Archive for the 'News' category

San Diego Wildfire Roundup

Weblogs cat dirt sez — Liveblogging all of the latest news and developments. Breaking news on wildfires — At Signonsandiego.com. Herb Greenberg — From MarketWatch. LA Times Breaking News — Has San Diego as well as Los Angeles Global Spin TechLifeBlogged — Good roundup with maps. The San [...]

Nothing like some sensational reporting…

…to wake you up in the morning.

In a 9/11 Survival Tale, the Pieces Just Don’t Fit

Much of Ms. Head’s account was posted on the Web site of the World Trade Center Survivors’ Network, a nonprofit organization for which she served as president and as point person for corporate donations. But no part of her story, it turns out, has been verified. [From In a 9/11 Survival [...]

A Pulitzer Prize in Photography is in Order…

The composition and the content of this photograph are both amazing. On one half you have Japanese journalist Kenji Nagai being shot and on the other you have a group of protesters being beaten back. After the jump, a graphic video of Nagai being killed.

Scooter Libby found Guilty

Big news today, Scooter Libby was found guilty on one count of making false statements, another count of obstruction of justice, ad two counts of perjury. This was a fun trial and it might not be quite over yet. Libby’s lawyer stated that they intended to file a motion for a new trial and, “if [...]

World markets fall… hard

American Public Media’s show Marketplace put it best when host Kai Ryssdal began the show when they said: Any lingering doubts you might have had that this was a global economy should be gone by now… Even before traders hit the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, you know which way the arrows [...]

For the sake of sensationalism

I don’t get some journalists. I realize that it might be every journalists dream have their story read and passed around but some take it to pretty extreme ends. This morning, for example, I woke up to a headline that read “Hezbollah sinks Australian warship“. From the sound of it, I figured something horrible had happened [...]