Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang announced on Tuesday that he is stepping down from his position on the Yahoo. From Yang’s letter to the Yahoo: My time at Yahoo!, from its founding to the present, has encompassed some of the most exciting and rewarding experiences of my life. However, the time has come for me to […]
Burger King tries home delivery, USA Today reports. Burger King, the No. 2 burger chain, has quietly begun testing home delivery of its burgers, fries and other sandwiches since fall at four of its restaurants in the greater Washington, D.C., area, with an eye on expanding beyond that. There’s a $2 delivery fee. And depending on […]
Free online knowledge site Wikipedia will shut down for 24 hours later this week in protest at draft anti-online piracy legislation before the US Congress, founder Jimmy Wales said on Twitter. “Student warning! Do your homework early. Wikipedia protesting bad law on Wednesday!” Wales said on the microblogging site. “‘Freedom is never voluntarily given by […]
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Jon Huntsman is dropping out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination, according to campaign officials. An aide to Huntsman confirmed the news to The Huffington Post and said the former governor of Utah would endorse Mitt Romney on Monday. The aide added that Huntsman “didn’t want to stand in the way of the candidate […]
Ricky Gervais wasted no time taking aim at the Golden Globes room Sunday evening, coming out in his opening monologue and firing salvos at the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. and NBC, the two principals behind the night’s festivities.
Giants beat the Green Bay Packers 37 – 20 Sunday in the NFC divisional round at Wisconsin. Next Sunday will mark the eighth playoff meeting between the Giants and Niners since 1981.
After less than two minutes AFC divisional playoff game started, the Patriots were up by a touchdown. Less than six minutes later, they were up by two. Over the final 2 1/2 minutes of a freakishly good first half, they scored two more to go up by 28 points. At the end of game Patriots won 45-10 in […]
A week before the South Carolina primaries, more than 150 conservative evangelical leaders met in Texas and voted to throw their weight behind former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum.
Standard & Poor’s downgraded the credit of nine European countries. Cyprus, Italy, Portugal, and Spain were downgraded by two notches, while Austria, France, Malta, Slovakia, and Slovenia were downgraded by one notch.