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"Tonight Show" reversed its ratings decline and showed growth for the first time Wednesday night. Also, new ratings for O'Brien's first week behind the "Tonight" desk give NBC a record-setting lead over CBS' "Late Show" among adults 18-49. After seven nights of drops, NBC's "Tonight" may have found its bottom. The talk show rebounded 10% from Monday's performance, climbing to a 3.2 last night in the household ratings. That was enough to edge out David Letterman's "Late Show," which had bested O'Brien's "Tonight" in the overnights for the first time Tuesday evening. Letterman pulled a 3.1 rating, dropping slightly from...

I knew my fellow Americans had taste after all..... According to a story on Drudge, Conan's 'TONIGHT' ratings drop with every episode... There is hope for our country.... ...... Conan O'Brien's first week behind NBC's "Tonight Show" desk resulted in a strong overall ratings performance that dominated competitors and left critics generally pleased. But after debuting to record-setting numbers Monday, “The Tonight Show” audience has shrunk with each successive episode......

"We live in an amazing, amazing world, and it's wasted on the crappiest generation of spoiled idiots." Video on site

Concerned that the Legion of Christ stifles the free will of its members and lacks transparency, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien told the religious order’s director general that he cannot in good conscience recommend that anyone join the Legion or Regnum Christi, its affiliated lay movement. In the Archdiocese of Baltimore, the Legion of Christ is affiliated with Woodmont Academy in Cooksville. Regnum Christi is also active in several parishes. The archbishop’s action came in the wake of revelations that Father Marcial Maciel Degollado, founder of the Legion of Christ, fathered a daughter while serving as leader of the international religious...

This is appalling... NBC Comment Line: 212-664-4444 Email Contact: http://www.nbc.com/Footer/Contact_Us/

The Entercom press release, via BostonSportsMedia.com. So Jerry Trupiano is indeed gone BOSTON (December 15, 2006) – Entercom Boston and the Boston Red Sox today announced the new radio broadcast team for the 2007 season. Veteran play by play man Joe Castiglione returns for his 25th season of calling Red Sox games, to be joined by Dave O’Brien, currently the play by play announcer for ESPN Monday Night Baseball and the World Series on Major League Baseball, and Glenn Geffner, former radio voice of the San Diego Padres. The versatile O’Brien, a native of Quincy, MA, who split his time...

http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1563542006 Scotland on Sunday, UK - O'Brien urges Muslims to say sorry for 9/11 THE leader of Scotland's Roman Catholics, Cardinal Keith O'Brien, has called for Muslims to apologise for the 9/11 and 7/7 bomb attacks, declaring that the ...

DUBAI DUETS Late Friday, Department of Justice lawyers in the Office of Legal Counsel were attempting to determine if former President Bill Clinton had registered as an "Agent of a Foreign Principal." Federal statute requires that anyone -- even a former President -- doing political or public affairs work on behalf of a foreign country, agency or official must register with the Department, and essentially update his status every six months. It was not clear the Clinton had done so. If his status is less clear, here is what we do know: If Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton did not know...

The World Cup is generating record television audiences for soccer in the U.S. But some diehard fans think the coverage deserves a red card. Walt Disney Co.'s ESPN and ABC have been hit with complaints from soccer devotees that their telecasts are unsophisticated and mistake-ridden. The popular Web site Big Soccer has a thread titled "Pick your favorite insane thing said by the announcers so far."A major gripe: ESPN selected an announcer, Dave O'Brien, who had never called a soccer game before this year to serve as the tournament's lead play-by-play man. Some English-speaking viewers have switched to Spanish-language Univision,...

David Letterman Did you hear about this? North Korea might have missiles with the capabilities to reach the West Coast of the United States. I got to thinking about it, and that's Leno's problem. Jay Leno Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco has ordered National Guard troops to assist police in patrolling New Orleans once again. National Guard troops will be armed with rifles, handguns and plenty of beads. In business news, chocolate maker Nestlé is buying Jenny Craig. Well, that says all you need to know about the war on obesity, doesn't it? It's over. Apparently we surrendered. For years they...

