Indeed it was a less than auspicious start for the most recent start of Britain’s Got Talent…

After today, the news stands around Denver will be a little lonelier. After 149 years and 311 days, the Rocky Mountain News is shutting down its press. Citing the economy and a tough year for the Rocky, the E.W. Scripps company put the daily up for sale a month ago.

There were no buyers.

Final Edition from Matthew Roberts on Vimeo.

For the first time ever, the president of the United States fielded a question from a blogger. John Stewart has the details.

Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard

As Americans face the worst economic crisis in years, even the upper 3 percent are getting hit in the pocketbook.

For security reasons, President-Elect Barack Obama will likely have to give up his Blackberry habit. Because of the Presidential Records Act, everything he says and does is public record. That and general security concerns were referenced in the Secret Service’s request.

Also, Obama will be the first U.S. president to have a lapop on his desk in the oval office. A powerful symbol of his understanding of matters like net neutrality and mass communication, this will be a relief from a president who once referenced “rumors on the internets.”

Arianna Huffington has the story on MSNBC:

California, the state commonly associated with paving the way for a kinder sort of Americanism, has banned gay marriage. I won’t get into this personally because Kieth Olbermann said it far better than most could have.

In a watershed moment for mankind, Barack Obama was voted by a massive mandate the first black president of these great United States of America tonight. With hope renewed, the nation popped champagne corks and danced.And so, good night and good luck. 

Hempstead, NY - As anti-war protests have seen an increasingly aggressive police presence, Sergent Nick Morgan, an Iraq war vet, was trampled by a police horse at a peaceful protest outside the Oct. 15 presidential debate at Hofstra University.

In the fray, 10 members of the Iraq Vets Against the War were imprisoned while protesting McCain’s alleged lack of support for V.A. quality of life programs.