Posted by Weadmin on August 27th, 2010
Carmelo Anthony wants out of Denver, and Worldwide Wes delivered that message to the Nuggets with all the delicacy of a jackhammer at Sunday morning services. Do yourself a favor and trade him, the agent told the organization weeks ago.
Denver was furnished with a short list of teams and told to get to work. Yes, this is how William Wesley and Leon Rose of CAA work now, thick with threats and ultimatums and a swagger suggesting that the sport belongs to them. After Anthony told owner-in-waiting Josh Kroenke that he still wanted out of Denver during a Sunday meeting, the Nuggets appear done trying to sell their All-Star forward on a contract extension.
Posted by Weadmin on August 27th, 2010
Latino and African-American homeowners have a disproportionate share of foreclosures nationwide compared with their percentage of homeownership, according to a new study.
The study, conducted by the Center for Responsible Lending, shows that Latinos in California are especially hard hit. Perhaps this is a type of discrimination that is simply an extension of the days when minorities couldn’t get loans or buy in certain neighborhoods.
Posted by 85mjackson on August 27th, 2010
Posted by Weadmin on August 25th, 2010
Posted by 85mjackson on August 25th, 2010
WASHINGTON – The Gulf of Mexico oil spill has revealed a previously unknown type of oil-eating bacteria, which is suddenly flourishing.
Scientists discovered the new microbe while studying the underwater dispersion of millions of gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf following the explosion of BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig.
Posted by Weadmin on August 25th, 2010
One of the most terrifying and successful horror franchises back again for another installment. Now I thought Jason 10 was a bit much, and maybe Police Academy 8 , but how many times is this Jigsaw fool gonna keep scaring the crap outta people???
Click more for the flipside/trailer…
Posted by 85mjackson on August 25th, 2010
Tiger Woods tees off Thursday as a single man again, desperate to recapture some form and eke out the top 50 finish that would guarantee his presence in the next round of the PGA Tour playoffs.
Up until last November when a whirl of extra-marital affairs brought his world tumbling down, Woods’s qualification would have been a fait accompli, but so poor has he been of late that nothing is for certain.
Posted by 85mjackson on August 25th, 2010
Think you can guess which Americans talk or text the most on their cellphones?
According to Nielsen, African-Americans use the most voice minutes – on average more than 1,300 a month. Hispanics are the next most talkative group, chatting an average of 826 minutes a month.
Posted by MD34MS on August 24th, 2010
Poll highlights confusion and distrust about president and doubts his claims to Christianity.
One in five Americans believe Barack Obama is secretly a Muslim and nearly half question his claim to be a Christian, according to a new opinion poll.
Posted by Weadmin on August 24th, 2010
A sad event in the world of journalism, groundbreaking, innovative,Emmy-winning CBS News correspondent Harold Dow, who helped shape the documentary program “48 Hours” and covered the kidnapping of Patricia Hearst and the Sept. 11 attacks, has died. He was 62.
Posted by Weadmin on August 23rd, 2010
Posted by MD34MS on August 23rd, 2010
On Friday evening, Haiti’s electoral commission, the CEP, said it had determined singer Wyclef Jean was ineligible to run for president there.
“No explanation was given,” The New York Times reported. “A spokesman for the council, Richardson Dumel, facing reporters who had been standing vigil at the election bureau all day,
Posted by MD34MS on August 22nd, 2010
The BlackBerry Torch isn’t setting the smartphone world ablaze.
Research In Motion and AT&T sold no more than 150,000 of the devices over the weekend, according to estimates by RBC Capital Markets and Stifel Nicolaus analysts. By comparison, Apple’s iPhone 4 sold 1.7 million units in its first weekend of sales.
