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Entries from January 2009

Super Bowl ad spots gone/PETA angry

January 31st, 2009 · No Comments

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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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Tags: Entertainment · Sports

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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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Tags: Entertainment · Sports

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 [...]

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Tags: Entertainment