Friday, January 20, 2012

At last

  • For most people, today's sad news of Etta James's death at the age of 73 immediately conjured the sound of her honey-coated voice singing these words: "At last my love has come along.
  • (Washington Post)
  • Etta James's performance of the enduring classic At Last was the embodiment of refined soul: Angelic-sounding strings harkened the arrival of her passionate yet measured vocals as she sang tenderly about a love finally realized after a long and patient wait.
  • (Globe and Mail)
  • The last Republican presidential debate before Saturdays South Carolina primary was expected to be lively. It didnt disappoint.
  • (WBUR)
  • (CBS/AP) Etta James, the RB singer whose enduring hits include At Last and Tell Mama, has died at the age of 73.
  • (CBS News)
  • The gain coincided with other signs that the troubled housing market improved at the end of last year. Analysts cautioned that sales remain historically low and that it will take years for the home market to return to full health.
  • (Chicago Sun-Times)
  • Blue-staters like yours truly regularly scratch our heads and puzzle over what makes those red-staters so obtuse and, well, wrong in their beliefs and political predilections. And dont you know the red-staters do exactly the same about us.
  • (DAILY KOS)
  • ATT added 2.15 million contract customers that year, compared with 4.2 million the year before. With 712,000 new postpaid customers in last years first three quarters, its pace has slowed further.
  • (Wall Street Journal)
  • (Reuters) - Boosted by extra work spent on his putting last week, Ben Crane fired a sparkling nine-under-par 63 to surge into a tie for the early second-round lead in the Humana Challenge at La Quinta, California on Friday.
  • (Reuters)
  • "By him going to the Hall of Fame," his teammate Eric Davis said by telephone on Tuesday, "it's like we made the Hall of Fame.
  • (New York Times)
  • Co-founder Jerry Yangs resignation is the last impediment to a deal for Yahoo (YHOO) assets. Yang was blamed for squelching a previous deal with Microsoft (MSFT), at more than twice Yahoos current valuation, a few years ago.
  • (Seekingalpha.com)

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