[Medianews] Half a conversation, fully annoying

Excerpt from Uncommon Knowledge http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/10/10/the_seamy_side_of_victory/ Half a conversation, fully annoying It doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand that using a cellphone makes it harder to pay attention to other things going on around you

[Medianews] The test has been canceled / Final exams are quietly vanishing from college

The test has been canceled Final exams are quietly vanishing from college By Keith O'Brien | October 3, 2010 They incite panic in the souls of even the most diligent students. Everything about final exams is fraught with terror: the blue books passed out from the front of the room, the clock

[Medianews] Los Angeles PBS Affiliate KCET Dumps Network To Go Independent

Los Angeles PBS affiliate KCET exits network fold to go independent By Scott Collins Los Angeles Times October 8, 2010 | 12:30 pm http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2010/10/sorry-charlie-rose-los-angeles-pbs-affiliate-kcet-exits-network-fold-to-go-independent-.html KCET, the Los Ang

[Medianews] Fringe: Two Worlds, One Great TV Show

Two worlds, one great TV show By Alex Strachan Vancouver Sun/Postmedia News October 7, 2010 http://www.vancouversun.com/worlds+great+show/3636133/story.html "I've seen strange," Peter Bishop, Joshua Jackson's character in Fringe, said in the second-season finale, Over There. "This is someth

[Medianews] Pirate Radio Station Gets the Hook (Florida)

http://big1059.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=122821&; article=7687821 A group of alleged gang members are arrested after creating the pirate station. Friday, October 8, 2010 Two people were arrested after a police discovered a pirate radio station being run out of a Lauderdale