November 8th, 2009

Hey, I haven't been to NYC at all this year, so I'm out of the loop as far as what shows are too risky for lottery/rush. I'm going to be here Wednesday thru Sunday of this week (Nov 11- Nov 15), and I want to get in as many shows as possible. I still ...

November 8th, 2009

ASHEVILLE — Consumers might not spend like drunken sailors this holiday season, but early signs suggest they may loosen their recession-induced death grips on their wallets. “‘Tired of pinching pennies' — I have heard people say that in those ...

November 8th, 2009

I'm sure you all know who Stephenie Meyers is by now? She's the author of the slightly popular Twilight series. Well, it was insinuated earlier this year that Meyer's ideas weren't her own, and she was guilty of the dreaded "P" word that no author ...

November 8th, 2009

WARWICK, R.I. (AP) -- Two-time Oscar-nominated actor James Woods has sued a Rhode Island hospital over the 2006 death of his younger brother. Woods on Friday would not discuss the lawsuit in detail, but told The Associated Press he wants "justice ...

November 8th, 2009

BEIJING (AFP) – China 's new Nasdaq-style market saw a week of wild yo-yo swings as frenzied investors sent the start-up shares to "ridiculously" high levels, analysts say, warning a correction is on the cards. The 28 stocks on the ChiNext board in ...

November 8th, 2009

Four people have been charged in a lottery ticket scam that swindled five victims out of $110,000 and targeted two others for $50,000, Chicago Breaking News reports . John Garcia, 30; William Velasquez-Ortiz, 43; Janet Cruz, 39; and Carmen Perez ...

November 8th, 2009

This image provided by NOAA shows Hurricane Ida taken at 12:02 a.m. EST Sunday Nov. 8, 2009. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Ida's winds had picked up to 75 mph, making it a Category 1 storm. The Florida peninsula can be seen near ...

November 8th, 2009

Of all the sinister things that Internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an unsuspecting collector of child pornography. Heinous pictures and videos can be deposited on computers by viruses—the malicious programs better known ...

November 8th, 2009

Seven people have been arrested in connection with an assault and kidnapping that occurred last month at Red Hawk Casino in El Dorado County. SWAT team members from the El Dorado, Sacramento and Stanislaus county sheriff's departments and the Folsom ...

November 8th, 2009

... lodging and car rental taxes paid primarily by out-of-town visitors, a state law­maker says. Rep. John Rogers, D-Birming­ham, said in an interview that he would also tax gambling establish­ments to help pay down the coun­ty's ... sales tax ...