Battling cancer with all her fighting spirit, Farrah Fawcett has suddenly taken a turn for the worse, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively.
The 62-year-old "Charlie Angels" star recently was spending time at long-time boyfriend Ryan O'Neal's home in Malibu, but Monday night her health deteriorated significantly, multiple sources told RadarOnline.com.
"Ryan had to take her back to her home in Westwood," where she has more facilities to help her deal with her illness, one source said.
Another source said Tuesday night: "Right now, Ryan and other close friends are staying by her side."
Her son Redmond was granted a several-hour leave from jail, where he's being held on drug charges, on Saturday to visit his mother. Such visits are highly unusual and mostly reserved for funerals and visits to gravely ill relatives.
Farrah's doctor recently stated publicly that the cancer she's been suffering from since 2006 had spread to her liver and metastasized. He stated that the actress weighs 101 pounds, but Redmond, in a court hearing, said his mother weighs 86 pounds.
While some close associates of the woman whose red bathing suit poster made her the sex symbol for a generation have tried to downplay her condition, people close to her say she is gravely ill. She has not been seen in public for months, except for photographs in a wheelchair when she recently returned from Germany where she had experimental cancer treatment.
(FOX NEWS)--Internet users face regular "brownouts" that will freeze their computers as capacity runs out in cyberspace, according to research to be published later this year.
Experts predict that consumer demand, already growing at 60 percent a year, will start to exceed supply as early as 2010 because of more people working online and the soaring popularity of bandwidth-hungry Web sites such as YouTube and services such as the BBC's iPlayer.
It will initially lead to computers being disrupted and going offline for several minutes at a time. Beginning in 2012, however, PCs and laptops are likely to operate at a much reduced speed, rendering the Internet an "unreliable toy."
When Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the British scientist, wrote the code that transformed a private computer network into the World Wide Web in 1991, the Internet appeared to be a limitless resource.
However, a report being compiled by Nemertes Research, a respected American think-tank, will warn that the Web has reached a critical point and that even the recession has failed to stave off impending problems.
Laurie Cantillo isn't about to walk into the most successful talk-radio station in America and blow up any support beams.
But the new program director of WABC (770 AM) still thinks there ways to improve a station that has Don Imus in the morning, then the conservative trinity of Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Mark Levin from noon to 9.
For one thing, she'd like more female hosts. She wouldn't mind more diverse viewpoints, either.
"I don't see talk radio primarily as ideology," she says. "It's entertainment. Rush got where he is because he's immensely entertaining. He's a great storyteller.
"Now does that mean you want liberal show, conservative show? Not necessarily. You have to consider the transition. But I'll consider anyone who's entertaining. When I was in Denver, I put Gary Hart on the radio because I thought he could be entertaining. Rachel Maddow is entertaining."
Cantillo knows something about women on the radio from two years as program director for XM's "Oprah and Friends."
"I aggressively look for female voices," she says. "They're hard to find because the industry has done very little to foster them."
That stems in part, she suggests, from the old-school idea that talk radio has mostly male listeners who want to hear men.
She disagrees.
"I don't believe women won't listen to talk radio," she says. "I do think women don't like confrontation as much as some male listeners do. Women often like to resolve issues in other ways.
"But I hear talk radio moving away from that confrontational style. It's not the same as it was 15 years ago, and women can bring a different approach. Men may always be our core. But there's no reason half the audience can't be women."
In general, she says, she's also a fan of local talent, and while WABC's prime-time weekday lineup is set, she's looking at weekends as a spot to try out and nurture new voices.
"There are fewer places where talent can learn now," she says. "But the talent is still out there. I'm looking for people who have their own styles. No one wants to listen to a station where everyone is trying to sound like Rush."
Outside the programming area, Cantillo is eager to get WABC deeper into new-media delivery systems like podcasting.
One thing she isn't concerned about, she says, is dealing with some of radio's biggest names.
"I dealt with some pretty big stars working with Oprah," she says. "I found they were generally nice people.
"I've also worked with several of the WABC hosts before. I hadn't worked with Imus, but he's started insulting me on the air. So I think he likes me."
World Journal: This report furnished by David Hinckley of NY Daily News.
ATLANTA, Georgia (FOX NEWS) -- A hijacked tractor-trailer, its driver clinging to the outside, led police on a wild chase Tuesday on Interstate 75 just south of Atlanta, Georgia, officials said.
