FOXNews.com - Texas Woman Forced to Leave Bus After Reading Bible Out Loud - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News

FOXNews.com - Texas Woman Forced to Leave Bus After Reading Bible Out Loud - Local News News Articles National News US News:

"A Texas woman is demanding an apology from her city’s mass transit system after
she was booted off a bus for reading the Bible aloud, MyFoxDFW.com reported
Monday.
Christine Lutz was on her way to church and reading passages to her
children on The T bus when the driver suddenly interrupted her."

It would have been annoying to be a passenger on the bus and have to listen to the lady read aloud to her children. This is going to be played as a religious issue, but it is really an issue of a public disturbance. A city bus is not the right place to listen to music, read out loud, or other activities that make ridership for others uncomfortable.

Father accused of killing pregnant daughter and her family - CNN.com

Father accused of killing pregnant daughter and her family - CNN.com:

"MARKHAM, Illinois (AP) -- A suburban Chicago man is accused of setting an
apartment fire -- killing his pregnant daughter, her husband and their young
child -- because the son-in-law didn't ask permission for the marriage,
prosecutors said."

Sad, honestly that is all I can say about this... sad.

FOXNews.com - San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom Gets Engaged to Actress in Hawaii - Celebrity Gossip | Entertainment News | Arts And Entertainment

FOXNews.com - San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom Gets Engaged to Actress in Hawaii - Celebrity Gossip Entertainment News Arts And Entertainment:

"Mayor Gavin Newsom, 40, proposed to his girlfriend, actress Jennifer Siebel,
33, while the couple was vacationing over the weekend in Hawaii."

Congrats Mayor.

Oil hits record $100 a barrel - Yahoo! News

Oil hits record $100 a barrel - Yahoo! News:

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil vaulted to a record $100 a barrel on Wednesday as
violence in Nigeria, tight energy stockpiles and a weaker dollar triggered a
surge of speculative buying, dealers said."

Higher Oil Prices + Sinking Dollar = Hard economic times for America.

Scotland Yard to investigate Bhutto assassination | The Guardian | Guardian Unlimited

Scotland Yard to investigate Bhutto assassination The Guardian Guardian Unlimited:

"Gordon Brown today agreed to send a police team from Scotland Yard to
Pakistan to help investigate the assassination of the opposition leader Benazir
Bhutto"

First of all I think this is a good step for the government of Pakistan. I don't know that any investigation lead by the Pakistani government would be trusted. The second interesting thing here is that it was the UK they turned to and not the US. Is this the start of the UK taking over the moral leadership role that many believe the US has had?

Elisabeth Hasselbeck Returns on Monday!

Elisabeth Hasselbeck Returns on Monday!:

"Elisabeth Hasselbeck returns to The View live on January 7, 2008! We didn’t
really get a feel for how she and the two new co-hosts, Sherri Shepherd and
Whoopi Goldberg, feed off of each other so it should be interesting to see how
things go!"

Welcome back!

Record industry: It’s illegal to transfer music to PC - Lost Remote TV Blog

Record industry: It’s illegal to transfer music to PC - Lost Remote TV Blog:

"WTF? As you know, the RIAA is still running around suing average Joe’s
and Jane’s for copyright violations. Most people just pay the fine and move on.
But a few are challenging it. In one of these lawsuits, the RIAA is trying a new
argument: that it’s illegal to transfer music that you’ve legally purchased on
CD to your own computer. Yup. I really hope the record industry collapses under
the weight of its own lawyers."

Let me set this up for a moment, I copied all my music to my computer from CD's. I did this so that I could listen to it on my computer, and to transfer it to my Zune. Now if I wanted I could sell the original CD's, and I would still have the songs on my computer. I could go and buy new music, copy the CD and then sell it right away to a used retailer. So I understand the risk that is there is just putting music on a computer, and showing that it was ever paid for. I paid for every CD I have, but if I don't have them - how would anyone know that the music on my computer came from CD and not from file sharing.

I think this is a bad move though. People move music around in their lives, from cell phones to MP3 players, to mix CD's. Attempting to stop people from copying music that they have purchased onto their computers would mean the death of CD's. I don't buy music online because I like a form of music that I can take with me, listen to in a CD player where ever I might be. I also want music that I can put on my computer, and listen to there - and transfer to my Zune. If I couldn't do that, I would stop buying CD's all together and only buy music online.

The last point is if this is a leak of profit to the companies at all, it is a very small leak. The damage that this would do to the companies in terms of public opinion will harm them much deeper.

LA Ink: Is Kat Von D Having a Baby?

LA Ink: Is Kat Von D Having a Baby?:

"Towards the end of the previous year, web reports began circulating that Kat
Von D, the star of TLC's reality show LA Ink, is with child. Although the
26-year-old female tattoo artist has yet to issue an official confirmation, the
baby buzz has continued, with many of her fans posting congratulatory messages
on her MySpace page."

It is unconfirmed at this point, but since everyone else is popping out little ones, why not. Ohh and congrats by the way.

Jamie Lynn Spears: Distressed Over Cheating Boyfriend?

Jamie Lynn Spears: Distressed Over Cheating Boyfriend?:

"“I think Casey is a serial cheater who has lied to Jamie Lynn and betrayed her
time and time again,” Spears' close friend revealed to the Enquirer. “Even
though I'm sure she knows in her heart that Casey's a lying, cheating dog, Jamie
Lynn is head over heels in love with him. She continues to take him back
regardless of how awful he treats her.”"

She clearly has her sisters taste in men. I can't imagine how this poor child to be is going to grow up to be a normal person.

Poynter Online - Romenesko

Poynter Online - Romenesko:

"John Carlisle notes that many newspapers are cutting their investigative
reporting teams and relying on nonprofit organizations to fill the gap. 'If
conservative nonprofit organizations significantly increase their use of
investigative reporting, then the movement will be able to partly offset the
liberal bias of the mainstream media,' he writes. 'Despite their political
agenda, newspapers and TV networks like scandals simply because they make great
headlines. Experience shows that they will cover scandals exposed by
conservatives.'"

Could it be that parties on the right have done themselves a disservice. They have avoided the media because they view it as liberal. Meanwhile, parties on the left, have been giving low budget new sources hungry for material easy stories to cover. They have done the hard work for the new sources, so the new sources covered the stories. If conservatives understood the current media market and played the same game, would the media play along. I would guess in most cases they would be happy to. New sources love conflict, and scandal - regardless of source or target. Secondly, and I might be biased here, I think that most journalists want to tell a balanced story, if they have the other side available they will use it.

Poynter Online - Romenesko

Poynter Online - Romenesko:

"Nearly half the slide in the market capitalization of newspaper stocks came in
2007, when the shares lost a collective $11 billion, or 26%, of their value,
reports Alan D. Mutter."

The sky is falling, the sky is falling... well maybe it really is.