WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lewis “Scooter” Libby, a former senior aide to U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, was found guilty on Tuesday of four of five counts of obstructing justice, lying and perjury during an investigation tied to the Iraq war. Libby was found innocent of one count of lying to the FBI in the probe surrounding who leaked the identity of a CIA analyst in 2003. He faces a maximum of 25 years in prison. His defence attorney, Theodore Wells, said Libby would seek a new trial and if denied that would appeal the conviction. Critics of President George W. […]
CRAZYMAKING: US Airways The New Jet Blue?
US Airways says it has solved most of the problems with a new computer reservations system, but passengers may still experience long lines and delays today as the airline works to fix bugs in its self-service ticketing kiosks. The airline did not have all of its kiosks tied into the new system by late yesterday, and there was no estimate when they would be patched in, US Airways officials said. Yesterday, that forced hundreds of passengers at Philadelphia International Airport to stand in long lines to check in with customer-service agents unless they had been able to check in online. […]
Big Radio Staves Off Payola Investigation With Charitable Donation Of Air Time To Indies
According to FCC sources Clear Channel Communications Inc., CBS Radio, Entercom Communications Corp. and Citadel Broadcasting Corp. have agreed to a consent decree that includes a $12.5 million payment to settle payola allegations raised by the commission. (THR 1/11)While it is not part of the consent decree, a separate voluntary side deal between the station groups and the American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) would also set aside 8,400 half-hour blocks of time for independent music.Peter Gordon founder of Thirsty Ear Recordings and A2IM’s chief negotiator told The Hollywood Reporter the “agreement in principle” is a way to get independent […]
MISSY ELLIOT: Work It
Now, that’s baby-making music.
THE YELLOW MENACE: Adorable Little Duckies Annoying The SHIT Out Of Philly.com Users
What we wouldn’t give for a bag of stale digital bread and a polo mallet.
NPR FOR THE DEAF: We Hear It Even When You Can’t
FRESH AIR Journalist Dan Gilgoff is the author of the new book The Jesus Machine: How James Dobson, Focus on the Family, and Evangelical America Are Winning the Culture War. Gilgoff — a senior writer at U.S. News & World Report — gained rare access for a reporter to the Focus on the Family organization. WIKIPEDIA: TheocracyWatch identifies Focus on the Family as a dominionist organization,[2] and contends they have become more successful than the Christian Coalition in their influence on the U.S. Congress. [2] Focus on the Family has been a prominent supporter of intelligent design, publishing pro-intelligent design […]
HIZZONER ’07: Kinks Guitarist Nails Mayoral Race Like It’s The Bridge In ‘You Really Got Me’*
Dave Davies | Knox’s $5 million came with fine print THERE AREN’T A lot of laughs in the mayor’s race, but I always get a chuckle when millionaire candidate Tom Knox says he’s running to take the “for sale” sign off city hall. I mean, the guy’s dumping millions into 30-second TV spots, mucking up our first-ever chance to see what a mayor’s race with campaign contribution limits would look like, and he says he wants to prevent the sale of the mayor’s office. At a community forum last Monday, Knox put his proposition a little more candidly. “I’m trying […]
PA Man Charged In Beheading of Ronald McDonald
STEWARTSTOWN, Pa. – State police have charged a 22-year-old man with theft, alleging he took a family’s Ronald McDonald statue that was later found beheaded in a wood patch. Jason Anthony Nocar, of Hopewell Township, has been charged with theft, conspiracy and related counts, state police said Saturday. Troopers are looking for a second suspect. The iconic fast-food clown disappeared from the Grieger home on Jan. 15. About two weeks later, Joy Grieger found its severed head on her family’s Stewartstown property with X’s drawn over its eyes. The rest of the 300-pound statue turned up elsewhere a few days […]
We Know It’s Only Disco, But Babies Like It, Like It
DON’T EAT THE RED BALLOONS: Baby Loves Disco, Shampoo, Yesterday CITIZEN MOM REPORTS: Ever seen that Reese Witherspoon movie Sweet Home Alabama, where she goes back to her redneck hometown and runs into an old pal in a saloon? “Look at you, you’ve got a baby . . . in a bar!” I had a moment like that yesterday at Baby Loves Disco, the monthly dj dance party that gives over Shampoo to the area’s funkinest munchkins and their adult handlers. Over on the dance floor, you had DJ KTell and Chatty Cathy getting the Pampers workin’ right along with […]
VIET NOW: Local GI Killed By Death
PHILADELPHIA — A 23-year-old Philadelphia soldier died Friday in Baghdad, the Department of Defense announced Sunday. Pvt. Wesley J. Williams’ death was the result of a non-combat related injury while he was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom, a DOD press release states. Williams was assigned to the 163d Military Intelligence Battalion of the Army’s 504th Military Intelligence Brigade, based at Fort Hood, Texas. NBC10: He Also Served ASSOCIATED PRESS: BAGHDAD, Iraq — A suicide car bomber turned a venerable book market into a deadly inferno and gunmen targeted Shiite pilgrims Monday as suspected Sunni insurgents brought major bloodshed back into the […]
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