AP - Magician-daredevil David Blaine says he's unhappy with how he ended his latest stunt: hanging upside-down without a net high over Central Park for 60 hours.
AP - NBC News reporter Luke Russert said he made a "dumb" misstatement on the "Today" show Wednesday when he suggested that smart people supported Barack Obama for president.
Reuters - In what amounts to a major coup for one of the United Kingdom's best-loved children's programs, Queen Elizabeth will host a special 50th birthday party for long-running BBC show "Blue Peter" at Buckingham Palace on October 16, it was announced Wednesday.
Reuters - As the campaigns and the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates haggled into the night Wednesday on whether to go ahead with Friday night's first presidential debate, the television networks that would carry it were waiting for the smoke to clear.
Reuters - Google Inc co-founder Larry Page has urged the Federal Communications Commission to give companies unlicensed access to vacant television channels before November's presidential election, the Wall Street Journal said. -- read full article
Reuters - As the campaigns and the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates haggled into the night Wednesday on whether to go ahead with Friday night's first presidential debate, the television networks that would carry it were waiting for the smoke to clear. -- read full article