12/05/2008 -
Obama raised $104 million toward election's close
Barack Obama's presidential campaign raised $104 million in the weeks around Election Day, a grand finale to a successful bid that shattered fundraising records.
Source:
AP via Yahoo! News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_money_10
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12/05/2008 -
?Tis the Music for Being Cautiously Optimistic
Notable holiday albums Christmas, mostly, with a little Hanukkah thrown in are reviewed by the pop and jazz critics of The New York Times.
Source:
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/05/arts/music/05holi.html
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12/05/2008 -
China to issue blacklist of harmful food additives
China will issue a blacklist of food additives that could be harmful, state media said Friday in the wake of a scandal over tainted milk believed to have killed six children and sickened hundreds of thousands.
Source:
AP via Yahoo! News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_re_as/as_china_additives_1
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12/05/2008 -
Cruise ship strikes ice, stranded on Antarctic coast
A cruise ship carrying 122 people was stranded Thursday on the coast of Antarctica after striking ice, officials said.
Source:
CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/12/04/stranded.ship.antarctica/index.html?section
=cnn_latest
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12/05/2008 -
Main News - Barrick considering pulling out
IPP Group of companies, Dar es Salaam. Tanzania's premiere information provider - Newspapers, Television and Radio. Daily, up to date content
Source:
IPP Media
http://www.ippmedia.com/cgi-bin/ipp/related.pl?key=127621
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12/03/2008 -
Seth MacFarlane named the smartest person in TV
Who says cartoons are for kids? "Family Guy" and "American Dad" creator Seth MacFarlane tops Entertainment Weekly's list of the 25 smartest people in television.
Source:
AP via Yahoo! News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081203/ap_en_tv/tv_smartest_people_1
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12/04/2008 -
RCN Management to Present at UBS 36th Annual Global Media &
RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI), a leading provider of all-digital television, high-capacity data, and voice services to residential, business customers and service providers, today announced that Peter D. Aquino, chief executive officer and Michael T. Sicoli, chief financial officer, will present at the UBS 36th Annual Global Media & Communications Conference in New York City on Wednesday, ...
Source:
Broadcast Newsroom
http://www.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=598551
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12/05/2008 -
Dundee returns for one last challenge
Legendary trainer Angelo Dundee is back in the saddle one last time.
Source:
Yahoo! Sports
http://sports.yahoo.com/box/news?slug=dd-dundee120408&prov=yhoo&type=lgn
s
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12/04/2008 -
News channels' TRPs triple during attack
Terror attacks in Mumbai led to a huge spurt in viewership of news channels on television, with TRPs tripling, to nearly 130%.
Source:
The Times of India
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Business/India_Business/News_channels_TRPs_tr
iple_during_attack/rssarticleshow/3794198.cms
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12/05/2008 -
In her own words, nanny's brave escape in Mumbai
The world knows her as the daring nanny who, clutching a 2-year-old boy, pushed past the havoc in a terrorized Mumbai and risked her life to keep the toddler safe.
Source:
CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/04/nanny.mumbai.interview/index.html?se
ction=cnn_latest
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12/04/2008 -
Television - National
Last month, two brothers were convicted for the murder of Rotorua toddler, Nia Glassie.
Source:
Scoop.co.nz
http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/national/16270.html
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12/04/2008 -
Television - Sports
Saturday night could be the last chance for New Zealand fans to see David Beckham in the flesh when the LA Galaxy lines up against the Oceania All Stars.
Source:
Scoop.co.nz
http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/sports/16271.html
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12/05/2008 -
Cruise Boat Runs Aground Off Antarctica
An Argentine-registered vessel carrying 82 passengers and 40 crew members suffered a puncture in two diesel fuel tanks.
Source:
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/05/world/05cruise.html
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12/04/2008 -
Tips for buying high-def TVs
Television makers throw around a lot of impressive numbers when spruiking their latest wares.
Source:
The New Zealand Independent
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4783333a28.html
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12/04/2008 -
Russian courts must deal with irregularities leading to complaints inStrasbourg - Constitutional Court chairman
MOSCOW. Dec 4 (Interfax) - The Russian court system is able to minimize the number of appeals by Russians to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), Russian Constitutional Court chairman Valery Zorkin said in an interview with the Vesti television channel on Thursday.
Source:
Interfax
http://www.interfax.com/3/452228/news.aspx
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