Driver Torrey Lang jumps from the vehicle as it slows to a stop. He had been clinging to the outside of the cab.
When the chase was over, the truck driver was safe and the hijacking suspect was in custody. Aerial footage of the chase showed truck driver Torrey Lang, 32, seated behind his truck's cab and holding on as it hurtled down Interstate 75 with Georgia State Patrol in pursuit, and the suspected hijacker behind the wheel.
Lang, apparently was in a parking lot when he saw the truck being stolen, said Greg Thompson, spokesman for Chattanooga, Tennessee-based U.S. Xpress, the company Lang works for.
Lang jumped on the side of the truck, then made his way to the back of the truck when it started moving, Thompson said.
As the truck was moving, Lang called 9-1-1. He stayed on the line describing the situation and his location until his phone was either dropped or lost, said George Louth, a spokesman for the police department in Union City, Georgia, where the chase began about 15 miles south of Atlanta.
The hour-long police pursuit started on surface streets and continued onto the interstate, eventually covering nearly 70 miles and passing through seven counties before it ended in Forsyth, Georgia, according to Louth.
Footage shows officers deploying spike strips to deflate the truck's tires, which then peeled away from the truck. Running on at least one rim, the truck slowed and began to stop, and Lang leaped onto the roadway and fell briefly before running to safety.
Once the truck came to a complete stop, more than a dozen officers surrounded it, guns drawn. Officers broke the drivers' side window, opened the cab door and pulled the suspect from the vehicle. He struggled briefly, but was tackled by numerous officers and forced to the ground. The suspect was later shown in police custody walking to a vehicle.
Milo Banks, 27, will be charged with fleeing and attempting to elude, kidnapping and theft by taking, according to Georgia State Patrol spokesman Gordy Wright. He also faces a felony theft charge in Union City, according to Louth.
A Georgia State Patrol officer was shot in the arm, but his injuries were superficial, a dispatcher said. Circumstances surrounding the shooting were unclear.
MAYFIELD, Ohio —(FOX NEWS) A single-engine plane crashed Tuesday afternoon just after taking off from a suburban Cleveland airport, killing two, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
There was no word on how many people were on board. Police and firefighters at the scene were not immediately available for comment.
Village resident Larry Puskas, 48, said he was pulling out of his driveway when he heard strange rumbling sound and then saw a plume of smoke. He ran to the crash scene and saw some wreckage and a fire.
"You couldn't even tell it was a plane," Puskas said. "I couldn't discern anything, and I didn't see any person or body."
The plane crashed a few hundred yards away from the nearest residence, Puskas said.
Carmen Miozzi, 42, a general contractor who lives about a block from the scene, heard the crash while making dinner about 4:15 p.m.
"We heard the motor rev really high and then the next thing we heard was a 'boom' and I said to my wife, 'That had to be a plane crash.' We walked out on our deck and just saw a big cloud of smoke to the north of us," he said.
He said he went to the crash site and saw the wreckage, but saw no survivors or bodies.
"There's nothing left that looks like a plane," he said. "It was burning pretty good when I got there."
AKRON, Ohio —(FOX NEWS) Police say a 14-year-old girl was dancing topless at an Akron strip club when they raided the bar and arrested four exotic dancers.
The girl has been placed in protective custody.
Akron police vice officers served a search warrant Friday night at the Playhouse bar.
The bar's owner and manager were charged with illegal use of a minor in a nudity performance and child endangering.
Police Lt. Rick Edwards says officers saw some dancers have contact with customers, but not the 14-year-old. He says the club is not licensed as a sexually oriented business.
The girl has been placed with Summit County Children Services.
SOLEDAD, Calif. —(FOX NEWS) A bus carrying French tourists overturned on a central California highway overpass Tuesday afternoon, killing at least five and injuring dozens of others, authorities said.
The crash, which occurred shortly before 3:30 p.m., ejected four passengers from the vehicle, sending one over the side of the road and onto railroad tracks 60 to 70 feet below, said California Highway Patrol spokesman Brian Wiest. Luggage and bodies were strewn on U.S. 101 in Soledad, about 100 miles southeast of San Francisco.
"It's a tragedy," Wiest said. "It's certainly one of worst I've seen in a long time."
