Ticking News

On Monday, NBC will premiere the live newsmagazine “Rock Center With Brian Williams,” with the anchor of the No. 1-rated “NBC Nightly News” serving as host. [1]

Update: Well that was quick, NBC has confirmed that “Playboy Club” has been canceled, so “Rock Center” will get the timeslot til at least midseason. [2]

NEW YORK - October 4, 2011 - The highly anticipated NBC News primetime newsmagazine “Rock Center with Brian Williams” will debut on Monday, October 31st at 10pm ET. [...] Brian Williams, anchor and managing editor of America’s leading evening newscast NBC Nightly News, spearheads an eye-opening new primetime newsmagazine. [3]

That figure helps illuminate why NBC shut down “Playboy Club” after just three episodes. [4]

Facebook helps you connect and share with the people in your life. [5]

The newsmag will debut on NBC Monday, October 31 at 10 PM. [2]

Looks like NBC’s dapper news anchor Brian Williams has more leverage with advertisers than a passel of scantily-clad cocktail waitresses. [4]

October 4, 2011 ‘ New York, NY ‘ The highly anticipated NBC News primetime newsmagazine ‘Rock Center with Brian Williams’ will debut on Monday, October 31st at 10pm ET. [2]

But the NBC News program, which bows Oct. 31 at 10 p.m. [6]

‘Rock Center’ is the first new primetime broadcast launched by NBC News in nearly 20 years, and it will draw on the unparalleled strength of America’s premiere news organization. [...] ‘The format will be good, real, hard journalism ‘ and then some. [2]

‘A familiar face at NBC News, Natalie brings a breadth of experience to ‘Rock Center with Brian Williams,” said Capus. [7]

And Capus said, they’re still staffing up. [6]

Experience more of what Advertising Age has to offer and register to sign up for any of our free newsletters and alerts, participate in polls or comment on stories. [4]

Sources:
[1] Brian Williams rolls out ‘Rock Center’ - latimes.com
[2] Rock Center With Brian Williams’ Gets Debut Date - TVNewser
[3] Rock Center with Brian Williams
[4] ‘Rock Center’ Gets Higher Ad Rates Than Some NBC Stalwarts …
[5] Rock Center with Brian Williams
[6] ‘Rock Center’ Looks to Bring More Hard News to Primetime - The …
[7] Natalie Morales named correspondent, ‘Rock Center with Brian …

In a heart-wrenching eulogy for Steve Jobs, the Apple founder’s sister reveals the tech icon’s final words: “Oh wow, oh wow, oh wow”. [1]

Steve Jobs’ last words were revealed by his biological sister in her eulogy printed in the New York Times Sunday, reports Fox News. [2]

In Mona Simpson ’s farewell to her brother, published in the New York Times on Sunday, she said that the last words came hours before he died earlier this month after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. [3]

If you are commenting using a Facebook account, your profile information may be displayed with your comment depending on your privacy settings. [4]

Steve Jobs’ Last Words: “OH WOW. [5]

Trending – Sister on Steve Jobs’s Last Words: ‘OH WOW. [6]

Even at the very end, Steve Jobs was capable of being amazed. [7]

Apple co-founder and Silicon Valley legend Steve Jobs lived a life that read like an epic novel, so it should be no surprise that his very last words on this temporal plane would be just as dramatic. [6]

The text of the eulogy delivered by novelist Mona Simpson was published by the New York Times on Sunday. [4]

Mona Jackson, Jobs’ sister whom he did not meet until later in life, remembered her brother as idealistic and a hard worker, as well as a romantic who believed love could be found anywhere, according to her eulogy in the New York Times. [2]

Golden Gloves champ clinging to life after crash that killed his 21-year-old sister. [3]

THE CULT OF APPLE: A Swedish teenager shows his apple T-shirt as he waits with others in line to buy Apple’s iPad 2 outside the Apple store in Stockholm. [2]

Microsoft founder Bill Gates has coolly responded to some harsh criticism by late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, saying that ‘none of it bothers him at all’. [1]

Read “A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs,” Mona Simpson’s moving tribute to her brother, published in Sunday’s New York Times. [8]

