Blazers beat Celtics without Roy - Behind The Blazers Beat

Beating the defending NBA champions at full strength is tough enough. The Trail Blazers did it Tuesday night without their best player and leading scorer.Without All-Star guard Brandon Roy, Portland withstood the relentless pressure of the Celtics and four players scored in double figures as the Blazers beat Boston 91-86 in front of a raucous...

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United Airlines Flight 173, Portland, OR - Plane Crash Sites

On Thursday, December 28, 1978, United Airlines Flight 173 en-route from Denver, CO to Portland, OR with 181 passengers and a crew of eight crashed in a residential area five miles east of Portland International Airport.

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Newsman's $70m lawsuit likely to deal Bush legacy a new blow

As George W Bush prepares to leave the White House, at least one unpleasant episode from his unpopular presidency is threatening to follow him into retirement.

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If you use Twitter, at least do it with Style

Firefox add-ons that will make your tweeting much more fun.

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Can dolphins survive winter in NJ rivers? (AP)

A group of bottlenose dolphins have been confounding humans since they took up residence in two rivers near the Jersey shore six months ago. Now that it's winter, some people are worried they'll never make it out.

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Republican's Gift Held Racial Parody of Obama

Chip Saltsman, a candidate for chairman of the Republican National Committee, sent committee members this month a holiday music CD that included 'Barack the Magic Negro,' a parody song first aired in 2007 by talk show host Rush Limbaugh.

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Bush's $1 Trillion War on Terror: Even Costlier Than Expecte

The news that President Bush's war on terror will soon have cost the U.S. taxpayer $1 trillion — and counting — is unlikely to spread much Christmas cheer in these tough economic times. A trio of recent reports — none by the Bush Administration — suggests that sometime early in the Obama presidency, spending on the wars started since 9/11 will pass

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Czechs may give EU a bumpy ride

The Czech Republic takes over the EU's rotating six-month presidency on 1 January, but politics is less than sweet in the land that produced the sugar cube, the BBC's Rob Cameron reports from Prague.

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Six killed as Santa-clad gunman opens fire at LA party

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - At least six people were killed when a man dressed as Santa Claus entered his former in-laws suburban Los Angeles house and opened fire on guests at a Christmas Eve party before setting the home on fire, police said on...

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Von Trapps Are Reunited, Without the Singing

Sam von Trapp, the grandson of Maria, the singing nun made famous by “The Sound of Music,” is taking over the legacy of a family that has had its share of ups and downs.

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Wiesel Foundation loses nearly everything in Madoff scandal!

"We are writing to inform you that the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity had 15.2 million dollars under management with Bernard Madoff Investment Securities," said the foundation, which aims to combat anti-Semitism, on its website.

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Obama Chooses Lincoln's Bible for Inauguration

President-elect Barack Obama will use the same Bible at his inauguration that Abraham Lincoln used for his swearing in. Obama will be the first president since Lincoln to use that Bible...

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GOP consultant killed in plane crash was warned of sabotage

The Republican consultant accused of involvement in a vote-rigging scandal was warned that his plane might be sabotaged before his death in a crash Friday night, according to a Cleveland CBS affiliate. The network also reported that the operative -- Michael Connell -- canceled two previous flights because of suspicious problems with his plane.

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White Vigilante Group Murdered Blacks During Katrina

Earlier this week, A.C. Thompson of The Nation revealed that after Hurricane Katrina, white vigilante groups patrolled New Orleans, blockaded streets, and shot at least eleven black men. It “was like pheasant season in South Dakota. If it moved, you shot it,” said one vigilante.

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Aurora Borealis: In Pictures

Pictures of the aurora borealis from around the world.

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The Madoff Economy

The vast riches achieved by those who managed other people’s money have had a corrupting effect on our society as a whole.

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Not Another Word on Gay Marriage til They Execute an Adulter

The religious right picks and chooses which parts of the Bible they want to apply. And they choose based on which outsider group they would like to hate next. First, they emphasized slavery in the Bible when they wanted to hate black people. Now, they emphasize the parts condemning homosexuality so they can hate gay people.