Maia Carroll, a spokeswoman for the Monterey County Office of Emergency Services, said there were at least five confirmed deaths — three who died at the scene, including the passenger who fell to the railroad tracks, and two who later died at hospitals.
A total of 36 people had been on board, including 34 French tourists, one Canadian tour guide and an American driver, Wiest said. Nine hospitals were treating patients, including seven who were airlifted to Fresno and the San Francisco Bay Area.
Four of those injured were under the age of 18, including a 13-year-old girl who was airlifted to Fresno, Wiest said. The driver was among those who survived the crash, according to the CHP.
Jacques de Noray, a spokesman for the French consulate in San Francisco, said authorities had notified his office that the crash involved French citizens, but said he had no further details.
The tour, which had started in San Francisco, was en route to Southern California, where the tourists were due to fly out of Los Angeles back to France, Wiest said. The group made stops Tuesday in Monterey and Carmel before the crash, authorities said.
The maroon bus, bearing the name Orion Pacific, lay on its side after crashing into the guard rail on the two-lane southbound overpass.
It's unfortunate in that the management of WABC radio has made the decision not to air "Rewound" over its airwaves.
This special presentation was equal to a once a year family reunion. Everyone comes and has a fantastic time.
As has been said here so often, the business of radio is indeed true. Allan Sniffen points out the pros running WABC make these decisions. Nothing is forever and for the year of 2009, "Rewound" will still be heard.
As for the future, I wouldn't bet the farm regarding the demise of "Rewound." Who would have thought WABC would recapture their Musicradio days back in December 2005, with Saturday Night Oldies?
It's impossible to predict the future. This is especially true in broadcasting. However, I am a firm believer Saturday Night Oldies will continue its long run.
This is the ultimate in specialty programming. Mark Simone has captured the "feel" of the Musicradio 77 WABC era.
The music and WABC jingles aside, what commands people to return to this unique show every Saturday night is the fact we learn something new.
Everyone knows WABC back in its heyday did not conduct interviews on the air. Perhaps the Beatles were the exception. Mark's interviews are mandatory listening. Very often the listener comes aways with the thought "I never knew that, I'm glad Mark asked that question." His style of interviewing sets a very real comfort level between himself and the guest of his show.
Recently, Allan Sniffen, who created this New York Radio Message Board, wrote a comment on sister WABC message board, over how much he enjoyed a recent interview from Mark. It's an incredible treat to hear the inside story from the legends of rock and roll and other people in pop culture.
What happens next is unknown. WABC's "Rewound" may return after a hiatus. Radio stations continually evaluate their programming. I believe this applies to the past as well.
To all who worked on "Rewound," thank you so very much. It sounded like a labor of love. WABC was immensely successful in bringing together millions of people who shared in this special time.
As for Saturday Night Oldies, this is a Mark Simone production. Everything heard on that show is the result of Mark's programming decisions. SNO continues to be an enormous success story and what makes it even more enjoyable is the fact a new show is produced by Mark every week.
To everyone in the past and present, thank you for allowing us to remember and enjoy Musicradio WABC.
(FOX NEWS)--White House Military Office Director Louis Caldera apologized for any panic caused by a flight mission and photo op that looked like Air Force One and fighter jets heading toward the New York City skyline Monday morning.
Caldera said he approved the mission last week and that federal authorities took the proper steps to notify state and local authorities in New York and New Jersey.
But for people who work in the New York financial district, the event brought back nightmares of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Numerous buildings in lower Manhattan evacuated in a panic during this morning's false alarm.
"It's clear that the mission created confusion and disruption. I apologize and take responsibility for any distress that flight caused," Caldera said in a White House issued paper statement.
The plane that flew in New York Monday was a version of the Boeing 747 that's called Air Force One when the president is aboard.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg blasted the photo opportunity for being insensitive and showing "poor judgment."
In a brief statement after the flight, the New York Police Department acknowledged it was aware the flight was happening, but claimed the Federal Aviation Administration told them not to talk about it.
IBM scientist Dave Ferrucci with one of the Blue Gene supercomputers.
(FOX NEWS)--Pretty soon, "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek may face his toughest contestant yet: an IBM supercomputer.
On Monday, the tech giant plans to announce that it'll be moving one of its Blue Gene machines to Los Angeles to appear on the popular game show, according to a report by the New York Times.
