| US' economic woes would have been same under McCain as President, think 54 per cent of Americans Despite having a perception that President Barack Obama has not done much to improve the economy, 54 percent of Americans think that economy would have been the same today if McCain was in his position, according to a new Fox News... | |
| Blackwater created shell firms to win contracts, says NYT Private security firm Blackwater Worldwide created over 30 shell companies in an attempt to secure millions of dollars in US government contracts, The New York Times reported... |
| Obama's approval rating increases to 46 percent in new Fox News poll US president Barack Obama's approval rating has improved from 43 to 46 percent, according to a new poll by Fox... |
| ABC News: Weakened Earl Hits Mass. With Wind, Rain, Surf '); } The remnants of Hurricane Earl dumped wind-driven rain on Cape Cod's gray-shingled cottages and fishing villages Friday night, but its close brush with the Northeast was less intense than... |
| McClatchy Newspapers: In Baghdad, police chief explains why there's so little rule of law Children walk the streets of Baghdad, Iraq, with plastic pistols in their hands. War is all many of Iraqi children have ever known. | Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles... |
| ABC News: Person of the Week: Autistic Scientist Temple Grandin Inspires Children HBO biopic about her life has thrust her into the spotlight. Long before her life made it to the small screen, Temple became an inspiration to so many. She is a renowned scientist, credited with... |
| ABC News: Autistic Scientist Temple Grandin Inspires Children, Champions Animals HBO biopic about her life has thrust her into the spotlight. Long before her life made it to the small screen, Temple became an inspiration to so many. She is a renowned scientist, credited with... |
| McClatchy Newspapers: Full military court to review appeal of bin Laden's driver The Pentagon's war crimes appeals court announced without explanation Friday that the full U.S. Court of Military Commission Review, not a smaller panel, would review the conviction of Osama bin... |
| Facebook adds 'liked' news stories to search results (Credit: Screenshot by Don Reisinger/CNET) Facebook is taking a page out of Google's playbook. The social network updated its search this week to include articles that a user's friend has... |
| Howard Stern 'pretty sure' about Sirius XM exit Howard Stern (Getty) Howard Stern is "pretty sure" he'll leave satellite radio, but his unique voice will live on in new media. Then again, it could be all posturing... like Dr. Laura ... |
| Summit hires scribe for 'Osterman' rewrite Jesse Wigutow has been tapped to rewrite Summit's "The Osterman Weekend," the remake of the 1983 Sam Peckinpah thriller. Robert Schwentke is directing. In the reboot, on the eve of an annual... |
| David Letterman rips Jay Leno again mocking him on his 17th anniversary at CBS, he returned to his favorite subject Thursday with some sly swipes at the rivalry that took place between Leno and Conan O'Brien earlier this year (see ... |
| As Fox news anchor, Ron Zappolo still knows the score Ron Zappolo, 58, has been a face on Denver television since 1977, a long run by any measure. Born and raised outside of Boston, his Back Bay accent is long gone — but he can break into "paaaaak... |
| ABC News: Video Game Barred From Military Exchanges Many service members looking forward to the October release of the new "Medal of Honor" video game will have to buy it off-base after most military branches decided not to stock... |
| McClatchy Newspapers: More Stryker Brigade soldiers charged with assault on Afghans Five soldiers from a Western Washington-based infantry brigade have been charged with aggravated assault for firing on three Afghan men, expanding the scope of the alleged crimes committed by a... |
| Global economy is still not out of turmoil: Rupert Murdoch News Corp Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch said the global economy is still in an uncertain state and the media industry is going through a fundamental transformation that is... |
| Texas opens antitrust investigation of Google Updated 1:55 p.m. PDT with additional information and background material. Google will face an antitrust investigation in Texas over charges that it manipulated search results, in what appears to a... |
| Sofia Coppola's 'Somewhere' debuts in Venice Gallery: Venice Film Festival VENICE -- The world premiere of Sofia Coppola's unusual coming-of-age drama "Somewhere," which screened Friday in competition at the Venice Film Festival, is... |
| ABC News: Weakened Earl Headed to New England Watch "World News" for the latest on Earl tonight on ABC. As of 2 p.m. today, the storm had maximum sustained winds of 80 mph, and it was tracking north-northeast at 21 mph and accelerating. The... |
