What's Likely To Appear Under Christmas Trees
Nov 18th, 2008 · Electronics were supposed to be a bright spot in a dismal holiday shopping season, but Best Buy and Circuit City are in terrible shape. Are any sectors looking good?
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Pelosi Meets Big Three Automakers
Nov 6th, 2008 · The leaders of Detroit's three automakers and the head of the United Auto Workers are meeting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Faced with terrible sales numbers, the car companies are asking for $25 billion dollars in emergency loans to stay afloat.
Artificial Intelligence Prize Goes To Chatty Computer *
Oct 14th, 2008 · In 1950, a mathematician asked, if a computer could think, how could we tell? His answer: it could hold a conversation. In this spirit, the annual Loebner Artificial Intelligence Prize goes to the most human-like computer. This year, to a program called Elbot. When asked, how's it going? Elbot responded: I feel terrible today. This morning I poured milk over my breakfast instead of oil, and it rusted before I could eat it.
Monk Tribute Albums That Aren't Terrible
Oct 6th, 2008 · Thelonious Monk, who would have been 91 on Thursday, wrote many great songs. But a great many covers of his music wind up butchered by interpreters who seem not to understand it. From the scores of full-length tributes, here are five which demonstrate the good sense to keep Monk weird.
Steamy 'New York Love' Wins Bad-Writing Contest *
Aug 14th, 2008 · The winning entry in a contest for bad writing came from Garrison Spik. The assignment was to write a terrible first sentence for an imaginary novel. Spik won $250 with this: "Theirs was a New York love, a checkered taxi ride burning rubber, and like the city, their passion was open 24/7, steam rising from their bodies like slick streets exhaling warm, moist, white breath through manhole covers stamped 'Forged by DeLaney Bros., Piscataway, N.J."
Cooking Chicken Just Right with Chris Kimball **
May 26th, 2008 · Americans eat more chicken than any other kind of meat — on average 87 pounds a year per person. But they often do a terrible job of preparing it. Chris Kimball, host of America's Test Kitchen on PBS, shares some recipes — and secrets to tender, juicy chicken.
Prison Closings Trouble Upstate New York **
Mar 4th, 2008 · The drop in inmate populations in New York comes as terrible news in the state's northern counties, where prisons are a big part of the economy. Empty jail beds have led the governor to propose closing four prisons. Some residents are fighting to keep them open.
'Marketplace' Report: Wall Street Bonuses
Nov 19th, 2007 · It's been a terrible year for the securities industry, but some analysts are predicting that bonuses will be bigger than ever. Marketplace's Amy Scott discusses just how much extra cash top executives' may have to spend this holiday season.
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