Tweet NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Newly engaged queen of soul Aretha Franklin, Mary J. Blige, Stephanie Mills and Charlie Wilson are among entertainers set to perform at this summer’s Essence Music Festival in New Orleans…. Read the rest here: Aretha Franklin to play New Orleans’ Essence Fest  Read More →

Tweet SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Hewlett Packard has decided to open its webOS mobile operating system to developers and companies, potentially taking on Google’s free Android platform that is popular with handset makers. Continue reading here: HP opens webOS mobile software to others  Read More →

Tweet BARABANKI, India (AP) — Out on the edge of town, a few steps from the railroad tracks and across the street from an emerald-green field that stinks of sewage, Sanjeev Saxena sits inside a signpost of a new Indian era. Occasionally, he glances up from his desk to see if anyone is coming through the door…. See the original post: Car... 

Tweet TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit will be freed from five years of captivity in the Gaza Strip some time next week in exchange for the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails. View original post here: Israel-Palestinian swap due in Sinai next week  Read More →

Tweet WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators are scolding the airline industry for raising fares during the tax holiday created by the shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration…. See the article here: Senators scold airlines for raising fares  Read More →

Tweet Steve Kroft profiles famous microbiologist J. Craig Venter, whose scientists have already mapped the human genome and created what he calls “the first synthetic species.” Original post: J. Craig Venter: Designing Life  Read More →

Tweet Steve Kroft profiles famous microbiologist J. Craig Venter, whose scientists have already mapped the human genome and created what he calls “the first synthetic species.” Read more: J. Craig Venter: Designing Life  Read More →

Tweet With December just around the corner, Andy Rooney thinks about buying Christmas presents early this year. Here is the original post: Rooney Ponders Christmas Shopping  Read More →

Tweet By JOSHUA FREED 2010-09-22T22:30:04Z Starbucks customers will soon get a jolt before any caffeine touches their lips. The world’s biggest cafe chain is raising prices…. Read the original: Starbucks plans price increases on some drinks  Read More →

Tweet LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Before summer began, no one had heard of Montana Fishburne. But the daughter of Oscar-nominated actor Laurence Fishburne, now the main guy on “CSI,” was eager to make a name for herself. Continued here: Fishburne’s porn-star daughter avoiding dark side  Read More →