Computers have played, and sometimes beaten, humans at chess, but "Jeopardy!" requires a whole new skill level — the ability to think like a human, or at least understand how a human would think.
"The big goal is to get computers to be able to converse in human terms," one IBM researcher told the Times. "And we're not there yet."
To even the playing field, the computer will receive Trebek's questions — technically answers, according to the "Jeopardy!" format — as text messages, while humans will both read and hear them.
But it won't be able to connect to the Internet for a lifeline.
A "Jeopardy!" producer said the computer's human opponents were still be worked out, but that all-time champ Ken Jennings was definitely in the running.
Posted by Allan Sniffen on April 27, 2009 at 11:17:00:
WABC has elected not to broadcast “Rewound” over standard 77 AM this year. Instead, it will be an Internet/HD radio special on Memorial Day. The station had requested this not be made public until we got closer and I have abided by that request (even though some others did not). The decision was actually made back in February. Since we’re now just four weeks from Memorial Day, I think it’s fair to post it to the NYRMB.
I’d like to make a few final comments considering my involvement over the last decade.
It was indeed the Musicradio WABC Web Site that inspired it. For Musicradio77.com to actually help bring WABC’s Top 40 heritage back to the station itself was amazing and something I never expected could happen. And I can’t begin to describe how much fun those first couple of years were. Peter Kanze did a great job collecting airchecks, Johnny Donovan was incredible in restoring them and Jonathan Wolfert created those amazing jingle montages. Nothing could match the fun both the audience and we had. I recall going down to WABC the Friday before just to preview some of the airchecks. And Memorial Day itself was a thrill for all of us.
The Post-Rewound talk shows were terrific, the callers were as excited as we were and both Curtis Sliwa and Steve Malzberg (who hosted the early talk shows) were into it. Even ABC Network Radio News got into Rewound. Jon Belmont signed off one of his ABC network newscasts with “I’m Johnny Belmont” (I always wondered how that sounded on the hundreds of other ABC radio affiliates who were carrying that newscast).
The “Rewound Message Board” was innovative for those first years. Radio stations weren’t doing much with interactive Internet content but we did. Listeners posted throughout Memorial Day, which turned the Board into a huge hangout for fans. We took an old radio station, mixed it with new technology and created something that hadn’t been done before.
But like all great things, as the years went by, it became more predictable. Don’t get me wrong… it was still fun. But it did develop that “been there, done that” feel. In my own case, the trip to the station on Memorial Day became more of a chore than a labor of love. We still got lots of response… but it wasn’t at the fever pitch it had been. Like a great TV show, as time passes, it loses momentum.
As I understand it, WABC’s decision to make Rewound an Internet/HD broadcast is being made primarily for demos reasons. The station wants younger listeners. Harkening back to the sixties and seventies goes against that. In addition, it is a break in format so the payoff has to be major to justify it.
Having acknowledged that reasoning, in my opinion, a once a year holiday event like Rewound has zero impact on the station’s demos. A twelve-hour special on Memorial Day? C’mon. But I do agree that time has passed and Rewound is running out of steam. So let’s just say so and let it go at that.
WABC is suggesting that Rewound will continue on HD and on the Internet so it hasn’t really been cancelled. I’ve also been told that it will be commercial free and available on demand. To all of that, I say fine. For the few that will take advantage of those technologies, it will live on for another year.
But, in my view, Rewound is history. If it’s not on 77 WABC proper, it’s not on. The audience that listens is not a new technology group. And on Memorial Day when people are not sitting inside, it’s not likely a computer stream will get much exposure. Having WABC on the radio in the background on a day when people are doing outside, summer activities is one thing. Sitting inside in front of a computer all day is quite another. And just how many people have HD radios?
I’m sorry to see it end… but I acknowledge it’s probably time—not so much because of demos because we did it for ten years. It’s been an honor and a privilege. Reliving the glory days of Musicradio WABC was almost as good as experiencing it in the first place. WABC was, and still is one of America’s great radio stations.
Warmth befitting many a midsummer`s day will spread over the East early in the week. Record high temperatures will be under threat once again.
A wrinkle in the weather; namely, Monday`s `backdoor` cooling into New England and Long Island from the still cold ocean, will temporarily put the warmth on hold from New York City to Maine. Farther west and south, however, temperatures will soar well into the 80s and even into the 90s. Records will be challenged or broken from Philadelphia through Washington, D.C., and northward to Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse.
