Bruce has had little practice, if any
(12-31) 18:35 PST — If Isaac Bruce is indeed going to play Sunday in St. Louis in his last game with the 49ers, he will do so off little or no practice time with the offense.
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Avenged Sevenfold drummer dead at 28
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Police say James Owen Sullivan, a drummer and backup vocalist for the Southern California band Avenged Sevenfold, has been found dead at his home in Southern California.
Lt. John Domingo says the 28-year-old Sullivan, who went by the stage name The Rev, appears to have died of natural causes on Monday [...]
Cloud computing to the max
InfoWorld – Cloud services claim to provide nearly everything you need without requiring you to run your own IT infrastructure. From e-mail and Web hosting to fully managed applications to vast on-demand computing resources, the cloud is shaping up to be one of the most important technology shifts in the last few years.
Sound too good [...]
Is a Weak Dollar the Best Healthcare Bet?
Amazon(AMZN Quote) made its name selling books online, but like Google (GOOG Quote), it has become synonymous with the Internet revolution. An e-commerce trailblazer, Amazon is the poster child for online retail, leaving rivals such as eBay(EBAY Quote) trailing in its wake.
Even during the recession, when both online and brick-and-mortar retailers were diving for cover, [...]
Endangered species to have a day in the spotlight this year
ENDANGERED species from polar bears to giant salamanders, great white sharks to beluga whales and Namibian quiver trees to Cuban crocodiles will have their day on the internet throughout 2010.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said yesterday that it would issue an extensive daily portrait of each of the 365 animals, birds and [...]
England deny withdrawal from games
The Athletics Federation of India’s Gurbachan Singh Randhawa, centre, with Lord Sebastian Coe and Kapil Dev at the launch of the 2010 Commonwealth Games baton relay in London. Photograph: WPA Pool/Getty Images
Commonwealth Games England has strenuously denied claims that it will withdraw from next October’s event in Delhi over security concerns.
A front page report in [...]
Stocks Flat After Holiday Weekend
NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Fannie Mae (FNM Quote) and Freddie Mac (FRE Quote) were among the top performers of the financial sector Monday following the Treasury Department’s decision to remove a cap on aid for the government-sponsored enterprises.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac jumped 21% and 26.2%, respectively, after the Treasury Department Thursday removed the $400 [...]
Convenience stores cater to late shoppers
For serious holiday shopping procrastinators, drugstores and convenience stores are offering last-minute deals. Even better for the desperate, many of them will still be open at, say, 3 a.m. Dec. 25.
The last-minute rush tends to make these stores busier than they are the rest of the season.
“Like every Christmas season, our performance is driven by [...]
Taylor Swift, Beyonce among Grammy performers
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Taylor Swift and Beyonce are among the artists set to perform next month at the 52nd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, it was announced Tuesday.
Other performers include the Black Eyed Peas, Maxwell and country trio Lady Antebellum. The Recording Academy said other performers will be announced later.
Beyonce, a 10-time Grammy [...]