Boulder County officials said they do not have an update yet this morning on the current status of the fire that began in Fourmile Canyon on Monday morning before scorching thousands of acres and destroying an unknown number of homes. Firefighters hoped to contain the fire through the night, keeping the blaze to the 3,500 [...]
THE VILLAGES — If the idea of Charo playing an acoustic guitar doesn’t compute in your mind, the entertainer has a surprise for you. “‘Cuchi-cuchi’ is where I get the money,” Charo said. “When I sit on the stool and play guitar, that’s where I get the respect. “If someone’s at the entrance (of an [...]
This morning there were many blocked roads, stranded motorists and citizens, and several accidents due to the magnitude of the flash flooding that pummeled Putnam County, Tennessee and some of the surrounding areas. The pictures are labeled and tell the story. Video will be forthcoming. This report just in from the Cookeville-Putnam County Emergency Management Agency 700 [...]
US— Political blog the Daily Kos has appointed Public Policy Polling to carry out election polling on the site. The website is currently taking its previous pollster, Research 2000, to court after a trio of statisticians raised doubts over the reliability of the weekly polls the firm was carrying out. Markos Moulitsas (pictured), founder of [...]
Markos Moulitsas, who first fired his former polling partner Research 2000 in June and subsequently filed suit alleging that polling conducted by that firm was fraudulent, announced this afternoon that his DailyKos website will soon resume polling with two new partners: Public Policy Polling (PPP) for “horserace” polling in statewide contests and another pollster to [...]
by Dan Fogarty | 10:27 am, August 5th, 2010 The New York Daily News became the first mainstream media outlet to pick up Deadspin’s story on Jenn Sterger and Brett Favre today, interviewing Deadspin Editor A.J. Daulerio on his decision to run the piece. It’s an ingenious tactic employed by the Daily News. Since they’re [...]
Book: Hitch-22 Christopher HitchensAtlantic BooksPg 422Rs 599 A look at the index of author, journalist and polemicist Christopher Hitchens’ memoir is enough to convey that the man wants you to know he’s rubbed shoulders with the famous and infamous, been friends with the who’s who, and travelled to more countries than you can point to [...]