Simpson went on to become a famous novelist and professor. [5]

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[1] Steve Jobs’ last words: ‘Oh wow, oh wow, oh wow’? - I4U News
[2] Steve Jobs last words revealed
[3] Steve Jobs’ last words: ‘Oh wow, oh wow, oh wow’? - NY …
[4] Sister recalls Steve Jobs’ last words: “Oh Wow” - Silicon Valley …
[5] Steve Jobs’ Last Words: ‘OH WOW. OH WOW. OH WOW.’ | Mogulite
[6] Sister on Steve Jobs’s Last Words: “OH WOW. OH WOW. OH WOW …
[7] Steve Jobs’ last words: ‘OH WOW. OH WOW. OH WOW.’ | VentureBeat
[8] The Last Words of Steve Jobs - Yahoo! News

Nutritious food is in short supply in many parts of the globe. [1]

“We have to raise productivity,” Robert Thompson, who serves on the International Food & Agricultural Trade Policy Council and is former director of rural development for the World Bank. [2]

To some demographers the milestone foreshadows turbulent times ahead: nations grappling with rapid urbanisation, environmental degradation and skyrocketing demand for healthcare, education, resources and jobs. [3]

Climate change could be the greatest impediment to meeting the food target as rising temperatures and droughts dry out farmlands which are then inundated by intense floods and storms. [...] Water usage is set to increase by 50 percent between 2007 and 2025 in developing nations and 18 percent in developed ones, with much of the increased use in the poorest countries as rising rural populations move to towns and cities. [1]

Many of these countries face challenges in terms of migration, poverty, food security, water management and climate change and we need to call attention to it.” [3]

To some demographers the milestone foreshadows turbulent times ahead: nations grappling with rapid urbanization, environmental degradation and skyrocketing demand for healthcare, education, resources and jobs. [...] The world’s 7 billionth person will be born into a population more aware than ever of the challenges of sustaining life on a crowded planet but no closer to a consensus about what to do about it. [4]

“There are parts of the world where the population is shrinking and in those parts of the world, they are worried about productivity, about being able to maintain a critical mass of people,” Babatunde Osotimehin, executive director of the U.N. Population Fund, told Reuters. [2]

“There are parts of the world where the population is shrinking and in those parts of the world, they are worried about productivity, about being able to maintain a critical mass of people,” Babatunde Osotimehin, executive director of the UN Population Fund, told Reuters. [5]

Newly born babies rest inside a ward at a hospital on the occasion of “World Population Day” in the northern Indian city Lucknow in this file picture taken July 11, 2009. [2]

The United Nations says the world’s seven billionth baby will be born on October 31. [1]

BAGHPAT, India, Oct 25 (Reuters) - The world’s 7 billionth person will be born into a population more aware than ever of the challenges of sustaining life on a crowded planet but no closer to a consensus about what to do about it. [3]

To others, a shrinking population, not overpopulation, could be the longer-term challenge as fertility rates drop and a shrinking workforce is pushed to support social safety for an aging populace. [5]

And while exact predictions vary, most suggest the global population will peak at around 9 billion around 2070 and then start to fall, perhaps very fast. [4]

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[1] Crowded, stretched world awaits 7 billionth baby - Yahoo! News
[2] Crowded, stretched world awaits 7 billionth baby
[3] wildsingapore news: Crowded, stretched world awaits 7 billionth baby
[4] NewsDaily: Crowded, stretched world awaits 7 billionth baby
[5] Crowded, stretched world awaits 7 billionth baby - Business LIVE …

The Cowboys and Eagles face off Sunday night in Philadelphia. [1]

PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Eagles jumped back into the NFC East race by jumping all over the Dallas Cowboys, rolling to a 34-7 victory on Sunday night at Lincoln Financial Field. [2]

The Eagles face a challenge in matching up with Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant (88) on Sunday. [3]

PHILADELPHIA — Given the career record of Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid in games immediately following bye weeks, you almost wonder why the Dallas Cowboys would bother to show up here tonight. [4]

The hatred of the Cowboys is more deeply rooted. [5]

