, and they are already finding new ways around it.
The 7 Dumbest Celebrity Lawsuits of All Time
With news today that Lindsay Lohan is suing E-Trade over the use of her name in a commercial, we thought we’d take a look back at some of the most ridiculous celebrity lawsuits of all-time
Glenn Beck: Leave Churches That Preach Social Justice
On his daily radio and television shows last week, Fox News personality Glenn Beck set out to convince his audience that "social justice," the term many Christian churches use to describe their efforts to address poverty and human rights, is a "code word" for communism and Nazism.
Dan Rather Uses “Obama” And “Watermelons” In Same Anecdote
Dan Rather, longtime anchor at the CBS Evening News and now of HD Net, has been known for his analogies and anecdotes (Ratherisms). But Newsbusters has caught one that seems to have gone way off the rails during an appearance on the Chris Matthews Show Sunday - involving Pres. Obama and watermelons.
8 Must-Have Twitter and Facebook Add-Ons
By no means are Twitter and Facebook perfect: You might wish that Facebook made it more intuitive to hide FarmVille or certain status updates. Or, maybe you wish that Twitter would introduce a new feature like nested tweets. Good news: For many of these website tweaks or suggestions, there's likely to be a script you can download to fit the bill.
Iran’s Ahmadinejad calls Sept 11 “big fabrication
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday called the September 11 attacks on the United States a "big fabrication" that was used to justify the U.S. war on terrorism, the official IRNA news agency reported.||Ahmad...
Rich Canadians Cross The Border For a Better Health Care
Canadian health care has a dirty secret. Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams listens during a news conference in Montreal, Oct. 20, 2008. Williams recently ignited a national debate about the quality of Canadian health care by opting for surgery south of the border.
BMW to Lease All Electric 1 Series Next Year
BMW's board member for sales and marketing, Ian Robertson, told Automotive News that between 600 and 700 units will be leased to selected customers in major global cities. Robertson said the leases will be divvied up with 200 destined for the U.S. and between 300 and 400 driving around in Europe.
300 Horses. 30+ MPG. The new V6 Mustang rocks both ways.
Ford's on a roll lately, selling more cars in the U.S. than General Motors last month. And it's vowed to achieve best-in-class fuel economy numbers for every new model it launches. So the news today that its revised 2011 Ford Mustang with the 3.7-liter V-6 engine has been rated at 19 mpg city, 31...





