Undertakers' New Year's message to drunk drivers: It is your own funeralIn the days leading up to New Year's Eve, people in Rome, Georgia, outside Atlanta, could see an unusual type of campaign to discourage drunk driving.TV stations and newspapers are announcing that, between 9 A.M. on December 28 and noon on December 31, the local McGuire, Jennings and Miller funeral homes will sign a contract with anyone who plans to drink or use drugs...

Former Indonesian President Gus Dur DiesFormer Indonesian president Abdurrahman Wahid, 69, more popularly known as Gus Dur, died at Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital (RSCM) in Jakarta at about 6.45pm local time Wednesday.Till now there has been no statement about the cause of his death but lately he had been treated in hospital several times due to health problems.Gus Dur's private secretary, Sulaeman, was quoted by news agency Antara as saying...

General Motors looks to sell remaining Saturn, Pontiac vehicles with steep discounts, says WSJGeneral Motors Company is offering deep discounts on its remaining Saturn and Pontiac vehicles as it looks to move the leftover inventory of the soon-to-be-dead brands, according to a published report.The automaker will pay dealers $7,000 for every new Saturn or Pontiac left on their lot if the vehicle is moved to dealer-operated rental or service...

Percy Sutton was a one man corporation. From a freedom rider to a young lawyer, and from politician to a business icon, Percy Sutton was one of the black Americans who remained active for the rights of African-American people. Percy Sutton gave his hand into the hands of death at 89.Percy Sutton’s journey includes representing Malcolm X and rescuing Apollo Theatre. In the thorny fields of politics he raise from Democratic clubhouses and...

If you thought that with Christmas over, sales being offered at the different retail stores are also over, you were mistaken. The festivities at big retail chains are expected to continue for at least a week.Best Buy is offering great deals on many items as part of post Christmas sales.Best Buy is giving from fifty dollar to 100 dollar cards with purchase of LCD televisions and LED televisions on range of TV sets that you always wanted...

Oklahoma Road Conditions - Oklahoma Department of Transportation Oklahoma Department of Transportation reports the latest Oklahoma road conditions as of Friday, Dec 25, 2009 at 09:22:05 AM.You can also visit the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety for the latest Oklahoma road conditions as the weather is affecting the state.TROOP A- Major interstates in all counties are still closed due to weather. Troopers are trying to remove wrecked...

More Stores Open on Christmas Day 2009The days when Chinese restaurants were just about the only places or stores open on Christmas Day are a thing of the past. While most retail stores continue to honor the tradition of giving their employees the day off, in contrast to Thanksgiving, an increasing number of other stories and businesses are opening their doors on Christmas Day of 2009.In particular, growing numbers of restaurants are opening...

DDoS Brings Down UltraDNS, AmazonA DDoS attack on DNS provider UltraDNS took down Amazon and other major sites Wednesday afternoon US Time Dec 23.Amazon users on Twitter reported problems starting on the site at around 5pm PST (noon AEDT Thursday.) Reports note that the issue also affected Amazon web services including S3 and EC2. Walmart and Salesforce are also believed to have experienced issues.UltraDNS owner Neustar confirmed the outage...

Yanks Trade Cabrera to Braves and Acquire VazquezMoving aggressively to fortify their rotation, the Yankees have acquired the right-hander Javier Vazquez from Atlanta Braves in exchange for outfielder Melky Cabrera, the left-handed reliever Mike Dunn and a prospect. The Yankees also received Boone Logan, a left-handed reliever, in the deal.Vazquez will join C.C. Sabathia, A.J. Burnett and Andy Pettitte in a rotation that will be loaded...

There has been plenty of winter weather this month in Wausau area, including below zero temperatures and a blizzard, but today is the first official day of winter.The winter solstice marks the shortest day and the longest night of the year. The sun appears at its lowest point in the sky.The first storm of “winter” could be headed to the Wausau area by Wednesday. The National Weather Service in Green Bay is unsure of when and where the storm will hit the hardest, but anyone with travel plans across Wisconsin or the Midwest for...