Hysteria Central October 2005 Michael O'Brien is an accomplished Catholic novelist. His strength is fiction. In The Catholic World Report (April), he ventures into nonfiction, specifically political science, and what he writes turns out to be fiction as well. He writes about "The New Totalitarianism" that is already here or on its way because of "hate" crimes legislation and same-sex "marriage." The NOR has spoken out against active homosexuals (even calling them fags, rump rangers, and light in the loafers), and as a result subscriptions have been canceled. And the NOR has spoken out against "hate" crimes legislation and same-sex...

Anybody just see this lady in New Orleans SHUT DOWN CNN blabbermouth Soledad O'Brien? It was awesome! The lady (whose name I forgot) said her ancestors settled in New Orleans and she's lived there all her life. She said her neighborhood was high and dry, she had running water, and she wasn't going to evacuate. She blasted CNN and the MSM for showing only shots of flooded New Orleans, saying they weren't showing the parts of the city that were dry and inhabitable. Then she blasted the NO city government for failing to implement its own evacuation plan and evacuate...

- Dr. Franklin Ruehl, host of Mysteries From Beyond The Other Dominion leads the team. Donning a pith helmet, and what appears to be a winter coat, (in studio in California) Dr. Ruehl admits there`ll be dangers... "the flight is about 500 miles, and eh, I don`t know if it`ll be a bi-plane, or...we`re ah, we`re gonna have to say our prayers going up there.". He continues, "When we start hiking up there, it could be snowing, we could run into a blizzard, perhaps other creatures are up there, a wild moose..." ( Wild Moose, not the domesticated variety. )...

(CNN) -- "American Morning" is adding another O'Brien to its mix. Miles O'Brien, a longtime CNN anchor and correspondent, is joining "AM's" Soledad O'Brien as co-anchor beginning June 20. "We're honing the cast of 'American Morning' in order to focus on what the audience wants most and what CNN does best: the latest news delivered with the greatest intelligence," CNN/U.S. President Jon Klein said. "In a morning television landscape littered with mindless entertainment, there will be one name you can rely on for no-nonsense news: O'Brien."

CTV.ca News Staff Liberal MP Pat O'Brien, who opposes his party's position on gay marriage, says he's quitting the Grits to sit as an Independent. The move comes less than two months after he held a news conference to announce he was staying with the Liberals despite misgivings. O'Brien has been out of step with his party on social issues and has been long opposed to the government's efforts to pass legislation to legalize same-sex marriage. In April, he decided to stick with the Liberals after Prime Minister Paul Martin promised expanded debate of the marriage bill. But O'Brien said...

Friday, May 27, 2005 Possible Replacements for Cardinal McCarrick as Archbishop of Washington, DC Like it or not, the venerable Cardinal McCarrick of Washington will be hitting 75 this July 7th. You know what that means! Our sources tell us his resignation will be accepted "on an expedited timetable." Coupled with his public desire to retire early, Washington should have a new leader within the year. This episcopal see is highly visible due to it being located in our nation's capital and has been rewarded, since its inception, with its archbishops being created cardinals -- O'Boyle, Baum, Hickey, and McCarrick....

PHILADELPHIA (May 23) - Maurice Cheeks is running the show again for the Philadelphia 76ers. In a surprising move nearly three weeks following the end of their season, the Sixers fired Jim O'Brien on Monday after one season as coach and replaced him with Cheeks, one of the most popular players in franchise history. "Mo is family. Mo bleeds 76ers. He bleeds Philadelphia," team president Billy King said. Cheeks will be introduced as Philadelphia's 21st head coach at a Tuesday news conference. Philadelphia is certainly banking on the former point guard to have a happier homecoming than O'Brien, a Philadelphia...

