Some bad news if you love the show Without a Trace. Not only do you have poor taste in entertainment, but there will be a gaping hole in your life come September when your drama, which has given up the ghost, will only be viewable via seance like other departed shows such as Alf, Cop Rock, and Grounded for Life.
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You know how much it sucks to lose a $5 bill, right? Well, times that by 11 million and you get an idea of how CBS president and CEO Les Moonves felt during the first quarter of the year, when his company lost $55.3 million.
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In 2002, LA banned any new billboards from going up in the city. Since then, an estimated four thousand have been put up by advertising companies who have ignored the law, which obviously the city's billboard inspectors—"a tiny, and some say incredibly inept, group"—have never bothered to enforce.
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Jericho fans sent 50,000 lbs of nuts to CBS in an effort to get them to bring back the show... and they won. CBS will add new episodes of Jericho into their line-up this fall as a mid-season replacement.
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There's a lighthearted but very serious backlash going on against CBS for canceling the show "Jericho." We even got a letter about it... and we don't exactly cover TV. In fact, we don't exactly watch TV except for Weeds because it's the greatest thing ever. Anyway, CBS canceled Jericho and the fans have responded by ordering 10,800 lbs of nuts and having them shipped to CBS.
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Just saw this on the news (thank you, Katie Couric): HealthGrades is a website giving consumers unprecedented access to health procedure cost and hospital information.
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Richard Simmons' craptastic vegetable steamer catches fire at 2:20 on the Letterman show. The best part is that Richard doesn't seem to be in on the joke.
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Outsidepride.com. A URL worthy of a gay pride parading society. But no, don't mistake them for part of the Rainbow Brigade! OutsidePride.com is a seed and lawn care retailer, and, in fact, they hate those damn homos.
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Has your Social Secrity number been stolen and used to get access to your credit? A CBS producer working on an identity theft story would like to speak with you. If you've been victimized in this way and would like to share your story, drop an email to tips@consumerist.com. We'll be your merry matchmaker.
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A CBS Evening News producer sent us a note today. She wants to do a story on the the big ATM PIN Block Scam story we made such a fuss about last month.
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Neil Gray placed a TiVo in his family vacation cabin. After he returned home, he started receiving bills from the empty cabin. The first month's was for over $800 and the next, over $1000.
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This morning we noted an item about an investigative reporter who's being treated like a wanted criminal by the Dade County, Flordia police he's investigating. The police posted an online BOLO, or Be on the Lookout notice, usually used to post notice about loose criminals.
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Latest by matto: I sent email to Dick Berkman, the president of the Broward County Police Benevolent Association on Wednesday morning. Still haven't more »
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