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Craziest Football Play Ever

Trinity Miracle: End Zone Shot

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Poverty Dramatically Affects Children's Brains

A new study finds that certain brain functions of some low-income 9- and 10-year-olds pale in comparison with those of wealthy children and that the difference is almost equivalent to the damage from a stroke.

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Cars Sliding Down Icy Hill - iReport.com

December 15, 2008. Portland, Oregon. After watching many cars attempt to go up this icy hill, and fail, I had to capture it on video, speed it up and put it to music. Enjoy this montage of cars sliding down a hill.

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On Wall Street, Bonuses, Not Profits, Were Real

As regulators sift through the financial rubble, there are questions about what role lavish bonuses played in the debacle.

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Rwandan Convicted of Genocide

Col. Theoneste Bagosora, the military organizer of the 1994 slaughter in Rwanda, was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison by a U.N. court.

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"I hunted down the woman who stole my life."

How to catch an identify thief…

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"I hunted down the woman who stole my life."

How to catch an identify thief…

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The Day Web 2.0 Died

Defining Web 2.0 has been something like a fun parlor game for a few years now. There’s a long history of people trying to come up with a unified definition of Web 2.0. But like the elusive theory of everything in physics, a single, agreed-upon definition of what Web 2.0 really means has been hard to come by.

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QoE: The New Next-Gen IT Trend

In today’s economy, each customer is worth his weight in gold, quite literally. Retaining that gold is businesses’ highest order of the day. Perhaps it is not that remarkable, then, that customer experience is now a top focus of IT.

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1981 Murder of Adam Walsh (John Walsh's Son) is Solved!

Authorities in South Florida announced Tuesday that they've finally solved the 1981 killing of Adam Walsh, whose father later gained fame as the host of "America's Most Wanted." Hollywood police held a news conference to close the case of the abduction and homicide of 6-year-old Adam.

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Free Wi-Fi spreading like a virus

With the economy down and competition for scarce customers up, the trickle of free Wi-Fi hotspots is becoming a flood. Sandwich joints, coffee houses, gas stations, buses, trains -- even the entire city of Beijing -- are all getting free, no-login Wi-Fi. It's a wonderful time to be a cheapskate with a netbook.

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Ball bounces Jets' way in win over Bills

Nearly a month after the Giants celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Miracle at the Meadowlands, the Jets experienced their own version yesterday.With the Bills protecting a three-point lead and in position to run out the clock and deal a potentially fatal blow to the Jets' playoff hopes, luck - often the most elusive of dance partners....

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Ball bounces Jets' way in win over Bills

Nearly a month after the Giants celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Miracle at the Meadowlands, the Jets experienced their own version yesterday.With the Bills protecting a three-point lead and in position to run out the clock and deal a potentially fatal blow to the Jets' playoff hopes, luck - often the most elusive of dance partners....

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Ball bounces Jets' way in win over Bills

Nearly a month after the Giants celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Miracle at the Meadowlands, the Jets experienced their own version yesterday.With the Bills protecting a three-point lead and in position to run out the clock and deal a potentially fatal blow to the Jets' playoff hopes, luck - often the most elusive of dance partners....

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Ball bounces Jets' way in win over Bills

Nearly a month after the Giants celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Miracle at the Meadowlands, the Jets experienced their own version yesterday.With the Bills protecting a three-point lead and in position to run out the clock and deal a potentially fatal blow to the Jets' playoff hopes, luck - often the most elusive of dance partners....

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Ball bounces Jets' way in win over Bills

Nearly a month after the Giants celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Miracle at the Meadowlands, the Jets experienced their own version yesterday.With the Bills protecting a three-point lead and in position to run out the clock and deal a potentially fatal blow to the Jets' playoff hopes, luck - often the most elusive of dance partners....

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Nobel Economist: Bail Out Homeowners, Not Banks

"We should be helping at the bottom end, not at the top," he says.

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Portland memorial honors victims of Ireland's 1840s famine

In a frigid but triumphant ceremony that started a wee late ("Irish time," said one woman, "half past a glass"), about 400 Oregonians endured a few moments of misery to honor their ancestral home's most miserable of times: An Gorta Mor, the Great Famine.

