Archive for May, 2008
NEW YORK (OCN) — LucasArts game Fracture™ will not be available until October 2008 for the Xbox 360™ and PLAYSTATION®3 but things are already heating up.
The game takes place in the year 2161 where a series of ecological and seismological disasters have radically altered the planet’s landscape, and a classic ideological clash between the genetically altered [...]
May 31st, 2008 | Posted in Local | Comments Off
FRANCE (OCN) — Has Angelina Jolie given birth to her two darling little French Fries? No, not yet even tho Entertainment Tonight is reporting so.
“Angelina has not given birth. She is fine, enjoying her home and her family in France” says Jolie’s representative to People magazine.
When the twins are born, they will have 2-year-old Shiloh, [...]
May 30th, 2008 | Posted in International | Comments Off
AFRICA (OCN) — Before we could sit down and make our morning coffee, we heard “You Got Mail” over our computer speaker.
As we sat down to check it thru the hundreds of spam (and valid massages and tips from readers), this is what we found.
from: fredrik_emerah
to:
date: Thu, May 29, 2008 at 9:09 AM
subject: MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING
mailed-by:gazeta.pl
FROM THE [...]
May 29th, 2008 | Posted in International | Comments Off
MASSACHUSETTS (OCN) — International coffee and donut retailer, Dunkin’ Donuts, will be putting one of their ads on ice. The ad for their Iced Coffee featured Food Network personality Rachael Ray wearing a scarf that said to resemble a kiffiyeh.
As not to loose focus from the ad, Dunkin’ Donuts is having it pulled. For now, Iced [...]
May 28th, 2008 | Posted in National | Comments Off
GHANA (OCN) — There is a school that is making the grade and that school with Primary and JSS Curriculum is the Alpha Beta Education Centre.
The mission of the Alpha Beta Education Centre is to help expose children to a rich and varied teaching/learning environment which seeks to broaden their outlook, encourage the best examples [...]
May 27th, 2008 | Posted in International | Comments Off
AUSTRALIA (OCN) — It is that time again when everyone is seeking clues for Murder Under The Microscope.
What is it?
So, what is Murder Under The Microscope? It’s a competition open to all schools and is best suited to students in years 5 to 8. MUM, as it is affectionately known, involves student detective groups investigating potential environmental [...]
May 26th, 2008 | Posted in International | Comments Off
CALIFORNIA (OCN) — If you have ads appearing on your site from Google, there is a good chance you will be receiving the email below.
Greetings from Google!
We’re happy to announce that the Google content network now
accepts display ads served from qualified third-party vendors.
During this initial release, only ads in English are eligible,
although we look forward [...]
May 25th, 2008 | Posted in National | Comments Off
NEW YORK (OCN) — What can Brown do for Blue? Brown can race for Blue. Brown is none other than Big Brown, an American Thoroughbred racehorse and winner of the 2008 Kentucky Derby and 2008 Preakness Stakes.
Brown will be racing for Blue, also known as 30-year-old Kenneth Baribault.
Baribault is a Long Island police officer who [...]
May 24th, 2008 | Posted in Local | Comments Off
CALIFORNIA (OCN) — It was May 24, 1979 that Dawn of the Dead hit the big screen.
With the tagline “When there’s no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth” viewer were made to laugh and cry with the scary scenes. Tomorrow will be thirty years since is release.
Sites like netflix.com and selvestr.com who makes a [...]
May 23rd, 2008 | Posted in National | Comments Off
INDIANA (OCN) — What do you do when gas price is at all time high? You go to your backyard and dig a hole for oil.
Some people would say “Isn’t digging for oil a bit crude?” Well Greg Losh doesn’t think so and I must admit that is a slick move on his part.
While others [...]
May 23rd, 2008 | Posted in National | Comments Off