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Current News for May 09, 2008
Resentencing our mother is unusual
Fri, 09 May 2008 14:49:52 PDT
The following article is taken from South Florida Sun-SentinelMay7, 2008direct link:http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbgoggles0507sbmay07,0,338335.story
The Obama Policy Train Wreck
Fri, 09 May 2008 16:41:15 PDT
The Obama Policy Train Wreck » By Larry JohnsoncloseAuthor: Larry Johnson Name: Larry Johnson Email: larry_johnson@earthlink.net Site: http://NoQuarterUSA.net About: Larry C. Johnson is CEO and co-founder of BERG Associates, LLC, an international business-consulting firm with expertise combating terrorism and investigating money laundering. Mr. Johnson works with US military commands in scripting terrorism exercises, briefs on terrorist trends, and conducts undercover investigations on counterf
The secret dress code of online newspapers
Fri, 09 May 2008 09:09:26 PDT
Short analysis of the design trends in newspaper websites.
Study: 'Daily Show' watchers know their news (CNN.com)
Fri, 09 May 2008 06:07:16 PDT
NEW YORK (AP) -- A journalism think tank studying "The Daily Show" doesn't believe many people get their news from Jon Stewart -- because otherwise they wouldn't get the jokes.
Trends & Innovations - Friday (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News)
Fri, 09 May 2008 15:49:39 PDT
U.S. retailers are getting better at blocking underage teens from buying M-rated video games, says an FTC survey using undercover 13- to 16-year-old shoppers. Just 20% of the undercover teens were able to buy M-rated games, vs. 42% in '06. Retailer GameStop was the best at blocking underage sales of video games, stopping 94% of them. Less-diligent retailers included Hollywood Video, which ...
Dancing in the Family
Fri, 09 May 2008 17:32:12 PDT
He is tall, slim, and strikingly long limbed. Dressed in jewel-colored silk tunics and antique ornaments that are family heirlooms, he looks more like a handsome young maharaja than a traditional South Indian dancer. Newsweek Yes, I know, vomit, it sounds like more exoticizing pablum from a mainstream media source. But getting past the opening drivel, this is article (posted in the news tab, thanks Brij01!) turned out to be about a rather fascinating family: Aniruddha Knight is the ninth gene
BROADCASTER'S WEDNESDAY PODCAST—EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD ... - Broadcaster
NYT Music Industry Reporter Laid Off
Fri, 09 May 2008 17:22:08 PDT
NYT Music Industry Reporter Laid Off I've just been told that Jeff Leeds, the Los Angeles-based music industry reporter who was poached by The New York Times from the Los Angeles Times back in 2004, is now a victim of the Gray Lady's ongoing round of layoffs. I feel badly for him because he's always had a good handle on his beat. He also writes regularly and breaks news. "It came as a surprise. H was upset to be cut," an insider tells me. "But it's an odd beat to cut because it's not like ther
Public: Don't Mess With My Flight Plans
Sun, 13 Aug 2006 11:58:25 PDT
"Pretty soon we'll have to fly naked!" The mass media rapidly embraced the UK terror storyline fed to them. The BBC, CNN, CBC Newsworld and other all-news broadcasters covered scarcely anything but the narrowly averted catastrophe throughout the day. Funny thing, but the general public wasn't buying it. The reaction was surprisingly cynical...
All Headline News (AHN) Opens New York and Washington D.C. News Bureaus
Mon, 20 Nov 2006 00:00:01 PST
West Palm Beach, FL (PRWEB) November 20, 2006 -- As part of a planned expansion program, All Headline News (AHN) has announced that it is opening two offices and news bureaus to expand news coverage...
