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July 22, 2007

A look at some noteworthy television this week: The Kill Point (Sunday, 9:00 p.m., Spike TV) The debut of a hostage drama miniseries starring John Leguizamo as a leader of a group of bank robbers who’s plans went wrong and Donnie Wahlberg as the Pittsburgh Police negotiator tasked to deal with them. Saving Grace (Monday, 10:00 p.m., TNT) Another cop show with a twist, this time Holly Hunter stars as an Oklahoma City Police detective......

Continue Reading "Noteworthy Television This Week: Cable and PBS are best"

March 17, 2007

A Canadian company that produces cat and dog food is recalling over 80 brands. Some pet owners have noted that their cats and dogs have been vomiting and suffered kidney failure. Ten of the pets have died, and while manufacturer Menu Foods is not sure what happened, but they are saying that the recall is limited to the "cuts and gravy" style foods. 1010WINS says that products all used wheat gluten from a new supplier.......

Continue Reading "Pet Food Recall After Cat and Dog Deaths"

April 23, 2006

In the middle of the week, a meteorologist commented that New York City hadn't received very much rain since March. Well, now we've received at least an inch of rain since yesterday, and the rain is going strong today. However, the rain brought a lesson with it - renovated hotels are susceptible to water damage and flooding, especially when they have a temporary roof. The Marcel Hotel on East 24th Street had to be evacuated......

Continue Reading "April Showers Flood Hotel"

January 20, 2004

Apparently trying to extort the biggest software company in the world is not as easy as you would think. A Canadian teenager, Mike Rowe, signed up the domain name MikeRoweSoft.com, leading Microsoft lawyers to demand he hand the domain over. When Rowe asked to be compensated, Microsoft lowballed him with an offer of $10. Rowe asked for $1,000, which then got those lawyers working their billable hours by sending over a 25 page letter saying......

Continue Reading "Extort Microsoft At Your Peril"

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