Jersey Shore Star Sentenced To Community Service

MTV reality star Nicole ‘Snooki’ Polizzi has been ordered to complete two days of community service after pleading guilty to annoying others on the beach following an arrest in July. Polizzi, who shot to fame on U.S. TV show Jersey Shore, was arrested in sunny Seaside Heights, New Jersey on suspicion of disorderly conduct and creating a public nuisance. She was taken into custody after allegedly drinking alcohol in public, while filming the hit series’ third season; the 22 year ...

Food Prices Rise At Fastest Rate For A Year

12:42pm UK, Wednesday September 08, 2010 Damien Pearse, Sky News Online The price of groceries such as bread and cereal is rising at its fastest rate for a year as the cost of wheat rockets. The cost of bread is rising as wheat prices rocket due to an export ban in Russia Figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Nielsen revealed food price inflation rose to 3.8% last month, the highest level since July 2009.

Aquila’s full year net loss widens

Miner Aquila Resources states its widened full year net loss is due to expenditure at its early stage projects. The net loss for the 12 months to June 30 was $33.07 million, a widening of its $26.16 million net loss for the previous financial year. Aquila stated the result reflected its continued significant investment in exploration and feasibility activities across its portfolio of coal, iron ore and manganese projects. The company spent $60.2 million on exploration and evaluation activities ...

Obama Must Ignore Calls to Move to the Center

It’s coming. There’s been a lot of consternation on the Internets about the possibility that the White House may pick a Republican to succeed Rahm Emanuel as chief of staff, as a good-faith bipartisan gesture towards the GOP. It’s an interesting discussion, as far as it goes. But all the chatter over Rahm’s replacement really reflects something far bigger than speculation over White House personnel. It’s the first hint of what is to come after the Dems’ expected November bloodbath: ...

Obama defends tax stance, slams GOP

President Barack Obama strongly defended his opposition to extending Bush-era tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans on Wednesday and delivered a searing attack on Republicans and their House leader for advocating “the same philosophy that led to this mess in the first place.” Obama stated the struggling U.S. economy cannot afford to spend $700 billion to keep lower tax rates in place for the nation’s highest earners despite a call by House Minority Leader John ...

Top Spin 4 Revealed by 2K Sports

Get ready to fight it out with masters of clay, grass and hard court as 2K Sports has disclosed its latest offering. The company has announced that Top Spin 4 will be released for the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii in 2011. This new chapter extends the grand slam magic spelt by the earlier instalments in the tennis-based video game series. “Top Spin 4 is shaping up to be the most realistic and exhilarating tennis game in the Top Spin ...

Wireless Revenues In China Sink For Linktone

Embattled Chinese wireless services firm Linktone Ltd. announced its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010, and showed a drop in both revenue and profit. Linktone’s gross revenues for the second quarter were USD16.9 million, compared with USD19.0 million in the first quarter of 2010 and USD18.3 million in the second quarter of 2009. Linktone’s second quarter revenue mix includes telecom value-added services; data-related services such as SMS, MMS, WAP, and Java; IVR; and sales ...

emelFM2: Another fast file manager

Today I’m going to take a look at another lightweight Linux (and UNIX-like) file manager (and this time I WON’T get the name wrong) called emelFM2. This particular file manager will pull at the heart-strings of old school Linux and UNIX users because it is based on the old Norton Commander file manager (which was the inspiration for Midnight Commander). So anyone who’s used Linux long enough will know exactly what they are in for: double paned goodness with a ...

Angelina walks away, Natalie Portman replaces her in “Gravity”

Natalie Portman well known for her infamous performace in the “Black Swan” has been offered Angelina Jolie’s role in the “Gravity” opposite to Robert Downey Jr. after Jolie walked out of the sci-fi drama. The motion picture director, Cuaron, had in mind a number of potential stars, but Portman topped his choice who shortly received her official offer from Warner Bros. as reported by The Hollywood Reporter.

Mercury Prize 2010 winners the xx: from the sandpit to universal critical acclaim

Their first album was recorded in a converted garage the size of a bathroom, mainly at night. Romy Madley Croft, the singer and guitarist, and Oliver Sim, the bassist and vocalist, are ideal friends and have known each other since they were toddlers. The pair met the third band member, drummer Jamie Smith, at Elliott School, in Putney, which is notorious for producing a number of alternative bands, including Hot Chip, Burial. The Maccabees and Four Tet. Reviewers described their ...