Archive for April, 2008
The Outside Rush
The Amtrak Classic -After two weeks on the road, the Rush returns home to Chicago for The Amtrak Classic - the Chicago portion of the home-and-home series with its Central Division rival from Michigan, the Grand Rapids Rampage.The Rush returns home with a 5-2 record after splitting its two game-road trip - falling in overtime […]
Friends Claim Man Killed by Houston Police After High-Speed Chase …
Authorities are investigating mysterious claims that a man killed by Houston police after a car chase was a CIA agent, MyFOXHouston reported.Roland Vincent Carnaby, 52, was initially pulled over during a routine traffic stop Tuesday, but drove off when the officer discovered his concealed weapon license. A high-speed chase ensued, during which Carnaby was said […]
Dhani Harrison tops rich list of Britain’s young music millionaires
He has yet to write a song to match Here Comes the Sun but Dhani Harrison, son of the late George Harrison, tops a rich list of Britain’s young music millionaires.Harrison, 29, shares an estimated £160 million inheritance with his mother Olivia, according to The Sunday Times list.Like John Lennon’s offspring, Dhani Harrison is seeking […]
Rolling on the Floor Laughing Convention
Today Cambridge will be crowded with unrecognizable celebrities—even more than it is usually is—as ROFLcon kicks off at MIT. Bostonist has no idea what Brad Neely looks like, or The Guy Who Does XKCD, or The Guys Who Do Homestar Runner, but they’ll be participating in panels, sipping Brawndo, monetizing their niche humor, and presumably […]
WHEN ONE GOAL WAS ENOUGH
IT WAS always going to be on a knife-edge.Waking up to catch Man United play Barcelona, I could not help thinking about the times United have been in this position before.On top of my mind was when United brought a 0-0 first leg scoreline to Old Trafford in the Champions League quarter final against Monaco, […]
31 Cent Scoop Night aids firefighters
SALEM — The Salem Baskin-Robbins store will hold 31 Cent Scoop Night again this year from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday, April 30. The Salem store is located at 2823 E. State St.During the event, Baskin-Robbins is thanking loyal customers by reducing prices of its 2.5 oz. ice cream scoops to 31 cents.Additionally, Baskin-Robbins […]
Robin Williams is explosive on 'SVU'
Last night on “Law and Order: SVU,” Robin Williams made a performance we’d expect — he was great.The episode begins at a fast-food restaurant. A manager has locked a teenage girl in his office after he receiving a phone call from a “Detective Milgram” that said she stole a customer’s wallet. The detective instructed the […]
Weekend Lineup
Here are the scheduled guests for the Sunday public affairs shows and other weekend programs:Meet the Press hosts DNC Chair Howard Dean and a roundtable with Washington Post’s David Broder, Slate.com’s John Dickerson, PBS’ Gwen Ifill, NBC’s Andrea Mitchell and Newsweek’s Richard Wolffe.Face the Nation hosts Obama strategist David Axelrod, Clinton strategist Howard Wolfson and […]
Kindness of strangers
Handout/Canwest News Service Zvi and Raahel Noot, parents of Moshe Bn Zvi, before the war in Amsterdam. Neither survived the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.From inside the cupboard that he used as his bed, a small Jewish boy first heard voices speaking German and then, peering through a crack on that cold winter’s […]
Microsoft Gives Backdoor to Law Enforcement — Well, Not Really
Admit it. You always thought Microsoft had put a backdoor into its operating system to allow law enforcement agents to worm their way into your computer.Now the proof is here. At least that’s how some readers are interpreting a story out yesterday about a forensic tool that Microsoft is providing crime-stoppers to help them extract […]