Saturday, May 13, 2006


'Idol' tricks: quick clicks
Variety - "American Idol" could finally be coming to a computer near you. After months of speculation over such plans, Fox is close to announcing it will sell digital downloads from the massively popular show. Under the proposed arrangement, individual

NYC cable-car riders stranded for hours
Northwest Arkansas News - NEW YORK A normally five-minute cable car ride turned into a nearly 12-hour ordeal for dozens of people who had to be rescued early Wednesday after two cars lost power over the East River. The passengers from one car were plucked one by one and

EBay unit licenses Warner Music ringtones
BusinessWeek - APR. 25 3:28 P.M. ET EBay Inc. said Tuesday it has signed license agreements to provide customers cell phone ringtones using songs from the Warner Music Group library. Through its Skype Internet voice and video communication subsidiary, eBay said it

Tram passengers remain calm during rescue
Pueblo Chieftain - NEW YORK - Stranded in cable cars hundreds of feet above the East River, the passengers kept calm by telling jokes and playing cell phone ringtones. All the while, police scrambled to get them down, at one point hoisting baby formula, diapers and