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Thank you to Blogburst for helping The Housing Chronicles Blog finally claw its way to 6 million headline views since February of 2008 distributed as follows:Top 10 Publishers (All History) for Housing Chronicles Total Views Reuters 5,758,709

A good headline is so badly needed that without it your SEO content provider is doomed to fail. It matters little how good their writing is or even how good they are in finding the best keyword phrases. Good keyword phrases will give you a good position in search engine results, but if you have a [...]

SINGER Annie Lennox is to headline this year's Festival of Politics. She will will take centre stage on Wednesday, August 20 in Holyrood's debating chamber in Scotland to talk about her involvement in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Africa,...

For those who missed it, the “One Free Korea” has a translation of a very interesting Obama endorsement. Apparently, Kim Jong Il, the “enlightened ruler of North Korea”, is paying attention to American Politics - and he has just given his endorsement to Barack Hussein Obama. If he’s ok by the all-seeing, all-powerful Great Leader, then he’s ok [...]

MMA Rated has confirmed that UFC middleweight champion Anderson "The Spider" Silva will move up to the 205lb light heavyweight division to fight James Irvin on July 19th for a speacial UFC event dubbed "Ultimate Fight Night 14". The event will air on Spike TV opposite of Affliction's first foray into live events with its pay-per-view offering "Affliction: Banned" featuring a main event between to

Mortgages rates are up 1/2% over the past two weeks. This is not good news for people in the market for Daytona Beach Homes or condos. The 30 year fixed conventional mortgage rate was at 5.8% two weeks ago. The rate today is 6.3%.

Ford (F) is making the rounds of its employees and unions to tell them that the company will have to take out more costs. According to The Wall Street Journal,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Don’t know if you’ve heard, but the Wallflowers, fronted once by Jakob Dylan, will be the Saturday night headliner at the 18th annual Deadwood Jam. The annual music festival in downtown Deadwood, is set for Sept. 12 and 13. The event is staged in the Visitor Center parking lot next to Deadwood’s main road. The Wallflowers had [...]

The headliners of the Main Performance Day of the 2008 Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival have finally been announced. Legendary MC KRS ONE and DJ Premier will be leading the charge this year on July 12th... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The headline on CBS News' Web site tells the story in totality: Unthinkable — $4 a gallon. And the story that's embedded below from CBS News is perhaps even more frightening: One expert believes that by the time the November election arrives, we could be looking at $6-a-gallon gas. What on earth will life be like if Americans are forced to pay $6 for each gallon of gas they purchase? Is anyone,

Today's front page headline in the Washington Post was "Clinton Urges Backers to Look to November."  The real news from Hillary's speech yesterday was, of course, her full-throated endorsement of Obama, her declaration that she would "work her heart out" to elect him, and the fact that she urged her supporters to follow suit.  The Post headline doesn't convey any of that–it doesn't even ma

It took me at least two and a half days to renovate this bed that sits outside our kitchen window. This is an after picture...I wish I had a before...The landlord had planted about 8000 grey ornamental thyme plants and this little Japanese Maple in the plot so it wouldn't be bare. And that was unfortunate for two reasons...one, I couldn't stand to have the perfect herb garden right outside of my k

THE MARS VOLTA ANNOUNCE ADDITIONAL U.S. HEADLINE DATES OMAR RODRIGUEZ LOPEZ ON ROLLING STONE GREATEST GUITARISTS COVER “The Mars Volta is a progressive-rock whirlwind, constructing maniacally complex music and performing it with a mixture of rigorous virtuosity, psychedelic euphoria and punk intensity…still rock’s finest avatar of excess.”–Jon Pareles, New York Times

On Thursday night, when Texas bloggers and progressive netroots activists from across the Lone Star State gather with many of our readers and Democratic activists for our Third Biennial Blogger’s Caucus, we will be joined by many of the great candidates on the ballot this year, as well as many incumbent Democratic officeholders. As of Sunday Morning, the Texas Progressive Alliance has anno

Supergrass will open their 2008 European tour in Moscow this Sunday (1st June 2008) at the BlastFest Festival. Supergrass will headline the festival of Russian and UK artists and start promoting their new album Diamond Hoo Ha Man. Blastfest is an all-day concert at Vinzavod, Moscow’s premier modern art venue. As well as Supergrass Blastfest will featuring Brett [...]

