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On Friday, October 12, the most popular sports talk radio show in the history of Dallas prepared for a routine remote broadcast at Addison's Blackfin Pub. KTCK-1310 AM The Ticket afternoon co-host Mike Rhyner arrived on time. Longtime sidekick Greg Williams, however, was alarmingly tardy. Williams—"The Hammer" to a legion of loony fans that consistently makes the irreverent guy-talk station No. 1 in the market—finally appeared, albeit noticeably fidgety and audibly discombobulated. And then, just one segment into the four-hour show, he abruptly up and left. No one's sure where Williams had been. But now we know where he was headed—down a dangerous, dark detour toward self-destruction. One that, according to multiple sources, ultimately landed him in rehab for a cocaine problem.
Betting on Oscar
He's been the leader in this category for six months now, and there are no serious challenges, even though 83-year-old Hal Holbrook ("Into the Wild") has the veteran thing going for him, and Tom Wilkinson was freaking on fire in "Michael Clayton." Casey Affleck is happy to be nominated for "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford," and Philip Seymour Hoffman ("Charlie Wilson's War") recently won for "Capote." Will win: Bardem Should win: Bardem or Wilkinson Best supporting actress: Who knows? Tilda Swinton ("Clayton"), Cate Blanchett ("I'm Not There") and Amy Ryan ("Gone Baby Gone") are such powerhouses they may cancel one another out. Saoirse Ronan ("Atonement") fills the youngster role that sometimes scores in this category, and 83-year-old Ruby Dee ("American Gangster") fills the respected veteran slot.
Huckabee wastes no time politicizing terror plot
Wow, it took 20 posts for the Neville-Chamberlin-Betty-Bumpers-unilateral-disamament nuts to start blaming the US for this attack. WW II wasn't our fault, the Soviet Union wasn't our fault, and al Qaida isn't our fault. These people are evil and you can resist or submit. Thankfully a majority of Americans have always chosen to resist. .
GRAMMYS 2008: Fashion rocks
Carrie Underwood in a floral-print halter with rock-beaded waist from Zuhair Murad and Fergie in a sunshiny Calvin Klein strapless.
"This is by Duhamel," she said, referring to her engagement ring from actor/fiance Josh Duhamel.
Ladies who sing (and wear) the blues included Nellie Furtado (all draped and glam), the always-cute Corinne Bailey Rae (in big sequins), and Rihanna, who excelled in a Zac Posen number puffed with feather petticoat.
With four nominations and a genetic propensity for looking more and more likeHalle Berry every day (bummer, huh?), Rihanna sported a super-sexy new boycut, with long bangs off to one side.
"I love it, it's much easier for me - if anything, I may go shorter," she said.
This being the Grammys, guys were styling, too.
2009 Lincoln MKS: All-New Full-Size Flagship Sedan to Win New Buyers ...
In fact, up to 60 percent of those buying the luxury sedan are expected to be new to Lincoln. "We're playing to win with the Lincoln MKS, especially in California, where more luxury vehicles are sold than anywhere else. We will do so by offering confident, understated, respectful luxury -- not something that will go out of fashion in a year or two," said Mike Richards, Lincoln General Marketing Manager. "We're also making an extra effort to reach out to African American and Hispanic buyers who want and deserve luxury in their lives, in part, through new marketing relationships with artists Common and Juanes." Juanes, a 12-time Latin Grammy award winning artist, will help introduce SYNC, which is standard on Lincolns and widely available on Ford and Mercury products, to the Hispanic market.
TechBits: India Games, Internet Searches, China Technology, Web ...
Executives including Kai-Fu Lee, vice president of Google Inc. and president of Google Greater China, warned participants in an industry conference in Beijing this week against a get-rich-quick mentality.
But they said that between strong investor interest and an education system churning out information technology graduates by the thousand, the groundwork is solid for years of continued steady growth in China.
"For many Chinese young people and young students, they have a very strong desire for innovation, for being successful, for starting their own businesses," Kai-Fu Lee, vice president of Google Inc. and president of Google Greater China, told participants in an industry conference in Beijing this week.
About 300,000 students receive high-tech degrees in China annually, said Zhang Ya-Qin, chief executive of Microsoft in China and its research development group.
Salient Stills and Linear Systems Integrate Video Forensics and ...
BOSTON & RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. - (Business Wire) Salient Stills, a leading video forensics and image enhancement software company, and Linear Systems, a leading manufacturer of information management systems for Digital Evidence Collection and Chain of Custody, today announced a partnership that better supports management of digital evidence. Increasing deployments of video surveillance cameras and recorders have correspondingly increased both the amount of digital evidence that may be used by law enforcement, and the complexity of managing the chain of custody. To meet this challenge, the two companies have integrated Salient Stills' VideoFOCUS video forensics software with Linear Systems' Digital Information Management System (DIMS) for customers. Under this agreement, VideoFOCUS with be integrated for clients currently using the DIMS system.
Scorched-Earth Strategy Returns to Darfur
The recent violence in Chad, where rebel groups with bases in Sudan tried to topple the government in early February, has worsened matters. Rebels in Darfur, who diplomats and analysts say have received arms and cash from the family of Chad's president, Idriss Déby, rushed into Chad to help defend him, creating a vacuum in the territory they had occupied. Sudan's government seized the opportunity to retake the ground and now appears to be pushing farther into areas long held by the rebels, according to peacekeepers stationed here. Few people in the region were unhappy to see the Justice and Equality Movement evicted. Banditry was rife in the territory it controlled, and for months aid groups had dodged carjackings and other attacks. African Union peacekeepers had been barred from the area, according to Brig.
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