Bay Area News Project has high hopes, few employees
A wealthy philanthropist has kicked in $5 million in seed money. A top management consultant has come up with a business plan. A renowned university will lend not only its students but research help. And the budding endeavor has a chief executive who will pull down $400,000 a year and one of the world's most prestigious newspapers ready to give its future news offerings a home.
Abu Dhabi is future base for News Corp: Murdoch
News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch announced on Tuesday that the Gulf emirate of Abu Dhabi is to become the headquarters of his global media empire in the Middle East.
Newport News police to seek opinions of residents
NEWPORT NEWS Police officials want to know how satisfied residents’ are with the service provided by the Police Department. The department plans to use an automated system to call about 1,770 homes this weekend to ask nine questions about the level of satisfaction with the services provided by the department, a news release says.
Sporting News college basketball Most Improved Player of the Year: John Shurna, Northwestern
John Shurna's massive improvement this year started in Colorado over the summer. Northwestern forward John Shurna's emergence from unknown freshman to Sporting News Most Improved Player for the 2009-10 season came out of thin air. Specifically, the thin air at the U.S. Olympic training center in Colorado Springs, where Shurna successfully tried out for the USA Basketball U-19 national team that ...
Sporting News college basketball Defensive Player of the Year: Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State
Jarvis Varnado is the nation's top defender and the NCAA's top shot blocker ever. The curious thing about Sporting News Defensive Player of the Year Jarvis Varnado's shot-blocking is he seems almost polite while he's making his opponents eat their layups. There's a genteel quality to his destruction of opposing offense that seems to fit with his quiet personality. But those offenses are wrecked ...