Ohio’s chief elections officer might have broken the law last year when he asked state legislative candidates to pledge to oppose renewal of a one-penny increase in the state sales tax, a top Democratic official says. "I’m not a lawyer, but if you read the law, what he did is clearly illegal," Ohio Democratic Party Chairman Dennis L. White said yesterday, referring to Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell, a Republican. Acting as honorary chairman of Citizens for Tax Repeal, Blackwell sent a letter to legislative candidates on May 20, 2004, asking them to sign a pledge "to oppose any...

Does anyone know who MaryEllen O'Brien is? She was at my daughter's parish as a speaker, and they thought she was wonderful, but I've never heard of her. I guess she's written a book about "holy dying," among other things. She's from Chicago, I don't know much else.

Comedian commentary on the campaign: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno": "Well today is October 19th, which means there are only 15 voting days left in Florida. Have you heard Florida's new slogan? 'Hey, let's screw this one up early.'" "Ralph Nader said he has no intention of leaving the presidential race. It's not so much he wants to stay in the race. It's just that he has nowhere else to go." "John Kerry said today that Bush was planning a 'January surprise' if he's re-elected. Hey, if we know who's going to be president by January that will be...

Craig Kilborn will say nighty-night to his job as host of "The Late Late Show" on CBS - after only five years in the seat. Kilborn, who was the original host of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show," said it was "the greatest job" he's ever had. "CBS was very generous in their offer to re-sign me but I simply want to try something new," he said in a statement. "I can now focus on writing and producing different television projects I haven't had time for. And this is cool - I will continue to wear makeup in my everyday life."...

"Yesterday Senator John Kerry changed his mind and now supports the ban on gay marriages. I'm telling you this guy has more positions than Paris Hilton." —David Letterman Read more zingers from Letterman, Leno, O'Brien, Kilborn et al

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Late-night comedian Conan O'Brien sought to defuse a flap over a recent segment poking fun at the French-Canadian province of Quebec by issuing a self-deprecating "apology" on Tuesday in French. "People of Quebec, I'm sorry," the host of NBC's "Late Night" show said in English, as a translator recited in French, with English subtitles, "People of Quebec, I'm an albino jackass."

Ariz. Bishop CONVICTED in Fatal Accident By MICHELLE RUSHLO,/ Associated Press Writer PHOENIX - Bishop Thomas O'Brien was convicted of hit-and-run Tuesday for leaving the scene after killing a jaywalking pedestrian with his car, a crash that ended his career as head of the Roman Catholic diocese. O'Brien is believed to be the first Roman Catholic bishop in U.S. history to be convicted of a felony. The 68-year-old bishop, who said he thought he hit a dog or was struck by a rock, could be been sentenced to anywhere from probation to 3 3/4 years in prison on the charge...

Ottawa – Canada's government has condemned a show by U.S. late-night television host Conan O'Brien that insulted people in French-speaking Quebec and seemed to suggest everyone in the province was homosexual. Ottawa and the province of Ontario paid C$1 million (400,000 pounds) to help O'Brien — who appears on the NBC television network — bring his show to Toronto for a week to boost the city's profile after a deadly SARS outbreak last year. But the federal government said O'Brien had gone far too far with the show broadcast on Thursday in which he went to Quebec, a province which...

(AP) -- Comedian commentary on the campaign: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno": "On 'Meet the Press,' President Bush was asked what he would do if he lost the election. He said, 'Phhh, like last time."' "Actually there was one embarrassing moment when President Bush was asked if his commission investigating Iraq was bipartisan; Bush said, he had no idea about their sexuality." "Embarrassing moment last week for Wesley Clark. His motorcade was pulled over by Oklahoma state troopers for speeding. Apparently he was charged with going nowhere fast!" "Presidential candidate John Edwards keeps saying there's two Americas. President Bush...

