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Literary calendar for the week of Jan. 4-10. Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 9:14AMEast Bayn A Great Good Place for Books — 6120 La Salle Ave., Montclair Village, Oakland. 510-339-8210. Wednesday: "Digging for Dirt," Jaime Lowe.
January thaw Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 7:09AM Did the fall TV lineup leave you cold? Midseason offerings may get a warmer reception.
Happy returns Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 6:27AMThis midseason is mainly about the returns.
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Puffins Pooped, Duffy Scooped, Canadians Hooped (in Mediacheck) Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 6:09PM And more fast rewinding of 2008. Happy New Year everyone!
In retrospect: Headlines of 2008 Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 8:16AMA day-by-day look at the news making headlines in 2008. Jan. 1: Infected trees toppled. Pine wilt claims trees at Kansas State University Research Center south of Hays.
Hold on, they were just here a minute ago ... Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 9:54AMThe traditional record industry may (or may not) be collapsing, but critical consensus will never die. Just look at a few "Best of 2008" lists and you begin to wonder if all critics spent the past year listening to the same 50 albums.
Music Review: Blue Oyster Cult - Agents Of Fortune Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 2:50PMNew vinyl for your holiday enjoyment. Back in the days of my youth and vinyl domination, I remember hearing Blue Oyster Cult’s “Cities On Flame With Rock and Roll” for the first time. The hard crunching guitar riffs were memorable and classic. It was one of the songs that sustained me during my college years. I ended up purchasing each of their releases for next two...
Sing loud and proud with new karaoke titles Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 8:24AMRATING: (ALERT VIEWER) SingStar Vol. 2: Music game. (Developer: London Studio. Publisher: Sony. $59.99 (with microphones) for PlayStation 3. ESRB Rating: Teen). RATING: (ALERT VIEWER) Lips: Music game. (Developer: iNiS. Publisher: Microsoft. $69.99 (with...
Pucko: A Case for Dick Jauron Tuesday, December 23, 2008 @ 10:52PMThe following does not reflect the views of R News or its parent company Time Warner Cable. That Dick Jauron has a contract extension to coach the Buffalo Bills for the next three years has been reported as fact in several media outlets.
N.C. town fights fears as its troops deploy again Tuesday, December 23, 2008 @ 7:56AMEDITOR’S NOTE — The 30th Heavy Brigade of the North Carolina National Guard returns to Iraq next year, including the 76 combat engineers of E Company. Most of them are from Hamlet, a close-knit community long abandoned by the good jobs that made it a prosperous railroad town. The Associated Press is following several members of E Company and their loved ones in an occasional series. You will be ...
N.C. town fears as its troops deploy again Monday, December 22, 2008 @ 2:00PMChristian Tyler knew exactly how to get ready for her first day of school: She slipped into her uniform, poured a bowl of Apple Jacks and plopped down on the living room couch to watch cartoons and wait for her dad.
Guard families face full-time sacrifice Monday, December 22, 2008 @ 11:59AMChristian Tyler knew exactly how to get ready for school: She slipped into her uniform, poured a bowl of Apple Jacks and plopped down on the living room couch to watch cartoons and wait for her dad. The 9-year-old knew nothing about what was to come next. Because her dad is a part-time soldier in the National Guard, the house, the school and the town were new to Christian. Her father, Jobel ...
NC town fights fears as its troops deploy again Sunday, December 21, 2008 @ 7:41PMSun, Dec 21, 2008 (11:27 a.m.) Christian Tyler knew exactly how to get ready for her first day of school: She slipped into her uniform, poured a bowl of Apple Jacks and plopped down on the living room couch to watch cartoons and wait for her dad.
NC town fights fears as its troops deploy again Sunday, December 21, 2008 @ 7:18PM(By KEVIN MAURER and MITCH WEISS, Associated Press Writers) Christian Tyler knew exactly how to get ready for her first day of school: She slipped into her uniform, poured a bowl of Apple Jacks and plopped down on the living room couch to watch cartoons and wait for her dad. The 9-year-old knew nothing about what was to come next. Because her dad is a part-time soldier in the National Guard, the ...
NC town fights fears as its troops deploy again Sunday, December 21, 2008 @ 7:16PMChristian Tyler knew exactly how to get ready for her first day of school: She slipped into her uniform, poured a bowl of Apple Jacks and plopped down on the living room couch to watch cartoons and wait for her dad. The 9-year-old knew nothing about what was to come next. Because her dad is a part-time soldier in the National Guard, the house, the school and the town - they were new. All of it ...
