We deserve to be in final - Terry
Chelsea skipper John Terry says his side deserve their place in the Champions League final after three semi-final defeats.
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Archive for April, 2008
Adios, Avery
Hear from Jason Terry, Josh Howard and Erick Dampier on the firing of Mavs head coach Avery Johnson. Johnson was fired after Dallas was defeated in the first round of the playoffs for the second year in a row.
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Starbucks to slash U.S. store openings through 2011 (Reuters)
Reuters - Starbucks Corp said on Wednesday it would slash U.S. coffee store openings through 2011 as it adjusts to slower U.S. growth and turns its focus to expanding newer international markets.
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UN sets up food crisis task force
The UN’s Ban Ki-moon announces a new task force will tackle the crisis triggered by soaring global food prices.
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Big Brown has won from the outside post before
Big Brown, the early Derby favorite, will start from the far outside post. It’s nothing new for this horse, Jay Privman says.
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Afghan ‘health link’ to uranium
The BBC hears that rising rates of child health issues in Afghanistan may be linked to depleted uranium weapons.
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AP source: Cruise talks to Oprah about image, faith, family (AP)
AP - Tom Cruise’s two-part interview on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” includes a snowmobile ride and a frank discussion of his rocky media image, followed by an in-studio celebration of “Risky Business” 25 years ago, a person close to the production told The Associated Press Wednesday.
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Chinese virus infections rising
A lethal intestinal virus which has already claimed 20 lives could cause more deaths in eastern China.
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Studios not willing to accept contract demands by actors (AP)
AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) Major Hollywood studios said Wednesday they won’t accept pay hikes sought by the Screen Actors Guild in contract talks, suggesting a deal is unlikely before the talks temporarily end later this week.
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Cable, satellite and … Sezmi? Startup wants in on pay TV (AP)
AP - A startup is betting that people are tired enough of their cable and satellite bills to take a look at an alternative pay TV system that combines a number of different technologies to deliver programming.
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