Archive for the 'Local' Category
CANADA (OCN) — Move over Pokémons! Ganz’s lovable Webkinz characters are coming to take over a big screen near you. According to reports, Sony Pictures (SPE) headquartered in Culver City, California is working on a Webkinz movie.
Will the movie use anamtronics or CGI (computer generated imagery)? That remains to be seen as the studios are [...]
August 15th, 2008 | Posted in Local | Comments Off
NEW YORK (OCN) — It seems everyone is jumping on the Regina Usvjat bandwagon.
While visiting MSN.com hours ago to find information on North Carolina’s weather for the coming week, something told me to visit MSN Search and enter Regina Usvjat (who in 2007 was reported as being an Associate at Thacher Proffitt & Wood) in the [...]
August 14th, 2008 | Posted in Local | Comments Off
NEW YORK (OCN) — Do you want to go to a fundraiser? On Thursday, August 14, 2008, there will be a fundraiser to benefit New York Police Officer Kenneth Baribault and his son Christopher.
The fundraiser will be held at Mulcahy’s of Wantagh - Pub and Concert Hall located at 3232 Railroad Avenue from 6:00pm to [...]
August 13th, 2008 | Posted in Local | Comments Off
NEW YORK (OCN) — Can she hear you now? Yes she can! If you have a Verizon cell phone (or any cell phone at all) and you no longer need it, 72-year-old Susan Grossman from New York will be more that happy to take it.
Why? Grossman was the one of many (the 120,000th) to receive Cochlear [...]
August 12th, 2008 | Posted in Local | Comments Off
NEW YORK (OCN) — How do you get into the Bronx Zoo for free? Well, there are a few things that you will need to know if you would like to avoid paying the full admission fee. Below are some examples that we have compiled from the Bronx Zoo Forum.
1. On Wednesdays, you can get [...]
August 11th, 2008 | Posted in Local | Comments Off
NEW YORK (OCN) — Shop Honda is Honda’s latest marketing ad to get users to visit their official web site to see pictures, features and specs, current offers and more.
Although the advertisement directs users to go to Yahoo Search so they can find a special link, surfers who are dead set on using nothing but [...]
August 9th, 2008 | Posted in Local | Comments Off
NEW YORK (OCN) — Artie Lange has been MIA (missing in action) lately. So where is Howard Stern cohort and comedian?
Whispers in the wind says that Lange is admitted himself to an undisclosed New Jersey rehab facility for alledged heroin use.
August 8th, 2008 | Posted in Local | Comments Off
NEW YORK (OCN) — Where can you Discuss New York? There are quite a few forums (online community) about New York that will let you discuss the City and State of New York and other topics.
An example of such a New York Forum is the one that is powered by 411 New York located at www.NewYorkForum.us.
Once a user register [...]
August 6th, 2008 | Posted in Local | Comments Off
CALIFORNIA (OCN) — Scam artist just love to send us phishing emails and we love to receive them as we are able to post them here to warn others so they do not fall for their scams.
Below is phishing email (that was changed for the EPPICard Survey) that we got. The link in the email takes [...]
August 5th, 2008 | Posted in Local | Comments Off
NEW YORK (OCN) — If you have an analog television, you will have to know how to make a DTV Converter Box or know where to purchase or get a free digital-to-analog set-top converter box to attach to your TV set to be able to view over-the-air digital programming.
Why? On February 17, 2009, federal law requires [...]
August 1st, 2008 | Posted in Local | Comments Off