Media Businesses : Air America, the Talk Radio Network, Will Go Off the Air

air america radio Air America, the long-suffering progressive talk radio network, abruptly shut down on Thursday, bowing to what it called a “very difficult economic environment.” The chairman of Air America Media, Charlie Kireker, said in a statement that the company would file under Chapter 7 bankruptcy “to carry out an orderly winding-down of the business.” In a troubled time for advertising-driven media businesses, “our painstaking search for new investors has come close several times right up into this week but ultimately fell short of success,” Mr. Kireker said. read full article: Air America, the Talk Radio Network, Will Go Off the Air nytimes.com

NBA Basketball : 2010 NBA All-Star Starters Announced

nba all star starters Sanity prevailed, and those in the NBA office exhaled. Phoenix’s Steve Nash overtook Houston’s Tracy McGrady in the fan voting Thursday to earn the second West All-Star berth at guard.

FARC’s Cocaine Sales to Mexico Cartels Prove Too Rich to Subdue

Mexican drug cartels are getting cocaine from Colombia’s biggest guerrilla group in a deal that increases the security threat to both nations, according to a document captured by Colombian military intelligence and to a government official in that country.

Ivy Leaguers’ Class for Poor Becomes ‘Platinum’ Charter Schools

In 1993, Mike Feinberg and Dave Levin were recent Ivy League graduates teaching fifth graders in Houston’s inner city. The students were as much as two academic years behind their middle-class peers.

No Need To Put Up With Constant Back Pain!

No Need To Put Up With Constant Back Pain!

Minnesota Vikings Vs. New Orleans Saints NFC Championship Predictions

Minnesota Vikings Vs. New Orleans Saints NFC Championship Predictions, NFL Playoffs Minnesota Vikings Vs

Report: More men get economic boost from marriage

Some of the most unbelievable scams that keep the SEC and other federal investigators busy day in and day out. Applicants for these must meet very specific – and weird – requirements.

Thousands March Against New Planned Parenthood Abortion Business in Houston

Houston, TX (LifeNews.com) — Thousands of pro-life advocates joined together to protest the massive new abortion business in Houston, Texas that appears to be the largest abortion facility of its kind in the nation.

Finance : Intel outlook points to PC industry recovery

Earns Intel Intel’s fourth-quarter earnings breezed past Wall Street’s expectations, and its rosy profit outlook for 2010 was another sign that a lasting recovery for the recession-battered personal computer market is under way. As the first major technology company to report its results for the last quarter, Intel is seen as a barometer for the PC market and for technology spending in general

Rights group critical of Houston Marathon sponsor Chevron expelled from expo for criticism

Houston Marathon HOUSTON (AP) — A group of human rights advocates with a booth critical of the Chevron Houston Marathon’s title sponsor was expelled from the marathon expo Friday for painting the company “in a negative light.” Steven Karpas, the managing director of the Houston Marathon Committee, said runners from Rainforest Action Network were setting up a booth with “very anti-Chevron placards and pamphlets that absolutely painted Chevron in a negative light,” so he had them booted from the expo. Brianna Cayo Cotter, one of the runners with Rainforest Action Network, said the group had no plans to disrupt event. They had pamphlets on contamination they allege Chevron caused in Ecuador and stickers that read, “I’m running for human rights

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