Today is Dec 21, 2009 and 21st December is the day of Winter Solstice traditions, also known as Yule. In the North Hemisphere, it is the time of official announcement of the winter. Solstice will take place at 12:47 pm EST.On this day, we have shortest day and longest night due to the earth’s axial tilt which is the farthest away from the sun. The sun went closer to the horizon making the day time shorter by giving least amount of daylight...

Asher Roth Gay? Asher Roth Comes Out On E! Specialwhere he will reveal that he is gay, discuss his decision to come out of the closet, and express the fulfillment he is found since moving to a “gay section” of New York City.According to new reports, the “I Love College” hitmaker is the unnamed hip-hop artist mentioned in former MTV executive Terrance Dean’s 2008 tell-all Hiding in Hip-Hop: Confession Of A Down Low Brother In The Entertainment...

Road Conditions West Virginia - WV Dot Road Conditions!WV Dot is reporting the following road conditions for the West Virginia Saturday. West Virginia road conditions today can be monitored 24/7 using WV Dot’s toll free number 1 (877) WVA-ROAD. For Saturday, the following conditions currently exist:“Power Lines Down: US-119 in Boone county. ROAD CLOSED NORTH OF DANVILLE, IN THE ROCK CREEK AREA, DUE TO POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS THE ROADWAY….Road conditions refer to the impact on area roads due to the weather. …. NOTICE: Highway...

Louisiana Happiest State In America: New York Saddest (List)Louisiana really seems to take the term "Big Easy" to hear as it clocks in as the happiest state in America, while New York is least happiest or saddest.The list that measures the Happiness level states in America was the result of work done by researchers at the University of Warwick in the UK and Hamilton College in the United States and published in the journal Science.Here...

ESPN is reporting that former Bucs G.M. Bruce Allen has been hired by Washington owner Daniel Snyder to serve as the Redskins G.M. and executive vice president. Allen was fired along with coach Jon Gruden on Jan. 16. The Glazers will likely be off the hook for Allen's salary, which was guaranteed through 2011.The Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers general manager Bruce Allen was hired by the Redskins on Thursday to fill the same position in Washington...

The European Space Agency (Esa) has released stunning new pictures from recently launched Herschel telescope.The pictures show star formation, and have been described as among the most important images obtained from space for decades.Astronomers hope that, by analysing these images, they will be able to answer questions about how stars and galaxies are made.Herschel is the largest astronomical telescope ever to be put into space.It has...

Picture of a 48 year old Tiger Woods alleged woman still hot todayTheresa Rogers, a 48 year old "fitness nut" from Florida is Tigers latest mistress. But don't worry because this time Woods decided to spice things up with a cougar. Supposedly Woods and Rogers had a long and meaningful relationship...right, I'm sure they did.Rogers is a single mom and if you ask me not exactly a looker. Although for 48 she looks pretty good. So I can't help...

Golden Globe nominations announced 2010 (full movie list) The Golden Globe nominations 2010 were announced this morning. The 2010 Golden Globe nominations were announced this morning. Some of the big nominees for the 2010 Golden Globes include Sandra Bullock as Best Actress in a Drama and George Clooney as Best Actor in a Drama. They were in the movies The Blind Side and Up in the Air respectively. The 2010 Golden Globe Awards will are...

The L. L. Zamenhof Google LogoThe Google home page is featuring a logo for 150 birthday of L. L. Zamenhof. L. L. Zamenhof is known for inventing a constructed language designed for international communication known as Esperanto. According to Wikipedia, Esperanto is used by 100,000 and 2 million speakers for over a century and has 1,000 native speakers but was never adopted by a country as their official language.Google is the only major...

A Nasa satellite designed to uncover hidden cosmic objects has been blasted off from California.The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base on a Delta II rocket just after 1409 GMT.It will pick up the glow of hundreds of millions of astronomical bodies.The probe is expected to uncover objects that have never seen before, including some of the coolest stars and the most luminous galaxies.It will do...

Hoosier lottery winning numbers for Saturday, December 12The winning Hoosier lottery numbers for the Saturday December 12, 2009 drawn are 07-12-14-19-30-32There is no winner for the $2.5 million jackpot of Hoosier lottery for the drawing. The next draw will be next Wednesday Dec 16 and the jackpot will increase to $3 million.Quick Draw 09-13-16-21-23-26-29-36-37-38-40-45-50-63-65-66-70-73-75-78Powerball 12-13-14-35-41,...

