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Dishing out answers about digital TV switch (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

August 31st, 2008 by

Dear Propeller Heads: These commercials about the switch to digital TV sound serious. Should I be paying attention? A: You’re the guy who stays put on his lounge chair when the fire alarm rings, right? Well, there’s no fire, but there is a change coming. On Feb. 17, over-the-air TV signals will switch from analog to digital. The commercials that are running sound pretty ominous. Let’s face it, …

Iran’s Supreme Leader calls for air force fleet upgrade (People’s Daily)

August 31st, 2008 by

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday called on the newly-appointed Iranian air force chief to further enhance the fleet’s equipment, the English-language Press TV satellite channel reported. Khamenei on Sunday appointed Brigadier General Hassan Shah-Safias the new chief commander of Iran’s Air Force, replacing Brigadier General Ahmad Miqani. Khamenei recommended the new …

Iranian official considers $100 per barrel as lowest suitable price for oil (People’s Daily)

August 31st, 2008 by

Iranian Oil Minister Gholam-Hossein Nozari said Sunday that 100 U.S. dollars per barrel is the lowest suitable price for oil, the English-language Press TV satellite channel reported. “This (crude at 100 USD a barrel) is the minimum price for oil,” Nozari was quoted as saying, adding “in view of the cold season and rising oil demand, we are moving toward higher and more acceptable prices.” Oil …

GeoEye Hopes for Clear Skies Ahead (Washington Post)

August 31st, 2008 by

On Thursday at 11:50 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time, GeoEye chief executive Matthew O’Connell plans to be at Vandenberg Air Force Base, watching a Boeing Delta II rocket roar into the California sky, carrying GeoEye’s new imaging satellite — and the hopes of his company’s future. If all goes well,…

TV networks shifting from politics to storm (AP via Yahoo! News)

August 31st, 2008 by

Television networks rapidly shifted focus and personnel away from the Republican national convention to Gulf Coast communities in the path of Hurricane Gustav on Sunday, wondering how much of their political planning will be for naught.

Putin saves TV crew from tiger (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

August 31st, 2008 by

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has been feted by Russian media for saving a television crew from an attack by a siberian tiger in the wilds of the country’s far east.

Putin ’saves TV crew from tiger’ (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

August 31st, 2008 by

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has been feted by Russian media for saving a television crew from an attack by a siberian tiger in the wilds of the country’s far east.

Russia’s Putin saves TV crew from Siberian tiger (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

August 31st, 2008 by

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was feted by Russian media on Sunday for saving a television crew from an attack by a Siberian tiger in the wilds of the Far East.

TV networks shifting toward hurricane (AP via Yahoo! News)

August 31st, 2008 by

Television networks rapidly shifted focus and personnel away from the Republican national convention to Gulf Coast communities in the path of Hurricane Gustav on Sunday, wondering how much of their political planning will be for naught.

Sahar TV prepares various programs for Ramadan (mehrnews.com)

August 31st, 2008 by

TEHRAN, Aug. 31 (MNA) — The Iranian TV station Sahar has prepared a variety of programs for welcoming the holy month of Ramadan.

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