Weekend Headlines — 6/29-6/30/13
REMINDER: I'll begin my annual Summer Vacation starting Monday, which means that posting will be limited to major breaking items only until Tuesday, July 9. I'll see you back here in a little over a week! Alec Baldwin loses it in Twitter rant, hurls homophobic slurs Alec Baldwin went on a homophobic, profanity-laden online rant Thursday before shutting down his Alec Baldwin Foundation Twitter account, all in defense of his pregnant wife Hilaria, whom a Daily Mail reporter had apparently errantly accused of tweeting while the couple attended James Gandolfini's funeral. [ LA Times ] Intel to offer Internet TV, challenging traditional providers Intel Corp., the computer-chip giant, will enter a crowded field of companies offering alternatives to Comcast Corp. and traditional pay-TV services. This year, the Santa Clara, Calif., company plans to sell a set-top box that streams content from the Internet onto a TV. Intel's self-install set-top box will come with a