Published: December 31, 2009
Orange Bowl blackout averted with 8-day extension
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IOWA CITY, Iowa – Football fans will be able to watch college bowl games on Sinclair stations after all, as the broadcaster and the Mediacom cable TV operator agreed to extend by eight days their negotiations over fees.
Sinclair Broadcasting Group is seeking higher rates from Mediacom Communications Corp. to carry its stations. The deadline was [...]
Published: December 31, 2009
AT&T is latest to end Tiger Woods sponsorship
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NEW YORK – AT&T Inc. said Thursday it would no longer sponsor Tiger Woods, joining Accenture in dropping support for the world’s top golfer, who’s taking a break from the sport to focus on his marriage after his admitted infidelity.
The phone company hasn’t used Woods’ image extensively in advertising, but its logo appeared on his [...]
Published: December 31, 2009
Rush Limbaugh felt pains similar to heart attack
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HONOLULU – Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh remained hospitalized in Hawaii Thursday after experiencing chest pains similar to a heart attack, according to the guest host on his nationally syndicated radio show.
Limbaugh was rushed to a Honolulu hospital Wednesday during a vacation.
On the radio show Thursday, guest host Walter E. Williams described Limbaugh’s pains [...]
Published: December 31, 2009
New Year With Blue Moon |
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Unlike other year-end parties, 2009 will go out with a blue moon, or in other words the “second full moon in a calendar month, something that hasn’t happened on a New Year’s Eve for nearly 20 years, NASA says.” So, be sure to keep your eyes peeled tonight should you take a break from partying.
Published: December 31, 2009
Chicago Cubs Gets Marlon Byrd For Three years |
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CHICAGO (AP) -Outfielder Marlon Byrd agreed Thursday to a three-year contract with the Chicago Cubs.
Byrd hit .283 with 20 homers and 89 RBIs last season for the Texas Rangers. and will likely take over in center from Kosuke Fukudome, who would move to right field full-time after the trade of troubled Milton Bradley to Seattle.
Byrd [...]
Published: December 31, 2009
Armed Forces Bowl: Houston (10-3) vs. Air Force (7-5) |
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In a rematch of last year’s Armed Forces Bowl, Houston and Air Force meet to settle, once and for all, which offense is most likely to send a defensive coordinator into early retirement. The Cougars are your 21st-century team, the one your ungrateful grandchildren like to watch when they’re not playing video games or surfing the [...]
Published: December 31, 2009
Celebrities are frequent targets of extortion
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LOS ANGELES – There was no shortage of celebrity secrets for sale in 2009, with John Travolta, David Letterman, Cindy Crawford and others claiming they were victims of extortion.
From Letterman’s monologue describing sexual liaisons with staffers to Travolta’s emotional testimony about his son’s death, celebrities confronted information and allegations that others offered to keep secret, [...]
Published: December 31, 2009
Once-presidential phrase casualty of word war
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DETROIT – In its annual effort to protect the Queen’s English, a Michigan university is insisting that “shovel ready” be buried, “tweet” be tossed and all “czars” be banished.
Lake Superior State University shamed those and several other words and phrases Thursday when it released its 2009 List of Words to Be Banished from the Queen’s [...]
Published: December 31, 2009
Rush Limbaugh Resting in a Honolulu Hospital |
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Popular talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh is recovering in a Honolulu hospital today, hours after being admitted for chest pains he suffered while on vacation. “Rush was admitted to and is resting comfortably in a Honolulu hospital today, after suffering chest pains,” according to a statement from “The Rush Limbaugh Program.”
“Rush appreciates your prayers and well [...]
Published: December 31, 2009
E! series puts new Spelling in reality television
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LOS ANGELES – Candy Spelling is on a new path in life, one that’s taken her into a reality TV series and to Broadway as a producer.
Spelling is one of the celebrities giving away their money on E!’s new “Bank of Hollywood,” in which people make the case for requests ranging from touching (a van [...]
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