[Medianews] Easter Bunny gets pummeled by boy at mall

[News of the weird #4] Mar. 25, 2005 Easter Bunny gets pummeled by boy at mall Associated Press http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/weird_news/11231871.htm BAY CITY, Mich. - The Easter Bunny is hopping mad. Bryan Johnson, who portrays the furry character at the Bay City Mall, says he

[Medianews] Coroner unsure if finger cooked or placed in chili bowl later

[News of the weird #5] Mar. 25, 2005 Coroner unsure if finger cooked or placed in chili bowl later San Jose Mercury News http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/weird_news/11232501.htm The Santa Clara County Coroner's Office now is unsure whether the infamous finger was cooked in a vat of

[Medianews] Man tosses all apartment items from window

[News of the weird #7] Mar. 27, 2005 Man tosses all apartment items from window Associated Press http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/weird_news/11244961.htm HONG KONG - A Hong Kong man was arrested and checked for mental illness after he emptied his 35th-floor apartment by dropping

[Medianews] Qwest Raises Its Bid for MCI to $8.94 Billion

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-qwest1apr01,1,1515406.story?coll=la-headlines-business Qwest Raises Its Bid for MCI to $8.94 Billion The cash-and-stock offer is more than $1.4 billion higher than Verizon's competing proposal. A hostile takeover attempt is growing more likely. By James S.

[Medianews] CDC Slams Anti-Smoking Spot Cuts

CDC Slams Anti-Smoking Spot Cuts By Bill McConnell Broadcasting Cable 4/1/2005 3:36:00 PM http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA514620.html?display=Breaking+News Teen smoking rates, once dropping sharply, leveled off after anti-smoking media campaigns suffered big cuts in federal and state

[Medianews] Noah Wyle to Leave As 'ER' Regular

Noah Wyle to Leave As 'ER' Regular Associated Press Mar 31, 10:52 PM (ET) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050401/D896CB700.html LOS ANGELES (AP) - The doctor is out: Noah Wyle is leaving ER as a regular cast member at the end of this season, NBC said Thursday. Wyle, 33, the only original star

[Medianews] Digital-Photo Era Changes Industry

Digital-Photo Era Changes Industry Associated Press Mar 31, 2005 9:16 PM (ET) By BEN DOBBIN http://apnews.myway.com//article/20050401/D896AU280.html ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - Jesse Eisenberg came within a technological whisker of losing all her honeymoon snapshots. The 31-year-old lawyer's digital

[Medianews] Living Will Software Sales Surge

Living Will Software Sales Surge Associated Press Apr 1, 2005 8:18 AM (ET) By MATT SEDENSKY http://apnews.myway.com//article/20050401/D896KK480.html KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Sales of computer software to create living wills are surging amid the high-profile debate over Terri Schiavo, the severely

[Medianews] 'Survivor' coming to Boston / The CBS reality show will host its first-ever urban series in the fall

'Survivor' coming to Boston The CBS reality show will host its first-ever urban series in the fall By Boston.com | April 1, 2005 If you see Survivor host Jeff Probst sipping a cappuccino at Café Pompei in the North End, you better get used to it. Seems he'll be visiting town for a while. The

[Medianews] iN DEMAND Moves HD and VOD Distribution to SES AMERICOM, HD-PRIME

iN DEMAND Moves HD and VOD Distribution to SES AMERICOM, HD-PRIME Cables innovative provider of HD and VOD content selects cables most advanced distribution neighborhood for location, reliability and broader reach of AMC-10 satellite PRINCETON, NJ March 31, 2005 With its HD and VOD

[Medianews] Intelsat Chosen by Firestone Communications to Expand Cable Programming Distribution

Intelsat release Intelsat Chosen by Firestone Communications to Expand Cable Programming Distribution London, U.K., 01 April 2005 Intelsat announced today that Firestone Communications has expanded its use of the Intelsat Americas fleet for distribution of cable programming in North America.

[Medianews] FCC Denies Reconsideration of Anik/WildBlue Sat Issues

from skyreport.com FCC Denies Reconsideration of Anik/WildBlue Sat Issues The Federal Communications Commission dismissed a petition from Anchorage-based satellite retailer Microcom for reconsideration of an earlier FCC decision concerning Anik F2, a Telesat Canada satellite that will deliver

[Medianews] Dolan Takes VOOM Battle to FCC

from skyreport.com Dolan Takes VOOM Battle to FCC Cablevision Chairman Charles Dolan, who wants to take over the VOOM satellite TV service from the company, sent a petition to the Federal Communications Commission earlier this week asking the agency to deny EchoStar's proposed $200 million

[Medianews] Seagate Opens the Hard Disc Drive Floodgates

from skyretailer.com Seagate Opens the Hard Disc Drive Floodgates Storage Devices Represent Revenue Stream for Dealers As electronics evolve, retailers are looking for opportunities to provide their customers with the capabilities for data and content storage through specific product revenue

[Medianews] UFO sighting most likely satellite

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200504/s1336706.htm UFO sighting most likely satellite The Perth Observatory says it is most likely an object that was tracked in the skies over Western Australia and the Northern Territory overnight was a satellite re-entering the atmosphere. Astronomer

[Medianews] Metal Scavengers Detained at Russia’s Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan

http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/03/14/baikonurdetention.shtml Metal Scavengers Detained at Russias Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan Created: 14.03.2005 10:36 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 13:29 MSK MosNews Security at the main Russian space center Baikonur, located in Kazakhstan, have detained