12/16/2007
Talk Show Host David Letterman is allegedly pursuing a deal with the Writers Guild of America.
According to The New York Times, executives from David Letterman's production company are hopeful that they will have an interim agreement with the Writers Guild of America as early as this week.
12/16/2007
A new web knowledge search service being tested by Google could become competition for present site Wikipedia.
The new service currently being tested by Google, called Knol (short for knowledge), allows people to create web pages on any topic. This service site is similar to Wikipedia and could turn into a competitor. The new service, which would post experts' knowledge on various topics, could turn Google...
12/16/2007
The President of Pakistan lifted the state of emergency that had lasted for six weeks.
On Saturday, President Pervez Musharraf lifted the state of emergency that had been in effect in Pakistan for the last six-weeks. According to the New York Times, Musharraf announced this after passing a plethora of constitutional amendments and decrees, ensuring that his recent actions would not...
12/12/2007
On Wednesday, the Republican GOP Presidential debate will focus on topics important to Iowan voters.
Questions at the Republican debate in Iowa are to focus on the country's current financial situation as well as immigration issues. The debate, sponsored by the Des Moines Register and Iowa Public Television, marks the last time that the GOP Presidential hopefuls will appear on the same stage...
12/12/2007
Hundreds of thousands of homes and business remain without electricity today after an ice storm rampaged through the nation on Tuesday.
The destructive ice storm on Tuesday, which extended from east Texas, across the Ohio Valley, and into New England, caused much devastation to many states in the nation's midsection. In Oklahoma alone, there were 618,000 homes without power. According to the NY times, in some areas of the state...
12/12/2007
Harvard officials plan to increase the amount of aid it offers to middle class and upper middle class students.
In an announcement made on Monday, Harvard University stated its intentions of significantly increasing the financial aid it offered to middle class and upper middle class students. The plan, which Harvard officials said they have been considering for some time, will go into effect next school...
12/12/2007
On Thursday, a major report on Major League Baseball drug use will be unveiled.
Former United States Senator, George Mitchell has spent the last 21 months investigating the use of steroids in Major League Baseball. On Thursday he is expected to release the names of as many as 50 current and former Major League players who he has found in his investigation to be drug cheats....
12/11/2007
Everyone
Meet the people of Whoville! They love snowflakes and songs, lights and rhymes, but most of all they love Christmastime. Christmas is the time of the year where they gather together in celebration and music, and feast in joy, happiness and roast beast. However, there is one who that lives just...
12/10/2007
Depending on approval by the General Assembly this Thursday, New Jersey could be the first state to legislatively abolish its death penalty.
On Monday, the Democratic-majority Senate and an Assembly committee both voted in favor of making life in prison without parole New Jersey's new top criminal penalty. This new decision, if approved by the General Assembly, will replace the current death sentence, making New Jersey the first state...
12/10/2007
British police hope that by releasing a photo of canoeist John Darwin, they will discover what he has been doing for the last five years.
On Monday, British police released a picture of John Darwin, the man who showed up at a police station five years after his death was declared in a canoe accident. This release is being done in an effort to determine where Darwin has been and what he has been doing for the last five years....
