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  • January 1-7, 2009 Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 2:55PMBurning music What do an invisible gorilla and the death of the music industry have in common? by Dale Bridges
  • ISU professor, political expert James McDowell dies at 67 Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 11:05PMTerre Haute and Indiana State University lost one of its best ambassadors over the weekend.
  • Novelty lighters come under fire Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 2:46PMIt has all the makings of a holiday toy: a miniature Santa Claus that lights up, chuckles "Ho, ho, ho" and sings a Christmas carol.
  • Athlete of the Week: Cody Ridinger, Monroe High School baseball and basketball Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 2:20PMSchool: Monroe High School.
  • Baseball’s Hot Stove League is most entertaining part of holiday sports season Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 5:07PMBeginning on Thanksgiving weekend and running until Christmas, the major sports calendar starts getting a bit boring. This is the point where most college football teams shut down and await their bowl bids.
  • MOST OF THE YEAR IN REVIEW Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 6:26AMWhat a year, huh? All things being equal, 2008 was kind of a doozy. Between hearing the word “change” 75 trillion times and watching gas prices skyrocket then drop like the bottom out of the economy, this past year felt a little more epic than most.
  • 10 things we learned in 2008 Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 12:14PMThe year in sports was filled with lessons - some learned easily, many more the hard way.
  • TRIB TALK Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 2:35PM"I just received the vouchers in the mail for the city trash and recycling bags. I would like to ask the city how it could be more cost-efficient to have a company in South Carolina print and mail the vouchers rather than the city itself inserting them in utility bills and mailing them. With the city needing cost-cutting measures, this seems like an unneeded expense."
  • Naughty and Nice: movies Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 4:29AM Believe it or not, Hollywood offered many more reasons to rejoice than bemoan this year, as film critic Katherine Monk found out.
  • Christmas Wish Monday, December 22, 2008 @ 12:49PMStory date: Dec. 21, 2008 CW257 I have three grand-children that I am taking care of and I have very little money for them to have a good Christmas. Girl 8 years old – Clothes size 16, Shoes 6. She would like a bike, coat and dolls.
  • Daily News 2008 Sportsperson of the Year: Manny Ramirez Sunday, December 21, 2008 @ 11:17AMSo maybe there was luck involved. Maybe they had absolutely no idea the move could work so successfully.
  • AP NewsBreak: CBS, Turner may make joint bid for Olympics Saturday, December 20, 2008 @ 7:22AMNEW YORK -- CBS Corp. and Time Warner Inc. executives have discussed joining forces to bid on rights to televise the Olympics in 2014 and 2016, turning that competition into an even greater clash of media titans.
  • SIRIUS XM to Launch the Nationwide Hanukkah Channel Featuring Prominent Jewish Leaders, Entertainers and Artists Friday, December 19, 2008 @ 11:00AM live from The Lighting of The National Menorah on December 21
  • Matthew Broderick says bye to Bueller Friday, December 19, 2008 @ 3:45AMLife seems to catch Matthew Broderick by surprise.
  • SIRIUS XM Radio Announces Results of Voting at 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 1:14PM SIRIUS XM Radio announced today that its stockholders approved the four proposals considered at its Annual Meeting of Stockholders, held today.
  • Broward Company Markets Teams Via Cereal Boxes Tuesday, December 16, 2008 @ 10:34PMThe next must-have sports collectible could be lurking in the cereal aisle of your local supermarket.
  • Broward company markets teams via cereal boxes Monday, December 15, 2008 @ 10:15AMNestled beside national brands such as Kelloggs and General Mills, limited edition boxes of Touch Down Crunch cereal featuring a cartoon likeness of T.D., the Miami Dolphins mascot, are stocked in the cereal aisle at Publix. So are boxes of University of Miami frosted corn flakes.
  • Andrea Thompson: JoeDoe, in Manhattan. Sunday, December 14, 2008 @ 11:06PMMuch about this restaurant is small: the space (about thirty seats); the font on the menus (a magnifying glass might be useful); the kitchen (wedged into a corner and open to the dining room); and the snapshots lining the wall (two-by-three childhood photographs of the owners, Joe Dobias . . .
