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Posted by John A. Rakes on January 15, 2010
Help for Haiti As I’m sure most of you have heard by now there was a 7.2 magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti this week. This earthquake has left millions of people in need of relief. Here is how you can help: American Red Cross of Greater New York. Donate now to the International Response Fund [...]
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Tags: earthquake, Habitat for Humanity, Haiti, Red Cross, relief effort, Save the Children, text, United Way, Wyclef Jean, yele.org
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Posted by John A. Rakes on January 12, 2010
Conan O’Brien Rejects NBC’s Proposal Conan O’Brien says he is rejecting NBC’s offer to move the Tonight Show to 12:05am (EST) to accomodate Jay Leno’s 30 minute after news comedic enterprise. In a statement Tuesday, O‘Brien says that NBC has given him a scant seven monthts to try to establish himself as host of “Tonight” [...]
Categories: News, TV/Movies
| Tags: Conan, Conan O'Brien, Jay Leno, Jimmy Fallon, NBC, O'Brien, Tonight Show
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Posted by John A. Rakes on December 31, 2009
TWC VS. FOX On Wednesday Fox Network refused to agree to an offer by Time Warner Cable (TWC) to enter arbitration with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to help resolve an ongoing fee dispute between the two corporations. Fox and TWC have been locked in a battle over how much the cable company should be [...]
Categories: News, TV/Movies
| Tags: agreement, cable networks, fcc, fox, john kerry, time warner cable, twc, via, viacom
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Posted by John A. Rakes on December 26, 2009
Blizzard Lingers in Midwest After the holiday storm ripped through the midwest leaving anywhere from 4-16″ of snow in some places, it’s now lingering over the Iowa and Michigan region. Travel conditions remain dangerous if not impossible for most of the midwest (including the Dakotas and Nebraska). Officials are hoping that by tonight the winds [...]
Categories: News, Random Events, Weather
| Tags: blizzard, Dakotas, holiday storm, Iowa, kansas, midwest, Minnesota, nebraska, North Dakota, snow, snowstorm, South Dakota, Weather, white christmas
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Posted by John A. Rakes on December 21, 2009
Pregnant Mother Allowed to Die Eutisha Revee Rennix (above) died at in a Brooklyn restaurant while 6 months pregnant. The kicker is that two EMT’s were present but were apparently “on break” and refused to help her. The infant, named Jahniya Renee Woodson, died 2 hours and 10 minutes after her mother – Grandmother, Cynthia [...]
Categories: Health, News
| Tags: brooklyn, emergency, emt, eutisha revee rennix, medical, mother, nyc, pregnancy, pregnant
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