New CBS News VP tied to Jack Abramoff scheme - Raw Story

New CBS News VP tied to Jack Abramoff scheme - Raw Story
When it was announced last week that CBS News had hired Jeff Ballabon as a senior vice president for communications, with responsibility for "all media relations and public affairs," there were scattered complaints about Ballabon's extreme

Sideswipe : Toys for kids - New Zealand Herald
A novel way to beat the economic downturn, spotted by a reader in a West Auckland Placemakers store - selling really big boxes as toys for kids! The young salesperson said: "It's in really good nick. Imagine cutting some windows and a door in THAT

Alza lays off 140 - Vacaville Reporter
Vacaville's ALZA Corp., a pharmaceutical and medical delivery systems firm, on Tuesday laid off 140 employees, or more than 18 percent of its workforce, a corporate spokesman said. Greg Panico, the spokesman, said the firm's parent company, Johnson

Andria Hall, 51; left career in TV news to follow faith - Boston Globe
She had established a 20-year newscasting career that included stints at Fox and CNN and an Emmy award from her days with WCVB-TV in Boston. She had appeared in a major motion picture and written a book. In 2001, she gave up that career for a very

What Was Up With Bobby Jindal Last Night? - Nymag.com
Traditionally, the opposition party delivers a response immediately following the president's State of the Union address, and last night that honor/curse was bestowed upon Louisiana's Republican governor and sometime-exorcist Bobby Jindal