Throughout New England and along the I-95 corridor farther south, Tuesday will be warmest--make that hottest--of the this summery spell with many record highs rivaled and broken by readings in the high 80s and 90s.
(FOX NEWS)--If these animals could talk, they would have something to say, because their days at the zoo are numbered.
"We had decisions that needed to be made about old exhibits, and at the same time we needed to deal with the fiscal reality which is upon us," John Cavalli, of the Wildlife Conservation Society, says.
$15 million in budget cuts means the Bronx Zoo's Formosan deer, Arabian onyx, bats, porcupines and all the animals in the famed "World of Darkness" exhibit are going away.
"I think it's something the community, and the state, will be missing out on," zoo visitor Sue Waters says.
The zoo's South American guanaco survived the Wild Kingdom, but their future in this economy is less certain. They're among the animals at the zoo about to get a pink slip.
The Wildlife Conservation Society, which runs the Bronx Zoo, has been trying to pressure politicians with a scathing advertisement.
New York City's four zoos, and the New York Aquarium, are all affected.
But even with cuts, there are plans for new exhibits and a children's safari.
But the kids have their own take.
"I would be unhappy and mad [if the animals weren't here anymore]," Brandon Berkowitz said.
"If the animals go back home, that means they can say 'hi' back to their friends," Ariana Sandoval said.
Parents, too, worry about the ramifications the cuts will have on their children's future visits to the zoo.
"Some of these kids, it's the only opportunity to see some of these animals," parent Cathy Will says. "If they have to remove some of them, they wouldn't have the opportunity to see them."
The lions and their new cub, the snow leopards, and the penguins are safe – for now.
But budget cuts might explain why the bears are on their best behavior.
One thing the budget crunch hasn't affected, thankfully, is the zoo's Open Admission days. You can check out the animals every Wednesday for free.
SALT LAKE CITY —(FOX NEWS) A converted military plane crashed Saturday in heavy fog in the mountains that frame the Salt Lake valley, killing three members of a private firefighting company, authorities said.
Tooele County Sheriff Frank Park said the plane was en route from Missoula, Mont., to Alamogordo, N.M., when it failed to clear a pass in the Oquirrh Mountains.
The crew members for Missoula-based Neptune Aviation were bound for southern New Mexico to help fight a nearly 30-square-mile wildfire, said Dan Ware, a spokesman for the New Mexico Forestry Division.
"While we must pause to mourn their loss, within the wildland community we must also honor them by continuing to fight fires to protect our communities," state forester Arthur Blazer said.
The wildfire, which was 20 percent contained, was threatening a home and several outbuildings and a power distribution line, officials said.
The sheriff identified the pilot as Tom Risk, 66, of Littleton, Colo., and the crew members as Mike Flynn, 59, of Alamogordo, N. M., and Brian Buss, 32, of Alberton, Mont.
Neptune's ground safety and security coordinator, Miek Pfau, said he could confirm only that the company lost an aircraft.
The wreckage of the plane, a twin-propeller P2V Neptune with a 100-foot wing span, was located near Stockton Pass, spread out over about 100 yards, Park said.
Search and rescue crews reached the steep, rugged site on foot and all-terrain vehicles to recover the bodies. They were turned over to the state medical examiner, he said.
Investigators with the Federal Aviation Administration were at the crash site Saturday, and officials with the National Transportation Safety Board planned to arrive Sunday, the sheriff said.
(FOX NEWS)--A British agent left top secret information about covert operations on a bus in South America when she lost her handbag while on assignment.
The drugs liaison officer lost a computer memory stick said to contain a list of undercover agents’ names and details with more than five years of intelligence work.
It happened when the MI6-trained agent left her handbag on a transit coach at El Dorado airport in Bogota, Colombia. Intelligence chiefs were forced to wind up operations and relocate dozens of agents and informants amid fears the device could fall into the hands of drugs barons.
The agent's employer, the Serious Organised Crime Agency, Saturday confirmed the data loss but said it had happened soon after the agency had been set up in 2006, "while staff were still working to the data-handling policies of precursor agencies."
ROME —(FOX NEWS) An Italian cruise ship with 1,500 people on board fended off a pirate attack far off the coast of Somalia when its Israeli private security forces exchanged fire with the bandits and drove them away, the commander said Sunday.