Legendary emcee KRS-One and iconic producer DJ Premier will take the stage at the 2008 Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival this July. KRS and Premo aren’t the only notables who will be performing.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Our news editor has drawn my attention to a news story on Northern Ireland web directory 4NI which has an amusing if slightly worrying headline:Lorry Hijackers SoughtIt appears that criminal masterminds are becoming bolder in their recruitment techniques...

I just happened to have the tube on CNN Headline News' News To Me show on and who pops up? That's right... Nikki Jean! She's currently on the Glow in the Dark Tour and you probably have heard of her singin the hook on Lupe Fiasco's Hip-Hop Saved My Life track of The Cool album.The man pictured above, Charles Gilbert, of CNN discovered Nikki Jean as he was on the internets via Lupe Fiasco. He was c

MYSPACE'S POPULAR SECRET SHOW FRANCHISE CELEBRATES ITS 150th CONCERT! Grammy Award Winner Gnarls Barkley to Headline Anniversary Show in New York City Sponsored By Samsung Exclusively for the MySpace Community

Premium oil brand Mobil 1 is celebrating its near-century long relationship with Mercedes-Benz as headline sponsor of the prestigious Brooklands Motoring Festival: the Double Twelve, on the 28 and 29 June at Mercedes-Benz World in Weybridge, Surrey. The Festival, which is named in honour of the Double Twelve meetings of the 1930s, will welcome famous faces [...]

I was testing the children in my Sunday school class to see if they understood the concept of getting to Heaven. I asked them, “If I sold my house and my car, had a big garage sale and gave all my money to the church, would that get me into Heaven?” “NO!” the children answered. “If I cleaned [...]

The AP is reporting that Ellen DeGeneres, 50, and actress Portia de Rossi, 35, will wed after California's high court struck down the state laws banning gay marriage yesterday. According to a source close to the production, DeGeneres made the...

Berne, Switzerland (AHN) - An increasing number of calls at the Al Qaeda’s website to attack the Euro 2008 soccer championships has been observed by Swiss police. Co-hosting the regional sport event in June are Switzerland and Austria. Juerg Buehler continue read..

In a few minutes, I'll be heading over to Dogpatch Studios in San Francisco for what seems to be an annual showcase of new Xbox 360 games from Microsoft Game Studios (MGS). I'll have more on this later on Tuesday, but for now, I'll give a brief ...

Jay-Z has spoke about all the controversy surrounding his headline slot at this years Glastonbury Festival. Noel Gallagher claimed that Jay-Z’s appearance would go against the festival’s tradition of guitar music Noel said that “If it ain’t broke don’t fix it. If you start to break it then people aren’t going to go. I’m sorry, [...]

A 13 year old from Texas who stole his Dad's credit card and ordered two hookers from an escort agency, has today been convicted of fraud and given a three year community order. Ralph Hardy, a 13 year old from Newark, Texas confessed to ordering an extra credit card from his father's existing credit card company, and took his friends on a $30,000 spending spree, culminating in playing "Halo" on an

The debate continues as to whether it was the right choice for American rapper Jay-Z to headline the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury on Saturday June 28th, and if the three headining acts - Jay-Z, The Verve and Kings Of Leon can be to blame for poor tickets sales for the festival this year. Whether you agree [...]

