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...Yahoo's Media Group could use a hit. Company CEO Terry Semel recruited former ABC-TV chairman Lloyd Braun two years ago to help the portal become a serious show biz player, and the Media Group was touted as an incubator for revolutionary new online content. But a series of gaffes ensued: plans to revive a TV pilot called "The Runner" as an interactive game went nowhere, a roving war correspondent and an adventure travel guide failed to click with audiences, and there was even discussion of having a newscast read by puppets. This year, scaling back its ambitious plans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Dotcom for the Dinner Table? | 11/2/2006 | See Source »

...country, both that sight and the idea of promoting it through legislation are unacceptable. Since the New Jersey Supreme Court’s ruling last week that gay people are constitutionally guaranteed equal benefits to married heterosexual couples, President Bush has had a renewed spring in his step. As ABC News’ The Note reported, if Republicans manage to hold Congress on November 7, the “best supporting actors/actresses” will be “liberal, activist, gay loving judges...

Author: By Andrew D. Fine | Title: The 'Comfort' in Discomfort | 11/1/2006 | See Source »

...civilians. Resentment over that attack is still running high, and many question why the Pakistani military would strike a madrassa, the sole educational opportunity available in the impoverished district - particularly on a day when they were due to open peace talks with the area's tribal elders and militants. ABC News reported Monday that al-Zawahiri was the actual target of the operation, and that it was launched by a U.S. predator drone, not a Pakistani helicopter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pakistan Braces for a Backlash After Taliban Raid | 10/30/2006 | See Source »

...around the White House that when a conservative commentator recently asked Bush to give him some good news, Bush replied, "You're talking to Noah about the flood." Even the President knows this election has become a national referendum on him and his performance. In the latest Washington Post--ABC News poll, 31% of those surveyed said they will use their congressional votes to register their opposition to Bush, which was almost double the percentage who said they felt that way before the last midterm. By comparison, only 17% said they plan to use their vote to show support...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush's Lonely Election Season | 10/29/2006 | See Source »

...hoped that wasn't the most interesting part of him B) He hadn't mentioned it because of ABC's "Don't ask, don't tell" policy C) His parents didn't know, so could everyone keep it quiet? D) He has never received a text message from Mark Foley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 6, 2006 | 10/29/2006 | See Source »

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