Study Shows Younger Crowd Prefers Online News, While Elders Stick with TV
August 17, 2008
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NEW YORK - Fewer Americans are reading newspapers and are instead getting their news online, but television remains the leading source of news in the country, according to a survey released Sunday. Not surprisingly, younger people tend to get more of their news on the Internet, while older folks use traditional media such as television and newspapers, the Pew Research Center’s biannual survey on news consumption habits said.
USA Basketball Continues to March Down Redemption Road
August 15, 2008
BEIJING - The United States stopped the pick-and-rolls, and just about everything else, to beat Greece 92-69 Thursday at the Beijing Olympics. These Americans that looked so lost two years ago appear to have found their Olympic defensive way. Batting away balls or swatting shots on seemingly every possession late in the second quarter, the Americans broke open a close game and went on to win big.
Kobe Bryant and Chris Bosh each scored 18 points for the United States (3-0), which clinched a spot in the medal round and moves on to a match up of Group B unbeatens Saturday against world champion Spain. The winner will earn the group’s top seed for the quarterfinals.
Dwyane Wade added 17 points and LeBron James scored 13.
Greece stunned the Americans two years ago in the semifinals of the world championships, shredding the U.S. defense for 63 percent shooting with clinical execution of its pick-and-roll offense in a 101-95 victory.
This time, the Americans had an answer for everything, using a suffocating defense to extend a seven-point lead into a 19-point cushion in the final 5 1/2 minutes of the first half.
Theo Papaloukas scored 15 points for Greece, which found things easy against the Americans two years ago but not this time. The Greeks had 26 field goals but committed 25 turnovers.
Here is ESPN’s Ric Bucher giving an in depth analysis surrounding Team USA’s huge win over Greece, as well as their overall performance up until this point both as individual players, and more importantly - a team.
Team USA faces Pau Gasol and the rest of Spain Saturday morning at 10:15 a.m. This match up should be a lot of fun to watch, but if the American’s play like they have been this contest, just like all the others so far in Beijing, will be a one sided victory for the good guys - USA.
It is however important to note that Gasol sn’t the only NBA talent on Spain’s roster. In fact there are three other NBA players — Jose Calderon of the Toronto Raptors, Juan Carlos Navarro of the Memphis Grizzlies and Rudy Fernandez of the Portland Trail Blazers. All of whom are currently on their respective teams roster.
Comedian Bernie Mac Dead at Age 50
August 9, 2008
The Associated Press - Bernie Mac blended style, authority and a touch of self-aware bluster to make audiences laugh as well as connect with him. For Mac, who died Saturday at age 50, it was a winning mix, delivering him from a poor childhood to stardom as a stand up comedian, in films including the casino heist caper “Ocean’s Eleven” and his acclaimed sitcom “The Bernie Mac Show.”
John Edwards Admits to Affair But Denies Fathering a “Lovechild”
August 8, 2008
The John Edwards extramarital affair story has blown up faster, and larger then any news story in recent memory - and rightfully so, this tragic narrative takes the all too familiar “politician cheats on wife” scandal to the next level of shock and awe. We have put together a collection that includes initial reports, statements from both John and Elizabeth Edwards as well as video of the highly anticipated ABC interview between John Edwards and Bob Woodruff. We also have put together some information dealing with the who, what, where and why of Edwards mystery lady, Miss Rielle Hunter.
Detroit Mayor Goes ‘Bye-Bye’: Kwame Kilpatrick Sentenced to Jail
August 7, 2008
DETROIT - The AP is reporting that a judge ordered Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to jail Thursday for violating the terms of his bond in his perjury case, a decision the judge said he would have made for any “John Six-Pack” defendant before him.
Political Black Ops to the Extreme: “Lifelong” Gun-Control Advocate Outted as NRA Spy
August 5, 2008
The AP is reporting that a gun-control activist who championed the cause for more than a decade and served on the boards of two anti-violence groups is suspected of working as a paid spy for the National Rifle Association, and now those organizations are expelling her and sweeping their offices for bugs.
11 Individuals Responsible for the Largest Online Credit Card Heist Indicted
August 5, 2008
NEW YORK — The Associated Press is reporting that the Department of Justice announced Tuesday that it had charged 11 people in connection with the hacking of nine major U.S. retailers and the theft and sale of more than 41 million credit and debit card numbers.
It is believed to be the largest hacking and identity theft case ever prosecuted by the Department of Justice. The charges include conspiracy, computer intrusion, fraud and identity theft.
The indictment returned Tuesday by a federal grand jury in Boston alleges that the people charged hacked into the wireless computer networks of retailers including TJX Cos., BJ’s Wholesale Club, OfficeMax, Boston Market, Barnes & Noble, Sports Authority, Forever 21 and DSW.
“While technology has made our lives much easier it has also created new vulnerabilities,” U.S. Attorney Michael J. Sullivan said in a statement. “This case clearly shows how strokes on a keyboard with a criminal purpose can have costly results.”
The indictment alleges that the hackers installed programs to capture card numbers, passwords and account information, and then concealed the data in computer servers that they controlled in the U.S. and Eastern Europe.
“They used sophisticated computer hacking techniques, that would allow them to breach security systems and install programs that gathered enormous quantities of personal financial data, which they then allegedly either sold to others or used themselves,” said Attorney General Michael Mukasey in a press conference. “And in total, they caused widespread loses by banks, retailers, and consumers.”
Mukasey said the total dollar amount of the alleged theft is “impossible to quantify at this point.” Sullivan said officials still haven’t identified all the victims who had a credit or debit card number stolen.
“I suspect that a lot of people are unaware that their identifying information has been compromised,” he said.
Nine U.S. Soldiers Killed in Large Scale Attack in Afghanistan
July 13, 2008
KABUL, Afghanistan - A multi-pronged militant assault on a small, remote U.S. base killed nine American soldiers Sunday in one of the deadliest attacks on U.S. troops since the 2001 invasion, a Western official said. Militants fired machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and mortars from homes and a mosque in the village of Wanat in the northeastern province of Kunar, a mountainous region that borders Pakistan, NATO’s International Security Assistance Force said in a statement.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Claims to Have Met w/U.S. Officials in Iraq *Video*
July 13, 2008
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he met two military commanders from US-led forces on his trip to Iraq in March and that they even took souvenir pictures to commemorate the encounter. His claims were published on Saturday in reformist newspapers and the conservative Jomhouri Eslami, which said the comments came in a speech he made over a month ago that was first broadcast by state television late on Wednesday.
Tony Snow Dies at Age 53
July 12, 2008
WASHINGTON - Tony Snow, a conservative writer and commentator who cheerfully sparred with reporters in the White House briefing room during a stint as President Bush’s press secretary, died Saturday of colon cancer. He was 53.
