McClatchey to sell Contra Costa Times, Mercury News (Cirrhosis)

McClatchey to sell Contra Costa Times, Mercury News
San Jose Mercury News - 38 minutes agoBy Pete Carey. McClatchy Co. announced today that it will acquire Knight-Ridder in a deal valued at approximately $4.5 billion, and plans to sell 12 of the San Jose newspaper company's 32 papers, including the Contra Costa Times. ...

The Net's New Age
BusinessWeek - 16 hours agoIntel blamed market share losses to AMD in part for a sales shortfall this quarter. Will the slide continue? Just wait. The tables will turn and Intel will regain share. In a small deal that signals big changes on the Internet, Google announced Mar. ...

Judge halts Moussaoui death trial for 2 days
Reuters - 2 hours agoBy Deborah Charles. ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday put on hold the death penalty case against September 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui, declaring angrily she found it "very difficult ...

'Old Christine' kills the 'Seinfeld' curse
USA Today - 16 hours agoBy Robert Bianco, USA TODAY. One of TV's most-missed performers, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, returns for a second shot at post-Seinfeld stardom with The New Adventures of Old Christine. And this time, she's back in style. ...

Actress Maureen Stapleton dead at age 80
Reuters - 1 hour agoLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Veteran character actress Maureen Stapleton, an Oscar and Tony winner famed for feisty, down-to-earth stage roles in Tennessee Williams' plays and for such films as "Reds" and "Cocoon," died on Monday at age 80. ...