Jamie at Home with Jamie OliverMushroomsGrilled Mushroom RisottoWild Mushroom and Venison StroganoffMushroom hunting makes me nervous. I’m just glad it’s not done with a gun. At least Jamie starts out the show with the proviso not to go wild mushroom picking unless you’re with someone who really knows mushrooms.Jamie’s going with his friend, mushroom expert Matt Gennaro. They go off and Jamie spots the first one – a porcini. He picks it and then makes sure...listen to this...that there are no maggots in it. Then he finds another one. Gennaro makes him cut into the mushroom and count to five. It turns bright blue. THAT means you have to boil it before eating. No thank you. Scary.Jamie decides to make a treat for the two of them, right there in the middle of the woods. He pours oli

“Teen too young for ‘come hither’ pose? or “Colossal squid has soccer-ball eyes.” The t-shirt craze has made its way onto the prestigious news network site where you can have select headlines printed on t-shirts. “40-lb. Hunk Of Metal Hits Driver In Face” for some reason makes me laugh. If you don’t already know CNN has [...]

UFC has announced that the former UFC welterweight champion Matt Hughes (42-6) and Thiago Alves (14-3) will headline UFC 85 main-event slot vacated by an injured Chuck Liddell. Dana White: “Now we will see an explosive matchup between top ten ranked contender Thiago “Pitbull” Alves and two time former UFC World Champion Matt Hughes. Alves is an [...]

KANYE WEST AND LIL WAYNE TO HEADLINE HOT 97'S SUMMER JAM! New York's famous Hip-Hop radio station Hot 97 will hold it's annual Summer Jam concert this June. Today the line up was announced during radio DJ Angie Martinez's afternoon show. Kanye West and Lil Wayne are going to headline the concert. Other performers include T-Pain, Ray J with Yung Berg, Rihanna, and The Dream. Hip-hop legends Public Enemy will reunite for the special show. At ...

When it comes to the headlines of your posts, they are the first impression visitors get and are often considered to be the most important part of a post. Even though they are usually only a few words, it is important to choose attractive headlines that will bring people’s attention to them. In the world of blogging there is such a competition that there are often hundreds and thousands of blogs which write on a particular subject and there are only a few ways you can make your blog stand out from them. One of them is having headlines written in such a way, that they really draw attention of the reader. Try using the following expression in your headlines and you might see results: “10 Ways to..”, “Cheaters Guide to..”, “Sure-fire..”, “Killer..” and similar expressions.

  I got some great news for all you hip hop lovers out there, The annual rock the bells concert, will be on steroids this year because it will be hosting colossal acts; Nas, Pharcyde, Tribe, De La Soul, Rae & Ghost. Along with those major acts, Mos Def, De La Soul, Method Man & Redman, Immortal [...]

…goes to Neil at Texas Liberal: Six Week Wait For Pennsylvania Primary Was Like Crossing A Long Stupid Desert. I read that in my Bloglines reader a few minutes ago and just had to laugh…because it is true. Adding the word “stupid” to the headline, however, made it worthy of being a headline of the day (which I don’t think I’ve done since mid-2006).

It has been announced that Madonna is to headline Radio 1’s Big Weekend music festival at Maidstone’s Mote Park on May 10th. Also Robyn and Duffy will also be perform that day, with The Hoosiers, The Feeling and Usher playing sets as well. Over the two day event and over four stages, more than 30,000 music [...]

CNN apparently has a function where you can choose a current headline and have it printed on a t-shirt for USD 15:- plus shipping. That's no big deal, but the fun part is that you can hack the URL to show the headline of your own choosing. Or write just about anything you like. Try it. Here's the link to the t-shirt we just made (a bit of wishful thinking perhaps, but why not?). Make your own before they close it down.

"From Up Here" presented by Manhattan Theatre Club at City Center, April 9, 2008 Julie White returns to the NY stage after her triumphant (and Tony-winning) performance in "The Little Dog Laughed." It's a triumphant return as the mother of a troubled teen who came close to an act of Columbine proportions. (spoiler alert) Director Leigh Silverman has assembled an excellent cast including Ms.

