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Rebels push west as air strikes hit Gaddafi forces
Libya's ramshackle rebel army pushed west on Sunday to retake a series of towns from the forces of Muammar Gaddafi as they pulled back under pressure from Western air strikes.Emboldened by the capture of the strategic town of Ajdabiyah with the help of foreign warplanes on Saturday, the rebels have within two days dramatically reversed…
Hands-on: Samsung's Galaxy Tab 8.9 and 10.1 are slick but slow
">(Photo credit: CNET)Samsung is taking the iPad seriously. So seriously, in fact, that in two weeks it completely redesigned two of its upcoming tablets to compete with Apples new, thinner, iPad 2. TheGalaxy Tab 8.9 and refreshed Galaxy Tab 10.1 are now slightly thinner than Apples tablet and will be sold at competitive prices when…
Sprint blasts AT&T's bid to buy T-Mobile USA
Sprint Nextel urged regulators to block AT&T Inc's $39 billion bid to buy Deutsche Telekom AG's T-Mobile USA, saying the merger would harm consumers."This transaction is fundamentally anti-competitive, and you can't fix that with merger conditions," Charles McKee, Sprint's vice president of government affairs, federal and state regulatory, told Reuters in a phone interview on…
Pa. suit: 2 fired for sending Obama 'tar' e-mail
PITTSBURGH – Two people say a western Pennsylvania company violated their constitutional free speech rights by firing them after they forwarded an e-mail likening President Barack Obama to the "tar balls" washed ashore after the Gulf oil spill.The lawsuit says Centers for Rehab Services contended the e-mail "contained political and discriminatory content." But Deborah Bonanno…
U.S. "X Factor" to offer large record deal for winner
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – Acerbic British music judge and entrepreneur Simon Cowell said on Monday that the winner of the first U.S. version of the television singing competition, "The X Factor," will receive a $5 million record deal.The new talent show on Fox television will start auditions for solo artists and vocal groups aged…
NY man admits killing daughter, 9, and baby sitter
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – A man admitted in court Wednesday that he fatally shot his 9-year-old daughter and her baby sitter — after telling the girl's mother over the phone what he was about to do.Darrell Evans, 51, of Mount Vernon, pleaded guilty to two counts of murder in exchange for a sentence of 40…
A final judgment in notorious police abuse scandal
CHICAGO – The anonymous letters to attorney G. Flint Taylor arrived in police department envelopes, and so the mysterious author was dubbed "Deep Badge."It was 1989 and Taylor was representing a notorious killer — Andrew Wilson, who had shot two police officers and was behind bars for life. He'd originally been sentenced to death but…
Jeffrey L. Walker Joins Alight Board of Directors
Alight Adds Recognized Entrepreneur and Former Oracle Executive to Management TeamPlacerville, CA (Vocus/PRWEB) January 27, 2011 Alight LLC, developers of the industry-leadingfinancial planning and reporting software, today announced the appointment of Jeffrey L. Walker to its Board of Directors. Founder of two Silicon Valley software companies and founder of Oracle’sApplications Division, Walker will help thewith…
Deep Freeze Hits Long Island, N.Y.
Nine degrees. That is the projectedon Jan. 22. The warmest the area is supposed to be by the end of the month is 34 degrees. Old man winter reared his ugly head on Dec. 26 with a massive snowstorm, and has not yet relented. Two other snowstorms hit Long Island after the day after Christmas…
Missing boat with 5 Americans found in Philippines
MANILA, Philippines – Searchers from the Philippine coast guard found five missing Americans on board a sailboat that was reported missing en route from Guam. All were reported to be in good health.A search ship guided by a spotter plane located and boarded the 38-foot (11-meter) catamaran The Pineapple after it was spotted off the…
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