tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51436132008-03-06T15:12:43.807-05:00Darren WeeksBlogger507125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143613.post-39719320484757772272008-03-06T15:06:00.002-05:002008-03-06T15:12:43.852-05:00

Associated Press March 6, 2008 ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - PGA tour golfer Tripp Isenhour is charged in Orlando with killing a protected migratory hawk with a golf shot. [Full Article...]

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By Yossi Melman Haaretz.com March 6, 2008 The Bush administration is prolonging the hunting season against journalists. The latest victim is James Risen, The New York Times reporter for national security and intelligence affairs. About three months ago, a federal grand jury issued a subpoena against him, ordering Risen to give evidence in court. A heavy blackout has been imposed on the affair,

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By Rhonda B. Graham The News Journal/Delaware Online February 21, 2008 Along with an end to the botched Iraq war, and a sustainable economic rescue, the idea that Americans at some point in their lives must do a volunteer stint to improve the country is worth pursuing. Like Michelle Obama there have been many, many times when Americans of all political persuasions haven't been proud of their

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By Doreen Carvajal International Herald Tribune Sunday, March 2, 2008 PARIS: Thousands of garments in the sprawling men's department at the Galeria Kaufhof are equipped with tiny wireless chips that can forestall fashion disaster by relaying information from the garment to a dressing-room screen. The garments in the department store, in Essen, Germany, contain radio frequency identification

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Aljazeera March 1, 2008 The Saudi Arabian embassy in Beirut has called on its nationals to leave Lebanon a day after a US warship was positioned off the country's coast. The embassy on Saturday sent SMS messages to Saudis living in Lebanon urging them to leave the country as soon as possible, Al Jazeera's correspondent said. Saudi Arabia issued an advisory last month urging its citizens not

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By Darren Weeks I got this video from a dear lady who was one of my listeners when I was doing the broadcast. Her name is Linda. The case has now being made in the mainstream (controlled) media that mercury in vaccines is actually good for a child's brain and nervous system! Unbelievable! Obviously, mercury is a highly toxic substance that should never be introduced into the blood stream. It

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By Darren Weeks Young Broadcasting Inc., the parent company of WLNS-TV, acknowledged on Friday that they had received written notice from the NASDAQ market index that their stock was in jeopardy of being delisted from the index. According to a press release, issued by the company and reprinted on the Business Newswire, the minimum bid price of the company's common stock had fallen below $1.00 a

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By Darren Weeks I was shocked and saddened to learn that my former colleague, news anchor and reporter, Suzanne Wangler (a.k.a. Suzanne Page), was found dead at her home, the victim of an apparent suicide. Suzanne was apparently released on bail. Rumor has it that she hung herself in the basement of her Royal Oak home, but authorities are refusing to confirm the details of her death. Despite

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By Matthew Brown Associated Press February 21, 2008 BILLINGS, Mont. - Gray wolves in the Northern Rockies will be removed from the endangered species list, following a 13-year restoration effort that helped the animal's population soar, federal officials said Thursday. An estimated 1,500 wolves now roam Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. That represents a dramatic turnaround for a predator that was

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By Darren Weeks Running an ethernet cable from my study, where my desk and broadcast equipment are located, into the family room, has proven to be one of the best decisions I've made. I'm now able to sit comfortably next to the fireplace and do my research, and catch up on Dennis' headlines. I thought I'd take a moment to share my cozy fire with you. I shot this video with my camera phone just

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By Darren Weeks This video serves to illustrate just how phony all of the communitarian, elite-anointed candidates really are. Barack Obama is now stealing other candidates' speeches from previous elections. All we hear about in the media is how charismatic the man is. Is it really surprising to find that his charisma is as phony as his communitarian ideas? It's all just slick packaging. Remove

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By Darren Weeks It's official. I have been offered and have accepted a position with Michigan State University as the newest member of their staff in the broadcast services department. This means that for the first time in my 16+ year career in television broadcasting, I will no longer be working closely with local news operations. I will be leaving that all behind, along with commercial

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The Telegraph August 1, 2008 Mourners shivering in a chapel are to be kept warm using "body heat" generated from cremating their loved ones. The idea will be tried at a crematorium near Manchester where grieving friends and relatives have complained of the cold during services. [Full Article...]

