http://www.miamipoetryreview.com Entertainment News & Daily News From Around the World - Miami Poetry Review en-us (C) 2005-06 www.miamipoetryreview.com info@rlinedesign.com With major macroeconomies still somewhat in shambles, a PricewaterhouseCoopers study reckons that worldwide gambling - and particularly online gaming - will continue to see enviable growth through 2012. http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/06/pwc_on_international_gaming_in.html http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/06/pwc_on_international_gaming_in.html Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:34:27 -0500 Os Davis Congratulations to the Celtics, who in mostly manhandling the overachieving Los Angeles Lakers have eliminated the stigma of The David Tyree Curse to finally bring a major sports title to Boston after 244 painful days of suffering. http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/06/celtics_beat_lakers_end_long_b.html http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/06/celtics_beat_lakers_end_long_b.html Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:05:42 -0500 Os Davis As far as journalists are concerned, it seems, the only thing better on the campaign trail than a story is a non-story. To wit, reportage of former vice president Al Gore's endorsement of ... Barack Obama. (Shocker!) http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/06/gore_endorses_mccain_yeah_surr.html http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/06/gore_endorses_mccain_yeah_surr.html Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:07:54 -0500 Os Davis SCENE: The Old West. A small movie theatre in the middle of nowhere. Inside the lobby, a few patrons are hanging around after seeing "Iwo Jima." After the hushed conversation in one corner becomes a bit more heated, one of the four leaves the discussion and approaches the counter. This is MOOKIE, as portrayed by Spike Lee in Do the Right Thing, replete in Brooklyn Dodgers jersey and shorts. http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/06/shes_gotta_have_the_good_bad_a.html http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/06/shes_gotta_have_the_good_bad_a.html Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:41:19 -0500 Os Davis "In violation of his constitutional oath to faithfully execute the office of president of the United States," started US representative Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio, and today MPR's favorite politician) yesterday in the Capitol as he began his introduction of a bill to introduce articles of impeachment against George W. Bush. http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/06/impeach_bush_also_cheney_mccai.html http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/06/impeach_bush_also_cheney_mccai.html Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:21:33 -0500 Os Davis Gee, it must be near the peak of the harvest season for the world's No. 1 illegal narcotic, i.e. cannabis sativa, as the headlines were absolutely dominated by busts and the like over the weekend. http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/06/didnt_shoot_the_deputy_fruitfu.html http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/06/didnt_shoot_the_deputy_fruitfu.html Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:15:56 -0500 Os Davis Google me this: How tight can NASA and Google get? High-profile bosom buddies since at least 2005, the pair this week announced ambitious plans to build 1.2 million square feet worth of office on 42.2 acres of land at the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California. http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/06/google_nasa.html http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/06/google_nasa.html Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:38:59 -0500 Os Davis MORTICIAN: Bring out your dead! [clang] Bring out your dead! [clang] Bring out your dead! [clang] Bring out your dead! http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/06/bring_out_yer_politically_dead.html http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/06/bring_out_yer_politically_dead.html Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:47:09 -0500 Os Davis Senator Barack Obama enters Clinton for President 2008 campaign headquarters... http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/06/dead_campaign_sketch.html http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/06/dead_campaign_sketch.html Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:44:24 -0500 Os Davis Lotsa hype this weekend about the World Health Organization's recent hardcore statements on World No Tobacco Day, and why not? After all, despite all attempts by national governments in both hemispheres to prohibit, taper or otherwise ban smoking, lung cancer remains the no. 1 preventable cause of death in the world today. http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/06/who_tobacco_out_of_advertising.html http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/06/who_tobacco_out_of_advertising.html Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:27:53 -0500 Os Davis To the certain bumming out of many a conspiracy theorist, pagan mystic sort, science-fiction writer and general science-hating mystery lover, University of Sheffield archaeologists have announced the uncovering of a Stonehenge secret. http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/05/stonehenge_revealed_to_be_real.html http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/05/stonehenge_revealed_to_be_real.html Fri, 30 May 2008 03:10:04 -0500 Os Davis In the 1960s, women burned bras as an act of protest. In the 2000s, they're called upon to donate panties. And just as those freewheeling hippie chicks got conservative knickers, um, in a knot, it is hoped that the Panties for Peace! movement will make another bunch of baddies sweat. http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/05/from_canada_with_undies.html http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/05/from_canada_with_undies.html Wed, 28 May 2008 10:47:57 -0500 Os Davis In what is a newswriter's dream, the Federal Aviation Administration announced that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into a mysterious occurrence witnessed by a Continental Airlines pilot and crew. http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/05/quick_man_reopen_project_blue.html http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/05/quick_man_reopen_project_blue.html Tue, 27 May 2008 09:39:53 -0500 Os Davis This week saw a blitz of media coverage on pharmaceutical firm Pfizer's "wonder drug," Chantix. The gist of it all? Good news and bad news: The good news is that Chantix has shown to be effective in the curbing of desire to smoke cigarettes; the bad news is your long-term health may come at the cost of much shorter lifespan. If you drive, that is. http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/05/just_say_no_to_varenicline.html http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/05/just_say_no_to_varenicline.html Sun, 25 May 2008 03:58:12 -0500 Os Davis Yesterday, the Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee sponsored a hearing into the benefits of medical marijuana in light of two bills recently introduced in the state legislature that would allow the herb to be prescribed. http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/05/medical_marijuana_advocates_ge.html http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/05/medical_marijuana_advocates_ge.html Fri, 23 May 2008 07:51:47 -0500 Os Davis