Consumer Confidential: Retail sales, Android lawsuit, naked vacations
Here's your friend-me Friday roundup of consumer news from around the Web: -- The latest view from the trenches: Retail sales were up slightly last month but consumers remain wary of opening their...
View ArticleTV This Week for August 15th – 22nd
Click here to download TV listings for the week of Aug. 15 - 21 in PDF format This week's TV Movies Weekly TV Listings can also be downloaded here SUNDAY The famous dictum “Don't hassle The Hoff” will...
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Love hurts at David Hasselhoff's Comedy Central Roast
Flanked by a squadron of dancing German maidens and swinging his best Vegas-style groove, David Hasselhoff -- former "Baywatch" star, European rock god, ex-"America's Got Talent" judge and drunken...
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Report: Reggie Bush apologizes to USC [Updated]
Reggie Bush reportedly apologized to USC Athletic Director Pat Haden for his transgressions that led to NCAA sanctions against the university, according to USA Today. [Updated at 2:32 p.m.: Haden told...
View ArticleVideo: David Lazarus on bank overdraft fees
Instead of processing transactions chronologically, many banks do the biggest ones first, saying that ensures the most important payments are made. But that can be costly for low-balance accounts,...
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Starbucks working with Yahoo to offer website with coffee shop's own content
A screen grab of what the Starbucks Digital Network landing page will look like to customers using the coffee shop's free Wi-Fi. Credit: Starbucks Inc. Starbucks Inc., hoping to leverage its recent...
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Rihanna defends la grammaire française used in new tattoo
Rihanna expected people would call her out on the content of her new rebelle fleur neck tattoo, OK Magazine says. Indeed, Gawker did just that, pointing out that in French, the adjective typically...
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Supergirl Pro Junior surfing contest Saturday in Oceanside
The next event in the Supergirl Jam series is the Supergirl Pro Junior surf contest Saturday in Oceanside. Sixteen of the best age 20-and-younger female surfers in the world will be vying for a...
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It's 'Goliath versus Goliath' as Oracle files patent lawsuit against Google...
Oracle Corp. dropped a major bombshell on Google Inc. late Thursday, kicking off what could be an epic clash of Silicon Valley titans.Oracle filed a patent and copyright infringement lawsuit against...
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DUBAI: Police issue stern warning against violating Ramadan fast
Dubai police have warned the public that it will not go easy on violators of virtue during the holy fasting month of Ramadan. In a statement issued by Dubai police earlier this week, Colonel Mohammad...
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Struggling to avoid bankruptcy, Blockbuster extends debt deadline to Sept. 30...
With interest payments it can't afford looming and its losses mounting, Blockbuster Inc. has bought some extra time from its debt holders to form a new recapitalization agreement. The new agreement...
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Lakers owner Jerry Buss sets the standard for winning
Nearly every interview with Lakers owner Jerry Buss featured similar background settings, with it either taking place in his luxury box suite, in a Westside restaurant that provided a picturesque view...
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Your morning adorable: Black panther cubs mug for the camera at Berlin Zoo
It's already been well-established that Germany's Berlin Zoo is a frontrunner in the field of adorableness. After all, it's got two of the world's cutest wolf pups, a batch of jaguar cubs in a basket,...
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Music review: Bramwell Tovey, Emanuel Ax and the L.A. Phil at Hollywood Bowl
Bramwell Tovey set himself quite a task this week at the Hollywood Bowl – trying to follow the flashy, perfectly-pitched-to the-outdoors programming of "Gustavo Dudamel Week" with not one, but both of...
View ArticleDesire of pay TV distributors to be gatekeepers to broadband and tablets...
One of the biggest fears among pay-television distributors is that as more content becomes available on new platforms, consumers will cut the cord to their cable and satellite suppliers.That's why the...
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PREACH IT! Dina Lohan’s word o’ the day: 'hardball.' Or maybe it’s...
Dina Lohan is back on the job. And by job, we mean telling the world how unfair it is. Lohan appeared on the "Today” show Friday morning to speak to Matt Lauer, presumably about how Lohan’s daughter,...
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Kanye West unveils new song at secret, all-formal party in New York
Kanye West is at a point in his career where he's ensured that even his most mundane moves will be breathlessly rehashed on websites ranging from minor to major. After all, such is the public...
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Clippers' Eric Gordon says he has a 'good shot' at making Team USA final roster
Near the end of this month, the 2010 USA World Championship Team roster will be finalized before the start of the 2010 International Basketball Federation World Championship. That means the current...
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Gold Derby nuggets: EW: Emmy debate over Conan O'Brien | Jonas Brothers...
• Does Conan O'Brien deserve to win the Emmy this year for his short-lived edition of "The Tonight Show"? Lynette Rice thinks so: "The public has certainly been on his side (witness the I’m With Coco...
View ArticleLakers sign draft pick Derrick Caracter
The Lakers announced Friday that they signed second-round draft pick Derrick Caracter. Caracter, a 6-foot-8 power forward, signed a two-year contract worth about $1.1 million in which just the first...
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