Friday, February 24, 2012

Gone

  • Seriously depleting the skanky-villain bin at central casting, the moronic thriller "Gone" stars Amanda Seyfried as Jill, a troubled young waitress haunted by flashbacks of her abduction a year earlier.
  • (New York Times)
  • Since 1948, Arizona has gone to a Democrat only once in a presidential election (to Bill Clinton in 1996).
  • (Los Angeles Times)
  • Life used to be pretty good in the wireless industry.  Revenue growth may have slowed in recent years, but the cash kept streaming in.  Profit margins on text messages were over 90%.
  • (Forbes)
  • The first time Aaron Cohen got hurt in a bicycle wreck, he was about 12, riding in a Wisconsin velodrome where he crashed into a kid who'd gone down, flipped over and smacked his head.
  • (Miami Herald)
  • LAS VEGAS — The founder of the Girls Gone Wild video empire said Thursday hell ask a Nevada judge to rescind a $7.5 million award given to Las Vegas Strip casino mogul Steve Wynn in a civil defamation case.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • A few months ago, trundling along Brighton's Marine Parade on the upper deck of the 27, I listened to the conversation of two fellow passengers. "What about that council tax rise?" one pensioner asked his friend. "Don't start," she replied.
  • (Daily Telegraph)
  • Currently, San Diego's Z93 is spinning "Give Me All Your Luvin'," a song that has not gone down well with fans or the general public. Some have even called it Madonna's worst song ever. That's the bad news.
  • (Examiner)
  • But heres what he does not say: His request to be traded from the Orlando Magic remains on the table, and he could be gone before the March 15 NBA trade deadline.
  • (Orlando Sentinel)
  • (Newser) – Britains Houses of Parliament are home to no fewer than nine bars in which thirsty lawmakers and staffers can enjoy subsidized booze, and Labour MP Eric Joyce apparently had a few too many in one of them on Wednesday night.
  • (Newser)
  • OAKLAND, Calif. — When the world finally collapses, it may be under a massive pile of ripped jeans from Abercrombie Fitch.
  • (Seattle Times)

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