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BC's Jagodzinski meets with New York Jets
Examiner (subscribe) | 13 minutes ago | Sports
Boston College's Jeff Jagodzinski met with New York Jets officials Tuesday to discuss their head coaching vacancy - an interview that was expected to cost him his job with the Eagles. -
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Businessman linked to Richardson donated to Obama
Detroit Free Press (subscribe) | 55 minutes ago | US
WASHINGTON -- A prominent businessman caught up in a grand jury probe whose political donations ended any role for New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson in the Obama administration also was a generous contributor in support of the president-elect. -
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Papers outline anthrax suspect's unusual behavior
USA Today (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | US
Army scientist Bruce Ivins behaved erratically in the weeks before taking his own life, according to new documents. -
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Vikings' Peterson is second for another award
StarTribune.com (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | Sports
Vikings running back Adrian Peterson had some pretty good company in finishing as a runner-up for the Associated Press NFL Offensive Player of the Year award. -
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Utah AG : The BCS Title Game Is A Closed Shop
Can't Stop the Bleeding (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | US
Still going ga-ga over Utah’s upset win over Alabama in the Sugar Bowl, the state’s Attorney General Mark Shurtleff tells the Dessert Morning News’ Ben Winslow, “this game proves that it’s an unfair system.” Presumably, the system would be as unjust had the Crimson Tide been victorious Friday night. Fuming over Utha’s apparent denial of a [...] -
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Leon Panetta CIA Director?! Amateur President Elect Shows His Inexperience
THE CONSERVATIVE POST (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | Politics
- Scott Miller What happens when you combine a guy with 143 days of national political experience with the United States presidency? Answer - Leon Panetta as CIA director. Unfreakin’ believable. This from the NY Times: Panetta Is Chosen as C.I.A. Chief, in a Surprise Step The choice, disclosed Monday by Democratic officials, immediately revealed divisions in the [...]
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China disinfects after first bird flu death in a year
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Romero, Mitre suspended 50 games each by MLB
Examiner (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | Sports
Phillies reliever J.C. Romero was suspended for the first 50 games of next season on Tuesday after testing positive for a banned substance contained in a supplement developed by convicted BALCO chemist Patrick Arnold. -
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Milky Way bigger and faster than once thought
DV Hardware (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | Sciences
Scientists at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) in Cambridge, US, claim the Milky Way is bigger, faster and more massive than previously thought. By using the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA), scientists discovered our galaxy has about 50 percent more mass than earlier productions, is about 15 percent wider than previously thought, and that it is moving 15 percent faster than earlier... -
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Secret wedding for Craig
Daily Express (subscribe) | 4 hours ago | Entertainment
IT is usually the guests who are supposed to confess their secrets on TV chat shows. -
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Study: Teens on MySpace share details of risky behaviors
New York Newsday (subscribe) | 4 hours ago | Technology
WASHINGTON -- These days, there are virtually no teens who aren't using social networking sites to connect with friends and share details of their lives. And the majority of those teens are sharing information publicly that may hurt their chances of getting admitted to colleges or securing a desirable job. -
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Venezuela expells Israeli ambassador
Raw Story (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | World
Chavez reacts to invasion of Gaza, kicks out ambassador and staff. - see all breaking news
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Cue the complaints: 17-inch MacBook Pro without a removable battery? » VentureBeat
Chuqui 3.0 (subscribe) | 01/05/2009 | Technology
Cue the complaints: 17-inch MacBook Pro without a removable battery? » VentureBeat: One of the biggest complaints about Apple’s iPhone is that you cannot remove and replace the battery yourself. On the eve of its final Macworld Expo, it appears Apple is willing to live with that complaint for the newest version of its MacBook Pro line of computers as well. And here's why: this is a non-issue. Here's... -
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Sanjay Gupta, Surgeon General
The Huffington Post (subscribe) | yesterday | Politics
The Washington Post's Howard Kurtz reports : President-elect Barack Obama has offered the job of surgeon general to Dr. Sanjay Gupta, the neurosurgeon and correspondent for CNN and CBS, according to two sources with knowledge of the situation. Gupta has told administration officials that he wants the job, and the final vetting process is under way. He has asked for a few days to figure out the financial... -
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Oh, look at that, it’s Sony’s VAIO P
CrunchGear (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | Technology
Engadget believes this to be the VAIO P. No one can verify or deny this claim because AOL didn't pay for us to be the 'official blog of CES' or whatever it is they are. So, we're not privy to the hallowed grounds of the LVCC until tomorrow. That double wide trailer would be nice, though. -
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CES 2009 News: 6.5mm Samsung LCD TV
Product Reviews Net (subscribe) | 01/05/2009 | Technology
Not long to go until CES 2009, and there have already been a number of articles about what we are likely to see at the Consumer Electronics Show. We can always count on Samsung to bring something sexy to the show, and their new range of 6.5mm LCD TV’s is no exception. This new line of [...] -
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The Media, Not Obama, Will Overreach
JoHNBRoDiGaNDoTCoM (subscribe) | yesterday | Politics
You may or may not have heard, but P.E. BAM’s two daughters attended their first day of school today. It was all over the news. We heard the name of the school, saw a video of what the building looked like, heard details of the organic lunch that is offered to the students, [...] -
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They Did Talk to Wyden
Talking Points Memo (subscribe) | yesterday | Politics
We were trying to nail down whether the Obama transition really did brief Sen. Wyden and not Feinstein. Or was it that Wyden just got tipped off informally, perhaps even from Panetta. Turns out no. Wyden's office tells us they...
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Goosed Porter
Eschaton (subscribe) | yesterday | Politics
Given DiFi's little temper tantrum over Panetta , I was curious how she reacted to the appointment of the buffoon Porter Goss to the top CIA post. "After much thought and a careful review of the record, I voted today to confirm the nomination of Representative Porter Goss to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (DCI). But I do have some serious concerns - especially about the impact of this... -
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Apple Confirms $179 Battery Swap Cost for 17" MacBook Pro [Macworld 2009]
Gizmodo (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
We just confirmed with Apple that swapping out the 17" MacBook Pro's non-removable battery will cost $179 including labor. Fortunately, says Apple, the swap might not be needed for a long time: From a spokesperson at Apple: It will likely be years before you need to replace it (1000 cycles at 200 cycles/year = 5 years). You can have the battery replaced at any Apple Store or Apple-authorized reseller.... -
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Columbia movies back on Netflix instant view
Xbox 360 Fanboy (subscribe) | yesterday | Entertainment
Filed under: News Keen-eyed observers (or at least one keen-eyed observer, anyway) over at 360Sync have noticed that movies from Sony's Columbia Pictures are once again available for Netflix streaming on Xbox 360. After the titles were first yanked from the service in November, we later reported that most of the Columbia movies had returned , but it seems that now all of them are available once again.... -
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MacBook Pro 17-inch first hands-on (update: video added)
Engadget (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
Yep -- it looks just like its little brothers! Feels like 'em too, except the obvious bit of heft added by that 17-inch display. Of course, they don't have that sweet, gigantic battery inside, or that matte display option (until we torch Curpertino, of course... in love). Video after the break! Gallery: MacBook Pro 17-inch first hands-on Continue reading MacBook Pro 17-inch first hands-on (update:... -
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DiFi and The Legality of the Burris Appointment
MyDD (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | Politics
The old adage of "if at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again" might serve Roland Burris well in his attempt to become the junior Senator from Illinois. He may actually need only to try but once for it seems the unity of the Democrats in blocking the appointment has collapsed. Dianne Feinstein, the senior Senator from California is urging the Senate to settle the matter and by settle she means... - see all discussions