WiredPages news headlines are down. I have isolated the problem and will repair this evening [late]. Pages affected on the news service: Home Business Government Sports Health Entertainment Technology Technorati Tags: WiredPages, QiSoftware, Q’s Wire…

Since signing up with the BlogBurst service in early February of this year, the Housing Chronicles blog has just passed the 5-million headline view mark. Most of these posts have been picked up by the Reuters.com website, followed by the Chicago Sun-Times, Fox Business News and the Wall Street Journal.Through another service called Sphere, posts have also appeared on websites for The Washington Post, CNN.com as well as the Wall Street Journal. While it's difficult to predict the future of blogs, the success of these syndicators as well as the large investment in blog networks by groups like Forbes.com and InmanNews.com tells me that blogs are definitely becoming growing members of traditional online media.

It has been announced that Jay-Z is the final headliner for the 02 Wireless Festival in London’s Hyde Park on Thursday 3rd July to Sunday 6th July 2008. It’s said that he will perform on Thursday, alongside Mark Ronson and Roisin Murphy. Let’s just hope that he gets a better reception at the 02 Wireless [...]

When you’re trying to attract new readers to your affiliate marketing website, few things work as well as your blog’s headline. In fact, the headline you choose for your automotive post can literally make or break its success. But how do you know which headlines work and which ones don’t work? Luckily, there are some [...]

SEAN GARRETT, TEYANA TAYLOR AND LIL WAYNE TO HEADLINE URBAN SHOWCASE! BMI will present its 11th Annual Unsigned Urban Showcase Thursday, April 24, featuring some of the recording industry�s eminent stars and most promising unsigned talent. Held Thursday, April 24 at Atlanta�s Luckie Lounge (375 Luckie Street), the event begins at 9 p.m.; doors open at 8 p.m. The festivities are open to the public; attendees must be 21-years-old with valid identification. Admission is $20.00 until ...

Image from WikipediaWATCH: Radio Host Suspended For Calling Hillary A "Big F*cking Whore"Excerpt:"Update: Rhodes has been now been suspended from the network. Air America released the following statement: Air America has suspended on-air host Randi Rhodes for making inappropriate statements about prominent figures, including Senator Hillary Clinton, at a recent public appearance on behalf of Air America in San Francisco which was sponsored by an Air America affiliate station."

Image from WikipediaWATCH: Radio Host Suspended For Calling Hillary A "Big F*cking Whore"Excerpt:"Update: Rhodes has been now been suspended from the network. Air America released the following statement: Air America has suspended on-air host Randi Rhodes for making inappropriate statements about prominent figures, including Senator Hillary Clinton, at a recent public appearance on behalf of Air America in San Francisco which was sponsored by an Air America affiliate station."

Image from WikipediaMrs. McCain's Beer Fortune: Private Jets, Vacation Homes - Huffington Post HeadlineExcerpt:"McCain served as honorary starter of the NASCAR race that weekend in Charlotte, N.C. Earnhardt drove the Budweiser car, painted military camouflage, rather than its trademark red, to honor the troops. Budweiser, then NASCAR's official beer, is brewed by Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc., whose products have made Cindy McCain and her family a fortune."

Image from WikipediaMrs. McCain's Beer Fortune: Private Jets, Vacation Homes - Huffington Post HeadlineExcerpt:"McCain served as honorary starter of the NASCAR race that weekend in Charlotte, N.C. Earnhardt drove the Budweiser car, painted military camouflage, rather than its trademark red, to honor the troops. Budweiser, then NASCAR's official beer, is brewed by Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc., whose products have made Cindy McCain and her family a fortune."