  • Master of mascots, designer of fan-tasy Sunday, December 14, 2008 @ 9:18AMGoogly eyes, gigantic feet and hollow heads are serious business for Dave Raymond, the original Phillie Phanatic, who creates mascots for others, at a cost of $40,000 or more.
  • SIRIUS XM Radio Brings ABBA Radio Channel Back for a Limited 9-Day Encore Thursday, December 11, 2008 @ 2:15PMNEW YORK , Dec. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SIRIUS XM Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI) is bringing back ABBA Radio , the exclusive 100% commercial-free music channel dedicated to international pop supergroup ABBA. The limited-run channel will return to SIRIUS channel 3 and will be broadcast for the first time on XM channel 31 starting Friday, December 12 at 6 pm through Saturday, December 20 at 11:59 pm ET .
  • How Lisa Simpson got ahead at the Olympics Wednesday, December 10, 2008 @ 12:31AMThe 2012 Olympics logo blows in more ways than one.
  • Greg Maddux says goodbye with reticence and modesty Tuesday, December 9, 2008 @ 4:10AMAnd so it became official on Monday, which must have pained Greg Maddux -- first, because Monday is a day on which you can play golf; and second, because he hates talking about himself.
  • SPIN CYCLE Hold that holiday cheer Monday, December 8, 2008 @ 7:03PMIt’s hard to believe we’ve hit the month that boasts the calendar’s biggest holiday of the year, not that signs pointing to the Big Day haven’t been around for weeks already.
  • Fox Casts Furry Gopher as the Next Nascar Star Saturday, December 6, 2008 @ 1:16PMIs Digger, the cartoon gopher who pops out of his hole periodically on Fox?s Nascar broadcasts, a gearhead SpongeBob SquarePants?
  • Rock Media rocks Hollywood East Saturday, December 6, 2008 @ 1:11PM It’s morning at Rock Media, where Hollywood East TV reinvents itself daily as videos are posted and viewed by thousands. There is a palpable buzz in the air from all this creative energy that can keep you up until 2 a.m. if you’re not careful.
  • Game Dork Doug Elfman gives a category-by-category look at video games that are sure winners Saturday, December 6, 2008 @ 5:31AMWhat every gamer wants
  • Sports cereals target young fans Wednesday, December 3, 2008 @ 11:13AMMarketing takes team messages to grocery shelves The next must-have sports collectible could be lurking in the cereal aisle of your local supermarket.
  • Specialty/Non-Apparel Monday, December 1, 2008 @ 12:08AMMass merchants have customers with wide-ranging tastes looking for any number of products. Specialty retailers, however, are filling a niche. And in niche retailing, it’s critical that merchants know their customers very well.
  • Looking for an all-purpose holiday gift? Friday, November 28, 2008 @ 4:30PMLooking for an all-purpose holiday gift?
  • Memorial set Dec. 4 for auto crash victim Thursday, November 27, 2008 @ 4:08AMFriends and family will gather Dec. 4 to remember James Robert Kinler Jr., a 27-year-old Medford man who died when his speeding car hit a light pole after missing a curve on Fourth Street not far from downtown on Nov. 20.
  • Show Elicits Childlike Laughter, Fun Wednesday, November 26, 2008 @ 10:39AM“Drac in the Saddle, or You’re So Vein,” playing to an overflow crowd at the spittoon-less saloon, I mean The All American Melodrama Theater in Shoreline Village, puts the trance back into Transylvania.
  • WII PUTS THE WHEE IN THERAPY Monday, November 24, 2008 @ 10:14AMWhile nobody is recommending joint replacement as an enjoyable option for your next vacation, the often-arduous rehabilitation process just got a lot more fun.
  • Botswana: Say Hello to Lefty Presidents Monday, November 24, 2008 @ 9:26AMYet another one! He is No 8 in 2008. US President-elect, Barack Obama, made history as the first time African American who will live in the White House.
  • WALL•E: this year’s model Monday, November 24, 2008 @ 6:24AMPixar embraces heavy metal with its latest epic. Mark Ramshaw discovers how the studio set about designing a collection of robots that entertain and communicate without uttering a word
  • Say hello to lefty presidents Sunday, November 23, 2008 @ 12:55PMYet another one! He is No 8 in 2008. US President-elect, Barack Obama, made history as the first time African American who will live in the White House.