NC town fights fears as its troops deploy again Sunday, December 21, 2008 @ 6:54PM Christian Tyler knew exactly how to get ready for her first day of school: She slipped into her uniform, poured a bowl of Apple Jacks and plopped down on the living room couch to watch cartoons and wait for her dad. The 9-year-old knew nothing about what was to come next. Because her dad is a part-time soldier in the National Guard, the house, the school and the town _ they were ...
Jim Carrey, Blue Oyster Cult and Mummies: Pop 10 for the week of Dec. 15 Sunday, December 14, 2008 @ 9:17PMThe Associated PressJim Carrey and co-star Zooey Deschanel promote their latest movie — "Yes Man," opening this week. 1. Men: You Have Been Warned Dear members of the male species: The holidays are upon us. You have gifts to buy....
Patricia Smith the voice of Katrina Sunday, December 14, 2008 @ 5:08AMHow does a poet who never experienced a hurricane write such exceptional poems about Hurricane Katrina that her book is nominated for a National Book Award? It takes more than talent and exceptional craft to accomplish this. What is required first is empathy and the capacity to imagine the experience of another human being.
The plot of Friday, December 12, 2008 @ 12:39PMDoubt is one of those fantastic convergences of writing and acting that, even as the movie may suffer a bit from its own hermetically sealed construction, is impossible to turn away from.
Military Strengthens Aerial Forces In Afghanistan Thursday, December 11, 2008 @ 9:24PMJust as more troops are being sent to Afghanistan, so are more helicopters. Commanders there say they need a lot more to cover a country with few roads. The military also plans to increase the number of unmanned drones, which allow commanders to see the battlefield and strike targets.
Raymond J. Learsy: Citigroup as the "Grim Reaper" Wednesday, December 10, 2008 @ 6:56PMIn an earlier post, I ended by paraphrasing Lenin, "Wall Street will sell us the rope to hang American Capitalism." Well, in Citigroup we have created the perfect "Grim Reaper."
Nick Robinson Wednesday, December 10, 2008 @ 12:25PMCan Cameron risk opposing Obamanomics?
Pucko: Keep On Punching Tuesday, December 9, 2008 @ 5:06AMThe following does not reflect the views of R News or its parent company Time Warner Cable. End a conversation with Rochester Boxing Club president Tony Liccione. You say goodbye. He says, "keep on punching."
TV 2009 Mid-Season Channel Lineup Sunday, December 7, 2008 @ 11:25PMWith the Winter slumber upon the networks, we have to wait until January of 2009 to see new episodes of our favorite shows and what not. With Screen Rant connoisseurs in mind, I was wondering just what might be coming up out there that would be remotely interesting to us. Mostly, shows already in progress. Some are [...]
Unmanned bomber is an eye in the sky Sunday, December 7, 2008 @ 9:12AMA bomber called the MQ-9 Unmanned Aerial System, or the Reaper, can carry up to 14 Hellfire missiles — seven times more than its predecessor, the Predator. Its main mission is to "hunt and kill," but the pilots operate the craft from the safety of this air base in Indian Springs, Nev.
He had game Friday, December 5, 2008 @ 9:20PMRogers will be missed by the sporting world.
New Schedules for Midseason Friday, December 5, 2008 @ 5:45AMThe surprise run of NBC?s resurrected ?Knight Rider? will come to an abrupt halt in the network?s midseason schedule.
Africa: Daily HIV/Aids Report Wednesday, December 3, 2008 @ 5:17PMallAfrica: African news and information for a global audience
The burning question: Wednesday, December 3, 2008 @ 2:58PMEn Vogue or out? Si silences Wintour exit rumors. Is American Vogue in for a change? The rumor mill has been in overdrive over the last few weeks regarding the future of Vogue editor Anna Wintour, one of magazines’ biggest celebrity editors.
Finance director Dubow takes crisis in stride Tuesday, December 2, 2008 @ 12:00PMWhen Philadelphia teetered on the brink of bankruptcy in the early 1990s, so the City Hall story goes, the finance director requested a bodyguard.
Gaza’s Grim Reaper Tuesday, December 2, 2008 @ 10:57AMIsrael always manages to commit its worst deeds when no one else is looking. If they happen to be caught, they blame it on the Palestinians – on a few resistance fighters, notes Paul J. Balles .
Vinyl Releases For Fall 2008 Part 1: Blue Oyster Cult, Charles Mingus, Lou Reed, Peter Tosh, Boston, and Judas Priest Sunday, November 30, 2008 @ 2:09PMVinyl is alive and well and sounding better than ever. God bless Sony BMG Music Entertainment. Their Legacy Series is featuring releases of classic albums in their original vinyl format.Vinyl seems to be making a comeback of late. In fact 1.2 million new vinyl record albums were sold last year. When properly produced, pressed on superior vinyl and played on a good stereo system, the sound can ...
