Interesting news this morning regarding the recruitment of Auburn quarterback Cameron Newton. Apparently, someone representing Cam Newton during the recruitment process wanted a six-figure sum to secure a deal with Mississippi State.  This allegation comes from non other than a former MSU player, John Bond. UPDATE: More trouble for Newton as the Auburn QB has [...]

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Fox News has said that the network will not cover the Quran Burning Day on Saturday if Pastor Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center carries out his plan to burn copies of the sacred book. Fox News is the only one so far to say it will not. The network said so during an [...]

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Just what the people of Haiti did not need. There was another earthquake in Haiti yesterday, an aftershock which measured 6.1 on the Richter scale. This was the strongest aftershock yet from last week’s devastating 7.0-magnitude quake. More here: Haiti Earthquake The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was centered about 35 miles (56 kilometers) [...]

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Normally, once the Associated Press reports on a story, you can pretty much be sure that it’s true. Not this time. On December 29, we took an AP story and ran with it when reporting that Van Morrison had a baby boy with partner and manager Gigi Lee. The AP says it relied on info [...]

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A sex scandal can’t hold Tiger Woods back. On Wednesday, Woods was named “Athlete of the Decade” by the Associated Press.  Luckily, they chose to focus on his 10 years of performance instead of three weeks of tabloid headlines. Tiger blew away the competition. He got 56 of the 142 votes cast by AP member [...]

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The Associated Press apologized today for one of the most embarrassing mishaps in recent memory where they basically yelled at and threatened themselves. The Associated Press has now backed down and apologized.  They will also allow the videos in question to be reuploaded. The A.P. also issued me a statement saying that a cease-and-desist letter [...]

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Image via CrunchBase The members of the Associated Press are becoming the Soup Nazis of the internet. Not only do they not see the benefit in people virally spreading their news stories via the web, they are now threatening those who do so – even when the alleged violator is an Associates Press affiliate and [...]

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