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On this week’s edition of the “Real Deal with Pat McNeill” VIP Audio Update, all the day’s wrestling news including the headline match for Friday’s episode of Smackdown, Ring of Honor’s big main event for Manhattan, the battle for ECW’s legacy begins next month in Philadelphia, new developmental talent on the way to WWE, who else has signed to restart ECW, and which developmental wrestlers are on their way to the main roster. The Hot Five Stories of the Week feature TNA’s sagging ratings, the Backlash against WWE Backlash, Ring of Honor stumbles through Ohio, and plans for WWE Judgment Day…

This issue includes a cover story on WWF Raw setting an all-time viewership record… WCW Newswire includes extensive highlights of Eric Bischoff responding to Vince McMahon… WWF Newswire details the ongoing Bret Hart saga as his psyche took a tumble after Vince McMahon shifted the focus from him to Shawn Michaels… Interview Highlights with Bret Hart regarding the WWF-WCW war… ECW Live Event Report… WWF Live Event Report… Pancrase PPV Report… Chris Zavisa’s column on New Japan’s readiness for another big Tokyo Dome show… Wade Keller’s End Notes features analysis of the Bret-Michaels saga…

Reuters - ABC has pulled its White
House drama "Commander in Chief" off the schedule for the rest
of the season, following a low-rated run plagued by
behind-the-scenes turmoil and scheduling interruptions.

UPDATE 11:09 PM CST: You can now get the English language teaser from So…

AP - Louis Rukeyser, a best-selling author, columnist, lecturer and television host who delivered pun-filled, commonsense commentary on complicated business and economic news, died Tuesday. He was 73.

This week, geek out with core Perl 6 developer, chromatic…

• Audio (64kbps mono MP3, 21.6MB)

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Host: Chris DiBona

Guest: chromatic - Technical Editor at O’Reilly and Perl developer

Special Guest: Brad Fitzpatrick of Live Journal

Topics:

• Perl 6
• Pugs (Perl in Haskell)
• Perl Pumpkings
• The Parrot virtual machine
• Ponie is perl 5 on Parrot
• Brad talks about why Danga is excited about Perl 6
• PPI
• For really clean Perl code, use Bleach
• Written by the second smartest man in Australia, Damian Conway

Running time: 20:54

Dominik Hasek told The Ottawa Sun that he doubts he’ll be ready to return from an adductor muscle injury when the second round of the playoffs begin.

Visit ESPN.com for the complete story.

Sen. Jim Talent (R-MO) came out yesterday against a proposed ballot initiative that would protect stem cell research and treatment in Missouri, according to Hotline On Call. His opponent, Claire McCaskill (D), supports the initiative.

It’s not yet clear how Talent’s decision will affect his chances of being reelected. “Those who argue that Republicans can’t win in Missouri with an unexcited social conservative base will argue that Talent took a step in the right direction as far as re-election is concerned. A Missouri Democrat will argue that the GOP erosion in the suburbs will continue thanks to Talent’s decision.”

The Kansas City Star notes "Talent’s stand on stem-cell research has taken some confusing twists."
[Political Wire]

chrisd writes “Just wanted to let you know that we’ve opened up the student application process for the Summer of Code. We’ve signed up ~100 mentoring organizations this year, including Apache, Postgres, Xiph, The Shmoo Group, Drupal, Gallery and many others. We’re accepting applications through May 8th this year.”