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April 15, 2008 News and Trends
News Corp approves termination of rights plan (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:56:09 PDT
News Corp said on Tuesday its board approved the termination of its amended and restated stockholder rights plan, effective immediately.
Trend, Sophos and McAfee flunk Vista SP1 anti-virus tests
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:34:41 PDT
Products from Symantec, Microsoft, AVG, and Kaspersky Lab all passed...
CBC to cut Calgary Newsworld unit, hire more Alberta reporters (CBC Edmonton)
Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:54:39 PDT
CBC News is shutting down the Calgary unit of its 24-hour Newsworld television service as of the end of May, and introducing additional positions for newsgathering, the public broadcaster said Thursday.
Good news on Social Security? (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:00:00 PDT
Americans recently received some good news regarding Social Security. While the retirement and disability program still faces significant funding shortfalls, the annual trustees report released last month showed improved long-term finances. But there is more "good" news, this time for workers who receive an annual benefit statement from the Social Security Administration.
Condoms to save the Brazilian Rainforest!
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:24:20 PDT
the Brazilian government has begun making condoms using rubber from trees in the Amazon. According to BBC News Online and the Brazilian health ministry this will help to preserve the largest rainforest in the world.
CBC’s oft-used source for political experts —the Huffington Post —in new hate du jour
Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:15:20 PDT
CBC’s oft-used source for political experts —the Huffington Post —in new hate du jour Here’s a bit of a post from the infamous Huffington Post web site, the web site which the state-owned CBC seems to use as a go-to place to secure folks to act as guest political experts for their Newsworld news channel. They ask questions of the Huffington Post experts in order to fully inform Canadians, CBC-style. Canadians, bereft of news otherwise, could, the CBC may well think, benefit from this kind of
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:56:09 PDT
News Corp said on Tuesday its board approved the termination of its amended and restated stockholder rights plan, effective immediately.
Trend, Sophos and McAfee flunk Vista SP1 anti-virus tests
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:34:41 PDT
Products from Symantec, Microsoft, AVG, and Kaspersky Lab all passed...
CBC to cut Calgary Newsworld unit, hire more Alberta reporters (CBC Edmonton)
Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:54:39 PDT
CBC News is shutting down the Calgary unit of its 24-hour Newsworld television service as of the end of May, and introducing additional positions for newsgathering, the public broadcaster said Thursday.
Good news on Social Security? (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:00:00 PDT
Americans recently received some good news regarding Social Security. While the retirement and disability program still faces significant funding shortfalls, the annual trustees report released last month showed improved long-term finances. But there is more "good" news, this time for workers who receive an annual benefit statement from the Social Security Administration.
Condoms to save the Brazilian Rainforest!
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:24:20 PDT
the Brazilian government has begun making condoms using rubber from trees in the Amazon. According to BBC News Online and the Brazilian health ministry this will help to preserve the largest rainforest in the world.
CBC’s oft-used source for political experts —the Huffington Post —in new hate du jour
Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:15:20 PDT
CBC’s oft-used source for political experts —the Huffington Post —in new hate du jour Here’s a bit of a post from the infamous Huffington Post web site, the web site which the state-owned CBC seems to use as a go-to place to secure folks to act as guest political experts for their Newsworld news channel. They ask questions of the Huffington Post experts in order to fully inform Canadians, CBC-style. Canadians, bereft of news otherwise, could, the CBC may well think, benefit from this kind of
Last night's CMT Music Awards�the country-music television network's version of its sister network MTV's Video Music Awards�veered into "a little more than slightly excruciating" territory when co-host Miley Cyrus tripped her way through a Taylor Swift intro in which she talked about texting the glittery-guitar-hoisting country protege incessantly, an endless setup to what would be one of many "ha ha, Dad, I'm paying your bills!" zingers that the Hannah Montana star sent in the direction of her father/svengali, "Achy Breaky Heart" singer Billy Ray Cyrus. (Yes, he performed the line dance that sent him and his mullet to stardom back in 1992, the same year his cash cow was sired.) The opening skit, in which Trace Adkins and his really greasy mop tried currying favor with everyone from Donald Trump to the three remaining Presidential candidates in order to get passes to the show, also mined that route; its final punchline was that Billy Ray was making extra scratch by scalping tickets, which were of course hot properties because of his daughter's presence. That girl is going to be so messed up in three years. Full list of winners�which includes three awards for Kellie Pickler, two for Taylor Swift, and one for that super-creepy video where Jon Bon Jovi and Leann Rimes make out�after the jump.
