June 26, 2008 If you spend long hours slaving over a hot keyboard, the latest vertically orientated mouse from WOW Technology might be worth a look. Mice designed to keep the wrist in the more natural handshake position are being pitched as ergonomically superior to lie-flat mouse and we were surprised to find so many […]

Teachers College of Columbia University has terminated the employment of Madonna G. Constantine, a tenured professor who was found by a university inquiry to have used the work of others in her papers numerous times. College officials referred calls to an outside public relations company, which in turn would only confirm that Constantine has been […]

(S04E02) The season premiere took us to a new town, and “Lady’s a Charm” gave us a look into Nancy’s future as a drug trafficker. There’s room for improvement, that’s for sure. This week we learned more of the Botwin family history, got a brief and depressing Yiddish lesson, and, for the first time, I […]

Are any of you fans of George Carlin, who died Sunday of heart problems? I didn’t follow his career or act much. He is best known for his “Seven words you can never say on television” bit, which led to a 1978 Supreme Court ruling upholding the government’s authority to sanction stations. But he also […]

10. The Ravens took a 20-13 lead against the Cleveland Browns on a mild November 7, 2004 Sunday night. With 7:03 left on the game clock, Jeff Garcia rallied his team and took them to the Ravens 5 yard line with 45 seconds remaining in the game. With nothing to lose most expected […]

This year, the WGA strike removed any doubt about reality programming’s durability: The genre outwitted and outlasted scripted shows to become the biggest survivor for belt-tightening networks.The most effective counter-programming against blocks of Fox’s “American Idol” were blocks of NBC’s “The Biggest Loser.”With the strike over, new questions emerge, so The Hollywood Reporter’s James Hibberd […]

The NHL Draft was held Friday and Saturday in Ottawa. Find out which players with Big Ten ties were selected below:MICHIGAN: Four future Michigan players were selected in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft on Saturday. Incoming freshman defenseman Brandon Burlon went highest when the New Jersey Devils selected him in the second round (52nd overall). […]

The FBI has identified the Twin Cities as one of the 10 worst areas of the United States for mortgage fraud and said it has literally dozens of criminal investigations underway here as part of a national crackdown on the problem.Deputy U.S. Attorney General Mark Filip and FBI Director Robert Mueller called a news conference […]

Fast National ratings for Wednesday, May 21, 2008The finale of “American Idol” produced an unexpected winner, but its domination of the night’s Nielsens was entirely expected.FOX averaged a 17.3 rating/27 share in primetime. That translated to about 30.6 million viewers — up a bit from the 29.5 million who watched the 2007 finale. CBS was […]

Actress Jamie Lee Curtis–the “scream queen” and comedic actress–headlines the quintet of environmentally conscious consumers who will get the first batch of fuel-cell Honda Clarity sedans when they arrive in the United States in July.The FCX Clarity is powered by a motor that runs on electricity generated in the hydrogen-fed fuel cell. Its only emission […]