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Rahm Emanuel Rips Blagoyevich a New ***** -Transcript

My favorite quote: EMANUEL: Um, I don't know, what's it supposed to mean governor? A.) You're a ***** crook. B.) You're a ***** *****. C.) All of the above.

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George Bush's Final F.U. to America

George W Bush is rushing to enact a host of last-minute regulations that will screw America for years to come.

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A Visual Guide to the Financial Crisis: The Bailout

Here is a visual guide to understanding how the bailout is funded and a couple of financial experts’ take on how it could be funded.

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The Facebook Virus Spreads: No Social Network is Safe

"Koobface" is the name of the Trojan worm that's been making its way through the social networking site Facebook lately, but to the site's users, it's been simply known as "the Facebook virus." That name will soon become a misnomer, though, because the worm is now spreading outside of Facebook's walls to attack other social networks like Bebo, MySp

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Smiling in Your Social Network Photos?

Researchers Nicholas Christakis and James Folwer recently published a paper in the British Medical Journal where they examined how a person's happiness is related to the happiness of their friends in their offline social networks. To follow up that study, they recently examined those same happiness clusters in online networks like MySpace and Faceb

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Powell: GOP 'polarization' backfired in election

The Republican party must stop "shouting at the world" and start listening to minority groups if it is to win elections in the 21st century, former Secretary of State Colin Powell said Thursday.In an interview with CNN's Fareed Zakaria for Sunday's "GPS" program, President Bush's former secretary of state said his party's attempt ...

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The Politico: Ben Smith's Blog: Obama stands up for Land of Lincoln

Blog: Obama stands up for Land of Lincoln

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Media Companies Have Only Themselves to Blame

The recession is hitting everyone. But print media companies -- newspapers, books and magazines -- are getting hit harder than most. It's their own damned fault. Like the US automakers and the music industry, print media companies squandered most of their time and money during boom times clinging to the past rather than preparing for the bust.

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The Aimless War - TIME

A trip to the front lines in Afghanistan shows why a surge of U.S. troops won't be enough to end the conflict

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Man held in Obama 'Antichrist' threat

HONOLULU, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Federal prosecutors say they are holding a Hawaiian man who allegedly threatened to attack Barrack Obama to prove the new U.S. president is the Antichrist.

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Why book publishers will fail like the music industry did

Two major book publishers launched iPhone apps to market via cell phone. Both fall short of actually publishing new books. Does this sound familiar? The music industry was holding on to physical CD sales so tightly that they let Apple run away with control over digital distribution and the future of their industry. Will book publishers do the same?

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19-Year-Old Needs 3rd Transplant to Save Her Life

Written by CBS4 special projects producer Libby SmithReporting Dr. Dave HnidaBOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) ― Every three days, Kelsey Crider spends four hours hooked up to a dialysis machine."It's like my artificial kidney," Kelsey told CBS4.

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GOP US Attorney who prosecuted Chong dares Obama to fire her

Now the Bush-appointee -- who spent $12 million to put that oh-so-notorious kingpin Tommy Chong behind bars for nine months -- has been struck with another bout of headline-grabbing obstinance. Buchanan says she won't step down once President-elect Obama takes office next month.

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Merrill Lynch CEO Whines To Get His $10-million Bonus

Life must be tough without an extra $10-million laying around.

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Ring of Fire Radio | Aesop's Fables For The GOP

Several years ago, I wrote a book about the lessons of Aesop’s Fables. His stories about lions, birds, and donkeys were written to help leaders understand the consequences of arrogance, indifference, greed, and misused power. Aesop’s ideas provided reality checks that are as relevant today as they were then.

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Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Obama Citizenship Case

As if it would have made a difference anyways...

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Tribune Prepares for Bankruptcy Filing - Old Media Dying

Tribune is preparing for a possible bankruptcy-protection filing as soon as this week, opening a new front of trouble for the newspaper industry.

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23 Photos That Look Like They’re Photoshopped But Aren't

There are hundreds of posts available on the internet about photoshop and photo manipulation. You probably have also seen many photos or images that have been photoshopped and inspire others. Here are 23 awesome photos that look like they’re photoshopped but aren't.

