Microsoft And Yahoo Talks Back On

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Image via Wikipedia Report from Techcrunch: It looks like the talks are back on between the two companies. Techcrunch, however, is hearing something different than CNET - the talks are about a full buyout again, not a sweetened search-only deal. Apparently Microsoft is talking a price lower than the $33 they were ...

Yahoo loses two more prominent executives

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

Image by Getty Images via Daylife Yahoo lost another two executives yesterday as the company continued to lurch from crisis to crisis following the board's decision to reject Microsoft's $47bn (£24bn) takeover bid. This comes as no shock after mass exodus of Yahoo's talent in last few weeks. The latest departures include the ...

Sean Penn decides against divorce

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Hollywood star Sean Penn and his actress wife Robin Wright Penn have withdrawn their petition for a divorce. A court in Marin County, California, dismissed the divorce proceedings at a hearing which neither attended. The couple, who married in 1996, filed for divorce in December, with Wright Penn citing irreconcilable differences. But ...

SC teacher sent to prison for 6 years for sex with students

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

LAURENS, S.C. -- A former middle school teacher was sent to prison for six years Tuesday for having sexual encounters with five teenage boys.Allenna Ward, 24, tearfully asked the rural community to forgive her. "I apologize from the depths of my heart," Ward said in court. Arrest warrants said Ward met 14- ...

Yahoo.com Calls Iowan ‘America’s Next Sweetheart’

Friday, January 25th, 2008

DES MOINES, Iowa -- The top story on Yahoo.com Friday morning asks if Iowan Shawn Johnson will be "America's Next Sweetheart?"The article titled "America's Next Great Gymnast" says that Johnson is "no typical teen" and "top-ranked gymnast Shawn Johnson just may be as good as Olympic gold."The feature dives into ...