“ Cops: 3rd-graders aimed to hurt teacher“ Crazy! Crazy! CLICK HERE to read the article accompanying this headline. [Image via WENN.] Cops: 3rd-graders aimed to hurt teacher WAYCROSS,... Continue to www.MadHollywood.com

This year's Stadium of Fire at the LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo, Utah, will be headlined by 15-year-old superstar Miley Cyrus-star of Disney Channel's TV show Hannah Montana. Miley most recently performed at Reliant Stadium on March 9 to an audience ...children's newswatch children's news kids news children kids youth Miley Cyrus Hannah Montana

Sample this little bit of bullshit from the Yale Daily News “Prisons also typically fail to rehabilitate. In fact, they actively do the opposite. Inmates are exploited for cheap labor and endure overcrowding, brutality and poor services. They don’t cure criminal minds, but perpetuate violence. The United States increasingly builds its prisons as giant Supermax facilities [...]

The Killers have just been announced as headliners for Reading & Leeds Festivals this Summer 2008. Playing in Leeds on Sunday the 24th, and Reading on Saturday the 23rd, Brandon Flowers and the band will be performing much-loved hits and newer tracks from their latest album Sawdust. Stay tuned for more news about the festival line-up….. Tickets go on [...]

Now don't get us wrong upon first seeing this headline we felt that this was an obscene headline indeed. Upon looking into the story further, we realised that it was more than that. It was actually the story of a rich boy being protected by his mothers friends in high places within the British Establishment. Feel free Mr Mann to carry on fingering this little rich boy all you want. If there is any justice he'll be sitting in a cell right next to you and getting more than a mere fingering from the burly prison guards. In Brief:MALABO, March 30 (Reuters) - A British mercenary awaiting trial in Equatorial Guinea for leading a failed 2004 coup has said the son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was involved in the plot, the public prosecutor said on Sunday. Jose Olo said

Salve a tutti i lettori di “vita da blog“, innanzitutto mi presento: mi chiamo Gaetano Contaldi (aka MrKid), sono un appassionato di tecnologie, di web, di blog e di tante altre cose che penso scoprirete piano piano continuando (o cominciando) a leggermi; per chiunque se lo stesse chiedendo, sono capitato su questo blog seguendo qualche [...]

“Man Claims to Speak ‘Australian’ After Allegedly Being Raped by Wombat“ Brilliant! CLICK HERE to read the article accompanying this headline. Man Claims to Speak... Continue to www.MadHollywood.com

‘WICKED’ SPITZER DEMOCRAT LINKED TO BUSTY BUSTED MADAM’S BIZ Disgraced former Gov. Eliot Spitzer DEMOCRAT has been identified as a long-standing client of a second high-priced call-girl ring, The Post has learned. The ex-governor DEMOCRAT regularly patronized Wicked Models, the Manhattan-based operation taken down Tuesday, according to financial documents and other evidence unearthed in a yearlong prostitution in vestigation, [...]

- Scott Miller Our candidate for stupid liberal headline of the week came from oft nominee the AP: Obama, Clinton offer economic plans NEW YORK - Democrat Barack Obama said Thursday a firmer government hand is needed on Wall Street and a $30 billion stimulus is needed to rescue homeowners and the jobless. Rival Hillary Rodham Clinton called [...]

Miley Cyrus, Coldplay and Paula Abdul are among the musical acts headlining the Today show's 13th annual summer concert series, NBC announced Wednesday. Abdul will kick off the series April 25; teen queen Cyrus will perform July 25. Also taking the stage: Ashlee Simpson, Sheryl Crow, Rascal Flatts, Natasha Bedingfield, Neil Diamond, Mary J. Blige, Alanis Morissette, the B-52s, Donna Summer, Chris Brown, Kenny Chesney and Rihanna. More pictures of our favorite peace-sign-psycho, Miley Cyrus, and her momager Tish Cyrus, as they head to the Jim Henson Studios in LA on March 25. For the complete gallery click hereCheck out our forum for many more posts

Former Smiths frontman Morrissey will headline at the forthcoming O2 wireless festival at Hyde Park, on the first night, Friday July 4th. Joining Morrissey will be Americas finest, Beck, with support from The Nationals. Morrissey was in fine form as he discussed the show, saying: “I am honoured to be asked to headline on July 4th, marking my [...]

