Plunge from top of ratings brings shake-up at Ch. 7 - Boston Globe

Plunge from top of ratings brings shake-up at Ch. 7 - Boston Globe
After dominating the 11 p.m. news for a decade with its flashy graphics and emphasis on spot news, WHDH-TV (Channel 7) has plunged to third place in the ratings. In response, the station has dismissed its late-night executive news producer and two

Does Mike Leach have all the leverage? - Collegesportsblog.dallasnews.com
It sure appears so. He's coming off a great season and the two sides have agreed in principle to the salary structure of a new contract $12.7 million for five years to make Mike Leach the coach through 2013. But there are those four sticking points

Wall Street Journal expands global websites - Media Week Online
HSBC Private Bank is the exclusive sponsor of the Europe and Asia sites and a "high-impact" campaign will run across both sites' homepages. The WSJ mobile application for BlackBerry smartphones, WSJ.com Mobile Reader, will have specific regional

Turbulence and tragedies eclipse early triumphs - Boston Globe
Ted Kennedy had been entrusted with overseeing 13 western states for his brother's 1960 presidential campaign. It was a tough assignment, since many of the states were Republican strongholds. In the end, he failed to deliver all but three of them

Action Line: Don't be fooled by 'Property Tax Reassessment' scam - San Jose Mercury News
Q I recently received an official-looking letter from "Property Tax Reassessment," but I'm more than certain it's a scam. It arrived, coincidently, the day before the Mercury News article about reassessing property values in Santa Clara County. The

Ghostly Derby is No1 for spooks - The Sun
Ed Felix, 29, of Derby Ghostwalks, showed Sun man DAVID LOWE some of the town’s most spine-tingling locations. Guildhall Tunnels: Since 1972 a boy dubbed “Little Sammy” has been seen and heard in the darkness. Visitors have even felt the touch

Most schools in Pa. underfund special education - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Most school districts in Pennsylvania are not spending enough to meet the basic needs of special education students, according to a new study. The study found that 391 of the state's 501 school districts are spending less than a basic adequacy level