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Cablevision to buy Newsday for $650 million
Mon, 12 May 2008 07:24:42 PDT
NEW YORK - Cablevision Systems Corp. is buying the Long Island-based newspaper Newsday from Tribune Co. in a deal valued at $650 million, the companies announced Monday. Cablevision outbid both News Corp's Rupert Murdoch and The NY Daily News's Mortimer Zuckerman, both of whom bid $580 Million.
Reuters Frees Content with New API
Mon, 12 May 2008 07:14:05 PDT
"In a pretty significant move, Reuters is making its news content available to the developer community through the use of a non-commercial API offering, through Reuters Labs."
Cruise’s Hitler film postponed until 2009
Mon, 12 May 2008 06:49:11 PDT
American actor Tom Cruise has suffered a huge blow with the news that his next big film ‘Valkyrie’ has been postponed until 2009.
Burmese junta hijacks disaster aid
Mon, 12 May 2008 08:54:49 PDT
Via The Bangkok Post: Aid hijacked. Excerpt: Privy Councillor Surayud Chulanont is to fly to Burma on Sunday, the ninth day of the cyclone disaster, to try to convince the Burmese dictatorship that the world wants to help devastated people. On Saturday, the junta reached a new level of cynicism, pasting huge labels on aid packages from Thailand to claim the help was from the top generals, rather than the Thai people. The regime plastered names of the top generals on the aid boxes, as part of
GPS thefts — the new crime trend in Haverhill and Valley Law
Sun, 11 May 2008 23:00:32 PDT
The theft of GPS units — electronic devices that gather location information from global positioning satellites and display it on digital maps — has become a trendy crime in Haverhill and Lawrence.Haverhill police said they have received several reports of vehicles' windows smashed and GPS units taken from inside. It's happened on streets,
LiveDaily News Break, May 12: Coldplay, My Morning Jacket, Ted Nugent and more
Mon, 12 May 2008 08:52:16 PDT
(LiveDaily.com) Today's edition features news and tour information about Coldplay tickets ], My Morning Jacket tickets ], Ted Nugent tickets ], Los Lonely Boys tickets ], and Eddy Arnold tickets ]. * * * After playing a free show in New York City next month, British alt-rockers Coldplay will dive into... continued
China earthquake toll rises to 8,533
Mon, 12 May 2008 08:33:43 PDT
BEIJING (Reuters) - The most devastating earthquake to hit China in more than three decades killed 8,533 people in the southwestern province of Sichuan alone on Monday, the official Xinhua news agency said, citing the local government. (Reporting by...
Egypt: leading opposition website blocked
Mon, 12 May 2008 08:57:48 PDT
According to the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information, the website of the leading Egyptian Movement for Change - Kefaya, has been blocked in Egypt since May 4 by the government-owned Internet service provider TE Data, Egypt’s largest ISP: Many of Kefaya website visitors were surprised of their disability to browse the site during the call on for the past 4th of May Strike, whether through T-Data or “Link” company, while Link has pulled back blocking the site later, but T-Data that belo
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Mon, 12 May 2008 07:24:42 PDT
NEW YORK - Cablevision Systems Corp. is buying the Long Island-based newspaper Newsday from Tribune Co. in a deal valued at $650 million, the companies announced Monday. Cablevision outbid both News Corp's Rupert Murdoch and The NY Daily News's Mortimer Zuckerman, both of whom bid $580 Million.
Reuters Frees Content with New API
Mon, 12 May 2008 07:14:05 PDT
"In a pretty significant move, Reuters is making its news content available to the developer community through the use of a non-commercial API offering, through Reuters Labs."
Cruise’s Hitler film postponed until 2009
Mon, 12 May 2008 06:49:11 PDT
American actor Tom Cruise has suffered a huge blow with the news that his next big film ‘Valkyrie’ has been postponed until 2009.
Burmese junta hijacks disaster aid
Mon, 12 May 2008 08:54:49 PDT
Via The Bangkok Post: Aid hijacked. Excerpt: Privy Councillor Surayud Chulanont is to fly to Burma on Sunday, the ninth day of the cyclone disaster, to try to convince the Burmese dictatorship that the world wants to help devastated people. On Saturday, the junta reached a new level of cynicism, pasting huge labels on aid packages from Thailand to claim the help was from the top generals, rather than the Thai people. The regime plastered names of the top generals on the aid boxes, as part of
GPS thefts — the new crime trend in Haverhill and Valley Law
Sun, 11 May 2008 23:00:32 PDT
The theft of GPS units — electronic devices that gather location information from global positioning satellites and display it on digital maps — has become a trendy crime in Haverhill and Lawrence.Haverhill police said they have received several reports of vehicles' windows smashed and GPS units taken from inside. It's happened on streets,
LiveDaily News Break, May 12: Coldplay, My Morning Jacket, Ted Nugent and more
Mon, 12 May 2008 08:52:16 PDT
(LiveDaily.com) Today's edition features news and tour information about Coldplay tickets ], My Morning Jacket tickets ], Ted Nugent tickets ], Los Lonely Boys tickets ], and Eddy Arnold tickets ]. * * * After playing a free show in New York City next month, British alt-rockers Coldplay will dive into... continued
China earthquake toll rises to 8,533
Mon, 12 May 2008 08:33:43 PDT
BEIJING (Reuters) - The most devastating earthquake to hit China in more than three decades killed 8,533 people in the southwestern province of Sichuan alone on Monday, the official Xinhua news agency said, citing the local government. (Reporting by...
Egypt: leading opposition website blocked
Mon, 12 May 2008 08:57:48 PDT
According to the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information, the website of the leading Egyptian Movement for Change - Kefaya, has been blocked in Egypt since May 4 by the government-owned Internet service provider TE Data, Egypt’s largest ISP: Many of Kefaya website visitors were surprised of their disability to browse the site during the call on for the past 4th of May Strike, whether through T-Data or “Link” company, while Link has pulled back blocking the site later, but T-Data that belo
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