Washington P
Demi Moore 911 call released: actress was 'convulsing' and 'burning up'
Click here 911 call reveals frantic efforts to help Moore Originally published: January 28, 2012 3:22 AM Updated: January 28, 2012 4:35 AM By The Associated Press RAQUEL MARIA DILLON (Associated Press) (AP) — A 911 recording revealed frantic efforts As expected, authorities have released the 911 call made from Demi Moore's home prior to [...]
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New York Tim
NY Airports Account for Half of All Flight Delays
Sharp-Ears, otherwise known as the Cunning Little Vixen, has taken up residence with her mate at the Kennedy Center. Not, unfortunately, because Washington National Opera is staging Janáček's brilliant, loveable opera of Each day, thousands of passengers are stuck on planes at the airports — Kennedy, La Guardia and Newark Liberty International — sitting in [...]
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Washington P
Miss Radiance wins feature at Santa Anita for sports talk radio host Jim Rome
He did an interview Tuesday on ESPN with Jim Rome and offered insight on his physical condition (injuries were cited for his Pro Bowl. Portland Trail Blazers forward LaMarcus Aldridge joined ESPN's "Jim Rome Is Burning" on Thursday. By Tom Weir, USA TODAY The Big Lead reports Jim Rome is taking his Jim Rome Is [...]
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Huffington P
Saul Alinsky: A GOP Bogeyman Who Influences Many On The Left And Right
Gingrich is trying very hard to put Saul Alinsky on the Dem ticket. He's been campaigning for Alinsky for several weeks but it became too obvious to ignore on the night of Gingrich's big win in South Carolina when he drew this distinction between The centerpiece of this campaign, I believe, is American exceptionalism versus [...]
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ABC News
Erin Brockovich Launches Investigation Into Tic Illness Affecting NY Teenagers
By DINAH VOYLES PULVER, Environment Writer While investigation continues into the pesticide contamination at the DeLand Country Club, famed citizen's advocate Erin Brockovich and an accompanying legal entourage have withdrawn from the case. Students in Le Roy, New York, are beset by an unexplained storm of tics and verbal outbursts. Erin Brockovich and several other [...]
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Kansas City
Komisarjevsky gets death in home-invasion murders
Reporters from the New Haven Register, the Middletown Press' sister paper, are tweeting from the courtroom as Joshua Komisarjevsky is sentenced today. The following are comments from the readers. In no way do they represent the view of By Randall Beach, Register Staff NEW HAVEN — Timothy Anderson, one of the 12 jurors who in [...]
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The Guardian
'Barefoot Bandit' handed six years in jail for international crime spree
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A serial thief nicknamed the "Barefoot Bandit" was sentenced on Friday to 6-1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty to federal charges stemming from a two-year crime spree as a sometimes-shoeless teenage runaway. The surfacing of emails in which the "Barefoot Bandit" bragged of his feats in stealing and flying airplanes and [...]
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Wall Street
Facebook Readies IPO Filing
The Wall Street Journal's golden box of anonymous sources has rattled once more, this time with news that Facebook is finally going public. Now that's cooler than a million dollars. The long-awaited tech IPO of the year — perhaps of the decade — is on. Facebook will file its paperwork for an IPO on Wednesday. [...]
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Wall Street
Facebook Readies IPO Filing
Facebook is poised to file papers as early as next week for an initial public offering that could be one of the biggest in history, creating hundreds if not thousands of instant millionaires, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The Wall Street Journal's golden box of anonymous sources has rattled once more, this time with [...]
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Wall Street
Facebook Readies IPO Filing
And if the IPOs keep coming, venture fundraising should continue to benefit. But an outright venture capital renaissance is a ways off, writes Jannarone. First, the number of funds raising more money actually declined from 203 in 2009 to 139 in 2011. Facebook could be filing its papers for IPO as early as next week. [...]
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