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New York Times Launches "Times Extra" In BetaNEW YORK, Dec. 4, 2008 - NYTimes.com announced today the beta launch of Times Extra, an alternative view of the home page featuring news headlines with links from third-party sources. Times Extra aggregates headlines from other news organizations and blogs across the Web, and matches the most re... |
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Man Uses Candy Cane To Subdue Attacker With KnifeSACRAMENTO, Calif. — A man using a candy cane lawn ornament fended off a knife-wielding neighbor who had been attacking holiday guests at a Sacramento home. Police spokesman Sgt. Norm Leong said the man used the two-foot-tall plastic ornament to subdue the attacker until officers arrived. ... |
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Dean Obeidallah: Middle East Sees "Explosion" Of Comedy, First Stand Up Festival In Arab World1. Do Arabs actually laugh? 2. Do Arabs understand jokes? 3. Don't they hate you because you are American? Those are just a few of the actual questions I have heard when I tell people in the US that I'm performing stand up comedy in the Arab world. This week's historic Amman Stand Up Comedy... |
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What To Do, What To Do About Gas From Livestock PoopThe cows and pigs dotting these flat green plains in the southern Netherlands create a bucolic landscape. But looked at through the lens of greenhouse gas accounting, they are living smokestacks, spewing methane emissions into the air. That is why a group of farmers-turned-environmentalists her... |
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Michel D. Kazatchkine: Staggering Gains in the Fight Against AIDSAs I reflect on World AIDS Day, I am struck by the great achievements made in global health in just the past six years. In financial terms, the change has been staggering. AIDS spending went from about $600 million in 2000 to $10 billion last year. Tuberculosis spending was $800 million, now i... |
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Wendi "The Wolf" Murdoch Leads Rupert By the BallsJossip Reports — More info developing in the Wendi Murdoch led: another tipster this morning confirmed that coworkers of Wendi know all about the closeness of the duo, since Murdoch's wife left little to discretion when it came to her friendship with MySpace co-founder Chris DeWolfe. And t... |

