Abbott plays politics with parents: PMTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 8:43PMKEVIN Rudd has warned Tony Abbott not to block his paid parental leave scheme and risk punishing working families to make a political point.
MUSIC INDUSTRY: Guest Post: With Mixtapes and Social Media, is the Album so Far Gone?Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 8:31PMAlex Mann is the director of Trendrr, a business intelligence platform for social and digital media. You can read more by Alex on his blog here and follow him on Twitter here. At first glance, Drake's success as an artist appears similar to his hip-hop peers. The actor turned Grammy-nominated rapper performed at the 2010 Grammy Awards and starred in a recent Sprite commercial during the NBA All ...
Day Around the BayTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 7:26PMPhoto by Troy Holden . SF's smoking ban extended, but not far enough for some. [ SF Appeal ] Cal kid's brilliant response to old people's views on the March 4 protest. [ Daily Cal ] Recession putting the squeeze on Napa wineries. [ Eater ] Stanford considers bringing ROTC back. [ SF Chronicle ] Mission Street Food halfway to its funding goal. [ SF Weekly ] Russian pre-Easter bazaar, anyone ...
UCF lawyers need to punt and settle case with Ereck Plancher’s familyTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 6:35PMTwo years later, player’s death still haunts program Sometimes in football, when nothing is going quite right and it's just too risky to proceed onward, you do the smart thing:
From tiny dotcoms the mighty internet has grownTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 6:27PMMonday will see the 25th anniversary of the registration of the domain name Symbolics.com. Granted, it's not particularly catchy, and to this day it's renowned for nothing other than being the first. But it unwittingly became the eldest brother of a phenomenon that profoundly changed the world.
Lee Rosenbaum's cultural commentaryTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 6:22PMI don't know about you, but I think I'm going to pre-order these. This Thursday, the Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, will host the first-day-of-issue ceremony for the U.S. Postal Service's new commemorative stamps---Abstract Expressionists (above).
Vermont stores and customers enjoy tax-free holidayTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 3:26PMSOUTH BURLINGTON — He could have ordered the MacBook online. He could have driven to New Hampshire — because every day is sales-tax-free in the Granite State.
Fletcher Allen conducts 'simulated' training on mannequinsTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 3:22PMA mere minute after the Fletcher Allen Health Care trauma team saved his life Monday afternoon, the training mannequin summoned Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., to his side to thank him.
Premier finally backs me on damsTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 3:20PMFinally, belatedly, a Victorian premier backs my long, long campaign for a new dam: But still we…
White House denies Massa's allegationsTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 3:09PMWASHINGTON — The White House and the House Democratic leader today furiously denied former Rep. Eric J.J. Massa's allegations that Democratic leaders pushed him out of office to help pass health care reform.
Jurors deadlocked in trial of shock jock Hal TurnerTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 3:08PMFor the second time in three months, a jury is trying to decide whether Hal Turner of North Bergen threatened to assault or murder three federal judges, or was only expressing an opinion when he wrote they “deserved to be killed.”
New Music: Jessica Simpson – Who We AreTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 3:04PMJessica Simpson is telling everyone to accept themselves, flaws and all, in a new show on VH1 called The Price of Beauty, and now in a new song she premiered this morning (March 9) for Ryan Seacrest on his radio show on KIIS FM. Born out of the inspiration she gathered while traveling the world doing [...]
Local Predators Fan Dedicates Time to Web SiteTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 2:59PMIf you attend a Nashville Predators hockey game, the large “Cell Block 303” sign is hard to miss. The black and white banner sign hangs high above section 303 in the Bridgestone Center, formerly called the Sommet Center, and known as GEC before that.
Rosmah Mansor: Will she? Won't she?Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 12:27PMTHE Penan girls who were raped can be considered collateral damage for the Sarawak Government and its state sanctioned timber companies. The illegitimate children and the exploited Penan community are mere side-effects in the push for progress. It is no longer about the Penan girls and the timber workers who raped them. Actually, it is about the rape of our system of administration of justice ...
Rosmah Mansor: Will she? Won't she?Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 12:27PMTHE Penan girls who were raped can be considered collateral damage for the Sarawak Government and its state sanctioned timber companies. The illegitimate children and the exploited Penan community are mere side-effects in the push for progress. It is no longer about the Penan girls and the timber workers who raped them. Actually, it is about the rape of our system of administration of justice ...
Attorneys for shock jock Hal Turner rest defenseMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 12:08PMLawyers for ultra-right wing shock jock and one-time FBI informant Hal Turner rested their defense Monday after calling an agent from the FBI’s counter-terrorism unit about whether Turner had any intent to harm judges.
Attorneys for shock jock Hal Turner rest defenseMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 12:08PMLawyers for ultra-right wing shock jock and one-time FBI informant Hal Turner rested their defense Monday after calling an agent from the FBI’s counter-terrorism unit about whether Turner had any intent to harm judges.
Rosmah Mansor: Will she? Won't she?Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 11:59AMTHE Penan girls who were raped can be considered collateral damage for the Sarawak Government and its state sanctioned timber companies. The illegitimate children and the exploited Penan community are mere side-effects in the push for progress. It is no longer about Read more...
