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In the end, bowl and BCS system delivers - Dallas Morning News


Ultimately, the Texas Longhorns turned out to be right. A 10-point loss on a neutral site meant that the Oklahoma Sooners were not championship worthy. Of course, it had to happen a second time, not just in October in the Cotton Bowl. The Sooners ...


9 Jan 2009

Obama says economic critics should show him ideas - WTOP Radio


WASHINGTON (AP) - Facing unwelcome resistance from fellow Democrats, President-elect Barack Obama is encouraging critics of his $800 billion economic recovery plan to "just show me" their own ideas. With more than 11 million Americans out of work ...


9 Jan 2009

Israel, Hamas battle on in Gaza Strip, defying UN call for cease-fire ... - In-Forum


Israeli jets and ground troops hammered at Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip and Islamic militants fired barrages of rockets at southern Israeli cities Friday, ignoring a U.N. resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire after two weeks of combat ...


9 Jan 2009

Oil slips towards $41 before US data - Daily Times


LONDON: Oil prices slipped towards $41 a barrel on Friday as economic gloom deepened ahead of data expected to show a big jump in US unemployment. Non-farm payrolls figures, due at 1330 GMT, are likely to show more than half a million Americans lost ...


9 Jan 2009

EU seeks gas supply return after deal on monitors - Daily Times


MOSCOW/KIEV: Europe sought a swift restoration of gas supplies on Friday after striking a deal with Moscow on monitoring gas shipments via Ukraine that have been halted by a pricing dispute with Kiev. A spokesman for Prime Minister Vladimir Putin ...


9 Jan 2009

Oscar Futures: The Guilds Turn On the Bat Signal - Nymag.com


Every week between now and February 2, when the nominations are announced, movies and stars will help themselves — or, sometimes, hurt themselves — in the Oscar race. Vulture's Oscar Futures will listen to insider gossip, comb the Oscar blogs ...


9 Jan 2009

Yoshi's S.F. changes its repertoire (San Francisco Chronicle)


YAHOO - YoshiLike everybody else, Yoshi's has been roughed up by the recession and credit freeze. The Bay Area's premier jazz club, which opened an elegant San Francisco venue in late 2007 to complement its longtime Oakland operation, has seen its music and restaurant...


9 Jan 2009

Is GE Keeping Its Promises? (The Motley Fool)


YAHOO - Is GE Keeping Its Promises? (The Motley Fool)GE is trimming its capital unit, but there's still a ways to go.


9 Jan 2009

Dell Shows Its New Ultraslim Adamo Laptop (PC World)


YAHOO - Dell Shows Its New Ultraslim Adamo Laptop (PC World)Dell broke its silence on Adamo, showing the ultraslim laptop during a press event at CES.


9 Jan 2009

Dell Shows Its New Ultraslim Adamo Laptop (PC World via Yahoo! News)


YAHOO - Dell Shows Its New Ultraslim Adamo Laptop (PC World via Yahoo! News)Dell on Friday stripped the tease surrounding its upcoming Adamo computer, revealing it to be a lightweight laptop, which could make it a possible competitor to Apple's MacBook Air.


9 Jan 2009

Boeing to trim 4,500 jobs from its commercial unit (Market Watch)


YAHOO - Boeing to trim 4,500 jobs from its commercial unit (Market Watch)Boeing Co. says it will reduce its commercial airplane staff by nearly 7% in 2009 as it tightens its costs structure in the face of a weakening economy.


9 Jan 2009

US hails its anti-terror technology (BBC News)


YAHOO - US hails its anti-terror technology (BBC News)The reported deaths of two leading al-Qaeda operatives in a drone attack in Pakistan is hailed by the US as a triumph for its new technology, writes Gordon Corera.


9 Jan 2009

Jim Wallis: It's Time for a Sustained Focus on a Lasting Middle ...


It's Time for a Sustained Focus on a Lasting Middle East Peace - The Huffington Post.


9 Jan 2009

Google Gets A New Favicon, Again. It’s Uh.. Colorful


Generally when a site changes its favicon (the tiny image that typically appears next to the URL in your browser) nobody really notices ...


9 Jan 2009

Small car sales give Chevy its best year ever! (in England ...


While GM may be hurting at home, its Chevrolet brand is breaking sales records in the UK. Fueled by its Daewoo-derived small cars, such as the redesigned Aveo "supermini" and the Matiz, the bow-tied brand enticed Brits to buy 18372 of ...


9 Jan 2009

Paul 'It's Never Enough' Krugman Strikes Again: Stimulus ...


Given sufficient demand for its output, America would produce more than $30 trillion worth of goods and services over the next two years. But with both consumer spending and business investment plunging, a huge gap is opening up between ...


9 Jan 2009

Dell (finally) confirms its portable Wasabi Zink printer - Engadget


To create a live link, simply type the URL (including http://) or email address and we will make it a live link for you. You can put up to 3 URLs in your comments. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use ...


9 Jan 2009

Failure: Microsoft Preparing to Put Zune Out of Its Misery


So what has Microsoft "learned" in its "long journey"? Well, it's back to making software, largely for cell phones, which other manufacturers will then deliver to consumer — the model it knows so well from PCs. ...


9 Jan 2009