Report: Whitehouse asks GM CEO to Step Down
In the almost never ending saga of the embattled US auto makers, there have been a few odd twist and turns. This is probably the oddest one so far. According to the Associated Press,...
Monthly Archive: March 2009
CNN Slips to Third, or Did they?
An interesting report on the March viewership numbers from Nielsen Media Research. shows the CNN is slipping to third amoungst cable news viewship in prime time. “Through Wednesday, Fox was averaging 2.73 million prime-time...
Google StreetView Hits UK Privacy Snags
More and more calls are coming to shut down the Google Streetview service of UK locations, after serious privacy concerns have been raised and many complaints have been registered. European privacy laws are very...
All The News That Was
Tough times in the economy have just made things worst for the newspaper world. Prior to the arrival of the current economic downturn, the newspapers were already suffering greatly. Increased costs from paper to...
Arrest Warrant Issued for Lindsay Lohan
The weird and wonderful life of Hollywood movie star and troubled soul Lindsay Lohan has taken a few more amusing twists. First her on again, off again lesbian romance with DJ Samantha Ronson has...
Coming Soon to a Dictatorship Near You
You know all those history books that declared the cold war dead when the Berlin wall came down? Well, they may have been a little premature in their words. Russia, lead by the “not...
Jon Stewart Burns CNBCs Jim Cramer
Jon Stewart is at it again. The host of the insanely funny comedy news show The Daily Show has once again managed to make more news that the news itself. This time, he has...
Bernie Madoff in Court to Plead Guilty
I haven’t really written about this story before, but it’s a doozy, that is for sure. Bernie Madoff ran a huge investment program that took in upwards to 50 million in investor money, but...
RIP: Tapout Co-founder Mask Dies in Car Crash
A bit of a shocker is the news that TapouT co-founder Mask (Charles Lewis Jr) died in a high speed car accident last night. His $300,000 Ferrari Modena was sectioned in half by a...
New York Times Sells Its House
This story is another indication of just how quickly things have changed in the newspaper business in the last few years. it was just a couple of years ago that the New York Times...
Will Obama Ease Sanctions on Cuba
With all sorts of difficulties in the world, a failing economy, and an unpopular war on the other side of the world, President Obama may be looking for an easy and clean victory to...
Electric Trucks To Lead Eco Way?
I can certainly mark this story down in the category of “I didn’t see that coming”. I can also say that I am pleasantly surprised and happy to see this sort of thinking coming...
Sheriff Sues Craiglists Over Hookers
Okay, this story is just a little weird, but it almost tracks. It also digs down deep into the questions of liability and responsibility for online ad services such as Craigslist. Cook County Sheriff...
Robin Williams Needs Heart Surgery
Well, it isn’t good news for funny man Robin Williams. As I mentioned a couple of days ago, he had to cancel some shows after being out of breath and not felling well. Rumors...