Cmdr. Ciro Pinto told Italian state radio that six men in a small white boat approached the Msc Melody and opened fire Saturday night, but retreated after the Israeli security officers aboard the cruise ship returned fire.
"It felt like we were in war," Pinto told state radio.
None of the roughly 1,000 passengers and 500 crew members were hurt, Melody owner Msc Cruises said in a statement issued by its German branch.
Domenico Pellegrino, head of the Italian cruise line, said Msc hired the Israelis because they were the best trained security agents, the ANSA news agency reported.
Civilian shipping and passenger ships have generally avoided arming crewmen or hiring armed security for reasons of safety, liability and compliance with the rules of the different countries where they dock. Saturday's exchange of fire was one of the first reported between pirates and a nonmilitary ship. International military forces have battled pirates, with U.S. Navy snipers killing three holding an American captain hostage in one of the highest-profile incidents.
The attack occurred about 200 miles north of the Seychelles, and about 500 miles east of Somalia, according to the anti-piracy flotilla headquarters of the Maritime Security Centre Horn of Africa.
Pinto said the pirates fired with automatic weapons, slightly damaging the liner, and tried to put a ladder on board. But he said they were unable to climb aboard.
The commander said his security forces opened fire with pistols and the ANSA news agency said the pistols had been kept in a safe under the joint control of the commander and security chief.
The Spanish warship SPS Marques de Ensenada was meeting up with the liner to escort her through the pirate-infested northern Gulf of Aden, the Maritime Security Center said.
The cruise ship was headed as scheduled to the Jordanian port of Aqaba. The Melody was on a 22-day cruise from Durban, South Africa, to Genoa, Italy.
Pirates have attacked more than 100 ships off the Somali coast over the last year, reaping an estimated $1 million in ransom for each successful hijacking, according to analysts and country experts.
Another Italian-owned vessel remains in the hands of pirates. The Italian-flagged tugboat Buccaneer was seized off Somalia on April 11 with 16 crew members aboard.
BOSTON (FOX NEWS)-- A malicious software program known as Conficker that many feared would wreak havoc on April 1 is slowly being activated, weeks after being dismissed as a false alarm, security experts said.
Conficker, also known as Downadup or Kido, is quietly turning thousands of personal computers into servers of e-mail spam and installing spyware, they said.
The worm started spreading late last year, infecting millions of computers and turning them into "slaves" that respond to commands sent from a remote server that effectively controls an army of computers known as a botnet.
Its unidentified creators started using those machines for criminal purposes in recent weeks by loading more malicious software onto a small percentage of computers under their control, said Vincent Weafer, a vice president with Symantec Security Response, the research arm of the world's largest security software maker, Symantec Corp.
"Expect this to be long-term, slowly changing," he said of the worm. "It's not going to be fast, aggressive."
Conficker installs a second virus, known as Waledac, that sends out e-mail spam without knowledge of the PC's owner, along with a fake anti-spyware program, Weafer said.
The Waledac virus recruits the PCs into a second botnet that has existed for several years and specializes in distributing e-mail spam.
"This is probably one of the most sophisticated botnets on the planet. The guys behind this are very professional. They absolutely know what they are doing," said Paul Ferguson, a senior researcher with Trend Micro Inc, the world's third-largest security software maker.
He said Conficker's authors likely installed a spam engine and another malicious software program on tens of thousands of computers since April 7.
He said the worm will stop distributing the software on infected PCs on May 3 but more attacks will likely follow.
"We expect to see a different component or a whole new twist to the way this botnet does business," said Ferguson, a member of The Conficker Working Group, an international alliance of companies fighting the worm.
Researchers had feared the network controlled by the Conficker worm might be deployed on April 1 since the worm surfaced last year because it was programed to increase communication attempts from that date.
The security industry formed the task force to fight the worm, bringing widespread attention that experts said probably scared off the criminals who command the slave computers.
The task force initially thwarted the worm using the Internet's traffic control system to block access to servers that control the slave computers.
Viruses that turn PCs into slaves exploit weaknesses in Microsoft's Windows operating system. The Conficker worm is especially tricky because it can evade corporate firewalls by passing from an infected machine onto a USB memory stick, then onto another PC.
The Conficker botnet is one of many such networks controlled by syndicates that authorities believe are based in eastern Europe, Southeast Asia, China and Latin America.
