BBC music poll puts Little Boots on the path to stardomThursday, January 8, 2009 @ 5:50PMThere are no sure things in pop music except for the dreary inevitability that the X Factor winner will bag the Christmas No 1 slot.
Sideswipe: A room with a viewThursday, January 8, 2009 @ 9:24AMA group of inner-city Auckland workers write: "We would like to advise guests at SkyCity Hotel that your windows are not tinted, and that there are potentially hundreds of people who can see you wandering naked in your rooms, or, as the couple on Monday demonstrated, having vigorous sex pressed right up against the window.
UFC Fight Night 17 cardThursday, January 8, 2009 @ 9:17AMJoe Lauzon and Hermes Franca headline UFC Fight Night 17 in a lightweight showdown. The event will air live on Spike TV from the Sun Dome in Tampa, Fla.
News of the weirdThursday, January 8, 2009 @ 2:43AMApril Westfall, 40, was arrested last month in Reno, Nev., on a charge of drunken driving. The Highway Patrol was summoned by an ambulance crew that saw her driving at 4:30 a.m. with a nozzle and severed hose from a gas pump sticking out of her gas tank.
Puck Headlines: Will an octopus hit the Wrigley Field rink?Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 4:05AM Here are your Evening Puck Headlines and Previews: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. • A Portland, Maine man faces charges of drunk driving, aggravated criminal mischief and burglary after he may have crashed a forklift inside a civic center and was found drunk atop an ...
Television - TechnologyTuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 8:17PMIn the largest marine conservation effort in history, President George W. Bush today designated what he called "three beautiful and biologically diverse areas of the Pacific Ocean" as national marine monuments.
Offbeat OCTuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 5:14PM The wacky, weird and wonderful.
YouTube Threat Draws Restraining OrderMonday, January 5, 2009 @ 7:48PMThe question facing Judge Steven F. Frazzini was whether the Connecticut court had jurisdiction over someone who threatened a resident using a computer in North Carolina and posting content that anyone in the world could access. Can a cyberspace threat reach across state boundaries?
The Non-Profit Poke: Social Networking is Boosting BusinessMonday, January 5, 2009 @ 5:38PM Connecticut non-profit organizations are turning to social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace to spread their missions.