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By Darren Weeks Look at the pictures below. These are the photos from a rally that was held at the Maryland capital, urging legislators there to pass tough laws limiting so-called "greenhouse" gasses. The protesters braved freezing temperatures to fight "global warming". They even brought their poor children, who, ironically enough, will never be able to experience life without the

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Gordon Brown has thrown his weight behind a move to allow hospitals to take organs from dead patients without explicit consent. By Patrick Hennessy and Laura Donnelly The Telegraph Last updated: January 13, 2008 Writing in The Sunday Telegraph, the Prime Minister says that such a facility would save thousands of lives and that he hopes such a system can start this year. The proposals would

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By Felicity Barringer International Herald Tribune January 11, 2008 The conceit in the 1960s show "The Outer Limits" was that outside forces had taken control of your television set. Next year in California, state regulators are likely to have the emergency power to control individual thermostats, sending temperatures up or down through a radio-controlled device that will be required in new or

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Editor Book Review BusinessWeek July 30, 2007 The extinction of humankind is a grim topic. Yet in The World Without Us, journalist Alan Weisman invokes this ancient specter as the jumping-off point for a refreshing, and oddly hopeful, look at the fate of the environment. His central question: What would earth be like if humanity just vanished? Weisman's answer is as fascinating as it is

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By Lucy Sherriff The Register March 1, 2007 Somebody call Al Gore and tell him he can leave the lights on in his house for as long as he likes: some academics in Bristol have solved the climate change crisis. Oh yes, and they want their $25m prize money from Richard Branson, thankyewverymuch. Branson and Gore joined forces at the beginning of the month to offer the cash to the person who comes

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Me at the helm of the soon-to-be dismantled Master Control room at WLNS-TV. The department is being remodeled to convert the equipment over to all high definition. 2009 is the cut off point for analog television. Our old analog Grass Valley switcher will soon take its place on the ash heap of television history. The new digital control room is being built. I was helping to put together the

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Bali Conference Bali coverage from IISD

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By Darren Weeks There's an old saying that goes, "In Michigan, if you don't like the weather, then wait 5 minutes and it will change." Last Thursday, this is what it looked like outside. Then, a few days later, the snow was all gone... ...and then the rains came. It has poured for several days, causing flooding in certain areas around the state. There were flood warnings in effect and the

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By Darren Weeks Just in case anyone was starting to question whether there could be any sanity left in the world, along come the Austrailian "scientists" to differentiate bovine flatulence from that of kangaroos. It's remarkable what way too much free time and a lot of grant money will buy! In this case, the analytical Aussies have determined that cow farts are damaging to the environment and

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By Darren Weeks I just spent about 5 hours shoveling my 700 foot driveway again. If this "global warming" keeps up, I think I'm going to be buried. Here was the seen on Tuesday, after we started the year off with a wintry blast... I took this one to try and demonstrate the depth. Of course, it has been snowing lightly all night and we are supposed to get another inch or two. Morning break

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By Darren Weeks What a way to start the new year! We are being blasted by a winter storm that is dumping massive amounts of snow on us. I just went outside and took some photos. This is how it looked at 1:34AM EST outside my back door. I got my coat on and walked around the side of the house where the dog kennel is located and was greeting by a furry little snow creature, all covered in snow.

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By Darren Weeks Here's my cup of cocoa I made a couple of nights ago. Pretty nice, yes? There's nothing quite like hot cocoa on a cold, southern Michigan night! I cannot believe that we've reached the end of another year! Time used to go by so slow when I was younger. Now that I have a family and am entering my middle years, it seems that time is flying out of control! Perhaps the

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