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. —(FOX NEWS) A 10-vehicle crash on the New Jersey Turnpike killed five people in one car and injured several others on Saturday afternoon.
Turnpike Authority spokesman Joe Orlando said it appeared that nine cars and a tractor-trailer were involved in the fiery crash in the turnpike's southbound lanes in Mount Laurel, considered a Philadelphia suburb. Emergency crews remained at the scene Saturday night, working to clear the crash site and redirect drivers caught in traffic delays caused by the accident.
Orlando said all those who died in the 1 p.m. crash were from one car, which burst into flames.
Another person who was seriously injured in the crash was flown to a nearby hospital.
The crash caused major traffic delays in the area and a diversion of southbound traffic on the turnpike, one of the nation's most heavily trafficked highways.
About 25 miles of southbound roadway remained closed Saturday night, while northbound vehicles were inching along as police periodically slowed traffic to accommodate southbound drivers making U-turns.
Time Title Artist Year 1. 6:06 YMCA--The Village People 1978 2. 6:12 Paint it Black--The Rolling Stones 1966 3. 6:18 I Saw the Light--Todd Rundgren 1972
6:22 William Shatner (clip from the Mark Simone morning show) 4. 6:28 Knock Three Times--Dawn 1970 5. 6:35 Secret Agent Man--Johnny Rivers 1966 6. 6:47 What's Going On?--Marvin Gaye (The Midnight Special, 1977) 7. 7:06 Love Will Keep Us Together--The Captain and Tennille 1975 8. 7:16 Night Has a Thousand Eyes--Bobby Vee 1963
7:19 Cousin Brucie interview
9. 7:34 Hushabye--The Mystics 1959 10. 7:43 You Made Me So Very Happy--Blood, Sweat and Tears 1969 11. 7:50 A Summer Song--Chad and Jeremy 1964 12. 8:06 Mamma Mia--ABBA 1975 13. 8:14 Day After Day--Badfinger 1972
8:21 Fake Break
14. 8:27 Sherry--The Four Seasons 1962
Beatle Spectacular: The Beatles live in Tokyo, 1966 15. 8:31 Day Tripper 16. 8:34 I Feel Fine 17. 8:37 Nowhere Man 18. 8:40 Paperback Writer
19. 8:48 Five O'Clock World--The Vogues 1966 20. 9:50 I Feel the Earth Move--Carole King 1971
8:54 Fake Break
21. 9:06 Undercover Angel--Alan O'Day 1977 22. 9:15 I Can See Clearly Now--Johnny Nash 1972
9:18 Film critic Rex Reed interview
23. 9:34 Everybody's Talkin'--Nilsson 1969 24. 9:43 Burning Love--Elvis Presley 1972 25. 9:50 Shambala--Three Dog Night 1973
Bruce Morrow was born in Brooklyn on October 13, 1937, and attended New York University.
Morrow adopted the moniker “Cousin Brucie” in 1959, while working at WINS/New York. He left WINS for Miami radio in 1961 before returning to WABC/New York, where he broadcast for 13 years.
During his time at WABC, “Cousin Brucie” was known for hosting the famous Palisades Park rock concerts,. In August of 1965, he had the distinction of introducing the Beatles during their historic Shea Stadium concert.
Morrow’s autobiography, appropriately titled Cousin Brucie!, was published in 1987.
In 2007, Morrow published his second book: Doo Wop: The Music, The Times, The Era. The book is a comprehensive history of the distinctive doo wop music genre in the 1950s.
In 1994, he became the only on-air personality in New York with his own street, when Mayor Rudolph Giuliani proclaimed West 52nd Street “Cousin Brucie Way.”
Bruce Morrow was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1988.
Station: WABC Radio -- New York City DJ: Cousin Brucie (Bruce Morrow)
Date of Broadcast: 9 September 1968 Length: 60 minutes (digitally remastered and placed on CD here at Rock-it Radio)
RIR #177
This is an actual Radio broadcast from 1968 on New York's Premier Pop Radio Station -- WABC. It is unscoped meaning that all the music is played in it's entirety. Just like you would of heard the broadcast back in 1968! The DJ is Bruce Morrow commonly referred to as "Cousin Brucie" a true legend in Rock and Roll DJ Broadcasters who has an excellent presence and the broadcast also features local ads and some Great Top 40 Radio! Here is a playlist of what is included.