BOSTON (AP) _ For some, it was an occasion to pop champagne corks and start planning spring weddings. For others, it was cause for dismay over what they saw as the further erosion of traditional family values. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court's ruling that same-sex couples are legally entitled to wed under the state constitution drew both praise and criticism Tuesday from around Massachusetts and the nation. And both supporters and opponents of gay marriage warned that the battle may not be over. The high court's 4-3 ruling opened the door for gay marriages in the state. But for some...

Bounce the bad bishops by Les Kinsolving With almost record-breaking speed for an institution as venerable as the Vatican, the resignation of the 68-year-old Catholic Bishop of Phoenix, Thomas O'Brien, was accepted within hours of his being charged with hit-and-run killing of a 200-pound male jaywalker. In early May, O'Brien signed a confidential agreement acknowledging that he knew of alleged sexual misconduct by priests whom he allowed to have continued contact with minors. That absolutely outrageous and inexcusable conduct for any Christian bishop did not lead to O'Brien's immediate removal, as it should have. But his hit-and-run killing on top...

<p>Police discovered human hair and biological tissue on Bishop Thomas J. O'Brien's windshield and blood spatters on the roof of his car, according to a search warrant affidavit released Wednesday.</p> <p>O'Brien, who is accused of fleeing the scene of Saturday's hit-and-run accident involving a pedestrian, has claimed that he thought his car struck a dog or cat, or was hit by a rock.</p>

<p>Pope accepts resignation of Phoenix Bishop Thomas O'Brien, who was charged Tuesday with leaving the scene of a fatal accident over the weekend. Details to come.</p>

Report: O'Brien knew police were looking for him PHOENIX -- According to court documents, Bishop Thomas O'Brien did not contact police even though he was informed by the church Sunday night that detectives were searching for him and his vehicle. Phoenix police believe O'Brien behind the wheel of his beige Buick when he struck pedestrian Jim Reed near 19th and Glendale avenues Saturday night. The 43-year-old man was killed and the 67-year-old bishop allegedly fled. After spending much of the day examining O'Brien's car, the Roman Catholic bishop of Phoenix, already embroiled in a sex abuse scandal that accuses...

<p>Tomas Chavira's jaw dropped, his shoulders slumped and for a moment he was rendered speechless.</p> <p>Leaving the noon Mass at St. Mary's Church in downtown Phoenix, Chavira had just been told that Bishop Thomas J. O'Brien, his leadership already badly shaken by a sex abuse scandal that has rocked the Phoenix Diocese for weeks, had been involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident over the weekend.</p>

Bishop Thomas J. O'Brien has acknowledged that he covered up allegations of sexual abuse by priests for decades and will relinquish some of his power as head of the Phoenix Diocese to avoid possible criminal indictment, The Arizona Republic has learned. O'Brien's dramatic admission and his decision to surrender some authority came in a five-page agreement the bishop signed last month when Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley threatened to bring him before a grand jury. The legally binding document is one of the most candid confessions by any bishop in the country that official church policy endangered children and allowed...

Bishop O'Brien arrested in fatal hit-and-run case Staff and Wire Report Bishop escorted to jail PHOENIX -- Just two weeks after avoiding criminal prosecution by reaching an agreement with the county attorney to end an investigation of sexual abuse by Arizona priests, Phoenix bishop Thomas O'Brien was arrested Monday in connection with a fatal hit-and-run accident that left a 43-year-old man dead. Phoenix police were led to the bishop's home after they traced a license plate number to his car and found the windshield caved in. The Roman Catholic bishop of Phoenix, already embroiled in a sex abuse scandal...

Roman Catholic bishop John O'Brien was arrested for leaving the scene of a fatal hit-and-run accident, and his car impounded.

