Stevens: Guilty

Jury in Stevens trial reaches verdict

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FiveThiryEight.com Predicts Big Obama Victory

They now have Obama up 325.5 vs 212.5 electoral votes for McCain.

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New Autechre Album Due in March

"Pioneering British electronic duo Autechre will release Quaristice, their ninth LP together, March 3 on Warp."

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OiNK Founder: I Haven't Done Anything Wrong

"Ellis, out on two months' police bail following his arrest and detainment on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud and copyright infringement, spoke to Britain's The Daily Telegraph newspaper about the recent charges"

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OiNK.cd Founder Speaks Out

The founder and administrator of recently raided music torrent site, OiNK.cd, answers questions in an IRC channel regarding the site, his arrest, and other topics.

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Illegal Torrent Site OiNK Busted By Police

"Bad news for people who like illegal free music has come this morning, as the popular torrent-sharing network OiNK has been shut down by British and Dutch police, according to a BBC report.

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Tiny Mix Tapes News: It Takes an Entire Market Research Company to Realize the Music Industry Isn't Hurting At All

eMarketer is reporting that the music industry's revenues are continuing to rise at a healthy and steady pace. What? I thought the RIAA said that everyone was punishing the artists by illegally downloading music and that the industry was losing millions of dollars. Wrong.

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Bush ally Gonzales fights for his job - World - smh.com.au

"THE US Attorney-General, Alberto Gonzales, struggled to hang on to his job as he gave evidence to a panel of angry and sceptical senators, insisting he had done nothing wrong in the controversial sacking of eight federal prosecutors."

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'Ghost ship' puzzles rescuers - CNN.com

SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) -- Australian rescuers were on Friday trying to solve the "Mary Celeste" style mystery of a yacht found floating off the coast with its engine running, food on its table ready to eat, but no crew.

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Secret police question Kasparov - CNN.com

MOSCOW, Russia (AP) -- Investigators from Russia's security agency questioned opposition leader Garry Kasparov on Friday, days after massive police crackdowns on anti-government protests in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

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TMZ: Star calls daughter, 11, 'rude ... little pig' - CNN.com

[blockquote]LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- The tension between movie-star exes Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger erupted when an angry phone message from Baldwin to his daughter was made public.[/blockquote]

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Chinese translation error blamed for slur on sofa label - CNN.com

TORONTO, Ontario (AP) -- Doris Moore was shocked when her new couch was delivered to her Toronto home with a label that used a racial slur to describe the dark brown shade of the upholstery.

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'Spider-Man: The Musical,' music by U2 - CNN.com

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"Washington Scene: Hack Heaven" - 9 Years Later

Just in case anyone doesn't know the story of Stephen Glass, look him up on Wikipedia. Here's an example of his incredible imagination, but in hindsight (as always), how could anyone buy this? Stephen Glass:

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Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2006

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Stephen Colbert Accepts Challenge From Decemberists

Last night on "The Colbert Report", history was made as Stephen Colbert accepted the Decemberists' challenge to a guitar solo duel.

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Home Sales Fall in 28 States - Washington Times

All I can say is: this is not good news for my parents.

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Single-Sex Classes on a Forward Course - L.A. Times

Not sure how I feel about this. I suppose we'll see where it leads.

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"A Weekend Full of Quality Time With PlayStation 3" - NYT

Personally, I think the guy is being overly harsh for a system that is three days old and has a very limited game line up, but he does raise a number of interesting points.

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Newt Gingrich says he will seek presidency--in his own way

Newt Gingrich taking a novel approach to campaigning for the presidency. Will it work?

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