ALL THE NEWS UNFIT TO PRINT

All the news unfit to print for Saturday, April 4, 2009

Richard Poplawski: Two profiles emerge

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09094/960662-100.stm

The face of a killer: This is Jiverly Wong..
Police identify shooter: Jiverly Wong, 41, a Vietnamese immigrant who had taken English classes there..
Update: Police chief says Binghamton killer was wearing body armor..

Man opens fire on police officers in Pittsburgh after domestic disturbance call..

TIME Mag declares: Obama's new world order

There's no place home: Michelle Obama dodging protesters in France..

Mom accused of daring boys to chug vodka!

Japan announces that North Korea set off its missile--except they didn't .. It was a false alarm: Japan red-faced over the mistake..

Maybe Sarah is one of 'us' after all? Sarah Palin's sister-in-law arrested for burglary..

PENNSYLVANIA CBS AFFILIATE WYOU NEWSCASTERS AND STAFF FORCED OUT--FOR JUDGE JOE BROWN AND ACCESS HOLLYWOOD!

The slow death of newspapers continues, and now the local media circuits are facing a crisis of budgetary constraints and viewership reductions.. One news station in Northeastern Pennsylvania has taken action: They fired 14 news staffpersons and replaced all the newscasts with syndicated shows!

WYOU's owner Dennis Thatcher released an uplifting statement after the sudden demise of the news affilate: "The viewers have spoken, letting us know that WYOU is the station they rely on for entertainment and we are confident the station's already solid line up will be bolstered with the addition of entertainment and news magazine programming including Judge Joe Brown, Access Hollywood and Entertainment Tonight which will replace the station's locally-produced news programming"

Replacing news for Access Hollywood.. the viewers wanted it?

Blame the viewers!!

MORE>> Other media outlets learned late Friday that the WYOU venture was going to suddenly have its life support plug pulled.. The SCRANTON TIMES reported last evening that a staff meeting came Friday afternoon at 2pm where 14 full time employees were notified of layoffs..

Nexstar Broadcasting predicts savings of $900,000 by axing the news shows on the CBS station..

The Northeast PA news blog Beale's Bites has an in-depth posting on the changes at the news station.. Beale's Bites reports, "

Beale's Bites has learned the layoffs are not limited to WYOU. Some WBRE employees were also laid off to make way for WYOU employees with seniority. As for on-air employees, Eric Deabill will move to WBRE and stay there. A source says some others, who were not named, will stay temporarily, and then be let go. Another source says some WYOU producers walked out the door after today's announcement, and left behind unfinished newscasts

Watching the news station lately has been a little tough.. They have had some awkward moments taking phone calls over the past few months.. they dedicated most of their broadcasts to focus on one specific issue..
Recent attempts to garner more viewers by grabbing some personailities didn't work.. Viewers still watch WNEP-16 in big numbers..

Derry Bird, Debbie Dunleavy and Barry Finn.. where did you go!?...WYOU needed a hero.

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Taliban leader claims responsibility for New York shooting! FBI rules them out

One report on the horrific shooting yesterday in Binghamton, New York, says that the shooter may have lost his job at IBM.. Another says he was angry over poor English skills..

The third theory comes directly from the Taliban in Pakistan! Pakistani Taliban militant leader Baituallah Mehsud today claimed responsibility!

MORE..Experts have dismissed the Taliban claim thus far as outlandish .. The Taliban statement said the shooting said that it was revenge for US drone attacks in Pakistan..

UDPATE: FBI RULES OUT TALIBAN

North Korea 'has deployed multiple nuclear warheads' ahead of launch ..

Japan talks tough ahead of NK launch..

Heartlant: Iowa Supreme Court: Gay marriage ok..

Developing story: The New York Times Co has threatened to shut The Boston Globe unless the newspaper's unions quickly agree to $20 million in concessions, the Globe reported on Friday, quoting union leaders..

CDC: "TraceS" of rocket fuel chemical found in baby formula!!

Video of woman being flogged by Taliban rattles Pakistan..

Isikoff: Obama Admin divided: To release the torture memos or not to..

Obama bows to saudi King...

All eyes on Antarctica: Jamaica-sized ice shelf is close to wrenching itself away from Antarctica, following dramatic weakening of an ice "bridge" linking it to the continent, the European Space Agency (ESA) reported Friday..

February type weather expected for East next week!

Rumors abound: Will Google buy Twitter? .. and 20 years ago, who would have ever thought the sentence would be uttered, "will Google buy Twitter" .. what have we become!?