An arcade games that allows people to vent their anger at bankers has proved so popular the owner keeps having to replace worn out mallets.Inventor Tim Hunkin introduced "Whack a Banker", which is based on the older "Whack a Mole" game, at his arcade on the Southwold pier in Suffolk.Instead of players hitting pop-up moles with a mallet, within a set time, the target is pop-up bald figures.Mr Hunkin said the game was "proving very popular"."I...

The legal battle between Finland's Nokia and it is US rival Apple has taken a new turn, with Apple countersuing Nokia over alleged patent violations.The move follows a Nokia lawsuit filed in Oct accusing iPhone maker Apple of 10 Nokia patent infringements.Now Apple, in turn, is claiming that the Finnish phone firm is infringing 13 of its technology patents."Other companies must compete with us by inventing their own technologies, not just...

Former NHL star turned politician Slava Fetisov has played in a top-level ice hockey match for his old team CSKA Moscow - at the age of 51 years. The defenseman featured in Moscow's 3-2 defeat by SKA St Petersburg in a Continental Hockey League game. "It is a very good game," Fetisov told TV cameras during the first interval. "Both teams are playing at maximum speed. The game is very intense."Fetisov won two Stanley Cups with the Detroit...

A joint venture between UK's Shell and Malaysia's Petronas oil companies has won the right to develop Iraq's giant Majnoon oil field.A total of 44 companies took part in a bid for ten fields in the second such auction since the invasion in 2003. Shell and Petronas beat a rival bid from France's Total and China's CNPC.Although Majnoon is a huge oil field, with reserves of 13 billion barrels of oil, it currently produces just 46,000 barrels...

The US and Japan have agreed to a new "open skies" deal cutting restrictions on flights between the two countries.The agreement will allow airlines from both countries to have a wider range of destinations and routes to choose from. The agreement, which has yet to be formalised, includes both passenger planes and cargo services.However the Japanese government said the US would first need to consider waiving certain antitrust rules.This...

A mosque in a village in the north of the Israeli-occupied West Bank has been damaged in a arson attack.Attackers set fire to bookshelves and a larges area of carpet in the mosque, and sprayed graffiti in Hebrew on a wall.Palestinian residents of the village of Yasuf clashed with Israeli soldiers investigating the attack. Eyewitnesses say settlers were responsible.Attacks on Palestinians by Jewish settlers are increasing. A number of incidents...

Olympic gold medallists Rebecca Romero and Bradley Wiggins will not be able to defend their titles at the London 2012.The International Olympic Committee has changed the cycling schedule to ensure that there were five events for both men and women.As a result, the individual pursuit, won by Wiggins and Romero in Beijing in 2008, has been dropped."There didn't need to be such a massive overhaul," said Romero, who is now planning to switch...

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Ambulance at Tiger Woods’ at ease. Elin Nordegren’s planetary on spick-and-span enterprise support.This morning at 2:37am an ambulance arrived at Tiger Woods at rest esteem Orange County, Florida. Though a spokesperson will not respond who was keen to the hospital and for what reason, valid is rumored that the blond doll awakened extraneous on a stretcher was Elin Nordegren’s oversize. This is the unbroken hospital that Tiger Woods was...

On the morning of Sunday, December 7, 1941, the Japanese navy attacked the United States’ naval base at pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The initiative consisted of two formidable charge fallout totaling 353 aircraft, launched from six Japanese aircraft carriers.The advance sank four U.S. Navy battleships again disturbed four more. The Japanese also sank or rueful three cruisers, three destroyers, again one minelayer, sad 188 aircraft, again caused...

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Tiger Woods' 4th mistress has been revealed to express Jamie JungerJamie Junger has been identified considering Tiger Woods' fourth mistress: well, at aboriginal according to a disgruntled ex-boyfriend of Jamie Junger's:Sex-mad Tiger Woods cheated on wife Elin stifle a fourth ­mistress - Jamie Jungers - the Sunday reverberate encumbrance devise. The predatory golfer had been ­married desired nine months when he seduced 26-year-old construction...

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