The End of African Unity?by Shawn HattinghIn August and September of 1974, people across the length and breadth of South Africa celebrated the coming independence of Angola, Guinea-Bissau, and Mozambique. People like Mamphela Rampele led massive rallies honoring the success of the liberation movements in these countries. There was even spontaneous dancing in […]
As recently as February, Microsoft said it expected to sell “more than 20 million” Windows Mobile licenses in the current fiscal year, which concludes at the end of this month. In today’s letter, Microsoft’s Andy Lees instead says the company “will sell nearly 20 million Windows Mobile smartphone licenses.”Is the change from “more than” to […]
Sex and the City had its New York premiere last night, and more than a thousand fans were turned away because Radio City Music Hall was filled to capacity. The Daily News referred to the overbooking as “THEIR ‘SEX’LESS NIGHT,” while the Post simply mentioned the locked-out fans in its coverage of the “HOT PREMIERE […]
“I don’t think there are any goodbye plans,” he said, “and that’s OK. I’ll show up and meet and greet people and possibly have a piece of cake, shake some hands and say goodbye.”“I hate to see him go,” said WHAS-TV anchor Gary Roedemeier, who worked with Schulz for almost 25 of those years. “He’ll […]
Group seeks to preserve San Antonio missionsSAN ANTONIO (AP) — A new coalition has kicked off a campaign to raise $15.5 million to restore and preserve the four historic missions in San Antonio.The Las Misiones campaign has already raised $4 million toward the goal for Mission Concepcion, Mission San Jose, Mission San Juan and Mission […]
A trial will begin Tuesday at a U.S. District Court in Los Angeles. The court also will hear Televisa’s lawsuit over rights to distribute programming over the Internet in the U.S. Univision maintains that a provision under the PLA prohibits Televisa from distributing new media content stateside.The long-running legal dispute between the Spanish-language media titans […]
During the 1970s, Paul Thai, like most of his fellow countrymen, lived in terror during the reign of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia.Despite the many hardships from those years, the Dallas police lieutenant said, one of his fondest childhood memories was celebrating Chaul Chnam Thmey, or the Cambodian new year.For many years, […]
March 13, 2008 — The woman for whom Gov. Spitzer tossed away his political career, reputation and, perhaps, his family finally has a face.Ashley Alexandra Dupre, a 22-year-old aspiring singer from the Jersey Shore, is the high-priced hooker at the heart of the sordid, sex-filled drama. Her name was revealed on the same day Spitzer […]
The woman at the heart of the Spitzer scandal talks to Serge Kovaleski and Ian Urbina in New York.SHE left a broken home in New Jersey at 17 and went to New York City to work the nightclubs as a rhythm-and-blues singer. Now, at 22, she is the unwitting, and as yet unseen, star of […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.: At first glance, a record $2.5 million sponsorship agreement between New Mexico's athletic department and a tribal casino hotel might seem at odds with NCAA rules against gambling.Athletic director Paul Krebs defended the deal Wednesday, saying it will help the department fund coaches' salaries, both for hiring and retention, and support programs for […]