Demi Moore's "tweet" may have prevented fan's suicide..

Judge denies Madonna's request to adopt another child from Malawi ..

Final E.R. ends 15-year-run with 16.4 million viewers watching..

Google Street View car goes too far for British villagers..

Claim: Crippled child walks after visiting Pope John Paul II's tomb..

The sun in 2012: Solar flares may make the 'perfect storm'..

Man attacks his fiance over a poorly made meatball sandwich..

Faced with eviction, a man allegedly pulled down his pants and dared his land-lord to "Take a picture of this, you (expletive deleted)." So the landlord did..

All the news unfit to print for Friday, April 3, 2009

BINGHAMTON BLOODBATH: RAMPAGE AT THE AMERICAN CIVIC ASSOCIATION

Friday night blues... Be careful out there

All the news unfit to print for Thursday, April 2, 2009

Major net problems..

Ain't life grand? Having some major troubles with Internet
connectivity.. Updated may be tough this weekend.. Keep checking..

-bryan

DOW 8000

First time in two months..

All the news unfit to print for Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Obama's excellent London G20 summit...
Both Obama and Gordon Brown predict the G20 will solve the world economic crisis..

The class of 2009

Barack Meets the Queen after weeks of practicing how to kneel.. And as a gift, he presents her Majesty with an iPod..

CNN, MSNBC, FOX NEWS, all speaking in great detail about the gloried Queen of England as though we never fought a war for independence.. the networks speaking about the menu like there was never a fight against tyranny so many years ago..

At one time, America was founded on disgust for royalty.. today we are treating them like they won..

But it's not all good

G20 protests hit the streets of London..

Michelle Obama 'fever' hits UK..

Lights out: CBS is pulling the plug on the soap opera "Guiding Light" after a 72-year run that predates television, the show a victim of the economy and changed viewing habits...

Congress takes up plan tied to health care overhaul..

Tobacco tax rise for U.S. smokers..

Did The Osbournes Reloaded go too far? Some FOX affliates thought so ..

Coming soon: A Simpsoms stamp..

Long live the pirates!! X-MEN sequel online--a month before its release!

You Tube pulls plug on music videos in Germany..

A mysterious illness is causing calves to bleed to death on German farms. Veterinarians are stumped over what is causing the deaths.. Among the possibilities: Vaccines, genetically modified feed.. many even believe mother's milk..

Fargo residents beat the FEDs.. Ignored FEMA recommendation to leave the city as flood waters rose.. .. Fargo leaders including Mayor Dennis Walaker repeatedly vowed to beat back the river, to "go down swinging" as they put it. City Commissioner Tim Mahoney even ended a briefing Monday by saying, "The spirit of Fargo: Evacuation is not an option."..

All the news unfit to print for Tuesday, March 31, 2009

All the news unfit to print.. and not a drop to drink.

The security operation at this week's G20 summit was thrown into chaos last night when it emerged that the entire network of central London's wireless CCTV cameras will have to be turned off because of a legal ruling! More from the GUARDIAN..

Police vs the protesters: Police are mounting a huge security operation ..
On the agenda: Dinner and dissent..

Obama goes to Europe.. in London..

Waxed and ready: Fake Obama meets the fake Queen..

Tomorrow, on April fools day, Obama will kneel before the Queen after days of practicing how he would do it..

Pakistani Taliban threatens to attacsk the White House!

In days leading up to North Korean rocket tests, few media outlets are paying attention to the plight of U.S. journalilsts Laura Ling and Euna Lee .. North Korea is ready to try the two journalists for "hostile acts" .. Could be sent to a forced labor camp..

More on North Korea: The United States says that the missile is consistent with satellite images .. Images of bulb-shaped tip that gives credence to Pyongyang's claim it plans to put a satellite in space.. MORE.. North Korea is threatening Japan with war over the missile launch .. The United States warns of "consequences" .. More .. Some worried that North Korea has assembled nuclear warheads..
Developing story..

Too big to fail? Too big to live? Now bankruptcy? .. GM contemplates..
Chrysler and GM race to fix their companies before time runs out..
What about sales? .. GM CEO--the one not fired by the White House--says bankruptcy is on the table..
Ford and GM offer payment protection to people with financial problems..

Print runs dry: Chicago SUN TIMES files for bankruptcy protection..

Good news for once: Walgreens to offer free clinic visits to unemployed and uninsured..

