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You could forgive Ashlee Simpson-Wentz for being a bit down in the dumps lately. The singer/actress was fired from her stint on Melrose Place last week, along with co-star Colin Egglesfield. Luckily for Ashlee, though, her big sister Jessica Simpson was ready with her support.  

Longtime Sherdog.com writer and radio host Jordan Breen answered several questions about Saturday night's Fedor Emelianenko vs Brett Rogers Strikeforce debut on CBS (9PM PT), about Strikeforce's matchmaking for Fedor, on Brett Rogers' prospects against a top pound-for-pound MMA athlete, different factors leading to layoffs for Strikeforce champions, on Strikeforce's plan for 16-20 MMA events in 2010, the state of new media coverage and mixed martial arts, and what issues the mainstream media and ...  

The Phoenixville Area Business Association (PABA) will hold a special networking event on Wednesday November 18, 2009 at 7:00 pm at Club 212 (212 Bridge Street) in downtown Phoenixville. The event will feature a short talk from guest speaker Scott Hamrick of Visible Mission, Inc. Hamrick will talk to business owners about using social media [and a business website] to market their businesses to a wider audience. The growing popularity of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn have made these perfect avenues ...  

Diabetes is an inflammatory condition, it is not just about high blood sugar like most people think. If left to run its devastating course, diabetes could steal your vision, destroy your kidneys, cause nerve pain, heart attack, stroke or amputation. So we have to take diabetes seriously and do all that we can to reduce blood sugar (glucose) and make our cells happier to see insulin (improve insulin sensitivity).  

Drop a stone in water and the ripples will present themselves. In the world of community giving United Way is a hefty stone in the water, a significant impact that creates continuous change. The organization has been around for a while but recently a revamp of its branding has brought the organization back into focus.

We are an organization that has a desire to see community change   -Anna Murphy

 

DARREN Bent has described the criticism he received at Tottenham last season as "ridiculous", and claimed the warmth of his reception at Sunderland stands in marked contrast to the lukewarm response that accompanied his move to White Hart Lane. Bent will make his first return to Spurs as a Sunderland player today, three months after completing a £10m move that saw him become the Black Cats' record signing. The England international has flourished at the Stadium of Light, scoring eight goals ...

When I came to Sunderland, I had thousands of people on my twitter page saying, ‘We want you here’   -DARREN Bent

 

Burlington police have started offering the public an electronic messaging service that will allow them to receive updates on traffic problems, crime alerts, emergencies, meeting topics and other information. Other Chittenden County police agencies are considering following Burlington's lead. Burlington has signed up with Nixle.com. The city's police department sends updates to the Web site, which quickly posts the information.  

A TORY MP has been accused of mud-slinging after she claimed on Twitter that a Scots Labour rival sexually harassed her three years ago. Colourful backbencher Nadine Dorries made the tit-for-tat allegation after her party colleague Sir Nicholas Winterton was slammed for slapping a female Labour MP on the bottom in the Commons tearoom. She told fans on her Twitter page that the Labour MP, who she didn't name, followed her into the Commons cloakroom and told her: "You were in my dreams all night, would you like to know what you were doing?"

You were in my dreams all night, would you like to know what you were doing?   -Nadine Dorries

 

"Yes." Open for comment since the show was unveiled in February, the book sits surrounded by a colorful display of paintings created from 1933 to 1934 during a short-lived phase of the alphabet soup of 1930s arts programs. The voices calling for another "new deal" for artists are found among generic comments about the prettiness of the art, and they echo a question that came up when Morris Dickstein came to town in late October to promote his new book, "Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History ...