When Sam Zell, the soon-to-be new owner of Tribune Corp., parent company of the LA Times, was quoted as saying this on Saturday, we called him a ridiculous old man: "If all of the newspapers in America did not allow Google to steal their content, how profitable would Google be?" Zell said during the question period after his speech. "Not very." And the consensus from the blogosphere this weekend? That he's a ridiculous old......

Thirty-three employees of the sleepy little Santa Barbara News-Press have been fired or quit in the past seven months and yesterday six more were axed knocking the total up to 39. The latest half dozen were shown the door after allegedly going to a freeway overpass and holding up signs encouraging people to cancel their subscriptions to the embattled newspaper. "Cancel Your Newspaper Today" and "Protect Free Speech" were hung during the morning rush......

Lamar Odom's toddler son, Jayden, suffocates in his crib. The Riverside coroner's results are in, and former Dodger Rookie of the Year Steve Howe did have methamphetamine in his system when he died last month outside of Coachella hours before the music festival was to begin. A 12-yr old boy died while riding a roller coaster - the Rock 'n' Roller - at Disneyworld in Orlando. Caroline is not on crack, Zankou's chicken is......