From New York Times Economix blog. The change in home prices for the previous 12 months for 20 US cities from 2001-2008. I took the graph for each city and order them by the change in home prices from Oct 2007 - Oct 2008. The blue bars is each citys data while the gray is the 20-city average. {Click …

Great info as always from Auto Blog:The U.S. auto industry hasn't experienced a worse year of sales in recent memory, so it's fitting that 2008 should close with December sales data that's no better than the previous disappointing months.The only green you'll see below is next to MINI, which beat ou …

Looking at it, you'd think it would be hard to miss. But this rare pink iguana, referred to as "rosada," evaded Charles Darwin and many other biologists and explorers when they visited the Galapagos island. Read on for more....

A helpful report out from insurer Aon showing that things in California could be worse: We could get a significant quake along the San Andreas fault. As it turns out, the fault is pretty much a bus tour of the most foreclosure-struck counties in California. It wouldn't take much shaking, to Aon's wa …

After her text break up with Gossip Girl hottie Chase Crawford, it seems like country crooner and former American Idol champ Carrie Underwood moved right along to hockey player Mike Fisher, but she managed to keep the romance under wraps until recently. At Fisher's Ottawa Senators versus the Toronto …

FROM SPLASH PAGE: Steven Spielbergs adaptation of the classic Tintin comics isnt having an easy time making it to the big screen. Production is only a month away, but the film lacks all but one cast member: Andy Serkis as Captain Haddock. But Aint It Cool News is reporting that the film finally has …

The Wall Street Journal reports that U.S. citizens have suddenly become quite thrifty. Usually, frugality is good for individuals and for the economy. Savings serve as a reservoir of capital that can be used to finance investment, which helps raise a nation's standard of living. But in a recessio …

With the launch of Skype integration, Truphones mobile VoIP service is fast becoming a unified client for other VOIP and messaging services. As well as the ability to make low-cost calls over Wi-Fi or GSM networks and send cheap SMS, it is now supporting Skype and other messaging services via its ap …

Back in July, actor Josh "W." Brolin, his W co-star Jeffery "Colin Powell" Wright, and members of the movie crew were arrested in Shreveport, LA after a celebration of the movie's completion got a little out of hand at a local bar. As we've previously mentioned, cops were called to settle a disturba …

Lindsay Lohan is sick of all the rumors starting, and as usual she decided to use her MySpace blog and clear things up. After reports that her huge New Year's fight with Samantha Ronson ended with a breakup, Lindsay denied it on her site. She said, "little piece of TRUE information: we did NOT break …

Pic: BBC The BBC report that a Fifth Century Germanic settlement has been discovered on land set out for regeneration in Kent. A team of 30 archaeologists has been studying debris at the site in Rushenden, on the Isle of Sheppey, to learn how the original settlers lived. The remains of a large bo …

The number of websites dedicated to helping entrepreneurs is incredible: there are always new sites, to the point that it can be hard to keep track of them. However, I have a few favorites. There are some tools I absolutely rely on for everything from marketing to billing, some blogs I read constant …

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Advanced Micro Devices is introducing technology today that can make notebook computers lighter, faster, and more versatile. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based chip makers Yukon platform is a collection of chips aimed at the ultraportable notebook computer market. Such laptops will likely blur the line bet …

On Barbara Walters Sirius radio show yesterday, The View host and her producer, Bill Geddie, revealed that.. Despite being a subject of ridicule in Kathy Griffin's stand-up routine, the pair are now open to having the flame-haired comedian back on The View, after she's been banned from appearing for …

It wasn’t quite the same lively Macworld keynote without Steve Jobs, but it looks like self-deprecating Phil Schiller, Apple’s VP of worldwide product marketing, did an admirable job of introducing a whole slew of products, including the new Macbook Pro (17-inch version) and the new DRM free iTunes …

John Travolta, his wife, Kelly Preston, and their daughter Ella left the Bahamas on Monday night with the remains of their beloved Jett, who died on Friday. They've returned to Ocala, Florida, where they have a home. "Everything was in place, the cremation was completed, and they decided to leave," …

My pals Rita King and Josh Fouts have just completed an ambitious public diplomacy report on using virtual worlds to create understanding between Islamic and western societies. The book itself is presented in Understanding-Comics-style graphic novel format. They're holding a public launch in New Yo …

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