TTC Workers and the Right to Strike
Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:52:48 PDT
The way the mainstream media has told the story, all is well in Toronto in the aftermath of the passage of legislation in the Ontario Legislature ordering the employees of the Toronto Transit Commission back to work. The subways, buses and streetcars are running and that's all that matters. Something is very wrong with this picture. Fundamental issues are at stake here and they cut right to the heart of our democracy. The right of workers to withdraw their labour in pursuit of improved
Fri, 09 May 2008 14:49:52 PDT
The following article is taken from South Florida Sun-SentinelMay7, 2008direct link:http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbgoggles0507sbmay07,0,338335.story
The Obama Policy Train Wreck
Fri, 09 May 2008 16:41:15 PDT
The Obama Policy Train Wreck » By Larry JohnsoncloseAuthor: Larry Johnson Name: Larry Johnson Email: larry_johnson@earthlink.net Site: http://NoQuarterUSA.net About: Larry C. Johnson is CEO and co-founder of BERG Associates, LLC, an international business-consulting firm with expertise combating terrorism and investigating money laundering. Mr. Johnson works with US military commands in scripting terrorism exercises, briefs on terrorist trends, and conducts undercover investigations on counterf
The secret dress code of online newspapers
Fri, 09 May 2008 09:09:26 PDT
Short analysis of the design trends in newspaper websites.
Study: 'Daily Show' watchers know their news (CNN.com)
Fri, 09 May 2008 06:07:16 PDT
NEW YORK (AP) -- A journalism think tank studying "The Daily Show" doesn't believe many people get their news from Jon Stewart -- because otherwise they wouldn't get the jokes.
Trends & Innovations - Friday (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News)
Fri, 09 May 2008 15:49:39 PDT
U.S. retailers are getting better at blocking underage teens from buying M-rated video games, says an FTC survey using undercover 13- to 16-year-old shoppers. Just 20% of the undercover teens were able to buy M-rated games, vs. 42% in '06. Retailer GameStop was the best at blocking underage sales of video games, stopping 94% of them. Less-diligent retailers included Hollywood Video, which ...
Dancing in the Family
Fri, 09 May 2008 17:32:12 PDT
He is tall, slim, and strikingly long limbed. Dressed in jewel-colored silk tunics and antique ornaments that are family heirlooms, he looks more like a handsome young maharaja than a traditional South Indian dancer. Newsweek Yes, I know, vomit, it sounds like more exoticizing pablum from a mainstream media source. But getting past the opening drivel, this is article (posted in the news tab, thanks Brij01!) turned out to be about a rather fascinating family: Aniruddha Knight is the ninth gene
BROADCASTER'S WEDNESDAY PODCAST—EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD ... - Broadcaster
BROADCASTER'S WEDNESDAY PODCAST—EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD ... Broadcaster, Canada - Apr 29, 2008 Mr. Stursberg oversees all aspects of CBC's English language services, which includes, among other things, the main network (CBC), Newsworld (a 24-hour all ... |
NYT Music Industry Reporter Laid Off
Fri, 09 May 2008 17:22:08 PDT
NYT Music Industry Reporter Laid Off I've just been told that Jeff Leeds, the Los Angeles-based music industry reporter who was poached by The New York Times from the Los Angeles Times back in 2004, is now a victim of the Gray Lady's ongoing round of layoffs. I feel badly for him because he's always had a good handle on his beat. He also writes regularly and breaks news. "It came as a surprise. H was upset to be cut," an insider tells me. "But it's an odd beat to cut because it's not like ther
Public: Don't Mess With My Flight Plans
Sun, 13 Aug 2006 11:58:25 PDT
"Pretty soon we'll have to fly naked!" The mass media rapidly embraced the UK terror storyline fed to them. The BBC, CNN, CBC Newsworld and other all-news broadcasters covered scarcely anything but the narrowly averted catastrophe throughout the day. Funny thing, but the general public wasn't buying it. The reaction was surprisingly cynical...
All Headline News (AHN) Opens New York and Washington D.C. News Bureaus
Mon, 20 Nov 2006 00:00:01 PST
West Palm Beach, FL (PRWEB) November 20, 2006 -- As part of a planned expansion program, All Headline News (AHN) has announced that it is opening two offices and news bureaus to expand news coverage...
TTC Workers and the Right to Strike
Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:52:48 PDT
The way the mainstream media has told the story, all is well in Toronto in the aftermath of the passage of legislation in the Ontario Legislature ordering the employees of the Toronto Transit Commission back to work. The subways, buses and streetcars are running and that's all that matters. Something is very wrong with this picture. Fundamental issues are at stake here and they cut right to the heart of our democracy. The right of workers to withdraw their labour in pursuit of improved
