I think Ted Stevens is better off having lost his seat today . H e'll be pardoned by Bush, guar-own-teed. And won't face expulsion by his peers. But anyway: Ted Stevens lost his seat today! Begich won! That's awesome, period, plus it fucks Sarah Palin's diabolical plan to swoop into ...

Well, I cannot say I am surprised, or even that upset. No, not because Dustin Pedroia was worthy of being named MVP, he wasn’t. It’s because I just cannot muster up much surprise when the BBWAA returns votes in this manner. Pedroia played in a big market, he had teammates and media membe...

Just when you thought that N.A.S.A. album couldn't get any nuttier, along comes this very Y2K8 pairing: Kanye West and Lykke Li , who we knew were cooking up a little something for the disc, will be joined by one Santogold for a track called "Gifted" on Sam "Squeak E. Clean" Spiegel and Ze "DJ Zegon...

Image from MySpace Artist, filmmaker, onetime porn director, and erstwhile punk auteur John Timmis IV, a.k.a. JT IV, was, to put it mildly, ahead of his time. An indie-rock renaissance man before anyone could appreciate him and an outsider artist before there was any money in it, Timmis released a s...

The British National party tonight vowed to take legal action after its entire membership list was published online in breach of a court injunction. The party blamed disgruntled former employees for posting details of the names, postal and email addresses and ages of more than 10,000 supporters. Det...

Matthew Oliphant posted a photo: Screw you guys! I'll go build my own Twitter. Ye Olde Skool repruhzent!...

Pedro Martinez will pitch in 2009, reports  Jon Heyman at SI.com and Adam Rubin in the Daily News, both citing the player’s agent, Fern Cuza. According to Heyman, ‘Multiple teams already have checked in about Martinez,’ says Cuza, who added: “I think the Mets are a possi...

Whether off the lip of a name-checking record store clerk, through such feature films as Control and 24 Hour Party People, or by way of some of the label's flagship acts, you've probably encountered the hallowed words "Factory Records" at some point in your travels. But there's more to the legendary...

True Blood 11:30 p.m., HBO As we approach Sunday's season finale of "True Blood," I want to give a shout out to Ryan Kwanten, who plays Jason Stackhouse, Sookie's man-slut of a brother. Kwanten (above with Lois Smith, center, and Anna Paquin) has been like a live electric wire on the show. He's awes...

By Jane Sarasohn-Kahn Moody's, the credit rating agency, offers their post-election impressions in their special comment, "U.S. Healthcare Industry: Credit Implications of the U.S. Election." Barack Obama's campaign roughed out principles for health reform across three issue areas: Access and......