Windsor soldier gets place of honor in chronicle of women at war Sunday, November 30, 2008 @ 7:09AMCarrie Blais of Windsor is a Marine profiled in the book "Band of Sisters" about female soldiers in Iraq. Behind her are photos of herself, her father and her brother in military uniform.
Windsor soldier gets place of honor in chronicle of women at war Saturday, November 29, 2008 @ 5:14AMWINDSOR — Three and a half years have passed but the memories of an insurgent attack in Haditha are still fresh in the mind of Marine Sgt. Carrie Blais.
The Man Who Knew Too Little and Wrote Too Much Friday, November 28, 2008 @ 1:19PMJon Friedman occupies a singular place in the world of media criticism - we’re just not sure what it is.
Early Addition Tuesday, November 25, 2008 @ 5:32PM Photograph taken at the Essex Street Market by istolethetv on Flickr From the Gothamist Newsmap : A bank robbery at Delancy St & Essex St in Manhattan, a perp search at Canarsie Pier in Brooklyn and a possible abduction at Spritz Rd & Lafayette St in Queens. Authorites have captured the man suspected of driving from California to confront his estranged wife at a NJ church--only to ...
Top al-Qaeda terrorist Abu Zubair al-Masri ‘was missile target in Bush campaign for favourable legacy’ Monday, November 24, 2008 @ 10:19PMAbu Zubair al-Masri, an Egyptian described as being “high up in the al-Qaeda pecking order”, was understood to have been holding an operational meeting with four other key figures, including Rashid Rauf, the British-Pakistani terror suspect, when three Hellfire missiles were fired at their thick-walled compound in the village of Ali Khel, about ten miles from the Afghan-Pakistan border.
The Pakistani Connection Monday, November 24, 2008 @ 10:31AMNovember 24, 2008: The new government in Pakistan has apparently given the United States access to the Pakistani intelligence network in the tribal areas along the Afghan border. That helps explain the sharp increase in missiles exploding near terrorist leaders lately.
Hilton Als: Stephen Sondheim on fraternal love and finance. Monday, November 24, 2008 @ 5:13AMNo one wants to leave a Stephen Sondheim show feeling like a dummy, but sometimes people do. It’s a sign of inestimable chic to claim to “get” the composer’s dense, perverse, and demanding work on first hearing, but it’s also an intellectual impossibility, even among the musical cognoscenti. Following the . . .
Austin homicide detectives say job is as fulfilling as it is challenging Monday, November 24, 2008 @ 1:35AMNothing haunts Detective David Fugitt like the death of a toddler.
The life and death of Rashid Rauf Sunday, November 23, 2008 @ 12:04AM The unmanned plane flew low over the mountains of Pakistan, controlled by a pilot in a darkened room thousands of miles away in the Nevada desert. He saw on his screen the target, a house on the edge of a village, and pulled the trigger that two seconds later told the drone aircraft to release a Hellfire missile.
Long train of technology continues to advance Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 4:04PMEven most city kids learned in school that Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. They maybe also learned that Cyrus McCormick invented the reaper and John Deere the plow.
Students observe ‘Smokeout’ Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 9:48AMChristina Cotrone said the decision to swap her daily allotment of cigarettes for a six-pack of iced tea was easy.
Students from West Jones encourage non smoking Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 9:00PMStudents from West Jones Middle School and High School participated in a Grim Reaper Death March Thursday
US, UK deploy manned unmanned aircraft to save bandwidth Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 2:19PM Backseaters still tolerating pilots for now Bandwidth-starved military spyplane chiefs are resorting to the use of humans as airborne data-processing nodes, according to reports. Difficulties in deployment of unmanned robot surveillance craft have led to the purchase of basic civilian planes for use in intelligence work above Iraq and Afghanistan.… Free Download - The Reg Guide to Storage ...
Russia Seeks An Israeli UAV Solution Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 10:31AMNovember 20, 2008: Russia is shopping around for Israeli UAVs. Russia has been building UAVs for several decades, but has not achieved the kind of performance found in Israeli and American UAVs. One model the Russians are probably interested in is the Israeli Heron TP UAVs.
Driving home a message of safety Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 11:45AMAmy Kirchmer of Freehold Township wants to put the Grim Reaper to work for safety.
Monroe honors the veterans who serve Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 12:13AMMONROE - Members of the community and students from Monroe Elementary School were present Nov. 11 as members of American Legion Post 37 hosted a program at the veterans memorial at Monroe City Park to honor the men and women who have served their country.
MURRIETA: Teen club calls for anime enthusiasts Saturday, November 15, 2008 @ 8:30AMMURRIETA ---- The cartoon story thus far: The soul-reaper has immobilized the hero, and is telling him about the good and bad spirits that have been chasing him. The hero interrupts with a question.