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2 hrs ago | The Washington Post

Bond Buyers Endorsing Bernanke's Caution Unfazed by $100 Oil

The market for U.S. Treasuries is embracing Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke's view that signs of improving growth mask threats to the nation's economy, keeping inflation in check.

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Related Topix: Ben Bernanke, Newport Beach, CA, Fox Filmed Entertainment, 9, Financial Markets, Financial Services, BlackRock, Investment Services

6 hrs ago | Boston.com

JFK intern recounts long-ago affair in new book

Mimi Alford was terrified in 1998 when the Monica Lewinsky scandal turned the word "intern" into a dirty joke, exposing an affair with a president.

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Related Topix: Sex Scandal, New York, Random House, Publishing

Sun Feb 12, 2012

Toronto News.Net

Sun Arrests Pile Pressure on Murdoch Media Empire

Murdoch closed his News of World weekly after allegations last year it hacked the phone of a murdered schoolgirl promp... ... Read the full story at CNBC Music Industry Pays Tribute to Whitney Houston The music industry is celebrating the life of Grammy Award-winning singer and actress Whitney Houston who was found dead at a Los Angeles hotel ... (more)

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Related Topix: Law, Employment / Labor Law, Fox Filmed Entertainment

Reuters

Sun arrests pile pressure on Murdoch media empire

Rupert Murdoch is under pressure over his Sun tabloid after the arrests of several senior staff in a corruption probe, but whistleblowers inside his media empire may pose more of a threat than the public outrage that forced the closure of its sister paper.

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Related Topix: Rupert Murdoch, Publishing, News Corporation, Computer Security, Science / Technology, Journalism

Shockya.com

Whitney Houston's Body Found in Bathtub at Beverly Hilton Hotel

Whitney Houston's body was discovered in a bathtub at the Beverly Hilton Hotel by her entourage, the New York Daily News is reporting.

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Related Topix: Fox Filmed Entertainment

New York Daily News

NYC sex slave's story of escape

Sofia tells the Daily News how a "boyfriend" tricked her into leaving Mexico illegally -- and forced her into the life of a sex slave.

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Related Topix: Startups, Publishing, News, IGN Entertainment, Century Media Records, Television, Ottaway Newspapers, Fox Filmed Entertainment, FOX News Network, Music

IcUxbridge

World & UK News: Cowell leads tributes to Houston

Tributes have been pouring in for American singer and actress Whitney Houston, who has died at the age of 48.

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Related Topix: Fox Filmed Entertainment, Comedy Movies, Music!, Thriller, The Bodyguard, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Celebrities, Whitney Houston, Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Amy Winehouse

KRAV-FM Tulsa

Singer Whitney Houston with Clive Davis: 2011

Singer Whitney Houston with Clive Davis onstage during the 2011 Pre-GRAMMY Gala & Salute to Industry Icons, with Clive Davis Honoring David Geffen at the Beverly Hilton on February 12, 2011.

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Related Topix: Whitney Houston, Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, DreamWorks SKG, Entertainment

Sat Feb 11, 2012

SFBG Politics Blog

Dick Meister: The plight of the pregnant worker

Dick Meister, former labor editor of the SF Chronicle and KQED-TV Newsroom, has covered labor and politics for more than a half-century. Contact him through his website, Dina Bakst of the Work and Family Legal Center reminds us of an important fact that few people seem to realize - - that getting pregnant can cause a woman to lose her job, despite ... (more)

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Related Topix: New Times, Publishing, Law, Employment / Labor Law

WSTC-AM Norwalk

Whitney Houston, superstar of records, films, dies

In this July 25, 1984, file photo, Whitney Houston, left, and Jermaine Jackson sing during a rehearsal for the CBS television soap opera "As the World Turns" in New York.

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Related Topix: Whitney Houston, Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, CBS, Television, Showtime Networks, Entertainment

IcHounslow

World & UK News: 'Nuclear' accusations dismissed

Argentina said it had intelligence that a Vanguard submarine had been sent to the area, and demanded to know whether it was carrying warheads.

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Related Topix: Startups, Publishing, News, IGN Entertainment, News Corporation, Century Media Records, Television, Ottaway Newspapers, FOX News Network, Music

MSNBC

British police arrest 5 at Murdoch's Sun newspaper

An advertisement for The Sun newspaper is seen on a billboard outside News International's Wapping headquarters in London, Jan.

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Related Topix: News Corporation, Publishing, Journalism

WTAQ-AM Green Bay

UK police arrest five at Murdoch's Sun news...

British police on Saturday arrested five people at The Sun newspaper, its parent company News Corporation said, as part of an investigation into illegal news gathering that forced the closure of another of the firm's British tabloids.

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Related Topix: News Corporation, Publishing

Click Orlando

Catholic bishops group denounces contraception compromise

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops denounced President Barack Obama's compromise over whether to require religiously affiliated institutions to provide contraception to female employees, saying the proposal raises "serious moral concerns," according to a statement posted on its website late Friday.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Publishing, Television, Ottaway Newspapers, Fox Filmed Entertainment, Digital Journal, FOX News Network

Fri Feb 10, 2012

EDGE

Shake Your Groove Thing With Priscilla at New York's Fabled Essex House

Celebrate Valentine's Day with an overnight stay at Jumeirah Essex House, the luxurious Art Deco hotel with an unrivaled Central Park address, recently dubbed the "most romantic hotel" in New York by the Philadelphia Gay News.

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Related Topix: Priscilla, Pop/Rock, Manhattan, NY, New York, NY, Publishing, Gay/Lesbian, IGN Entertainment, Television, Ottaway Newspapers, FOX News Network

Boston.com

As Facebook IPO nears, the case for dull stocks

Investors thinking of buying a piece of Facebook after it goes public are hoping it will perform like Google , whose stock has risen 500 percent since its debut seven and a half years ago.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Financial Markets, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, PCS Research Technology, IT Services, Biotech, Johnson and Johnson, Medicine, Johnson and Johnson Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare Industry

The Miami Herald

Judge hears final arguments in Globes TV dispute

In this Jan. 11, 2009 file photo, celebrities arrive at the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif.

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Related Topix: Golden Globe Awards, Family, dick clark productions, Television

WZZK-FM Birmingham

Vergara arrives at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Evening ...

Vergara arrives at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Evening with "Modern Family" at Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre on March 3, 2010 NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA - MARCH 03: Actress Sofia Vergara arrives at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Evening with "Modern Family" at Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre on March 3, 2010 in North Hollywood, ... (more)

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Related Topix: Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Entertainment

Creative Mac

Internet Patents Corporation Announces Ex-Dividend Date of March 12,...

The distribution of $5.00 per share on the Company's common stock will be paid on March 9, 2012 to all shareholders of record as of February 10, 2012 .

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Related Topix: Insurance, InsWeb, Marketing, Computers, Bankrate

Boston.com

What earnings reports reveal about entertainment

Jan. 25: Netflix Inc. discloses that it has regained almost as many customers as it lost following an unpopular price increase, signaling that the video subscription service is healing from its self-inflicted wounds.

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Related Topix: Netflix, Startups, Viacom, Harry Potter, Books

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