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Gas prices near 5-year low!

The average price of self-serve gasoline dropped 22 cents in the past two weeks, said Trilby Lundberg, publisher of the Lundberg Survey. The average, tallied on Friday, was the lowest since the $1.74 average on March 12, 2004, Lundberg said.

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Deepak Chopra: Letter to Sean Hannity of Fox News

Can't Fox News spend even a week without spreading misinformation?

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Blake's late 3 lifts Blazers past Raptors 98-97

LaMarcus Aldridge scored 20 points, Steve Blake had 19 that included a 3-pointer with 8 seconds left, and the Portland Trail Blazers spoiled Toronto coach Jay Triano’s home debut with a 98-97 victory over the Raptors on Sunday.

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Why the stories about Obama's birth certificate will nevwr die

Barack Obama was, without question, born in the U.S., and he is eligible to be president, but experts on conspiracy theories say that won't ever matter to those who believe otherwise.

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Bells, chants launch Bhutan's first daily newspaper

THIMPHU, Bhutan (Reuters) - Buddhist monks prayed for the success of Bhutan's first daily newspaper, which was launched Thursday but could take a week to reach remote areas of the tiny Himalayan nation carried on ponies and on foot. Bhutan Today, an...

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Dog rescues injured dog on highway

This video is amazing -- can anyone translate what the announcer is saying?

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Police reveal chilling account of stalker's fatal pursuit

Loan Kim Nguyen's purse was stolen at a Halloween-night party in San Francisco - and that's all it took to trigger a horrific chain of events that soon had a stalker virtually kidnapping her, haunting her and then, one month later, bursting into her home and fatally shooting her as she handed her toddlers out a window.

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Why Are PCs So Slow?

Moore's Law says computer chips double in speed every 1.5 to 2 years. Your PC should be 32 times faster than the PC you used in 1998. The chips ARE faster, so why isn't your PC? Chip speed improvements are being squandered by everyone from OS makers to driver writers to hardware makers and component manufacturers.

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Flock OpenID support a small step for slow-moving standard

Through a partnership that includes MySpace and Vidoop, an alpha extension brings OpenID management to the Flock social browser. It's an interesting approach to boosting awareness, but OpenID is going to need a lot more help than this to gain traction amidst heavy competition.

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Santa Claus' Gmail Account Exposed

I love this santaclaus@gmail.com snapshot, from Bono in his contacts, along with Jesuschrist and Rudolph, to the fact that he'll give Xboxes to bad boys instead of coal because of the energy crisis. The best thing, however, is his inbox.

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Nigeria buys baby poison antidote

Nigerian medical authorities are flying in 100 doses of an antidote to try and stem the deaths of babies poisoned by a contaminated teething syrup

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What the U.S. Can Learn from Japan's 'Lost Decade'

Japan's experience with its own real estate crisis offers important lessons for the U.S. America has some distinct advantages compared with what Japan went through in 1990 — and some disadvantages.

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For Heroes of Mumbai, Terror Was a Call to Action

Ordinary citizens displayed extraordinary grace during one of the most horrific terrorist attacks in India’s history.

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Power.com: The Next Massive IM & Social Networking Aggregate

New site being launched in the US that is a combination of an aggregation service like FriendFeed, a multi-protocol IM tool like Meebo, and an all-in-one email application.

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Black Friday? Cyber Monday? Here comes 'Mobile Tuesday'

Step aside, Black Friday and Cyber Monday -- there's a new discount day in town. A cell phone marketing company called Mobigosee is trying to launch a third shopping day called "Mobile Tuesday," where the discounts come to you in the form of cell phone coupons and advertisements.

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Give "Meet The Press" To Rachel Maddow

How is it Obama can fill a Cabinet faster than NBC can replace Tim Russert?

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The Simpsons Parody Apple and Steve Jobs

Funny Cause It’s True!

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The Power of Blogs: Bloggers Unite on World AIDS Day

AIDS.gov is partnering with the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and Blog Catalog for Bloggers Unite on World AIDS Day 2008. This event encourages bloggers from around the world to dedicate their blog posts on Dec. 1, 2008 (World AIDS Day) to issues related to HIV/AIDS.

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