Sunday - January 11, 2008 - The Attack of the iPhone Killer?

Time: Exposing The Myth of Clean Coal Power

Obama's first official State visit will be to our good friends up North in Canada!

Waste spills from second TVA site (Alabama this time) directly into waterway

Can Labor Revive the American Dream?

Swedish researchers awarded grant from actor Michael J. Fox



The Cincinnati Post: 1881-2007. The Albuquerque Tribune: 1922-2008. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer: 1863-2009?

In Obama, many see an end to the baby boomer era

Update: No Winner Saturday, Powerball Jackpot Grows to $146 Million

California's AG Brown pushes D.A. to act swiftly in BART case

Newsweek: "Obama's Cheney Dilemma"

The foulest mouthed, most macho dictator Preacher in America brings us the New Calvinist Meme: The mainstream church, (Pastor) Driscoll has written, has transformed Jesus into “a Richard Simmons, hippie, queer Christ,” a “neutered and limp-wristed popular Sky Fairy of pop culture that . . . would never talk about sin or send anyone to hell.”

In England, venerable Waterford Wedgewood files for bankruptcy

Frank Rich in the NYT: Where is the outrage against the 8 years of the Bush Oligarchry which piled up $10 Trillion in new debt and new obligations while disappearing the same amount on Iraq reconstrutcion that Madoff sent to money heaven with his Ponzi Scheme?

A scammer with 30 churches is outed: Preacher who claimed to be Jesus and later the anti-Christ, will now lose $2.2 million of his business proceeds to his wife in divorce court

Is cellphone "sexting" a real trend among teens?

How the Recession is affecting major league sports

Mysterious credit card charge may have hit millions of users

What your voice says about you



8 Reasons the Palm Pre Could Be the iPhone Killer (see cool demo video above)

Indonesian ferry sinks in storm with 17 crew members and about 250 passengers

Alan Abelson on why the Dow lost 4.8% last week . . . a really awful jobs report

Some of the problems with the Bush administration, in fact, have their source not in Bush’s leadership style but in the constitutional design of the presidency.

148,000 empty home sites dot sub-divisions in the Atlanta area

Least competent criminal of the week: masked robber waits in line at the bank he wants to rob

One in seven American adults cannot read

A South Seattle man who repeatedly threatened to burn down the home of an autistic child last year apologized in King County Superior Court Friday and was released from jail.

The Plot Against Pensions and the Plan to Save Them

Costa Rica earthquake death toll rises to 34

Europe breathes a sigh of relief: Russia and Ukraine seem to have resolved their natural dispute

Saturday - January 10, 2008 - Go Outside and See the Neon Moon Tonight!!!

The worst states for jobs

Elementary school teacher seduces 13 year old boy and had sex with him 300 times over the next 2 years

Hearst now says if it cannot find a buyer for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer within 60 days, it will close down the newspaper

IDF troops take out head of Hamas' rocket corps as he's loading mortar, while 300 more Hamas fighters are killed

Tonight will be the brightest and biggest full moon of 2009

Dr. Housing Bubble's Latest Home of Genius: a two room bungalow which was once on the market $1,085,000 is now being offered for $625,000. More proof why the Housing Crash has not yet bottomed

Feds uncover two more investor Ponzi schemes

New Palm Pre outperforms the iPhone?

The Lone Harley Mechanic in Cuba

Unemployment rate jumps to 7.2%, a 16 year high.

It takes a scam artist to know a scam artist? Barry Minkow's Fraud Discovery Institute says homebuilder Lennar is run like a giant Ponzi scheme. Lennar shares slide over 20% yesterday due to Minkow's allegations.

Bars and restaurants are getting toasted by happy hour

Powerful solar storm could close down the US for months

The jobs market expected to be worse in 2009 and will be a bigger story than lack of credit or Housing

Ballooning comes back in style with NASA carrying one ton instruments 20 miles above the Earth for 100 days or more

GMAC chairman J. Ezra Merkin, who lost billions after getting caught up in the Madoff scandal, resigned from the finance company's board Friday.

Banks want the old bailout back

5 Technologies which will define the next decade

Alan Taylor's Big Picture Blog latest slide show on Gaza

Sheila Dixon (D), Mayor of Baltimore, indicted on perjury and theft charges, among which, she took gift cards for poor needy constituents and used them for herself

Texas death row inmate pulls out eye, eats it

Congress criticizes Treasury's bailout . . . wants more transparency and accountability

John Chambers, CEO of Cisco, thinks the Economy will pick up in the second-half of 2009
Microsoft unveils Windows 7 OS, "...best operating system ever" says CEO Ballmer

Friday - January 9, 2009 - Volkswagen, the Car Company With Increasing Sales And Market Share

Amazing Filtered Things blog looks at photographs from Gilbert Garcin

Strong 6.1 earthquake rocks Costa Rica, tourists stranded, 15 dead

Layoffs: Boeing will cut 4,500 jobs

Hard Times for another newspaper: Hearst Corp. is seeking a buyer for its Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper within 60 days as circulation and advertising revenue decline.