Former Smiths frontman Morrissey will headline at the forthcoming O2 wireless festival at Hyde Park, on the first night, Friday July 4th. Joining Morrissey will be Americas finest, Beck, with support from The Nationals. Morrissey was in fine form as he discussed the show, saying: “I am honoured to be asked to headline on July 4th, marking my [...]

Oh brother..... looks like ABC News is desperate for ratings.  The Story: Hillary Was in White House on 'Stained Blue Dress' Day (ABC News) Quote: Hillary Clinton spent the night in the White House on the day her husband had oral sex with Monica Lewinsky, and may have actually been in the White House when it happened, according to records of her schedule released today by the National Archives. An initial review by ABC News of the 17,481 pages of Sen. Hillary Clinton's schedule as first lady, released today by the National Archives, also finds significant gaps in time and many days containing only "private meetings" at the White House with unnamed individuals. The public schedule for Sen. Clinton on Feb. 28, 1997, the day on which Lewinsky's infamous blue dres

10 Steps To A Winning Dating Profile HeadlineBy: Jim McMenaminWhen you post a profile on an online dating site, there are three parts that viewers will see: your picture, your headline, and your profile. Each one serves a distinct purpose, but in my opinion, the picture and the headline are the most important.Research shows that you only have 5 seconds to grab someones attention.People are superficial and we are drawn to things that catch our attention. I have previously written about the importance of your written profile and how you should focus on it when starting out. I firmly stand by that, but if you cant get someone to click onto it to read it, it wont matter what you write.Think about articles you read in a paper or magazine. What is it that usually draws you in? Its the headline a

Last Monday I announced that Housing Chronicles had hit 2 million headline views on BlogBurst subscriber sites such as Reuters, Fox Business News, The Wall Street Journal and the Chicago Sun-Times after originally signing up on Feb. 5th, 2008. Just one week later, that total has risen to 3 million headline views, proving to me that growth in blogging awareness is something that must built on itself over a period of time.But the growth has also been exponential: although it took about a month to hit 1 million headline views, it only took 2 weeks to hit 2 million headline views, and another week to total 3 million. Look for more syndicated blogs to come to your local newspaper websites, as that's the next area that syndicators are targeting: although some sites such as LATimes.com stil

There was an interesting article on Peter Roget, creator of the thesaurus, in The Times' Books section yesterday. I took a little exception at the following though:At its worst, [a thesaurus] is a crutch, for crossword enthusiasts, students desperate to imply a little learning in an essay crisis, headline writers, nervous after-dinner speakers and, yes, journalists.Headline writers and journalists? All the headline writers I've ever met have been journalists. Perhaps Ben Macintyre, who is the author of this piece, means 'headline writers and other journalists'.In the same way, it bugs me when people (including some of my colleagues) refer to 'production staff and journalists'. Sub editors and designers can be journalists too!Wikipedia agrees with me on this.

In a new interview with Tommy2, Ben Romans talks about his new website TheOneLove.Org and that plans are being made for The Click Five to Headline a tour in Asia that will be bigger than anything they've ever done. You can listen to it at

So it turns out that the KKK will NOT be endorsing Barack Obama for President. Apparently they felt this information in question enough that they had to post it all over their website and in interviews. Pure genius at work there. An Onion-like satirical website, The Daily Squib, originally made the joke [...]

- Scott Miller Every once in a while I see a headline that drives me nuts… here is one from Reuters: U.S. passion for guns has roots in hunting The percentage of Americans who hunt is slowly declining but it remains popular and helps explain a national love affair with guns — an affair that many foreigners find [...]

Last week, I was introduced to a new site called NewsFlashr, which was developed by the creators of the amazing Instant Bull stock market news/information website. NewsFlashr allows you to view headlines on selected topics quickly and easily, on such areas as World News, Politics (including the 2008 elections and primaries, which I follow daily), Business, [...]

