It’s not the least bit creepy to find out exactly who your users are, which sites they visit, or what kind of pants they wear – it’s solid business tactics. Omniture helps the biggest names on the internet track their traffic and give their customers more of what they like.
When the World Wrestling Entertainment company WWE accused toy company Jakks of bribing them, Jakks challenged and won a juicy settlement. Jakks holds all kinds of big name licenses, like Hanna Montana and Pokemon, so WWE leaving their ring hasn’t hurt them a bit.
HAMILTON, Ohio -- With the school season underway, schools, parents, and students are concerned about the superbug MRSA, the tough-to-beat infection responsible for killing at least one student in 2007. MRSA or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is a highly infectious, drug resistant form of staph bacteria. Normally found in...
OAKLAND -- An Alameda County Superior Court judge said Wednesday that she will make a former Albany High School volunteer wrestling coach stand trial on felony charges of sexually assaulting three young boys as far back as 1988. Judge Sandra Bean said there is enough evidence to...
STAMFORD, Conn. -- Grammy Award winners and hard rock legends Motorhead have been enlisted to provide their new song "Rock Out" as the official theme music for World Wrestling Entertainment[R]'s September pay-per-view event, Unforgiven. "Rock Out" is the lead track off Motorhead's eagerly-awaited new album, Motorizer. Beginning Monday,...
AGOURA HILLS, Calif. -- THQ Inc. (NASDAQ:THQI) today announced that the Connecticut Superior Court has dismissed most of the World Wrestling Entertainment WWE's claims against THQ Inc. and THQ/JAKKS Pacific LLC. In particular, the Connecticut Superior Court dismissed all claims brought by WWE against THQ and THQ/JAKKS Pacific, LLC arising...
With the 2008 Summer Olympics now in full swing, who isn't on the lookout for future talent and potential Olympians? Turns out, we didn't have to look far--two were right under our noses in the bodybuilding community. But we can't take all the credit for finding them--that goes to the...
Charming, mercurial and neurotic about the way he's perceived, The Killers' Brandon Flowers wants everything just so. He tells James McMahon about his obsessions Here's a puzzler for you: what does Brandon Flowers have in common with Kim Jong-Il, Isaac Asimov, pro-wrestling legend Andre The Giant,...
Sport on TV So the Chinese weren't too impressed by the British contribution to their Olympic climax. Or by our triptych of what it means to be successful in modern Britain: the bumbling toff, the football megastar and the talent-show queen. They think we'll never match...
EVERETT, Mass. AP -- Pro wrestling pioneer Walter "Killer" Kowalski died early Saturday from the effects of a massive heart attack. He was 81. Kowalski died at Whidden Hospital in Everett, 12 days after his family decided to take him off life support. He had been in...
STAMFORD, Conn. -- World Wrestling Entertainment (NYSE: WWE) is saddened by the passing of WWE Hall of Famer Walter "Killer" Kowalski. Kowalski, who was an in-demand performer in the 1950's and '60's, was a former WWWF World Wide Wrestling Federation Tag Team Champion in the late-1970's. He was inducted into...
STAMFORD, Conn. -- World Wrestling Entertainment issued a statement that its litigation efforts against Jakks/THQ would continue despite a ruling in Connecticut State Court: "The decision today from Connecticut State Court says that the prior federal court decision in this matter precludes the Connecticut court from allowing WWE...
MALIBU, Calif. -- JAKKS Pacific (NASDAQ:JAKK), announced that the Connecticut State Court has granted summary judgment today in the state court action, dismissing World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.'s WWE bribery and anti-trust claims against JAKKS and its principals on the basis of collateral estoppel and statute of limitations grounds. The decision...
FRIDAY, AUGUST 15 -- ROBBERY -- At around 10:30 a.m., two male teens rushed up to a woman and "got in her face" as she was sitting at a bus stop at Carleton and Sacramento streets. One of the suspects demanded that she hand over her purse....
COACHING OPENINGS San Lorenzo: Needs assistant varsity girls volleyball coach and head junior varsity girls volleyball coach. Contact Tom Longaker at 510-317-3155. Hayward: Needs a JV boys soccer coach. For more information contact athletic director Gil Cisneros at (925) 570-5150 or (510) 723-3170...
STAMFORD, Conn. -- WWE Superstar John Cena[R] underwent emergency surgery today for injuries received during last Sunday's SummerSlam[R] Pay-Per-View match. The procedure went well, according to renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Joseph Maroon who performed the surgery. Cena is expected to return to action in approximately three months. Further details can be...
PARIS AFP — Hundreds of people thronged the leafy Champs-Elysees avenue on Tuesday to pay tribute to the French Olympic team as it made its way to a special reception with President Nicolas Sarkozy. Around a hundred of the country's sporting stars greeted the crowds from open-top buses...
Max Nied's routine includes school, sports, friends, and semiweekly injections of immunosuppressants. Jordan Grushkin enjoys going out to eat with his friends, but never without taking his insulin. Loretta McRae loves to study history and writing -- and at 18, walks with a...
BEIRUT AFP — Despite being branded "subversive" and "anti-Islamic" by a top Saudi Muslim cleric, millions of viewers from Beirut to Algiers tune in up to three times a day to watch the Turkish-made soap opera, "Noor", dubbed into Arabic. With his strawberry blond curls, blues eyes and...
The fate of the passengers on flight JK5022 was hideous and pitiful but it was not unimaginable. Every nervous flyer will have empathised with the man who sent a text on the runway to his wife: "My love, there's a problem with the plane.... They won't let me off." ...
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