Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Conan O'Brien rejects moving 'The Tonight Show' (AP)

Conan O'Brien rejects moving 'The Tonight Show' (AP)


Conan O'Brien rejects moving 'The Tonight Show' (AP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2010 12:50 PM PST

AP - Conan O'Brien has refused to play along with NBC's plan to move "The Tonight Show" and return Jay Leno to late-night, abruptly derailing the network's effort to resolve its scheduling mess.


Vatican says 'Avatar' is no masterpiece (AP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2010 04:47 AM PST

VATICAN CITY - Unlike much of the world, the Vatican is not awed by the film "Avatar." James Cameron 's big-grossing, 3-D spectacle has earned lukewarm reviews by both the Vatican newspaper and its radio station, which say the movie is simplistic in its plot is superficial in its eco-message, d...


Google to end China censorship after e-mail breach (AP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2010 04:38 PM PST

Google Inc. will stop censoring its search results in China and may pull out of the country completely after discovering that computers hackers had tricked human rights activists into opening their e-mail accounts to outsiders.


7.0 quake hits Haiti; hospital collapses

Posted: 12 Jan 2010 02:50 PM PST

A strong earthquake hit the impoverished country of Haiti on Tuesday, where a hospital collapsed and people were screaming for ...


Iran blames U.S. "agents" for scientist's murder (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jan 2010 03:35 AM PST

Reuters - A remote-controlled bomb killed a Tehran University scientist on Tuesday, official media reported, in an attack Iran blamed on the United States and Israel.


Texas school board keeps ban on boy's long hair

Posted: 12 Jan 2010 06:19 AM PST

MESQUITE, Texas – A Texas school board has agreed to adjust its grooming policy for a 4-year-old boy whose long, flowing hair got him suspended. But his parents say it isn't enough.


Mystery object to whizz by Earth Wednesday (AP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2010 11:04 AM PST

AP - A mystery object from space is about to whizz close by Earth on Wednesday. It won't hit our planet, but scientists are stumped by what exactly it is.


Jon Stewart Blasts Conservatives For Ignoring Pre-Obama Terror Attacks (VIDEO)

Posted: 12 Jan 2010 08:43 AM PST

Jon Stewart skewered Obama's national security critics last night for dismissing the terror attacks that happened under Bush while coming down on the current president for his defense record. Both Rudy Giuliani and Dana Perino have recently stated that there were no domestic terror attacks under Bush, omitting not only 9/11, but the anthrax attacks and the attempted shoe bomber attack. Giuliani made these remarks on "Good Morning America," playing what Stewart has dubbed "terror ball." He claimed the score is now Bush -0 Obama -1 and noted that the rules of terror ball dictate the winner has


NATO: Missile kills 13 insurgents in Afghanistan

Posted: 12 Jan 2010 02:35 AM PST

Thirteen insurgents were killed Tuesday in southern Afghanistan by a missile that international forces fired from an unmanned ...


The Bachelor's Rozlyn Papa Has Criminal Record

Posted: 12 Jan 2010 07:54 AM PST

The Bachelor's Rozlyn Papa likes claiming things she shouldn't. Did you watch The Bachelor last night to see one of the show's most scandalous contestants in its 14-season history get kicked off? Rozlyn Papa is The Bachelor contestant who's said to have had an "inappropriate relationship" with a show staffer...and now this morning we learn she's also had a few relationships with a judge and police -- but maybe those affairs were a little more called-for.


Joe Biden eulogizes his mother as a true Irish American (IrishCentral)

Posted: 12 Jan 2010 12:57 PM PST

Vice President Joe Biden eulogized his mother Catherine Eugenia "Jean" Finnegan Biden as a true Irish American at her funeral mass today in Wilmington, Delaware.


Game Change: On Fox, Will Sarah Palin Take On GOP Critics?

Posted: 12 Jan 2010 06:06 AM PST

Around the time of the publication this past November of Sarah Palin's book Going Rogue , John McCain convened an unusual conference call with the former top staffers of his 2008 presidential campaign.


Maguire, Raimi out of 'Spider-Man' franchise (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 06:53 PM PST

LOS ANGELES - Tobey Maguire 's web-slinging days are behind him. The 34-year-old actor and "Spider-Man" director Sam Raimi will not be returning to the superhero franchise next year. Instead, Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios announced Monday that a new "Spider-Man" film based on a script by Jam...


Study: Running Shoes Could Cause Joint Strain (LiveScience.com)

Posted: 12 Jan 2010 09:46 AM PST

LiveScience.com - Running shoes, decked out with the latest cushioning, motion control and arch support technologies, may not be as beneficial to your feet and joints as you might think.


Cybill Shepherd's Son Arrested After Flight

Posted: 12 Jan 2010 12:09 PM PST

My Fox Philly: The son of actress Cybill Shepherd is under arrest after he allegedly tried to rob passengers on a plane bound for Philadelphia International Airport. Philadelphia police tell MyFoxPhilly.com that Cyrus Zacharia Shepherd-Oppenheim, 22, was on a United flight from San Francisco to Philadelphia around 1 a.m. Tuesday. Police say Shepherd-Oppenheim of Sepastopolm, Calif., faces two theft charges for unlawful taking and receiving stolen goods. Witnesses identified Cyrus Shepherd-Oppenheim as the man who took items during the flight. Stolen Items included a digital camera, leather


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