Robert Rubin era at Citicorp will be remembered as one of disgrace

Ukraine limits gas consumption as cut-off bites

Softball interview gives Sarah Palin a platform to whine (video included)

Car makers might be losing sales and revenue, but Volkswagen is still increasing sales and market share

2008: 2.6 Million Jobs Vaporized in the USA

The Forbes.com Investor Team thinks that if you're on the sidelines, you missed the bottom.

Corporate profits are falling, bankruptcies are soaring, unemployment is rising

The first child in Britain known to have been screened as an embryo to ensure she did not carry a cancer gene was born Friday, a spokesman for University College London told CNN.

U.S. employers probably cut the most jobs in at least 34 years last month as the global economic crisis gathered pace and moves by policy makers took time to filter through to struggling companies.

December's Job Loss Was Bad. But How Bad? Some economists expect an employment decline of 600,000 or more, but even a number as alarming as that needs the right context

Alan Taylor's Big Picture Blog looks at the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China

Al-Qaeda's operations chief in Pakistan and another top aide are believed to have been killed in recent days, US sources say.

Layoffs: Walgreens to cut 1,000 corporate and field management jobs

UN: One-third of Gaza dead, injured are children

Tamiflu found to be ineffective against 99% of flu strains

Democrats get Citigroup to support mortgage modifications

All-digital TV? Please stand by

The man who organized Wednesday's BART police protest said he broke down in tears when he saw his peaceful march turn violen

Gators finish the season No. 1 after beating Sooners last night in the BCS Championship

Millions of tons of toxic coal ash is piling up in power plant ponds in 32 states, a practice the federal government has long recognized as a risk to human health and the environment but has left unregulated

Thursday - January 8, 2009 - Obama's Challenge to America Tells It Like It Is, Car Execs Think Next Five Years Will Be Brutal,

Obama: Once in a generation year (2009) to chart a new future for Americans, if we take dramtic action NOW! (click video above to hear entire Obama address)

Madoff had $173 Million in checks ready to be mailed at the time of his arrest

UN stops aid to Gaza as its staff comes under Israeli fire

Ex-Marine Stabs and Kills Pit Bull After It Attacked Wife, Dogs

Outrage grows over Bernie Madoff being free on bail as he sends jewelry and expensive heirlooms to family and friends

Did a Mark Kay rep leave a "repugnant" message on woman's porch in Fort Pierce?

Where the jobs are: Liberty Medical, beer distributor announce up to 870 jobs in St. Lucie County, FL

Auto executives across the globe are increasingly pessimistic about their industry, and only a small number expect their companies' profits to rise in the next five years, according to an annual survey.


Will Chinese know how save the Buick LaSabre brand?


Rain and melting snow flood State of Washington, 30,000 evacuated

Layoffs: Japan's TDK to cut loose 8,000 employees

Mississippi has claimed the distinction of having the highest teen birth rate in the United States, a figure more than three times higher than the states with the lowest rates, health officials said on Wednesday.

Verizon Communications Inc has chosen Microsoft Corp to provide Internet search services for cell phones

Scared Swayze says may have only 2 years to live

Are PCs on the way out?

India vowed to strengthen laws to prevent corporate fraud after Satyam Computer, the country's fourth-largest software company, shocked investors by revealing profits had been falsely inflated for years

How Pittsburg became a beacon of hope through restructuring after the steel bust




Oakland protest against shooting of unarmed man by BART officer erupts into violence

Militants in Lebanon fire rockets into Northern Israel, opening a second front

Wednesday - January 7, 2008 - Apple iTunes to Offer 3 Tier Pricing,

Layoffs: EMC to cut 2400 jobs

Bollywood mockumentary makes Bush one long running butt of a movie joke

European Freezeout: As Russia argues with Ukraine, natural gas transport to Europe through Ukriane pipelines comes to halt

"Ground Force One" new high tech limo to be unveiled at Obama's Inauguration

Exchange between handlers and Mumbai gunmen:
"We have three foreigners, including women," a gunman said into the phone from the Oberoi Hotel where hostages had been captured.
"Kill them," replied the handler. Gunshots then rang out, followed by cheering that could be heard over the phone.
"Inflict the maximum damage," they said.

An outbreak of salmonella food poisoning has made 388 people sick across 42 states

Turkish police arrests 30 people accuese of overthrowing government

The ultimate "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?" question is finally answered . . . black holes preceded galaxies

Nobel Winning Economist Paul Krugman: " This looks an awful lot like the beginning of a second Great Depression. . . Under Mr. Bernanke’s leadership, the Fed has been supplying liquidity like an engine crew trying to put out a five-alarm fire, and the money supply has been rising rapidly. Yet credit remains scarce, and the economy is still in free fall."

