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Miss North Carolina USA Kristen Dalton was crowned Miss USA 2009 on Sunday, beating out 50 other beauty queens in the live pageant televised from Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. The 22-year-old aspiring motivational speaker and entertainer from Wilmington edged out first runner-up Miss California USA Carrie Prejean, of San Diego, and [...]
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — If the term “serial acquirer” were actually in the dictionary, it would probably be accompanied by a picture of Oracle Chief Executive Officer Larry Ellison. Oracle (ORCL, Fortune 500) announced Monday that it was going to buy struggling server and software firm Sun Microsystems (JAVA, Fortune 500) for $9.50 a share, [...]
WASHINGTON — CIA interrogators waterboarded an Al Qaeda prisoner 183 times, according to a 2005 Justice Department legal memo, and another prisoner 83 times, the New York Times reported on Monday. Quoting the CIA inspector general in a 2004 investigation, the memo from May 30, 2005 says interrogators used the waterboard at least 83 times during August [...]
YouTube has begun the first phase of a redesign that will highlight its gradually expanding library of premium shows and movies. The move, first reported last month on this site, will clearly separate that quality content from the ocean of user-generated clips that drove YouTube’s popularity. Navigational changes include the introduction of two new tabs [...]
Networks and manufacturers have been slow to take to the new Google operating system – but this is unlikely to be the case for much longer, one expert suggests. In a recent blog post for the CCS Insight website, Shaun Collins notes that when visiting the Mobile World Congress (MWC) event in Barcelona this year, [...]
One-time gains bolster results * Asset quality deteriorates * Shares fall in premarket trading (Adds comment, financial details throughout) NEW YORK, April 20 (Reuters) – Bank of America Corp (BAC.N) on Monday disappointed investors by reporting a big increase in troubled loans, even as its purchase of Merrill Lynch & Co helped first-quarter profit more [...]
Boston Police said the man they believe murdered an aspiring actress in an upscale hotel room this week is also responsible for two other attacks on women, and that he possibly met them through their advertisements on the Web site Craigslist. Friends say Julissa Brisman, 26, weighed about 100 pounds, not enough to overpower the [...]
The verdict against the founders of The Pirate Bay is being hailed by many as a triumphant win against illegal file-sharing. The four men involved in the BitTorrent tracking site were found guilty on Friday of being accessories to violating copyright law. A Swedish court sentenced each of them to a year in jail and [...]
The Susan Boyle phenomenon continues to fascinate. I think there are some clear reasons why. 1. The way most Americans first encountered her was by viewing a YouTube segment from Britain’s Got Talent. In one of those fine accidents of pop culture, this proved to be a perfect, three-act drama in a mere seven-plus minutes. [...]
We will let you make your own decision on this one. The author, David Wilkerson, is definitely well respected and NOT a nut job. You make the call… . AN URGENT MESSAGE I am compelled by the Holy Spirit to send out an urgent message to all on our mailing list, and to friends and [...]