| McClatchy Newspapers: California lawmaker's book pounds environmentalists WASHINGTON — Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Visalia, fires away in a new book he hopes will spread his ideas far and wide. Former Treasury Secretary and fellow Republican Henry Paulson, Nunes writes,... |
| Washington Post: Mormon voices in the public square and what to make of them In all of the media analysis and dissection of the Glenn Beck rally in Washington last weekend, and in particular his membership in the Mormon faith, there has been one conspicuous oversight. To be... |
| Postmedia confirms job cuts at some of its newspapers ' ],[ // report reasons 'Offensive', 'Spam', 'Off topic' ],[ // report reasons front end 'Offensive (rude, obscene, NSFW)', 'Spam (ads, self-promotion)', 'Off topic (trolling)' ],[ // report... |
| Time Warner Cable, ESPN parent reach deal has ended as the two sides drew up new contract terms late Thursday. Burbank, Calif.-based Disney (NYSE:DIS) and New York-based Time Warner (NYSE:TWC) announced at about 8:30 p.m. that both sides... |
| Dems accuse Fox News of bolstering Ohio gov. candidate C OLUMBUS, Ohio - The Democratic Governors Association filed an elections complaint in Ohio on Thursday alleging Fox News Network illegally helped the Republican governor nominee solicit funds during... |
| Israeli Teens Swipe Wristbands to Update Facebook Status LONDON (AdAge.com) -- Coca-Cola is pioneering technology in Israel that allows users to automatically update their Facebook status by swiping a wristband across a... |
| McClatchy Newspapers: Opium poppy ring in Bellingham busted by Feds Six men were arrested Wednesday, Sept. 1, on suspicion of intending to smuggle into Canada opium poppies that they allegedly picked up at a Bellingham discount store. Immigrations and Customs and... |
| Verimatrix at Center of Digital TV and OTT Convergence at IBC2010 Verimatrix specializes in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-screen digital TV services around the globe. The next-generation Verimatrix Video Content Authority System... |
| Another Ground Zero mosque poll: New York Times New York Times poll said Friday that two-thirds of New Yorkers want a controversial mosque relocated to a site far away from the World Trade Center that was destroyed by terrorist attacks nine years... |
| More Twitter users tweeting via mobile apps Thursday blog post from CEO Evan Williams.Among newbies to the site, 16 percent of them tap into their first tweet via the mobile Web. That's up from 5 percent before the company launched its... |
| Skype updates latest beta with 10-way video calling (Credit: Skype) The latest release of Skype's 5.0 beta will let you make video calls to as many as 10 people at the same time, according to details posted on the... |
| McClatchy Newspapers: Commentary: Alaska is right to review Bill Allen sex abuse case There are no guarantees that the state will pursue the case, but Alaskans should be glad that Attorney General Dan Sullivan is reviewing the sex-abuse investigation of former Veco president Bill... |
| Student Loan Scrutiny Could Hurt Washington Post WPD ) could always rely on its Kaplan testing and education unit to help prop up results. With the company's media business still hurting, a crackdown by the Obama Administration on student loan... |
| Apple's Ping dinged by spam Ping network integrates with iTunes 10 to let you follow your favorite artists and swap comments with other fans. But it took less than 24 hours for the comments sections to be swamped by phony... |
| Peter Orszag to Write New York Times Op-Ed Column NEW YORK - (Business Wire) Peter Orszag, economist and former director of the Office of Management and Budget, will become a contributing columnist for The New York Times Op-Ed page. Beginning... |
| Time Warner, ESPN parent reach deal as the two sides drew up new contract terms ended late Thursday. Burbank, Calif.-based Disney (NYSE:DIS) and New York-based Time Warner (NYSE:TWC) announced at about 8:30 p.m. that both sides had... |
| Disney/ESPN, Time Warner reach deal Inc. (NYSE: TWC) reached an agreement Thursday to keep ABC, ESPN and the other Disney networks available to Central Texas viewers. Negotiations have extended for months as the cable provider sought... |
| McClatchy Newspapers: U.S., Cuba will not swap 'Cuban Five' prisoners for Gross, State Dept. says The U.S. State Department Thursday flatly denied reports that the Obama administration is considering swapping the "Cuban Five" spies in U.S. prisons for a U.S. government subcontractor jailed in... |
| ABC News: Miami Airport Reopens After Security Scare '); } A scientist has been detained at the Miami International Airport after screeners spotted a metal canister in his luggage that looked like a pipe bomb, prompting an evacuation, a government... |
| McClatchy Newspapers: Haiti's presidential candidates are spending big Even before being deemed qualified to run, presidential hopefuls in impoverished Haiti faced a hefty bill: a $12,500 nonrefundable filing fee. Now they are finding that the amount will only get... |