James M Weckesser

Listia, a marketplace for free stuff, has raised $1.75 million in funding from an impressive roster of investors and angels. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from SV Angel, Founder Collective, High Line Venture Partners, Max Levchin, Naval Ravikant, Alex Zubillaga, James Hong and others. Listia previously raised $400K in angel funding.

LeBron James demonstrated two rare qualities on Saturday: humility and maturity. With a proper estimate of himself, James responded to the comments made by NBA Top 50 player Scottie Pippen...

In another edition of his “Tip of the Hat” segment Tuesday evening, Stephen Colbert compared new GOP presidential frontrunner Newt Gingrich to the James Bond movies. Colbert came to his conclusion over the several times of Gingrich bringing up fears of an electromagnetic pulse striking America, something agent 007 and his boss “M” in the movie “GoldenEye.” “Yes, Bond, James Bond, agrees with Gingrich, Newt Gingrich,” he said before playing the movie series’ famous theme [...]

I didn’t make the rules, but it appears that Kevin James has reached a point in his career where he can look back and say, “I’m like if Chris Farley had it together!” I’m going to get out this comparison’s way and let the late SNL star and Zookeeper topliners’ careers speak for themselves.

Hopefully he'll show more enthusiasm for this than he did during that awards show thing.

News Corp. has given Rebekah Brooks, the former editor of its scandal-ridden News of the World tabloid, quite a severance package -- $2.7 million, use of her company limousine and driver and an office in central London – the Guardian reports. Resigned in July from her post as CEO of News International, News Corp.’s British publishing division. This followed allegations that she knew about the company's complicity in a major phone-hacking scandal. For her troubles, Brooks not only received the large payment, but access to the company limo for two years and the pricey office for the same stretch of time. This hefty settlement for someone so closely linked to the hacking scandal will likely produce another series of questions for James Murdoch, Rupert’s son and Brooks’ former boss.

News International boss James Murdoch turns down a $6m (£3.7m) bonus, citing the "current controversy" surrounding the News of the World.