  Go read. It's classic far lefty liberal BDS material.  Snort Worthy indeed. I mean, I'm no fan of our current President, but I can see right through that stupid nonsense and call it for what it is. (via Memeorandum)

The Big Ten announced the All-Conference teams on Monday evening and as expected, both the media and coaches have selected D.J. White as the Player of the Year. “It is a tremendous honor to be named the best player in a league that has so many great players in it. I want to thank my teammates, [...]

If you're a fellow blogger and are interested in creating some great new promotional opportunities for your site, I'd highly recommend checking into the syndication service BlogBurst. About 10 days ago, I announced that Housing Chronicles had recently hit 1 million headline views on BlogBurst subscriber sites such as Reuters, Fox Business News, The Wall Street Journal and the Chicago Sun-Times after originally signing up on Feb. 5th, 2008.Although it took about a month to hit 1 million views, it took only another 2 weeks to hit 2 million headline views, which creates powerful brand awareness and also brings in new readers to the site every day. With many media sites now including blog posts from outside their own editorial walls, an entire new universe is opening up to bloggers on a vari

As you may know already, the headline is the most important part of any sales letter. This article shows you how you can increase the effectiveness of your headline by making one simple change to it. More: continued here

If your headline isn’t a success your document won’t be read and sales won’t be made. Headlines that trigger strong emotions are usually successful. It’s important that a headline offers the reader a reward for reading. More: continued here

A caller said that Obama looked like Curious George and Limbaugh laughed. Limbaugh says he had no idea who Curious George was. Look for this to be on every liberal blog and on the Drudge Report soon. UPDATEPredictable Liberals ABC Blog: Limbaugh Caller Says Obama Reminds Daughter of Cartoon Monkey ABC News’ Tahman Bradley Reports: Conservative talk radio [...]

Via The Salt Lake Tribune: A supervisor at a motivational coaching business in Provo is accused of waterboarding an employee in front of his sales team to demonstrate that they should work as hard on sales as the employee had worked to breathe. In a lawsuit filed last month, former Prosper, Inc. salesman Chad Hudgens alleges his managers also allowed the supervisor to draw mustaches on employees' faces, take away their chairs and beat on their desks with a wooden paddle "because it resulted in increased revenues for the company." WTF!?

For the first time in major music festival history, one band - the iconic Radiohead - will headline two of the three nights of the All Points West Festival, commonly referred to as APW and "Coachella East". Get the full story (released on 2/21), plus the full lineup, ticket sale dates and prices, transportation and the whole skinny at a new site ironically called CoachellaEast.com.+ Radiohead - House of Cards+ Radiohead - Videotape (Mojib Remix)Radiohead 2008 Tour Dates:05-05 West Palm Beach, FL - Cruzan Amphitheatre05-06 Tampa, FL - Ford Amphitheatre05-08 Atlanta, GA - Lakewood Amphitheatre05-09 Charlotte, NC - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre05-11 Bristow, VA - Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge05-14 St. Louis, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre05-17 Houston, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilio

 Main News Stories Today bears the scars of a very rich day in the news. No single topic would do it justice. Instead, a run-down down on today’s news and my impressions. We have, of course, the wildly controversial attack on the U.S embassy in Serbia.  The U.N has objected in the “strongest possible terms” (which isn’t [...]

Spotted a bit of a blooper on the thisiscornwall.co.uk local news site. If you can't see from the picture below, the headline of this news story reads:48PT HELVETICA BOLD HEADINGOops. Looks like somebody forgot to supply a headline...

Your headline is only a few words out of your entire sales piece. How important can it be? Well…very important. Advertising legend David Ogilvy says the headline is the most important part of your sales piece. On the average, he says, five times as many people read the headline as the body copy. More: continued [...]

