As of yesterday, NBC said it still had two ad slots left sell for Sunday’s Super Bowl. The slow sales are definitely a sign of the times, with American car companies and FedEx declining to buy ads this year. One of the last slots was sold to Cash4Gold.com, a site that buys used jewelry from [...]
Entries from January 2009
Super Bowl ad spots gone/PETA angry
January 31st, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: Entertainment · Sports
Chemical found in plastic lingers in body
January 30th, 2009 · No Comments
The issue of, bisphenol (the chemical found in some plastics, and food packaging), and whether it causes cancer or not, is still being argued about. New studies are being done and these demonstrate that the chemical stays in the body for a long period of time. This chemical may be the cause why so many [...]
Tags: Health
Super Bowl ad time almost gone/PETA not happy
January 29th, 2009 · No Comments
Sunday have become one of the major highlights for audience viewers. Over the years they have become more entertaining in such a way that they seem to have their own set of fans. From funny to sexy, companies like Coca-Cola and McDonald’s use the air time to their advantage. But what happens when one of [...]
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Many Idol stars shined in Salt Lake City last night
January 29th, 2009 · No Comments
Many stars shined in Salt Lake City last night as the stadium filled with American Idol hopefuls.
Among the stars were a young girl who was orphaned recently by the death of her parents, Rose Flack, whose dream it was to sing. Simon loved her style, although they all said she had to work on her [...]
Tags: Entertainment
Mail may no longer be delivered to U.S. homes on Saturdays
January 29th, 2009 · No Comments
Washington (OTL) – The mail may no longer be delivered to U.S. homes on Saturdays according to a new rumored move by the United States Postal Service.
The U.S. Postal Service is reportedly trying to cut costs in a variety of ways.
The new proposal is that they will reduce the number of delivery days from six [...]
Tags: U.S.
Salmonella found in peanut butter before shipped to consumers
January 29th, 2009 · No Comments
Boston (OTL) – According to a new report by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), salmonella bacteria was found in peanut butter even before it shipped to consumers.
The FDA has reported that the Peanut Corporation of America had testing for salmonella many times from 2007 to 2008.
Over that time period, on 12 different occasions [...]
Tags: Health
access Gmail without an internet connection?
January 29th, 2009 · No Comments
Boston (OTL) – Google has launched a system to allow users to access Gmail without an internet connection this week.
This new system has been put in place to make Gmail available offline to the masses.
The idea behind it was that it would work exactly as if you had Gmail open online on an active connection.
Gmail [...]
Tags: Sci/Tec
House voted against delay of switching from analog to digital
January 29th, 2009 · No Comments
Boston (OTL) – The U.S. House voted against a delay of switching from analog to digital TV.
House Republicans managed to defeat a bill to postpone the switch to digital TV.
The Obama administration has been pushing to delay the switch from analog to digital TV, pushing it from February 17th to June 12th.
This is not going [...]
Tags: Sci/Tec
All Super Bowl ads almost sold out
January 29th, 2009 · No Comments
Washington (OTL) – NBC has reportedly sold just about all of their ad slots for the Super Bowl this coming Sunday.
NBC has been working to sell all of their ad spots for the Super Bowl broadcast, and has just about succeeded.
Advertisements for the game on Sunday are being sold at $2.4 million at a minimum [...]
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Tomb Raider Back in Theaters
January 28th, 2009 · No Comments
New York – Lara Croft is being born again for a third rendition of the video game franchise, Tomb Raider developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive in 1996. Tomb Raider the game, stars Lara Croft an archaeologist in search of treasures, like a female Indiana Jones.
Several sequels and spin offs of the [...]
Tags: Entertainment