The new health drink: Coffee.. Study shows that it could lesson pain during exercising..

Sometimes you feel like a nut.. sometimes you don't.. AP reporting: The salmonella scare that prompted a blanket federal warning against eating pistachios may have erupted because contaminated raw nuts got mixed with roasted nuts during processing, the company at the center of the nationwide recall said Tuesday.. MORE..

Frito-Lay recalls its salted pistachios; Dean Foods checking its products..
..the recall widens..

Man charged with drunken driving--on mobile bar stool!
He got caught after they found a man who had wrecked a bar stool powered by a deconstructed lawn mower..

And ANOTHER ONE! Health and Human Services nominee Kathleen Sebelius recently corrected three years of tax returns and paid more than $7,000 in back taxes after finding "unintentional errors" !

Congress votes to expand Americorps.. 275-149 vote..
AP has more on Congress' passage of the national service bill.. .. is it compulsory?

Doctor: Sea levels rising is the 'greatest lie ever told'..

Sick details revealed: Kerby Revelus was holding his 5-year-old sister, Bianca, and while the officer watched, decapitated her with a kitchen knife..

Madonna mom tells PEOPLE mag that she is not using her fame to speed up adoption..

Ouch: Netflix hikes Blu-Ray rental prices by 20%..

End of the 90s, for sure: Microsoft kills Encarta.. Can't compete with Wikipedia..

Osbournes reloaded.. and a little censored..

Former ANGEL vampire dies at age 33..

Billy Joel edges out Elton John in double-header..

Facebook is not his friend: CFO Yu gone..

Scary: Honda creates mind-controlled robots..

All the news unfit to print for Monday, March 30, 2009

SEXY PIRATE PROTEST IN SMALL TOWN PA

Pennsylvania priest protests a scantily clad pirate..

Owners said he commanded the statue to leave and cursed it..

The priest said he may pray in front of it..

WNEP.COM with more..

New film offers a chilling view of forced sterilization

History books don't mention it and most forget.. But it happened .. And who says it can't again?

White House denies GM and Chrysler bailout..

Even though Obama "asked" Wagoner to resign...

Administration will give GM 60 days and Chrysler 30 days to make their
business models work...

All the news unfit to print for Sunday, March 29, 2009

CNN reporting...

...that the White House will give 60 days worth of financing to GM..

GM CEO resigns after Obama demands!!

Wagoner leaves immediately at the wishes of the White House..

THE GERMANS STRIKE BACK: GORDON BROWN'S SECRET PLAN LEAKED!

THE UK TELEGRAPH REPORTING.. "In an embarrassing disclosure, a draft of the final communique to be signed off by world leaders at the end of the one-day gathering on Thursday appeared in the German magazine Der Spiegel. There were suspicions that the leak was a deliberate act of sabotage by sources within the German government, where Chancellor Angela Merkel is adopting a more cautious approach to fiscal moves to boost the national economy than Mr Brown, who will chair the summit. "

Mr. Brown is being forced to scale down plans, according to the reporting in the TELEGRAPH ..

More reportng from the UK TIMES ONLINE: Germans "wreck" global new deal ..

The DAILY MAIL reporting, "Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, last night led the assault on the prime minister's "global new deal" for a $2 trillion-plus fiscal stimulus to end the recession. "

Developing..

Round 2 announced before round 1 even takes place? North Korea prepping 2 launches?

Reports: North Korea is prepping for a missile launch right after the first missile launch! Japanese newspaper reporting that NK may launch a short- or medium-range missile, possibly right after it carries out its plan to fire a long-range rocket in early April..

Critics hit against new name of World Trade Tower .. called move away from "Freedom" to "One World" unpatriotic..

If the lung cancer don't kill ya, the taxes will: Smokers face huge increases in tabacco costs..

Ambitious agenda for First Lady Michelle Obama..

Springtime snowstorm: From Plains to the South, winter continues..

Diners "have a ball" at testicle festival.. .. In Oakdale, California, with the town's Rotary Club plan to fry up 400 pounds of the private parts of bulls and serve them to diners who pay $50 apiece for the sit-down meal..

Transcript released of Natasha Richardson 911 call..

ER goodbye: Laura Innes, Anthony Edwards, Julianna Margulies, George Clooney, Noah Wyle, Kellie Martin, and Gloria Reuben, cut a cake celebrating the 100th episode of 'ER' in 1998..

Courtney Love's online rant sparks Twitter lawsuit..

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