Hang tough... by Greg Swann To my shame, I actually do have an opinion about what Senate-Majority-Leader-to-be Trent Lott ought to do in his current predicament. My advice to Lott would be the same counsel I would give to Pope John Paul II, to Bernard Law, now the former Cardinal of the Archdiocese of Boston and to Thomas O'Brien, Bishop of the Diocese of Phoenix. I would offer to all of them the same guidance, and all for the same reason.My advice, for whatever it's worth:Hang tough.The news we know, of course, is the same old blah, blah, blah:...

<p>Of 400 voters sampled Tuesday and Wednesday, O'Brien received 41 percent support and Romney 40 percent, with only 5 percent undecided. Green Party nominee Jill Stein drew 5 percent of those surveyed; Libertarian Carla Howell, 3 percent; and independent Barbara Johnson, 4 percent. The poll's margin of error is plus or minus 5 percentage points.</p>

Remember the Washington DC Mayoral aide who got fired for the correct use of the word "niggardly"?Now we have the democrat candidate in Massachusetts, Shannon O'Brien getting all upset at her opponent Mitt Romney for using the words "becoming/unbecoming" to describe her behaviour in a televised debate.Ms O'Brien claims the word is sexist, and that Romney wouldn't have used such a term to describe a male opponent.You What?Never mind that the phrase "Conduct unbecoming of an officer" is a regular feature of military codes, it seems Ms. O'Brien is unswayed, and even illicited the help of the "smartest woman in...

``Shannon,'' said one longtime State House denizen, ``was everyone's nagging first wife.'' She didn't listen. She didn't answer anyone's questions. She just smirked and smirked and smirked some more. But she was playing off the poll in yesterday's Herald. She's six points ahead, according to the poll, and it's a Democratic state after 12 years of GOP rule. One week left, and Attila the Hen wasn't going to put the ball in the air. She was in the prevent defense. Just win, baby. She's winning, at least if you believe the poll, so all she had to do was break...

As final debate looms, O'Brien tries to link Romney to past GOP governors By John Mcelhenny Associated Press BOSTON - Some days, it seems like Democrat Shannon P. O'Brien is running for governor against former Republican Govs. William F. Weld and Paul Cellucci, not Mitt Romney. O'Brien, the state treasurer, has tried throughout the campaign to link Romney to the mistakes of past Republican administrations. At a forum on minority issues on Monday, she blamed Republicans for everything from failing to give Big Dig contracts to minority businesses to failing to stop social service cuts after pushing through an income...

Minority vote vital in neck-and-neck battle By John McElhenny / Associated Press Tuesday, October 29, 2002 BOSTON - Eight days before election day, the candidates for governor appealed to minority voters in an effort to gain a last-minute advantage. All five candidates for governor attended a forum last night sponsored by the Black Ministerial Alliance on issues that affect urban and minority voters. Latinos and blacks comprise 12 percent of Massachusetts residents, a constituency that has become more important because of the neck-and-neck battle between Democrat Shannon O'Brien and Republican Mitt Romney. O'Brien, the state treasurer, said 12 years of...

Governor’s Race Now a Toss-Up With Less Than Two Weeks To Go October 23, 2002 BOSTON, MA -- Republican candidate Mitt Romney has rallied from a 12% deficit to pull even with Democratic nominee Shannon O’Brien, according to an exclusive 7NEWS-Suffolk University poll released today, which shows Romney with 37.2% versus O’Brien’s 36.7%. The race is considered a statistical dead heat. Green Party candidate Jill Stein garnered 2.5%, while Libertarian Party candidate Carla Howell and Independent candidate Barbara Johnson each received 1% of the vote. There are still 22% of likely voters who remain undecided. "This race is so close...

The Libertarian candidate for governor says he might destroy more money at tonight's debate at the State Theatre in Easton. And this time, it might be a $5 bill and he may burn it, Ken Krawchuk says. During last week's gubernatorial debate in Wilkes-Barre, Krawchuk ripped a dollar bill to pieces to symbolize wasteful spending in Harrisburg. Mike Fisher, the state attorney general and the Republican nominee for governor, was appalled, and his campaign manger Kent A. Gates accused Krawchuk of violating federal law. "It's constitutionally-protected free speech, and it's my money," Krawchuk said in response to the complaints from...

