May 11 2012 - Why Ellis From Smash Is the Worst Person on TV: He’s a Textbook Millennial
Over the course of thirteen episodes of the struggling TV musical Smash, scheming underling Ellis Boyd has become the most loathed character on television. Fans openly speculate on Ellis’s death: Maybe he’ll be hit by a city bus or flattened by a piano ex machina! Critics loathe him, too: Entertainment ... More » |
April 20 2012 - The private bus problem
If you're used to riding to work on a crowded, lurching Muni bus that arrives late and costs too much, consider this: Some San Franciscans commute on 50-foot luxury coaches with cushioned seats, wifi, air conditioning and mini television screens. |
April 20 2012 - The AC360 Weekly Buzz: Dick Clark, Warren Buffet, Pippa, Secret Service, Syria, Courtney Stodden
What everyone’s talking about: Television legend Dick Clark died on Wednesday from a “massive heart attack” at the age of 82, according to his publicist. Nicknamed “America’s oldest living teenager,” his extraordinary career in the entertainment business included “American Bandstand” and “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.” Anderson spoke with music icons Aretha Franklin and [...] |
April 20 2012 - Big 12 means savings on team travel
Increased television exposure, more noteworthy opponents and a substantial cut in travel expenses can only equate to one thing for TCU football: a transition into the Big 12 Conference. |
April 10 2012 - Tom Tresh's Clutch HR in Game 5 of the 1964 World Series Raised Fans' Hopes
The New York Yankees were trailing the St. Louis Cardinals , 2-0 in the top of the eighth inning of Game 5 of the 1964 World Series . It was time for me to leave the television and go to the bus stop. I had a five o'clock statistics class at NYU. I took my books and, of course, my small, blue transistor radio. As I waited for the bus, I heard Harry Caray say that Pete Mikkelson was taking over ... |
March 31 2012 - 6TH ANNUAL COUNTRY THUNDER
Florence, Ariz. - Great American Country (GAC) television is readying their tour bus to make the cross-country trek for Country Thunder to be held in Florence, Arizona on Thursday, April 12 - Sunday, April 15 and in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin on Thursday, July 19 - Sunday, July 22, 2012. For the sixth year in a row, GAC (known as one of the foremost authorities for today's most popular country music ... |
March 30 2012 - In-town bus routes to change for one week in April
By Marlys Barker “Move that bus,” the key words from the hit television show, “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” will have a new meaning in Nevada this year. A group of - Continue reading... |
March 02 2012 - Multiple tornadoes slam U.S. midsection, four dead in Indiana
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - A swarm of tornadoes tore through the U.S. midsection on Friday, splintering homes, damaging a prison, overturning trucks and killing at least four people in the hard-hit state of Indiana, officials said. At least one person died in the southern Indiana town of Henryville, where television images showed homes blown apart and vehicles including a school bus thrown ... |
March 02 2012 - Multiple tornadoes slam US Midwest, 4 dead in Indiana
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - A series of tornadoes tore through the U.S. midsection on Friday, killing at least four people in the hard-hit state of Indiana, and blowing apart homes and flattening buildings across the region. At least one person died in the southern Indiana town of Henryville, where television images showed homes broken apart and vehicles, including a school bus, thrown into ... |
March 02 2012 - Multiple tornadoes slam Midwest, 4 dead in Indiana
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - A series of tornadoes tore through the U.S. midsection on Friday, killing at least four people in the hard-hit state of Indiana, and blowing apart homes and flattening buildings across the region. At least one person died in the southern Indiana town of Henryville, where television images showed homes broken apart and vehicles, including a school bus, thrown into ... |
March 01 2012 - 2ND LEAD: Istanbul bomb injures 16 Eds: Adds confirmation from prime minister
Istanbul (dpa) - A bomb attack on a police bus outside the Istanbul headquarters of Turkey‘s Islamist business association MUSIAD on Thursday injured 16 people, including 15 policemen.Speaking at a conference in the Turkish capital Ankara broadcast live on Turkish television, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed that the bomb explosion had injured 15 policeman and one passer-by ... |
February 24 2012 - What Are Plastics?
TORONTO, ONTARIO-- - When you watch television, use a computer, ride in a bus, train, or plane, you are using plastics. When you go to the doctor's office or hospital or shop at the grocery store, you ... |
February 18 2012 - Saint Mary's (Cal)-Murray St. Preview
Murray State already has its conference title after winning the Ohio Valley Conference's regular-season crown. Now, the 16th-ranked Racers have their made-for-TV match. Murray State hosts No. 21 St. Mary's in a nationally-televised BracketBusters game on Saturday and even the Racers are wondering just how they'll measure up against the West Coast Conference leader. |
February 07 2012 - Nichelle Nichols on Having First Televised Interacial Kiss on Star Trek [Video]
Nichelle Nichols has a lot to say about her life as Lt. Nyota Uhura on television’s Star Trek. Star Trek was launched in 1966. During that time the Civil Rights movement had really began to take hold. Martin Luther King Junior was leading a boycott of the Alabama bus system and southern blacks were beginning [...] Nichelle Nichols on Having First Televised Interacial Kiss on Star Trek [Video] is ... |
February 01 2012 - 2012 BX34: Behind the Scenes in the Discovery of a Near Earth Asteroid
Several blockbuster movies, television shows and commercials have depicted the discovery of an asteroid heading towards Earth and usually, somehow, impending doom is averted. But how do the discoveries of Near Earth Objects really happen? Asteroid 2012 BX34 buzzed by Earth last week, and even though this small asteroid was never considered a threat to [...] |
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