| Miley Cyrus shows off new 'Just Breathe' tattoo Posted: 05 Dec 2009 01:36 AM PST  As if Miley Cyrus needed another reason to prove to the world she's shedding her virginal "Hannah Montana" image for good, she's gone and done it again - permanently.
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| Wrestler Eki “Umaga” Fatu dies Posted: 05 Dec 2009 03:37 PM PST ![]() By Yahoo! Sports Staff 23 minutes ago Eki "Eddie" Fatu died in Houston on Friday after a massive heart attack, adding to a long list of professional wrestlers who died by the age of 40.
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| At war, honored for peace: Obama's tricky moment (AP) Posted: 05 Dec 2009 07:58 AM PST  AP - He's the Nobel Peace Prize winner who just ordered 30,000 more troops to war. He's the laureate who says he doesn't deserve the award. He's not quite 11 months on the job and already in the company of Mother Teresa and the Dalai Lama.
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| Destroyed US town a model of eco-living as it rebuilds (AFP) Posted: 05 Dec 2009 10:26 AM PST  AFP - With all eyes on US efforts to combat climate change at next week's UN summit in Copenhagen, one Kansas town is going green in a big way -- and setting an example for American communities.
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| Columbus Police Officer Charged With Public Indecency Posted: 05 Dec 2009 10:40 AM PST ![]() A Columbus Police Officer has been charged with public indecency at a local park.
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| Swedish store pulls plug on N. Korean jeans (AP) Posted: 05 Dec 2009 07:11 AM PST  AP - A Stockholm department store on Saturday removed a new line of North Korean-made designer jeans from its shelves, saying it wants to avoid courting controversy through ties with the isolated communist nation.
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| Dutch approach to climate change: Adapt Posted: 05 Dec 2009 02:12 PM PST ![]() AMSTERDAM -- With the Copenhagen summit starting Monday, chances remain uncertain for a historic breakthrough in the fight to prevent climate change, but the Netherlands is leading a fight of a different kind: How to live with global warming.
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| Iran bans foreign media cover as student rally nears Posted: 05 Dec 2009 03:07 PM PST ![]() Police and elite Revolutionary Guards have warned that any "illegal" rally will be fiercely confronted on Monday when the country marks Student Day, commemorating the killing of three students in 1953 under the former Shah.
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| AP: Manufacturing areas lead surprise job comeback (AP) Posted: 05 Dec 2009 08:46 AM PST  AP - As record numbers of orders flow through Legacy Furniture Group's manufacturing plant, workers toil between towers of piled foam and incomplete end tables precariously stacked five pieces high.
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| Rolling Stone Ronnie's a nightmare says girlfriend's granny (Reuters) Posted: 05 Dec 2009 10:35 AM PST  Reuters - The grandmother of a Russian cocktail waitress who is dating Rolling Stone guitarist Ronnie Wood has told him to leave her granddaughter alone after he was arrested on suspicion of assault.
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| Tiger Woods' Erotic Dreams About Rachel Uchitel Posted: 05 Dec 2009 05:53 AM PST  Tiger imagined being married to man-eating Rachel Uchitel. Toward the end of this past week, our editors were agreeing that things sort of couldn't get any worse in the Tiger Woods scandal. However, as we found out late Friday, they can: think the implications of his sex, drugs, and money "transgressions" are bad? Now his private dreams are being exposed.
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| Did Amanda Knox Get a Fair Murder Trial? (Time.com) Posted: 05 Dec 2009 02:26 PM PST ![]() Time.com - Two years after her British roommate in Italy was found brutally murdered, the American college student and her former boyfriend are found guilty. But her family and other supporters say she was never given a real chance to prove her innocence
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| Brits plan world's fastest lawn mower Posted: 04 Dec 2009 05:59 PM PST ![]() Proving that something can be both cool, and dumb, there's this bit of news from the Inter-Web. A group of British enthusiasts are designing a special lawn mower based on a Countax product hoping to break the record for the world's fastest grass cutter. The project is the brainchild of Stephen Vokins from the Beaulieu Estate which is widely known for being the home to the National Motor Museum. The Brits aim to break the current record of 81 mph 130 km/h – see video after the jump set in 2006 by Bob Cleveland from the USA by creating the first lawnmower to reach 100mph. via Carscoop. Vokins
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| Florida 13, Alabama 32 Posted: 05 Dec 2009 04:53 PM PST ![]() Mark Ingram and Greg McElroy sliced up the fearsome Florida defense and Tim Tebow finally met his match, no matter how hard he tried to fire up his teammates. With an emphatic 32-13 chomping of the Gators, the Crimson Tide again stands atop the Southeastern Conference. More important, Alabama is just one win away from an even bigger title -- its first national championship since 1992, led by a...
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| Knox upset, tired; gets family visit in prison (AP) Posted: 05 Dec 2009 04:20 PM PST  AP - Amanda Knox sought comfort from visiting family members Saturday on her first day in prison since being convicted of murdering her British roommate.
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