Ex-vice president gets college crowd behind him during Valley visit. BETHLEHEM TWP. PA-- Republicans have completely mismanaged the American economy since George W. Bush became president almost two years ago, former Vice President Al Gore charged during a stump speech Thursday at Northampton Community College. "If you compare what's happened today to what was happening during the Clinton-Gore years, the turnaround has been so dramatic and taken us so far down, there has not been such catastrophic mismanagement of America's economy since the presidency of Herbert Hoover," Gore said during a half-hour speech. Hoover was president when the Great Depression...

Former Vice President Al Gore is scheduled to return to the Lehigh Valley today for Democratic fund-raisers and a speech at Northampton Community College. "He'll energize the base," State Rep. T.J. Rooney, D-Northampton/Lehigh, said Wednesday. "He has always been well received in the Valley." Gore's last visit to the Lehigh Valley was during the final days of his 2000 presidential election campaign. On Oct. 27, 2000, Gore spoke to more than 2,000 people at Stanley Avenue Park in Fountain Hill. The former vice president is scheduled to attend fund-raisers today for Rooney and Ed O'Brien, the Democrat running against U.S....

Poll: O'Brien, Romney tied HERALD POLL/by Joe Battenfeld Friday, October 4, 2002 Democrat Shannon P. O'Brien failed to get a lift from her first major televised debate against GOP opponent Mitt Romney, and the pair remain deadlocked a month before Election Day, a new Boston Herald poll shows. O'Brien leads Romney by just the narrowest of margins, 43-42 percent - a statistical tie given the poll's 4.9 percent margin of error. Green Party candidate Jill Stein drew 2 percent, while Libertarian Carla Howell had 1 percent support. Eleven percent of likely voters are undecided. In the last Herald poll two...

Poll: O'Brien Leads Romney in Mass. The Associated Press BOSTON (AP) - Democrat Shannon O'Brien has a slight lead over Republican Mitt Romney in the Massachusetts gubernatorial race, according to a Boston Globe-WBZ-TV poll published Sunday. O'Brien received 42 percent of the vote, compared to Romney's 36 percent, with 12 percent undecided and 2 percent declining to answer. Green Party candidate Jill Stein and Libertarian candidate Carla Howell each drew 4 percent in the poll, a survey of 400 likely voters by KRC Communications Research. The poll, conducted Wednesday and Thursday, had a margin of error of 5 percentage points....

Poll shows O'Brien overtaking Romney in governor's race The Associated Press BOSTON (AP) - Democrat Shannon P. O'Brien has taken a slim lead over Republican Mitt Romney in the race for governor, according to a Boston Herald poll. The poll of 419 likely voters, conducted Wednesday, shows O'Brien with 45 percent to 42 percent for Romney. About 1 percent picked other candidates and 12 percent remain undecided. The poll has a margin of error is plus or minus 4.9 percent, meaning the results are a statistical tie. In a Herald poll taken last month, O'Brien, the state Treasurer, trailed Romney,...

Polls have closed in the Massachusetts primary election, and candidates are waiting for returns to come in. Four Democrats fought for the gubernatorial nomination in the most expensive primary in the state's history, with more than $15 million spent. Two of the candidates -- Shannon O'Brien and Tom Birmingham -- were well-financed, a third -- Warren Tolman -- benefited from a court ruling, and the fourth -- Robert Reich -- ran a quirky campaign on a shoestring budget. Reich pulled an all-nighter, campaigning across Greater Boston from 7 p.m. Monday to Tuesday morning. He refused to put much of his...

I was just surfing the television when my eye caught someone holding a statue of Jesus with children. I thought this might be interesting so I continued watching and then realized this was Conan O'Briens show on NBC (a station I try NEVER TO watch)