Staten Island, New York - In a graphic and pungent demonstration of natural selection in action, a New York teen fell into an open sewer because texting was more important than looking where she was walking. In what has been described ...Read More
In her memoir, "Going Rogue," Sarah Palin reveals that she has creationist leanings, explicitly rejecting the belief that humans and other species evolved from a common lineage. There's no precise definition of "creationism," but the term generally encompasses those who oppose ...Read More
File this one under "here's hoping." Brian Cox is a gifted performer. One of those actors whose mere presence is enough to elevate a movie. "Troy" wasn' that great, but Cox helped make it bearable as Agamemnon. And his roles ...Read More
He's not just an accused blackmailer - he's a contender for husband from hell. The ex-wife of the creep charged with trying to shake down Cindy Crawford claims in court papers that Edis Kayalar beat her bloody and raped her repeatedly ...Read More
Disney/Pixar's Up is a strong contender for the award
There will be five films vying to win the Oscar for best animated film next year after a record 20 movies were submitted for consideration.
Most years only see three nominations, as ...Read More
We were sort of surprised to discover how many of you proclaim your love for FarmVille, the social farming sim game from Zynga. We reported that the company had trademarked the name FishVille last month, and speculated that an aquatic ...Read More
Droid was looking like quite the contender with its QWERTY keyboard, 5MP camera, replaceable battery, turn-by-turn GPS and MicroSD slot. Droid and its 854x480 3.7-inch screen promised customers a viable alternative to AT&T's swamped network and the Apple's draconian app ...Read More
Ernie Palladino has been a Giants beat writer since 1989 and is the only fully credentialed independent blogger covering them. He writes about the team at erniepalladinosgiantsbeat.blogspot.com.
You may now commence worrying.
After their 40-17 loss in Philadelphia, the Giants have not ...Read More
BRUSSELS -- Václav Klaus, the Czech president who had stood in the way of the European Union's landmark Lisbon Treaty, relented Friday and said he will give his assent, permitting the campaign for a new leader for the 27-nation bloc ...Read More
In spite of its larger size, the Amazon Kindle DX ($489 as of October 29, 2009) comes off as a surprisingly lean and elegant contender in the current e-book reader steeplechase. This enlarged version of the Kindle has a number ...Read More
Reporting from San Francisco and Sacramento - San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who was a contender to be the next governor of California, announced today that he is quitting the race. Newsom is withdrawing from the Democratic primary amid lackluster poll ...Read More
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - San Francisco's Democratic mayor, Gavin Newsom, withdrew on Friday from next year's race for California governor.
"With a young family and responsibilities at city hall, I have found it impossible to commit the time required to complete ...Read More
Verizon officially unveiled details about the upcoming Droid. The iDon't ad campaign pits the Android-based Droid head-to-head against the formidable iPhone. Based on preliminary predictions the Droid could be a real iPhone contender, but the ultimate success of Droid could ...Read More
* Reports linking Ruiz to insider trading may hurt AMD
* Globalfoundries, AMD have major distraction
* Analysts say neither likely to lose business for now
LOS ANGELES/SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 27 (Reuters) - The linking of Advanced Micro Device's (AMD.N) former top executive ...Read More
NEW YORK - Tycoons, evolution and the environment were among the subjects of this year's National Book Award nominees.
Marcel Theroux's global warming novel, “Far North,” and T.J. Stiles' “The First Tycoon,” a biography of Cornelius Vanderbilt, were some of the ...Read More
Tycoons, evolution and the environment were among the subjects of this year's National Book Award nominees. Marcel Theroux's global warming novel, "Far North," and T.J. Stiles' "The First Tycoon," a biography of Cornelius Vanderbilt, were some of the finalists announced Wednesday. ...Read More
Richard Dawkins, best known as the author of "The Selfish Gene" (1976) and "The God Delusion" (2006), is at the Atheist Alliance International Convention in Burbank to discuss his new book, "The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution" ...Read More
ROYAL Bank of Scotland's attempts to streamline its international business have hit another hurdle, after a leading contender walked away from a package of its Asian businesses. Standard Chartered, the London-based, Asian-focused bank, is thought to have abandoned the process to ...Read More
With its three new Sony Readers, Sony now has the goods to effectively challenge Amazon and the dominance of its Kindle e-readers. What it hasn't done, however, is move the e-reader ball forward by creating the device that's going to ...Read More
We are just over a month away from the launch of Microsoft's contender to the iPod Touch, the Zune HD. Microsoft has put all its creative forces behind the upcoming Zune HD portable media player, and by the looks of ...Read More
It’s hard to decide who are the biggest morons in this story: parents or daughter. 15 year-old Alexa Longueira was walking along Victory Boulevard in Staten Island when she fell into an open manhole. Why didn’t she see it? You’re ahead ...Read More