The Economy continues to lose steam as Americans begin to cut costs and learn to save again

The Best and Worst Jobs in the USA

Real-estate executive Steven L. Good was found dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound Monday in his Jaguar in a forest preserve outside Chicago, said the Kane County Sheriff's Department.

Google's CEO, Eric Schmidt, wishes he could rescue newspapers

Spokane, Washington has already had 6 feet of snow this Winter

Burris will be seated in the US Senate

The Atlantic Monthly: "The End of White America?"

Levi Johnston, father of Sarah Palin's new grandson, quits his oil field job after it was learned he was working in the apprentice program without a H.S. Diploma

A six year old Virginia boy misses his school bus, so while mom was asleep, he took the family car, drove 6 miles, and finally crashed. He learned to drive playing video games

Big Booty Beauty and the New Sexual Aesthetic

Layoffs: Alcoa will cut another 13,500 workers

LAPD tried to reverse a coroner's verdict in girl's death caused by SWAT team bullet three years ago


Apple iTunes unveils 3 tier song costs, the more a song is wanted, the more it will cost

The president-elect's muted response to the Gaza attack leads to criticism and even charges of prejudice

Bar fight over a Jimmy Buffet song on a Steamboat Springs, CO bar jukebox results in death for US Army soldier on leave

4 Oregon Children Left Alone for Days After Parents Die in Apparent Murder-Suicide

German Billionaire committs suicide over despair from business losses resulting from current financial crisis

Israeli mortar shells land on UN school killing over 40 civilians

Coleman sues over recount in Minnesota Senate race

Tuesday - January 6, 2008 - BART Police Shooting Unarmed Man Caught on Video, Yellowstone's Super Volcanoe Getting Ready to Blow?

Jet Blue/TSA pay Iraqi born man and human rights activist $240,000 settlement for discriminating against his T-shirt which sported an anti-Nazi saying in Arabic and English (video above)

Hyundai's new incentive: Can't make the payments on that new car you just bought? No problem -- just return it free of charge.

Where the jobs are: The FBI posted openings for 850 special agents and more than 2,100 professional support personnel.

Israel hits UN school, nears major Gaza towns

Gas from Russia is down 90 percent in Austria

The Unfortunate Reality Of Housing Subsidies

Sit down and take in Fortune Magazine's accounting just released minutes ago: The $8 Trillion Bailout

Scientists discover the Milky Way Galaxy is much bigger and denser than originally thought . . . we are the Andromeda Galaxy's equal!

The ATV accident this past weekend which killed a 2 year old boy was caused by his father reading a text mail

What the mainstream media has not told you about Somalia and its pirates

HDTVs are energy hogs . . . California readies to rein them in

Hugo Chavez discontinues giving US poor free heating oil




Do the 250 earthquakes in Yellowstone between December 26th and yesterday signal the super volcano which explodes about every 600,000 years is coming soon?

Choice of Leon Panetta as CIA Director is rocking many boats

Toyota will suspend plant production for 11 days in Japan

NRA Poster Child: 4 year old boy, miffed because babysitter stepped on his foot, shoots the 18 year old with a shotgun

European stocks advance for sixth straight trading day

Oil near $49 a barrel on worries about Russia cutting Ukraine's gas

First front page ad ever on the New York Times is a banner ad for CBS

Media Matters catches dozens of lies and makes mince meat of Ann Coulter's new book, "Guilty"

Just how big is Jimmy Buffett?

A winter storm brought blankets of snow across Europe on Monday, forcing the closure of an icy Eiffel Tower in Paris and causing flight cancellations.

Russia's gas price dispute with Ukraine began to entangle more of Europe on Tuesday

Afghans Rally in Support of Palestinians - Many Link United States To Israeli Assault in Gaza

San Francisco BART Police Chief asks for public calm after one of his policemen shoots 22 year old unarmed man lying belly down on subway platform. Video with this story (open link) shot by 19 year old girl who tells TV news reporter the young man never threatened officers, was complying with their requests, and that after the shooting, one officer asked her for her video cam. She refused.

Anaheim pastor from Faith in Action Church gets 90 years for molesting a 13 year old girl . . . which he videotaped . . . in his church office

Boeing wins $2.1 billion order for eight of its P-8 anti-submarine aircraft from India

Sixteen year old girl arrested for drowning her one day old baby in a toilet and tossing him into the trash. Her 41 year old father was arrested on 3 other charges. Body of baby found by police combing through 60 tons of trash at a waste site.



Four year old boy helps police nab murder suspect "He shot my Mommy"

Study warns of 3rd Hand Smoke

Is America aching for a Bush Dynasty?

From an interesting Motley Fool thread titled "Jeb Bush Future President?"