Rosmah Mansor: Will she? Won't she?Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 11:59AMTHE Penan girls who were raped can be considered collateral damage for the Sarawak Government and its state sanctioned timber companies. The illegitimate children and the exploited Penan community are mere side-effects in the push for progress. It is no longer about Read more...
Rosmah Mansor: Will she? Won't she?Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 11:50AMTHE Penan girls who were raped can be considered collateral damage for the Sarawak Government and its state sanctioned timber companies. The illegitimate children and the exploited Penan community are mere side-effects in the push for progress.
Rosmah Mansor: Will she? Won't she?Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 11:50AMTHE Penan girls who were raped can be considered collateral damage for the Sarawak Government and its state sanctioned timber companies. The illegitimate children and the exploited Penan community are mere side-effects in the push for progress.
SMAC — Tinsley Still Has Best Seat In The HouseMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 11:44AMIf there is a chair seat on the front row by the front door in heaven, you can bet George Tinsley was settled in it Friday night to watch the Sesser Red Devils play Meridian for the sectional championship. There was no way he was missing this one.
SMAC — Tinsley Still Has Best Seat In The HouseMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 11:44AMIf there is a chair seat on the front row by the front door in heaven, you can bet George Tinsley was settled in it Friday night to watch the Sesser Red Devils play Meridian for the sectional championship. There was no way he was missing this one.
Fenech Soler Release 'Stop And Stare'Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 3:01PM"Walks a line between Modular's synths and La Roux's filth-pop… killer single." - DAZED & CONFUSED A spectral club-land anthem, over sparkling synths and massed ranks of percussion, Stop And Stare is the new single from Fenech-Soler, released on Moda Music on 19th April.
Choose a format:Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 12:05PMListen Now! Follow Israel Radio on and . Eli Stutz joins Tamar and talks about the Arab rioting at the Temple Mount as well as other recent news stories.
Choose a format:Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 11:50AMShifra Hoffman talks about the recent Muslim Arab rioting in Jerusalem and the Arab propaganda against Israel. Also, Robin Shepherd , author of the book, " A State Beyond The Pale: Europe's Problem With Israel " tells Tamar that European diplomats and media have often used words like 'Nazis', 'Apartheid' and 'Excrement' when describing Israel.
Democratic plans for Minn. budget start emergingSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 11:47AMIn bits and pieces, legislative Democrats are beginning to lay out their plans for attacking Minnesota's nearly $1 billion budget deficit.
Left Gears Up to Fight Media WarsSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 11:25AMby Michael Calderone From a glitzy new office in downtown Washington, the ideological war over the media is fully engaged. Six years after its founding to counter what it said was "conservative misinformation," Media Matters for America employs a staff of 70 that spends 19 hours a day monitoring newspapers, magazines, broadcast and cable television, talk radio, and the Internet to counter ...
USA TODAY's Board of ContributorsSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 10:06AMUSA TODAY's board of contributors, which was launched in 1996, is composed of more than 25 contributing writers, whose interests range from education to religion to sports to the economy. Their charge is to chronicle American culture by telling the stories, large and small, that collectively make us what we are. The writers many of them well-known columnists, authors and thinkers come from all ...
Greece draws strong bond demand at high priceSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 8:36AMATHENS -- Debt-stricken Greece drew strong demand for a crucial bond issue on Thursday but paid a steep risk premium that underscored its plea to Germany and other EU partners for support to help lowe...
Grupo sa mga negusyante supak sa gipangayo sa TUCPSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 8:07AMGISUPAK sa negusiyante ang P100 nga umento sa suholan nga planong pangayuon sa Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP). read more
Suns vs. Pacers - game chatSaturday, March 6, 2010 @ 7:03PMThe Suns, coming off a tough loss to Utah, are looking for redemption against Indiana.
Blog live with Robyn RileySaturday, March 6, 2010 @ 4:53PMJOIN the live debate about bullying with Robyn Riley from 11am-noon today.
PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Pow!: Alejandro Demogli at FB LoungeSaturday, March 6, 2010 @ 4:18PMI've written before about my love for Argentine jazz, an unexpected attraction that started on a Thursday night at Thelonious in Buenos Aires and continues to this day. Soon (fingers crossed), I'll be hosting a radio documentary on the composer Guillermo Klein and I've already spilled quite a bit of digital ink covering musicians such as Pipi Piazzolla and Dino Saluzzi. An untold story (at least ...
Spacing SaturdaySaturday, March 6, 2010 @ 4:14PMSpacing Saturday is a new feature that highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. Spacing Saturday replaces the weekly features Montreal Monday and Toronto Tuesday. • Spacing Ottawa’s Evan Thornton recently brought along his omni-directional microphone on a walk through the city’s Byward Market and Rideau Centre. Check [...]
A child's guide to goofing offSaturday, March 6, 2010 @ 3:33PMA cheerful account of all kinds of fun and useless things kids can do on their own.