The Street News

Tim Tielman, executive director of the Campaign for Greater Buffalo takes a look at the new Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus and the terrible lack of "eyes on the street" there.

The European view is from a major trading desk morning comment, where the author cannot be cited: I'll dispense with the usual prose today and break this thing down as logically as I can : A) We're witnessing a mild retreat from risk this morning.

Andre Braugher's portrayal of icy, intimidating detective Frank Pembleton in "Homicide: Life on the Street" earned him an Emmy and assured him a rich career of playing no-nonsense authority figures.

If one of Blanche's acquaintances at the One O'Clock Club had popped their clogs - and they did, regularly - she wouldn't waste her time on a glowing testimonial.

Look out Tyra Banks ! The Cookie Monster is looking to bite into your chocolate cheeks! Or at least caress them for a second or two! AWKWARD! Tyra had the Street gang on her show recently to indulge in some adult conversation.

It was an iconic song of the 1980s and one of the first mainstream songs to tackle the subject of Aboriginal Rights in Australia but Goanna's classic Solid Rock has been reworked for 2009.

With the holiday shopping season in full force, you are undoubtedly looking for some big, awe-inspiring items.

A&E Home Video, $149.95 Before HBO's Baltimore-based The Wire came along and blew everyone's minds , the television-consuming public was pretty much dependent on one show to foster its intimacy with Body-More Murdaland.

A Satire on What Would Happen If Bill O'Reilly, Glenn Beck & Friends Met Big Bird, Elmo & Oscar the Grouch A script treatment for a future sweeps episode of "Sesame Street" was leaked this week and caused consternation in the realms of left & right politics.

JIMMY McGovern's critically acclaimed drama series The Street has won a clutch of high profile television awards.

Gray O'Brien has admitted that his Coronation Street heart attack storyline brought back sad memories.

Have I totally lost the plot, or is Kelly Bensimon walking down the street wearing her bath mat? I'm serious.

Coronation Street busybody Sally Webster is seething when she sees that her daughter's kidnapper John Stape has returned to the cobbles after being released from prison.

"Dancing with the Stars" pro dancers Cheryl Burke and Tony Dovolani were dancing down Main St.

A weird mixture of the standard Ken Loach film with standard Hollywood fare . Where Woody Allen had a Bogart simulacrum do this in Play It Again, Sam, postman Steve Evets has his football hero, Eric Cantona.

Jimmy McGovern has announced that he is working on a new drama series for the BBC.

As TDA celebrates 20 years , a staple of childhood is celebrating double that. Sesame Street first aired in 1969 as a pilot with a less muppety format.

Did you log on to Google today? My soon-to be-eight-year-old daughter did and said, "Mom, look, it's Big Bird's legs!" The reason for the high tech shout-out I knew is because this month , Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Oscar and friends are turning 40.

Great news for fans of The Street - Jimmy McGovern is working on a six-part drama for BBC1 which will follow a different character each week.

Honolulu's wet and dark today, with passing downpours sending small rivers of water into the storm drains downtown.