30 Nov
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The longest winning streak in television game show history ended on Tuesday when “Jeopardy!” champion Ken Jennings lost after he collected more than $2.5 million in 74 victories.
Jennings walked away with $2,520,700 in cash, in what the syndicated TV show’s distributors said was a record for the most money ever [...]
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30 Nov
A new high-definition DVD format aimed at replacing current DVDs got a huge boost Monday when NBC Universal and three other heavyweight Hollywood studios endorsed electronics giant Toshiba’s new HD DVD.
The new discs — due out next fall — promise superior picture and audio quality and greater storage capacity, enabling longer movies to be stored [...]
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26 Nov
For those who are looking at this post’s timestamp and thinking it is a mistake, trust me, it aint. it is 4:30 am.
I’m up early this morning getting ready to go hunting with my dad and gramps. Well, dad is the only one that can “render to possession” today; he has a late bull (elk) [...]
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25 Nov
DAVE BARRY We’d rather eat turkey;
Thanksgiving is that very special holiday when we take a break from our hectic everyday lives to spend quality time with our loved ones, rediscovering all the reasons why we don’t actually live with them.
“Speaking of which: The ”hot” new Thanksgiving culinary trend is to cook turkeys in big deep-fat [...]
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25 Nov
no kiddin?
ABC News: Iraq Troops Find Chemical Lab in Fallujah: “Iraqi troops searching suspected terrorist hideouts in Fallujah discovered a laboratory with manuals on how to manufacture explosives and toxins including anthrax, Iraq’s national security adviser said Thursday.”
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