| Elin Nordegren In Talks With Puma Posted: 16 Dec 2009 07:51 AM PST  Tiger Woods' wife about to cash in... While Nike stands by their man Tiger Woods, referring to him as the greatest golfer in history and calling his infidelity "a minor blip," it's being reported that Nike's nemesis Puma knows a good Swedish spokesperson when they see her. Looks like Elin Nordegren's going to be a working woman soon...
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| Intel hit with more antitrust charges in FTC suit (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 06:27 AM PST  AP - The Federal Trade Commission piled on new antitrust charges against Intel Corp. on Wednesday, seeking to end what it described as a decade of illegal sales tactics that have crippled rivals and kept prices for computer chips artificially high.
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| Exclusive: 7-Year-Old's Mother Speaks On Cut Braid Posted: 16 Dec 2009 05:07 AM PST ![]() Sometimes, when she sits in class, seven-year-old Lamya Cammon twirls the colorful beads that adorn her braids. Her mother, Helen Cummingham, says that she does it "maybe out of nervousness or distraction." On November 28th, the girl's first grade teacher...
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| Roy Disney, nephew of Walt Disney, dies Posted: 16 Dec 2009 11:47 AM PST ![]() A newspaper says Roy E. Disney, the nephew of Walt Disney who became a powerful behind-the-scenes influence on the family business, has died. He was 79.
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| Woods voted top athlete of the decade (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 07:13 AM PST  As sports go, it wasn't close: Tiger Woods was famous for his golf long before he became infamous for his personal life. For 10 incomparable years, no one ruled a sport like Woods. He won 64 tournaments, including 12 major championships. He hoisted a trophy on every continent where golf is played. And those 56 titles in one decade on the PGA Tour?
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| Protests erupt at deadlocked climate conference Posted: 16 Dec 2009 04:35 AM PST ![]() The Danish president of the U.N. climate conference, Connie Hedegaard, has resigned and will be replaced by the Danish prime minister as head of the historic talks.
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| Brazil toddler has 50 sewing needles inside body (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 06:07 AM PST  AP - A 2-year-old Brazilian boy has as many as 50 metal sewing needles inside his body and a doctor treating the boy said Wednesday they were apparently stuck there one by one. Dr. Luiz Cesar Soltoski told The Associated Press that surgeons hope to remove most of the needles — some as long as 2 inches (5 centimeters)_ but because some are stuck in his lungs, they have to wait until the child's breathing improves.
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| Is Tiger Woods a Sex Addict? Posted: 16 Dec 2009 02:28 AM PST  Let's see if Tiger passes the test. Dr. Cara Gardenswartz: Though the DSM-IV-TR (the "Bible" of mental disorders for the American Psychiatric Association and the American Psychological Association) does not formally recognize sexual addiction as a mental illness, most psychologists and trained therapists believe that sexual addiction is real, just as they consider gambling addiction to be real. It is speculated that in the latest version (currently in progress) of the DSM (DSM-V), sexual addiction will be included as a mental illness. In the 1980s, the 12-step movement popularized the notion
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| Flight attendant's call caught pilots unaware (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 10:09 AM PST ![]() A single call from a flight attendant to the pilots of the Northwest Airlines plane that overshot Minneapolis catapulted the cockpit crew from complacency to chaos.
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| White Americans' majority to end by mid-century (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 08:19 AM PST ![]() AP - The estimated time when whites will no longer make up the majority of Americans has been pushed back eight years — to 2050 — because the recession and stricter immigration policies have slowed the flow of foreigners into the U.S.
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| LETTER: Stop the stupidity Posted: 15 Dec 2009 10:14 PM PST ![]() The president announced he is sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. He also announced a ''timetable,'' stating the troops would be withdrawn in 2011. What's wrong with this? It should be obvious that troop deployments and movements are to be kept secret lest the information aid and abet the enemy. What is the matter with these people? One of our general officers told us last week, "We cannot hold the road; we clear it of roadside bombs one day but they are back the next." The way to secure a road is to post two soldiers in a foxhole with a machine gun every 200 yards and fire on anyone ap
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| Strange Physical Theory Proved After Nearly 40 Years (LiveScience.com) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 07:09 AM PST ![]() LiveScience.com - When physicist Vitaly Efimov heard his theory had finally been proven, he ran up to the younger scientist who had verified it and gave him a high five.
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| Britain bounces checks after 300 years Posted: 16 Dec 2009 06:49 AM PST ![]() LONDON (Reuters Life!) – After more than three centuries, the humble check could become a historic relic if British banks, as expected, vote to phase it out in favor of more modern payment methods.
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| Getting a Mortgage in 2010: 10 Things to Know Posted: 16 Dec 2009 03:25 AM PST ![]() More than three years into a painful housing crash, the real estate market has sent recent--albeit tentative--signs of stabilization. Home sales have increased, inventory levels are down, and price declines have become less precipitous.
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| Nicole Kidman's Make-up Malfunction! Posted: 16 Dec 2009 03:20 PM PST ![]() Normally, Nicole Kidman is walking perfection on the red carpet. She always graces the cameras with elegance, classy style and flawless make-up. But, we're not quite sure what happened at the New York premiere of her upcoming film " Nine ." How did her stylist miss this complete make-up malfunction?
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