News Archive for January 10 2008
Everest conqueror Edmund Hillary dies - SummaryWellington - Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to climb the world's highest peak Mount Everest with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay in 1953, died in hospital in Auckland on Friday, aged 88. He suffered a sudden heart attack shortly before he was due to be disc...
- Everest conqueror Edmund Hillary dies - Update
- Everest conqueror Edmund Hillary dies
- Everest conqueror Edmund Hillary dies (Reuters)
- Everest conqueror Edmund Hillary dies
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"Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" stars British actress Lena Headey as, well, you can guest. With the second hour of the hotly anticipated series airing tonight, Headey and executive producer James Middleton met the press on a conference call to...
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- Lena Headey Talks About 'Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles'
- Lena Headey Talks About 'Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles'
- "Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles" Rocks Out With Its Cyborg Out
- Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - Pilot
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AP - Johnny Grant, the avuncular honorary mayor of Hollywood who traveled the world as Tinseltown's No. 1 cheerleader for more than a half-century, has died. He was 84.
- Honorary Mayor of Hollywood Dies at 84
- Honorary Mayor of Hollywood Dies at 84
- 'Mayor of Hollywood' Johnny Grant dies
- Johnny Grant, Mayor of Hollywood, dead at 84
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Telephone companies have cut off FBI wiretaps used to eavesdrop on suspected criminals because of the bureau's repeated failures to pay phone bills on time.
- FBI Wiretaps Dropped Due to Unpaid Bills
- FBI Wiretaps Dropped Due to Unpaid Bills
- FBI wiretaps dropped due to unpaid bills
- FBI wiretaps dropped due to unpaid bills (AP)
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The one and only curmudgeon king of "American Idol," Simon Cowell, got on the phone today with a bunch of us TV reporter types to talk about the Fox show's Jan. 15-16 premiere, this year's talent lineup, the fate of...
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- Simon Cowell Talks Of Leaving 'American Idol'
- Simon Cowell Talks "American Idol," Part Two
- Simon Cowell Talks Of Leaving 'American Idol'
- Simon Cowell 'Shocked' To Find His TV Set Bugged
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Microsoft Corp. said Thursday that Jeff Raikes, the president of its business software division, will retire in September.
DealBook Blog: Blackstone to Buy GSO CapitalBlackstone Group said it would buy GSO Capital Partners, a fund manager focused on leveraged finance, for as much as $930 million in cash and Blackstone units.
Adobe Unveils Photoshop Elements 6 for MacSAN JOSE, Calif.--Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the highly anticipated Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 software for Macintosh is now available for pre-order at www.adobe.com/go/buyphotoshop_elements_mac. Photoshop Elements 6 software for Mac combines power and simplicity so consumers at all experience levels can easily achieve [...]
Officer Cleared in Abu Ghraib CaseThe only officer charged in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal has been cleared of criminal wrongdoing, his attorney said Thursday
'Meanest mom' becomes heroAn Iowa woman, the self-described meanest mom on the planet, became a hero by selling her son's car when she found a liquor bottle under the seat. Jane Hambleton, a disc jockey in Fort Dodge, also found that her son, a college student, quickly recovered...
WA gov unveils toll plans for new floating bridgeGov. Chris Gregoire on Thursday proposed that motorists pay about half of the $4 billion cost of replacing the aging Evergreen Point Floating Bridge across Lake Washington with tolls beginning next year.
Proteins that help HIV grow identifiedA research team Thursday announced it has identified about 270 proteins the AIDS virus apparently needs to infect a person, instantly providing...