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Herzog, Harvey elected to baseball Hall of Fame
Published on 17 Dec, 2009 at 17:31 in Sports | Viewed 96 views times | No Comments
Manager Whitey Herzog and umpire Doug Harvey got the call Monday, elected to the baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee. Herzog and Harvey missed by one vote in their previous tries. This time, they easily drew enough support to reach Cooperstown. “I don’t think I would’ve had my heart broken if I’d missed
Weezer cancels tour after bus crash in upstate NY
Published on 17 Dec, 2009 at 17:22 in Entertainment | Viewed 96 views times | No Comments
Weezer has canceled the rest of its December tour after the lead singer was injured in a bus crash in New York. Rivers Cuomo and band assistant Sarah Kim suffered minor injuries when the group’s tour bus skidded on ice, struck a guide rail and slid into a ditch Sunday morning. Cuomo and Kim were
Diane Sawyer says this is her last week on ‘GMA’
Published on 17 Dec, 2009 at 17:21 in Entertainment | Viewed 154 views times | No Comments
Diane Sawyer says this week is her last as co-anchor of ABC’s “Good Morning America” as she prepares to replace Charles Gibson on the network’s “World News.” Gibson is retiring. His last broadcast as anchor on “World News” will be Dec. 18. Sawyer starts Dec. 21. The 63-year-old Sawyer has been on “GMA” for 10
Al Pacino set to play Shylock in NY’s Central Park
Published on 17 Dec, 2009 at 17:20 in Entertainment | Viewed 100 views times | No Comments
Al Pacino meets William Shakespeare next summer in New York City’s Central Park. The 69-year-old Pacino will portray Shylock in “The Merchant of Venice,” one of two offerings by the Public Theater’s 2010 Shakespeare in the Park series, running June 9-Aug. 1. Artist director Oskar Eustis (YOO’-stihs) says the series will also include “The Winter’s
Young panda at Washington Zoo heads to China
Published on 8 Dec, 2009 at 15:59 in Entertainment | Viewed 99 views times | No Comments
A US-born giant panda known as Tai Shan will soon be leaving the National Zoo in Washington DC and sent to China, the Washington Post reported Friday. The panda has become one of the zoo’s biggest attractions since its birth in July 2005. Born of two pandas on loan from China, Tai Shan’s move is
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo getting ready for test flights ahead of space tourism
Published on 8 Dec, 2009 at 15:54 in Travel | Viewed 128 views times | No Comments
Virgin Galactic’s sub-orbital space plane, the SpaceShipTwo, is preparing for test flights – and Richard Branson’s company hopes it will be taking tourists into space by 2012. For a mere $200,000, wealthy funseekers will be able to enjoy a few minutes’ weightlessness, staring out at the curve of the Earth from under a black sky.
Tiger pulls out of tournament after crash
Published on 8 Dec, 2009 at 15:53 in Sports | Viewed 112 views times | No Comments
Golf star Tiger Woods withdrew Monday from a tournament to benefit his charity foundation as he continued to lie low more than three days after a car crash that has caused a media storm. In a statement on his website, Woods said he would miss the Chevron World Challenge that opens Thursday in suburban Los
Reality show hopefuls deny crashing White House dinner party
Published on 8 Dec, 2009 at 15:46 in Entertainment | Viewed 116 views times | No Comments
The reality TV show hopefuls who got into a White House state dinner without an invitation gave their first national TV interview Tuesday, denying they crashed the high-security social event. “We were invited, not crashers, and there isn’t anyone that would have the audacity or the poor behavior to do that. The White House is
Disney looking at Oprah replacement options
Published on 8 Dec, 2009 at 15:45 in Entertainment | Viewed 102 views times | No Comments
Over the next year ABC television be exploring different options before it decides how to replace daytime TV queen Oprah Winfrey, who has announced plans to end her talk show in 2011, according to Disney/ABC Television Group president Anne Sweeney. “Oprah has given us two years’ notice, which is not something you generally see in
Beer with 32 percent strength launched
Published on 8 Dec, 2009 at 15:43 in Dining | Viewed 233 views times | No Comments
A controversial brewery in Scotland has launched what it claims to be the world’s strongest beer – with a 32 percent alcohol content. BrewDog of Fraserburgh has recently unveiled their Tactical Nuclear Penguin. The brewery was previously branded irresponsible for an 18.2 percent beer called Tokyo, which it then followed with a low alcohol beer