Monday - January 5, 2008 - Cokehead Bees Dance More, Internet Marrying the TV, Steve Jobs Explains Weight Loss,

Jim Kunstler's latest: "FAREWELL GWB"

A 282 pound bluefin tuna fetches $104,700 at Tokyo fish auction. Two sushi bar owners will share the prize

Watch out Starbucks! Topless coffee shop wants to open in Maine

TVA has six more retaining ponds for coal ash just like the pond which unleashed a toxic tsunami on Harriman, Tennessee

10 Indian airline attendants fired for not losing weight

Steve Jobs says hormonal imbalance has caused his big weight loss

Former Hooters waitress allegedly fired for bruises on her face from domestic abuse receives her unemployment benefits from understanding judge

GM's 2008 sales fall to 49 year low . . . Toyota, Honda,Nissan, Chrysler and Ford sales all fall in December

Amazing Filtered Things blog added to our blog roll at A1A News. Here's the latest post from that blog titled "Don Maitz Fantasy Pictures"

Who is blowing up Vancouver, Canada's Encana pipelines?

Pet store owners of the week: may they be imprisoned in a jail cell which will not allow them to lie down

The Euro turns 10 and it may replace the dollar as the world's favored currency

Time: Whither Apple? Dispatches from the Steve Jobs Rumor Mill

Advertising Recession Still With Us: Prominent Magazines Lose Weight, Shedding Nearly Half Their Ads

Investors dump $89B in U.S. securities in historic fire sale

After more than a decade of disappointment, the goal of marrying television and the Internet seems finally to be picking up steam.

Philadelphia Has Turned the Corner: Revived Eagles Seal Victory With Big Play: Eagles 26, Vikings 14

Two Democrats leak Obama is about to appoint Gov. Tim Kaine of Virginia as new head of the DNC

Formerly competitors, daily newspapers in the same town are now allies to stay solvent



Like a William Gibson short story: How one cyberpunk came close to dominating the entire black market for credit cards

Speaking of William Gibson, here's his buddy Bruce Sterling and his State of the World 2009

After no winners in more than 20 drawings, the Powerball Lottery jackpot has grown to $105 million.

Honey bees on cocaine dance more

Whole lotta shakin' going on at Yellowstone

Sunday - January 4, 2008 - Got Khat?

China's gross domestic product growth is likely to slow to 8 to 9 percent in 2009

8 Dead in Louisiana copter crash


Peter Schiff: Predictions for 2009 (see video above)

Baltimore looking like a Super Bowl contender: Ravens defense pummels Dolphins, forces five turnovers, win 27-9

Mish: 44 States Face Huge Budget Shortfalls

Must Read of the Weekend: The End of the Financial World As We Know It. "Good God," the world seems to be saying, "if they (the Americans) don’t know what they are doing with money, who does?"




Governor Richardson (D - NM) withdraws his name as Commerce Secretary nominee as investigation into his dealings with big contributor heats up

Israeli troops split Gaza in halves, surround biggest city

Female suicide bomber kills 38 pilgrims at Bagdhad Shiite Mosque

CNN: Tennessee sludge contains elevated levels of arsenic

Latest on Microsoft: layoffs unlikely, but costs will be cut

Business Week: 10 Business Predictions for 2009


Alan Taylor's Big Picture Blog last post for 2008 was "Israel and Gaza"

Guard dogs save Namibian cheetahs

2 face charges for penis tattoo on fellow inmate

US researchers say they have harnessed the power of gold nanoparticles to devise a better way of delivering drugs to treat diseases such as cancer.

Over 200,000 veterans are homeless and living on the streets of America

Conn. man's last lotto ticket wins $10M for widow

Goodbye to you . . . Zima, Cherry Dr. Pepper, Linen 'N Things, and other deaths from 2008 in a slide show

Logos, packaging, colors . . . Slide Show of Big Name Makeovers during 2008



Got Khat?

If everything goes the way of Economists planning the stimulus under Obama, the Economy should bottom some time this Summer

Desperate retailers

Now the steel industry wants a bailout

2008 was the year of disappearing brands

NFL playoff games tomorrow: Baltimore Ravens vs. Miami Dolphins at 1 PM on CBS, Philadelphia Eagles vs. Minnesota Vikings at 4:30 PM on Fox.

Wow! What a game! San Diego Chargers eliminate Indianapolis Colts 23-17 in overtime!

Arizona Cardinals beat Atlanta Falcons 30-24 with Kurt Warner's arm and their defense

The perpetual election in Minnesota: Franken up 225 with recount complete; focus turns to court

Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter (D) names school superintendent to fill Senate seat vacated by Ken Salazar who was tapped to be Obama's Secretary of the Interior

AJC: Atlanta builders on the ropes get little leniency from banks

Merrill 95-Year Run Ends as Bank of America Buys Firm