Dating back to 2010, the Cowboys had dropped six games by 18 total points under Jason Garrett. [6]

Michael Vick threw two touchdown passes, McCoy had a career-best 185 yards rushing and two scores and the Philadelphia Eagles routed the Dallas Cowboys 34-7 Sunday night. [7]

This season, Eagles quarterback Michael Vick has been hit more than 30 times when he’s dropped back to pass. [1]

The second-year receiver has 19 catches for 339 yards in five games. [3]

It’s a New York vs. Philadelphia thing. [5]

Michael Vick picked apart the Cowboys’ secondary on throws inside the numbers Sunday, completing 18 of 20 passes for 258 of his 279 passing yards. [7]

They went 79 yards on eight plays for a touchdown on the first drive of the game and haven’t looked back, dominating Dallas on both sides of the ball in one of their most impressive efforts of the season. [4]

Nationally, it makes sense for the Eagles and the New York Giants to ban together in loathesome harmony. [5]

As I’ve said many times, the major difference in the Eagles’ run defense against Washington was better tackling. [3]

The Eagles got the ball back on their 10 and this drive was even more impressive than their first one - the Eagles moved 90 yards in seven plays and a 34-yard run by McCoy put the ball on the Dallas 2-yard line. [2]

Sources:
[1] A look at the keys to victory for the Cowboys in their matchup …
[2] Eagles 34, Cowboys 7 - NFL - Yahoo! Canada Sports
[3] 15 things: Eagles vs. Cowboys | Philly | 10/27/2011
[4] Halftime thoughts: Eagles-Cowboys - NFC East Blog - ESPN
[5] Five Reasons Philadelphia Eagles Fans Hate the Dallas Cowboys: Fan …
[6] DallasCowboys.com - Official Site of the Dallas Cowboys
[7] Dallas Cowboys vs. Philadelphia Eagles - Recap - October 30, 2011 …

San Diego Chargers left guard Kris Dielman will reportedly miss at least this weekend’s game against the Kansas City Chiefs after a scary situation unfolded on a team flight. [1]

Gore was selected to play in the Pro Bowl after leading the NFC and ranking third in the NFL with 1,695 yards. [2]

The Chargers always sell themselves as a playoff-caliber team, built to make an extended playoff run. [3]

Jon, Jaws, and Mike preview the Chargers’ trip to Kansas City to face the Chiefs. [4]

The Chargers still run the same offense that Turner implemented in 2001. [2]

Bobby McCray recaps all the NFL action from Week 8. [5]

Facebook helps you connect and share with the people in your life. [1]

As a rookie in 2005 prior to Turner’s arrival, Smith passed for just 875 yards, throwing only one touchdown pass and 11 interceptions. [2]

If other Chiefs opponents have had issues with their conditioning against Kansas City, then the Chargers might just be the next victim to follow suit. [...] Like many other NFL franchises, the San Diego Chargers have been organizing team workouts and practices. [...] As always, the San Diego Chargers remain a strong Super Bowl contender on paper, but outside of a single appearance in the AFC Championship game they have not proven worthy of the speculation. [6]

Turner also breathed life into the 49ers running game as second-year back Frank Gore had a breakout season in 2006. [...] He spent the 2001 season as the Bolts’ offensive coordinator under head coach Mike Riley and improved the Bolts offensive ranking from 28th to 11th. [2]

S Kendrick Lewis is the only member of the Kansas City Chiefs injury report and he’s listed as probable for Monday Night Football against the San Diego Chargers. [6]

Twice, Aikman and Irvin finished in the top three in the NFL in passing and receiving, respectively and tight end Jay Novacek led all NFL tight ends in receiving two years under Turner. [2]

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[1] San Diego Chargers LG Kris Dielman Reportedly Suffers Seizure On …
[2] San Diego Chargers Team Page at NFL.com
[3] San Diego Chargers on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings …
[4] San Diego Chargers Football Clubhouse - ESPN
[5] San Diego Chargers | NFL Football Schedule, Stats, News, Pictures …
[6] San Diego Chargers Schedule, Roster, Stats, Blog Posts - NFL …