Amazon Tribe Finds Plane Crash Survivors

Pretty amazing story coming out of Brazil today as a tribe of Indians located nine survivors of a plane that crashed in a river in the Amazon rain forest with 11 people onboard. From CNN: Of the two people missing — a passenger and a crew member — one is believed to be dead. The [...]

Big 10 Officials Vs. SEC Officials. Whose Worse?

Until this morning, I would have favored the SEC in the battle. But after witnessing the Iowa Hawkeyes vs. the Indiana Hoosier this morning, I’m not so sure anymore. I’m not a fan of either school, but this has been the most pathetically officiated game I have had the opportunity to witness in recent memory. [...]

Happy Halloween Everyone!

Anyone have any big plans? Any fun stuff? We’ll be taking the kids out both tonight and tomorrow night. Should be fun! Hopefully, I’ll get some good pictures or video up soon! So, earlier I posted about the Casey Anthony play. I’m actually very surprised that no one has tried to make money this Halloween [...]

Gavin Newsom Drops Out of Race for California Governor

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announced just a short time ago that he is withdrawing from the California governor’s race. From the Wall Street Journal: Despite launching his campaign more than a year ago, the 42-year-old Mr. Newsom had been trailing in the polls and in fund raising behind Jerry Brown, the state attorney general. [...]

Facebook Spammer Must Pay $711 Million

A judge here in California has awarded Facebook $711 million in damages against spammer Sanford Wallace for bombarding the web site with tons of junk messages. From CNN Money: “We won another battle in the fight against spam,” said Facebook, which announced the Oct. 29 ruling on its Web site on Friday. Wallace, who has [...]

Mother, Son Kicked Off Southwest Airlines Flight

UPDATE: Southwest Airlines has apologized for kicking the mother and son off of the flight. Pamela Root and her son, Adam, were on their way home to San Jose, California (where I live) when they were kicked off Southwest Flight 637 on Monday afternoon. The reason? The child wanted dad, wanted to take off, and [...]

Did Clinton Meet Kim Jong Il Look-Alike?

Some people think so. I’m not so sure but it’s REALLY hard to tell! From Yahoo! News: A number of analysts here are convinced that not all the photos being released of North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-il, are really photos of Kim Jong-il. Instead, they say, a look-alike has been standing in for him on [...]

9 Missing After Plane, Helicopter Collide

A large debris field has been found following the collision of a Coast Guard plane and a Marine helicopter off the southern California coast yesterday. From CNN: The search continued early Friday for nine people who may have plunged into the water after the mid-air collision, a Coast Guard spokesman said. “The assumption is always [...]

Canadian Folk Singer Killed by Coyotes

Taylor Mitchell, a rising Canadian folk singer, was killed by coyotes this week in a national park in Nova Scotia. From CNN: Taylor Mitchell, 19, was at the beginning of the Skyline Trail in Cape Breton Highlands National Park on Tuesday afternoon when she was attacked, according to Chip Bird, the Parks Canada field unit [...]

Wall Street Journal Closes Boston Office

The Wall Street Journal has announced that it will close its Boston bureau to save money and that the publication will shift its coverage of the mutual fund industry to its money and investing reporting team. From Reuters: “The economic background is painfully obvious to us all,” Journal Managing Editor Robert Thomson told the paper’s [...]