DAWN.COM | Editorial | Myths about UrduSource: dawn.com
PICK up any Urdu textbook and the chances are that it will endorse the following myths:
(a) the term 'Urdu' means military camp. Our language is called 'Urdu' because it was created in the army camps of the Mughals especially during the reign of Shah Jahan;
Cursive writing is a fading skill, but do we care enough to save it?Source: NY Daily News
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Charleston resident Kelli Davis was in for a surprise when her daughter brought home some routine paperwork at the start of school this fall. Davis signed the form and then handed it to her daughter for the eighth-grader's signature.
Megan Fox Not Set To Play CatwomanSource: PEOPLE.com
Megan Fox will have to claw her way into another role.
The sexy starlet, next seen in the thriller Jennifer's Body, has not been cast as Catwoman by Warner Bros., PEOPLE confirms.
Message Overdrive in ObamaWorldSource: big hollywood blog
According to a new study from Accuracy in Media, the Obama administration spends $100,000 per week on message control. It seems in ObamaWorld, a picture is worth a thousand paychecks — $5 million a year distributed in salaries alone.
Woman Finds 'Twilight' Sequel Script In TrashSource: movies.yahoo.com
A St. Louis beauty salon owner accidentally happened upon one of the hottest Hollywood scripts -- the pages from an upcoming "Twilight" sequel -- in a trash bin.

Interesting news headlines are tough to come by.
We as writers, Strive for the creation of sensational headlines. In our attempt to lure readers to an article that we feel may have value, We sometimes lose the intended message in the creative script of the Head Line.

Still getting those annoying telemarketer calls, even though you have signed up with the National Do Not Call Registry? Here are a few things you can do, even if you haven't signed up yet.
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Inspired by Scott's discussion on what movies you're watching, and Arizonan's article on movies that say something to you, I was practically obligated to start a discussion about the worst movies you've seen.
The premise is such: you've recently (or not so recently) watched a mov …
Church Says No to 'Angels and Demons'Source: ABC News
Once again, the Catholic Church is coming down hard on writer Dan Brown, the author of "The Da Vinci Code." The producers of Brown's latest thriller to be made into a film, "Angels and Demons," have been banned from filming key scenes inside any church in Rome, on the grounds tha …
Smart Image Resizer (PHP)Source:
A ridiculously easy-to-use PHP script for resizing images the smart way. Features intelligent sharpening, width:height ratio cropping, transparent GIF and PNG color filling, and caching for optimal performance.

The DC Madam's phone list consists of literally years of records, thousands of lines, and untold calls. As you read this bloggers around the globe are pouring over these scanned pages.
strcmp in shellSource: patchlog.com
a function to compare two strings in shell similar to strcmp in C