Jet Blue Employee Found Sleeping in Cargo Hold

Jet Blue officials are investigating after an employee was found sleeping inside the cargo bin of a Jet Blue plane that landed at Boston’s Logan International Airport this weekend. From WCVB: Jet Blue said it is investigating how one of its employees wound up in the cargo bin for a New York to Boston flight. [...]

John Calipari Appears Headed For Greener Pastures in Kentucky

Yes…that was a very lame attempt at a Kentucky Derby joke. I don’t hear anyone laughing! We know that John Calipari put together a great recruiting class for Memphis in 2009, coming off another great season and the name value of Calipari and the University’s basketball program. Now, it might be coming apart with talk [...]

Grand Ole Opry Announcer Hal Durham Dies

Famed Grand Ole Opry announcer Hal Durham has died in Florida at the age of 77. The Tennessee native was with the legendary country music program for 32 years, beginning his stint as the voice of the Opry in 1964. From The Boot: While overseeing operations at the Grand Ole Opry, Durham was credited with [...]

Detroit Tigers Release Gary Sheffield

Hey, the Oakland A’s could use another slugger! Or maybe the New York Yankees will open up their wallets for another aging, slugger. From USA Today: The Detroit Tigers knew they needed to make changes this season — and in an unexpected move on Tuesday, the team released designated hitter Gary Sheffield. The 40-year-old Sheffield [...]

Chicago Sun-Times Files For Chapter 11

The Sun-Times Media Group, which publishes the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper, said this morning that it had filed for bankruptcy protection. From Dow Jones: Sun-Times Media Group Inc. (SUTM) has filed for bankruptcy protection, the latest casualty of an extended advertising slump that is reshaping the newspaper industry. It joins other media companies such as Tribune [...]

Casey Anthony Using Twitter?

I always enjoy reading updates from The TV Guy, Hal Boedeker. Boedeker has also cleared up rumors that I myself heard a few times over the past few week about a Casey Anthony Twitter account. In case you use the Twitter service, Casey Anthony is NOT on it From the Orlando Sentinel: Allen Moore, spokesman [...]

Casey Anthony: Family Plans to Visit Jail

It appears that George, Cindy and Lee Anthony may soon be visiting Casey in her Orange County jail cell. From WESH: George and Cindy Anthony asked permission to gather with their daughter to hold a family requiem of sorts for Caylee. A source close to the family told WESH 2 News the wheels are in [...]

4.6 Earthquake Hits Bay Area (And My Office)

It’s a good day to be on the 9th floor of my office building in San Jose. We over look the “Shark Tank” right of 87. We’re rocking and rolling this morning! A magnitude 4.6 earthquake just hit about 6 miles from our office and sent everybody scrambling! Computer monitor shaking and the blinds going [...]

Six Dead in Santa Clara Murder Suicide

Six people, including three children, were shot and killed and a seventh victim is in critical condition in what Santa Clara police are investigating as a murder-suicide. It’s amazing to think that this is only a couple of miles from my house and we just drove past this complex yesterday afternoon! From the San Francisco [...]

Obama: No Bailout Funds for Automakers

The White House says neither GM nor Chrysler submitted acceptable plans to receive more bailout money, setting the stage for a crisis in Detroit and putting in motion what could be the final two months of two American auto giants. From the Associated Press: President Barack Obama and his top advisers have determined that neither [...]