The Standardized-test Smackdown

Remember taking SAT's and ACT's? Your kids may be taking them this month. These test are big business and both parties are looking for more market share. Caught in the middle: the test takers. Check out this FORTUNE MAGAZINE article on the business of high school testing. One new thing for this fall: If you do poorly you can hide results from universities!

The city is recovering from last night's Springsteen show at HSBC Arena. Possibly "The last one...for awhile," as Bruce has put it. If you were there, you are probably drained and can't wait for your head to hit the pillow tonight. Reviews of the show are rolling in, from Jeff Miers article in the Buffalo News to this cool review straight from Jersey.

Jersey...hey, where else would you to talk Bruce!

So you're watching TV and a commercial comes on with an incredible song as its musical background. Or you're heavy into an episode of the Vampire Diaries, and they use a song in a scene that you can't get out of your mind. But what song was it?

For the answers, check out What Is That Song.net. From songs you hear on the radio to those used on TV shows and commercials, this incredible website has a listing of every song used in media.

Full disclosure: Skip Isley, the guy that created this website, is a former co-worker of mine from my days in Ocean City, Maryland in the early '80s. Awesome job, Skip! Glad to see we are both gainfully employed doing what we like to do!

Shakira is on the cover of Rolling Stone.

Check out this feature in the New York Post that shows her changing look aver the past decade.