Spinal Tap confirmed they will play an acoustic tour that will hit Vancouver, Seattle, New York, and several other North American cities. Eddie Murphy will finally get what he always wanted? No, not an Oscar-- it's the chance to play Richard Pryor. Last year, we brought you the story of a...

19 February 2009 The brother & sister team of progressive journalists Amy Goodman and David Goodman have collected several stories of people who came face to face with some of the evils of the Dubya Squad years but who made the sadly rare but always heartening decision to not take it lying down....

27 MPs have signed an early day motion supporting recognition of the UK National Union of Journalists by the New Statesman magazine management, but their support isn’t really needed anymore after the New Statesman owners agreed - last week - to meet the union after all. The NUJ originally repo...

To paraphrase one shopping expert, nearly everyone wants better deals on everything these days. Craigslist is a great place to get those deals, and you don't have to be a jerk to get them. Photo by acloudman. There's a reason reporters and others looking to take the pulse of the economy so often tur...

Police say that 36-year-old Marcelino de Jesus Martinez sold his 14-year-old daughter for marriage to 18-year-old Margarito de Jesus Galindo for $16,000 plus 100 cases of beer, among other items. After the girl was handed over, Martinez called police to complain that he hadn’t been paid! He re...

… GO ON? 1. We are willing to pay $500 for 2 ball tickets ( I know its low– but hey we are poor college students) 2. 2 tickets to the NBA All Star Rookie Challenge (hot ticket— sold out!) 3. Mardi Gras Package (you have to get to New Orleans on your own)– this includes a plac...

holy crap - it is just great to see this...

" Es mejor morir de pie que vivir de rodillas. " - Gen. Emiliano Zapata , Mexican Revolutionary Hero, Wearer of "Cowboy Stuff" OXFORD, Ohio (ZP) -- It's three o'clock in the morning. And I'm neither drunk nor sober. I'm simply enjoying a cold November storm, in fact, a lovely late night stroll throu...

a little cold don't hurt. but the world economy is tripping. you wonder what economy they are talking about. must be the rich folks thing huh. i see people still eating. buying food in the bodegas where i live. so you wonder what the hell is going on? are rich people running scared? is the stone age...

That I’m still under the weather makes today’s post all the more apt. Feeling lousy may be a state many of us will better understand in the days ahead. The fifth largest investment bank in the United States collapsed Monday. Please read that again. Now read this: 60,000 homes in my state...