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Disney to release 5 films on IMAX - WTOP Radio


LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Walt Disney Co. said Wednesday it agreed to deliver five movies via IMAX theaters beginning with the 3-D movie "A Christmas Carol," starring Jim Carrey, in November 2009. Future films may also include those made by director Tim Burton and producer Jerry Bruckheimer, the studio ...


19 Nov 2008

Wall Street Heads For Lower Open Wednesday - CBS 3 Philadelphia


NEW YORK (AP) ― Wall Street headed for a lower open Wednesday with investors worried about the economic fallout if Detroit's Big Three automakers are unable to persuade lawmakers to give them a $25 billion bailout. The market will again be glued to testimony given during the session by top ...


19 Nov 2008

Oil prices fall below $54 a barrel - WJLA


VIENNA, Austria - Oil prices slipped further Wednesday, dipping below $54 on fears of global economic weakness that have sent crude down more than 60 percent in four months. But analysts suggested that prices might be bottoming out as they moved closer to the psychologically significant $50 mark ...


19 Nov 2008

Bonfire Caused Santa Barbara, CA 'Tea Fire' - All Headline News


Los Angeles, CA (AHN) - Last weekend's "Tea Fire" in Santa Barbara, California, which destroyed 210 homes - including mansions owned by Hollywood celebrities - and injured over two dozen people, was caused by a bonfire a group of young students thought they had extinguished. Santa Barbara County ...


19 Nov 2008

Doctors transplant windpipe with stem cells - Forbes


Doctors have given a woman a new windpipe with tissue grown from her own stem cells, eliminating the need for anti-rejection drugs. "This technique has great promise," said Dr. Eric Genden, who did a similar transplant in 2005 at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. That operation used both donor and ...


19 Nov 2008

Fighting in Congo despite rebel promises to UN - Guardian Unlimited


Associated press Writer= KANYABAYONGA, Congo (AP) - Villages in the mountains of eastern Congo that once housed tens of thousands of people were nearly deserted Monday after Congo's army clashed with rebels in some of the worst fighting in a week. The battles north of the eastern provincial capital ...


19 Nov 2008

Economic Report: Housing starts fall to record-low level in October (Market Watch)


YAHOO - Economic Report: Housing starts fall to record-low level in October (Market Watch)U.S. home builders reduced their starts of new homes by 4.5% in October, driving new construction to the lowest level since just after World War II, the Commerce Department estimates.


19 Nov 2008

Consumer prices drop record 1 percent in October (AP via Yahoo! News)


YAHOO - Consumer prices drop record 1 percent in October (AP via Yahoo! News)Consumer prices plunged by the largest amount in the past 61 years in October as gasoline pump prices dropped by a record amount.


19 Nov 2008

Stock futures stay in red after CPI, housing data (Reuters via Yahoo! News)


YAHOO - Stock futures stay in red after CPI, housing data (Reuters via Yahoo! News)Stock index futures stayed pinned in negative territory on Wednesday as reports on October consumer prices and housing starts were overshadowed by worries about the diminishing prospects for a U.S. auto industry rescue.


19 Nov 2008

Boy, 8, gives taped account in shooting deaths (CNN)


YAHOO - Boy, 8, gives taped account in shooting deaths (CNN)An 8-year-old Arizona boy suspected in the deaths of his father and another man can be heard in a videotape of his police interview telling officers that he shot both men after he came home from school.


19 Nov 2008

China in September becomes largest holder of US treasuries (AFP via Yahoo! News)


YAHOO - China in September becomes largest holder of US treasuries (AFP via Yahoo! News)China in September became the largest foreign holder of US treasuries ahead of Japan, the US Treasury Department reported in figures released Tuesday.


19 Nov 2008

M.T.A. Said to Plan 23% Increase in Fare and Toll Revenue (New York Times)


YAHOO - M.T.A. Said to Plan 23% Increase in Fare and Toll Revenue (New York Times)Mired in its worst financial problem in two decades, the M.T.A. has proposed the elimination of two subway lines and cutbacks on bus routes and commuter trains.


19 Nov 2008

G.E. Plans Billion in Cuts at Finance Arm Next Year - Mergers ...


DealBook is a financial news service reporting on mergers, acquisitions, venture capital and hedge funds and is produced by The New York Times.


19 Nov 2008

Global Voices Online » Afghanistan: Mired in Combat


An interesting pair of stories in the NYT illustrate brilliant just how complex the problems facing the U.S. in Afghanistan and Pakistan really are. The first is CJ Chivers' look at an embattled outpost in Nuristan: ...


19 Nov 2008

Obama's real friends in Hollywood - Jeffrey Ressner - Politico.com


Most of his pals are Chicago-based, but there is a group of folks he considers his buddies in LA.


19 Nov 2008

Bad Bears in good shape :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Mike Mulligan


Bad Bears in good shape Schedule might give them an edge over Packers, Vikes in NFC North - CHICAGO SUN-TIMES.


18 Nov 2008

Fingerprint: Digital Photos Act as Unique Fingerprints in Finding ...


Forensic specialists can now pinpoint the exact make and model of a camera simply by analyzing the pixels in digital.


18 Nov 2008

Cheney, Gonzales Indicted in Texas Prison Case - FOXNews.com Elections


The indictment accuses Vice President Dick Cheney of a conflict of interest and.


18 Nov 2008