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Fears about the economy and unrest in Saudi Arabia darkened the outlook for equities on Thursday, pushing major indexes below key technical levels. The Dow's worst day in seven months came after reports that authorities in Saudi Arabia had opened fire on demonstrators, increasing anxiety about...

NEW YORK – Jack Johnson, the Zac Brown Band and Maroon 5 have joined several other musical acts that have signed on to Patagonia's new music initiative, where fans can get exclusive tracks from their favorite acts, and the profits go to green causes. The Patagonia Music Collective kicks off...

She was the voluptuous pin-up girl who set a million male hearts to pounding during World War II, the favorite movie star of a generation of young men long before she'd made a movie more than a handful of them had ever seen. Such was the stunning beauty of Jane Russell, and the marketing skills...

LOS ANGELES – It may seem as though Academy Awards voters would be a bunch of fawning monarchists, considering how often the ceremony has been a love fest for all things English. But British kings and queens generally wind up losers at the Oscars. If "The King's Speech," a saga about Queen...

Blake Griffin soared over an automobile and into a new stratosphere on Saturday with an awe-inspiring performance to win the NBA's slam dunk contest. The Los Angeles Clippers rookie, who has created a frenzy this season with highlight reel dunks, caught a pass out of the sunroof from team mate...

LOS ANGELES – Carmelo Anthony just wants it over, without saying where he hopes it will end. The season-long trade speculation involving Denver's All-Star forward is nearing completion, with the deadline for deals arriving Thursday afternoon. Anthony would love a quicker answer. "My mind's...

John Wall had a record 22 assists and picked up the MVP award while rising star Blake Griffin scored 14 points as the rookies rallied to beat the sophomores 148-140 in the NBA all-star Rookie Challenge. Washington Wizards' Wall posted 22 assists while Sacramento Kings DeMarcus Cousins finished...

Best Things to say if Caught Sleeping At Your Office Desk... "They told me at the blood bank this might happen." "This is just a 15 minute power-nap as described in that time management course you sent me." "Whew! Guess I left the top off the White-Out You probably got here just in time!" "I...

A gnomic reimagining of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" topped the British box office on its debut weekend, according to Screen International on Tuesday. "Gnomeo and Juliet," featuring the voices of James McAvoy and Emily Blunt as the star-crossed gnomes of Verona Drive, took 2.94 million...

Q. Why did the boy tiptoe past the medicine cabinet? A. He didn't want to wake the sleeping pills! Q. How do you tease fruit? A. Banananananananana! Q. Why did Goofy put a clock under his desk? A. Because he wanted to work over-time! Q. Why did Tommy throw the clock out of the window? A...

"The King's Speech" continued its regal progress through the awards season, winning the Best Film award at the BAFTAs, as Colin Firth, who plays the film's stammering monarch, picked up Best Actor. The dramatisation of the true-life relationship between King George VI and his speech therapist...

A year before Jim Munroe was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of leukemia, a 19-year-old girl from Milwaukee had her cheek swabbed at a summer rock concert. She ended up saving Munroe's life by becoming his bone marrow donor. Munroe, 31, of...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/politics/2011/02/10/bts.dc.cpac.donald.trump.cnn -- Potential Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney, Sen. John Thune, Tim Pawlenty and Rep. Ron Paul all get their chance Friday to address the annual Conservative Political Action Conference -- a gathering of...

A blind man walks into a store with his seeing eye dog. All of a sudden, he picks up the leash and begins swinging the dog over his head. The manager runs up to the man and asks, "What are you doing?!!" The blind man replies, "Just looking around."...

34th day of 2011 - 331 remaining Thursday, February 3, 2011 THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED February 3, 1959 was a sad day in rock ’n’ roll history: 22-year-old Buddy Holly, 28-year-old J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper) and 17-year-old Ritchie Valens died in an airplane crash near Mason City, Iowa...

33rd day of 2011 - 332 remaining Wednesday, February 2, 2011 GROUNDHOG DAY It was comedian Bill Murray’s least favorite day. For those of you who have seen the 1993 movie, Groundhog Day, you’ll remember that Bill Murray had to relive Ground Hog Day over and over again. Well, not here, bubba...

Prosat 880 v.122 30/01/2011 - (. pst) The largest file is for users who are upgrading first. - (. PSB) smaller file for more updates and keep the settings that users make to the receiver. Example: maintain the list of favorite channels.

PROSAT / 790 plat V.124 30/01/2011 - (. Prt) The largest file is for users who are upgrading first. - (. PRB) smaller file for more updates and keep the settings that users make to the receiver. Example: maintain the list of favorite channels.

I found that it erases all settings and everything has to be reset again. To save on time, please, save your current settings on usb. Then, after you either lost them, or they were erased due to new BIN installation, re-flash your STB with saved database file. It will automatically restore...

-- One man's dream voyage is Karl Pilkington's nightmare. For the Science Channel's new reality series "An Idiot Abroad," the British radio producer (who has acquired an international cult following as funnyman Ricky Gervais' favorite target) embarked on an all-expenses-paid, seven-country...