Via The Sun: A SEX-starved woman could be jailed after making 700 calls to the emergency services, local army headquarters and the town council demanding a man for sex. Hanna Wozniak, 42, from Koszalin in central Poland could be jailed for up to a year. After police traced the calls back to her home, she told them: "I was desperate for sex. It's been so long since I had someone in my bed." Police who said she had been charged with wasting emergency services' time and making threatening phone calls said she had told phone operators that she would happily start a fire if it meant a hunky fireman would come round for sex afterwards. LOL. But I think this story is fake.

One of the news stories on our intranet has a highly ambiguous headline:Diligent Bankers' present in BudapestBefore you read on, I invite you to guess the main thrust of the story using only the headline as guidance. If it helps (which it doesn't), the headline was accompanied by a picture of a smiling woman.Ready? OK, here are my own wrong guesses and then the correct answer:At first I thought the headline might be referring to a gift given to or by a group of bankers. But why are they diligent? And why do they deserve a capped-up 'B'? Perhaps there is an organisation called 'Diligent Bankers'...My second interpretation was that the same group of bankers (or organisation) is simply present in Budapest, for some unknown reason. And of course, that would fail to explain the apostrophe.Only

…to get you to read the next sentence. And the sole purpose of this sentence is to get you to read the next. This axiom was made famous in direct marketing circles by Eugene Schwartz. It’s the same with wine. The point of getting someone to buy your wine today isn’t so that you can count [...]

Via CNN: The FBI is gearing up to create a massive computer database of people's physical characteristics, all part of an effort the bureau says to better identify criminals and terrorists. [...] The bureau is expected to announce in coming days the awarding of a $1 billion, 10-year contract to help create the database that will compile an array of biometric information — from palm prints to eye scans. Forget about freedom and personal privacy — both are long gone.

Yesterday I wrote about a stock broker who somehow managed to generate a $7.2 billion loss — the largest in banking history. Today I've got another "gem" for you. Via BBC: Zimbabwe's central bank is to introduce new higher-denomination banknotes in an effort to ease the critical shortage of cash in the country. Zimbabwe has been in economic decline for the past eight years, with annual inflation widely thought to be in excess of 50,000%. The highest value note that will go into circulation on Friday is worth 10m Zimbabwean dollars. But wait, here's the money line: But that is worth less than US$3.90 (£2; 2.60 euros) on the black market. LOL

Via Bloomberg: Societe Generale SA said bets on stock index futures by a rogue trader caused a 4.9 billion-euro ($7.2 billion) trading loss, the largest in banking history. Jerome Kerviel, 31, was the trader responsible, the Paris- based bank said today. Societe Generale plans to raise 5.5 billion euros from shareholders after the loss and subprime-related writedowns depleted capital. The Bank of France, the country's banking regulator, is investigating the alleged fraud. Talk about stock market crash and investors losing money. What an idiot. Never heard of risk management, asset allocation, or portfolio rebalancing?

December 26th, 2007, at or around 5:30PM EST. We'll be discussing this new study, so I mean it, get excited!I'd be much obliged (think free autographed book!) if somebody, anybody could record this interview and post it up on Youtube, I'm sure it's gonna be one to remember. And if you can't bare to wait another 4 1/2 hours, check out

Writers should carefully consider their headlines before publishing, to be certain that the headline they use is one that makes the best first impression on the reader. Here are 99 proven headline techniques that any writer can add to their arsenal.

I was on a roll yesterday and did up another tabloid - this time for my British readers. I have more tabloids on the back burner. They will give me something to play with during the holidays. Of course you knew Puss in Boots had to land on the cover - he’s my favourite Fairy Tale character. Click on the image to get the page full size. No cat should have this much fun before coffee, enjoy. If you liked that post, then try these...By popular demand - even more twisted fairy tale tabloids by catpaw on December 14th, 2007Tabloid headlines we'd really like to see by catpaw on December 10th, 2007