  • Top dog has winning week at National Dog Show in Berks County Saturday, November 22, 2008 @ 11:47PMClick on picture to enlarge. Handler Michael E. Scott with Holly, an English pointer that was best in show Saturday at the National Dog Show in the Greater Reading Expo Center.
  • Forty years later, the epic Yale-Harvard clash remains unforgettable Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 10:48PM Remembering the 1968 Harvard-Yale classic.
  • Exorcise The Mascot? Lindhurst Students Vote Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 6:48PMLindhurst High School might exorcise its mascot.
  • Show Elicits Childlike Laughter, Fun Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 5:42PM“Drac in the Saddle, or You’re So Vein,” playing to an overflow crowd at the spittoon-less saloon, I mean The All American Melodrama Theater in Shoreline Village, puts the trance back into Transylvania.
  • Dave Bakke: Sox fans celebrate Cubs futility with costumes, goat Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 1:02PM Pity the poor Chicago Cubs. Well, you can. Bruce Simon doesn’t. Bruce, and other Chicago White Sox fans in Springfield, saw the passing of 100 years with no World Series title for the Cubs as occasion for partying, not pitying.
  • Sports Briefs Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 6:26AMMINOR BASEBALL BMBA holding annual meeting (STAFF) -- The Barrie Minor Baseball Association will be holding its annual general meeting tonight at the Allandale Recreation [...]
  • School briefs for Wednesday, Nov. 19 Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 2:48AMBaseball meeting slated for Nov. 20 ESCONDIDO –– A meeting for San Pasqual High School parents whose students are interested in playing winter or spring baseball will be held at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 20 in Room 315. Call (760) 745-5855.
  • Gamescampus.com and MLB Advanced Media Sign Licensing Agreement for a Free Online Baseball Game Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 4:49PMNovember 19, 2008 - San Jose-based online game publisher, GamesCampus (www.gamescampus.com, run by OnNet USA), announced today that it has signed an online interactive licensing agreement with MLB Advanced Media, LP, the interactive media and Internet company of Major League Baseball, granting it the right to incorporate official Major League Baseball league and club marks and logos, MLB ...
  • Bret ‘Hitman’ Hart and Me, Wrestling With Book Sales Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 3:06PMThe wrestler, the authors, and the books
  • Racing boss Bernie Ecclestone answers angry Canadian F1 fans Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 2:31PMMONTREAL - The head of Formula One racing has a retort for a city so infuriated with him that a leading newspaper carried an editorial cartoon Wednesday that depicts him being tortured.
  • F1 boss Ecclestone answers angry Canadian F1 fans Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 2:01PMPlease read the full story on TSN.ca for the latest details
  • Rays Release The Woman Inside The Raymond Suit Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 11:50AMFor years, Raymond, the mascot for the Tampa Bay Rays, has entertained fans at Tropicana Field by vexing visiting players, doing a wiggly hip shake on dugout roofs and posing for photos with fans.
  • 14:20 (BST), 18/11/2008 MLB Dugout Heroes Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS - San Jose-based online game ... Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 9:04AM- San Jose-based online game publisher, GamesCampus ( www.gamescampus.com, run by OnNet USA), announced today that it has signed an online interactive licensing agreement with MLB Advanced Media, LP (MLBAM), the interactive media and Internet company of Major League Baseball, granting it the right to incorporate official Major League Baseball league and club marks and logos, MLB ballpark ...
  • Gamescampus.com and MLB Advanced Media Sign Licensing Agreement for a Free Online Baseball Game Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 9:00AM SAN JOSE, Calif.----San Jose-based online game publisher, GamesCampus , announced today that it has signed an online interactive licensing agreement with MLB Advanced Media, LP , the interactive media and Internet company of Major League Baseball, granting it the right to incorporate official Major League Baseball league and club marks and logos, MLB ballpark images and more in its upcoming ...
  • Strong Bad Episode 3: The Baddest of the Bands PC review Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 3:34PMPublisher: Telltale Games Developer: Telltale Games System: PC Minimum requirements: Windows XP/Vista Genre: Adventure Release date: Available now Review by: Michael Smith Episodic gaming is very similar to episodic television. Each new story has to build from or add onto what has come before, or the series eventually feels the mortal slice of the executives’ cancellation sword (ask the ...