New fall shows finally reflect the recession

These days, once thriving CEO “Hank” has been downsized, a financially squeezed but “Hung” teacher uses his asset to make a buck and the car dealer momma in “The Middle” better sell an auto before she loses her job.

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Focus is on Main St. as firms fight Wall St. rules

Recognizing that many people see them as villains, the financial industry and big business groups working to stop key elements of President Barack Obama's financial overhaul are taking a new tack.

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William Hung Crowned 'Artichoke King'

Off-key pop idol William Hung has something new to crow about: He's being crowned "Artichoke King" in the small city that calls itself "artichoke capital of the world."

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Limited Newsvine Activity

I had an unpleasant experience with Newsvine Friday PM October 16, 2009. The web site "hung" repeatedly, and I suspect that the electronic malfunctions are damaging my software in my computer.

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A 16 year-old teenager has accidentally hanged himself shooting an amateur horror film in the Russian city of Kondopoga, Northwest of Russia, Russian website Lenta.ru reports.

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Congratulations to everyone on the Fox News team. Obviously, it takes a total team effort to be the Leader on cable news. The best way Americans can honor the men and women serving overseas is to be informed about the issues confronting our country.

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A group of officials from the Department of Children & Families and other child advocates will meet Thursday in the aftermath of the hanging death of a child in foster care.

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Why WOULD David Carradine have been murdered? I thought there were some interesting possibilities in this blog/article. Food for thought.

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A tragic article from today's paper about a boy of six who was tragically hung in a freak skipping rope incident at his home.

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A Newsvine True Story Part II - Ex Post Facto Mortem Spermos

I have been undone. I have been de-manned. I am as impotent as a lame duck elementary school fifth grade president. I am vasectomized.

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A Newsvine True Story! – Me and My Testicles

Because I expect everyone on Newsvine to be excited about my testicles, I am making this oh-so-private procedure public: I, bigfatdrunk, will be getting a vasectomy soon.

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Woman Hung From Tree, Tortured For Bondage-Porn Video Man Planned To Sell Video After Declaring Bankruptcy, Investigators Say

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Texas Child Hangs Self After Seeing Saddam Video Boy Hung Self From Bunk Bed

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Reminiscent of Al Franken on the Late Show last October, on Friday's Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO, actor Ben Affleck charged that President Bush "probably also leaked" Valerie Plame's name and so "if he did, you can be hung for that! That's treason!" In full rant, a

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