Entries for April 2008

By Brian Steinberg | AdAge.com | Apr. 28, 2008
The big three TV network newscasts lost about 1.2 million viewers last year, and advertising on their three big morning news shows fell to an estimated $1.03 billion. The average viewer is 60 years old, and the demographic marketers most want to reach is more likely to be facing a computer screen than a TV screen when the evening news comes on.

FOX News | Apr. 30, 2008
Authorities are investigating mysterious claims that a man killed by Houston police after a car chase was a CIA agent, MyFOXHouston reported.

Associated Press | Apr. 30, 2008
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday that sending a second U.S. aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf could serve as a "reminder" to Iran, but he said it's not an escalation of force.

By Paul Joseph Watson | PrisonPlanet.com | Apr. 30, 2008
Former Senator Gary Hart seems to be having difficulties remembering his last lie because he fouled up again in his latest confrontation with We Are Change by reversing his assertion that he never used the term "new world order," contradicting his previous falsehood, but still seemed fearful of discussing exactly what the term meant.

AntiWar.com | Apr. 29, 2008
As heavy street fighting continues in Sadr City, Kirkuk suffered a spate of roadside bombings. Also, female suicide bombers staged attacks in Diyala province. At least 82 Iraqis were killed and another 136 were wounded across the country. No Coalition deaths were reported.

By Joe Guzzardi | Vdare.com | Apr. 25, 2008
Whether it’s crazy or it isn’t, I wonder, given the abject failure of previous marches and public demonstrations demanding “amnesty now,” what immigration enthusiasts—both in the U.S. and Mexico—could possibly be thinking as they organize yet another May 1^st circus.>

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Ron Paul on CNN - 28/04/08. Ron Paul tells CNN's John Roberts he is still in the race and gaining support from delegates every day!

Reuters | Apr. 29, 2008
Warren Buffett, the world's richest person, said Monday that the U.S. economy is in a recession that will be more severe than most people expect.

By Ian Cobain | The Guardian | Apr. 29, 2008
British agents alleged to have questioned men at Pakistani interrogation centre after they had been brutally mistreated. Officers of the Security Service, MI5, are being accused of "outsourcing" the torture of British citizens to a notorious Pakistani intelligence agency in an attempt to obtain information about terrorist plots and to secure convictions against al-Qaida suspects.

AP & Reuters | April 28, 2008
Millions of dollars of lucrative Iraq reconstruction contracts were never finished because of excessive delays, poor performance or other factors, including failed projects that are being falsely described by the US government as complete, investigators say.

By Caroline Davies & Mark Townsend | The Guardian | Apr. 27, 2008
When 17-year old Rand Abdel-Qader met a British soldier in Basra, she dreamt of romance. But five months later she was murdered in a savage attack by her father. But there will be no trial: this was an 'honour killing'.

By Kathy Chu | USA TODAY | Apr. 28, 2008
Even as the Federal Reserve has cut interest rates, financial institutions have sharply raised rates for credit card customers — even those who pay on time — as they grapple with losses from other bad consumer loans.

By MurrayWeiss and Chuck Bennett | NY Post | Apr. 28, 2008
Eight city cops who succumbed to 9/11 dust-related illnesses will be memorialized on the NYPD's "Wall of Heroes" for officers killed in the line of duty - a poignant nod to their kin, who spent years battling City Hall over how the deaths should be classified.

CNN.com | Apr. 27, 2008
Outmaneuvered by raucous Ron Paul supporters, Nevada Republican Party leaders abruptly shut down their state convention and now must resume the event to complete a list of 31 delegates to the GOP national convention.

Capital Hill blue | Apr. 27, 2008
With the next new moon arriving May 5, 2008, which is usually the time the Pentagon War Mongers love to attack countries Israel wants bombed, this next terror drill, coming up next week, could be more than interesting. Especially the part about invoking "Continuity Plans and Capabilities."