AT&T Announces Mobile Hotspot, Expands Tethering
AT&T is gearing up for a fight with the impending end of its iPhone exclusivity, and the . No longer able to rest idly on the fact that it is the only iPhone game in town, AT&T will have to be more aggressive about competing with rival wireless carriers in other ways. With that in…
First Person: On World AIDS Day, Recalling the Courtly 'Mr. B'
Dec. 1 is World AIDS Day. Yahoo! News asked members of our Yahoo! Contributor Network to tell us about their experiences dealing with HIV and AIDS. Submissions have been touching, heartfelt, hopeful, encouraging — and most of all, personal.[Your Voice: ] Mr. B was two days removed from a possible cardiovascular incident -- still undetermined…
Boone's late 3 lifts Bucknell past Boston U 52-49
LEWISBURG, Pa. – G.W. Boone hit a 3-pointer with 1:32 left and Bucknell held on to beat Boston University 52-49 on Saturday night in a poor shooting game for both teams.Both teams struggled from the floor in the second half, shooting less than 24 percent. But the Bison (4-6), who trailed most of the half,…
Dodgers cut ties with 2 former All-Stars
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Dodgers have decided not to offer contracts for next season to a pair of former All-Stars: catcher Russell Martin and reliever George Sherrill.The team announced the moves shortly after Thursday's midnight EST deadline. Both players became free agents.Martin appeared to be a rising star in 2007, when he batted…
McCain's Hypocrisy: Arizona Senator Won't Budge on 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
Senator John McCain (R-AZ) continued to rail against the proposition that "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" should be repealed today in a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. He cited reports claiming that nearly half of the surveyed troops do not support the repeal of DADT and that the young men and women of the armed services…
The voter fraud hall of shame: Milwaukee voter fraud conviction makes ACORN's 2010 total at least 15
Yet another former ACORN employee was convicted of voter fraud last week. This brings the total number of convictions for former workers from the embattled group to at least 15 so far this year.Kevin L. Clancy of Milwaukee pleaded guilty last week to participating “in a scheme to submit fraudulent voter registration applications,” according to…
U.N. envoy visits Myanmar's Suu Kyi, junta meeting unlikely
YANGON (Reuters) – A top United Nations envoy held talks with Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Saturday but there was no indication the country's reclusive military rulers were willing to meet him.Vijay Nambiar met with Nobel laureate Suu Kyi, who was released from seven years of house arrest on November 13, for…
SFA vow to do 'everything' to avert ref strike
GLASGOW (AFP) – The Scottish Football Association (SFA) said Monday they would do "everything possible" to avoid a strike by referees that threatens to wipe out this weekend's fixture programme.George Peat, president of the SFA -- Scottish football's governing body -- said the planned strike by the country's premier, category one officials to refuse appointments…
5 Design Trends That Small Businesses Can Use in 2011
originally appeared on the , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.In the past 12 months, we've seen a lot of changes in the world of web design. Growing popularity in the mobile device space -- including smartphones and tablets like the-- have refined the way many users…
Charlie Wilson: Just the way he is
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) – Charlie Wilson has overcome drug addiction, homelessness and prostate cancer. He's made a comeback by singing his way to the top of Billboard's Adult R&B chart for six weeks with "Charlie Last Name Wilson" and nine weeks with "There Goes My Baby," and he picked up two Grammy Award nominations last…