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JANUARY 2009

1/30/09

- Jennifer Hudson is going to be singing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl.

- Obama is rooting for Steelers in Super Bowl.

- NFL to honor Flight 1549 crew before Super Bowl.

- Bruce Springsteen is the subject of many Super Bowl bets, one of them is the combination of songs he will play at halftime.

- Pittsburgh mayor takes Super Bowl bet with Glendale.

- Jessica Simpson thanks her fans for supporting her while all of the media spins on her horrible outfit and her weight gain.

1/29/09

- Starbucks announces that they will be cutting 6,700 jobs and close 300 more stores.

- The Post Office is considering cutting Saturday as a delivery day.

- Snow storm killed at least 23 people and left millions in the dark in Philadelphia.

- Obama pokes fun at D.C. area's reaction to snow.

- Tax refunds are now on hold for the first time in history in California.

1/28/09

- The Fantastic Four franchise may not be making a return for a 3rd movie.

- Mickey Rourke will get in the ring for Wrestlemania 25 as a participant.

- MAD magazine is only being published quarterly due to economy.

- Starbucks stops brewing decaf coffee at noon.

- Target announces 15% of their staff to be layed off.

- Despite the recession, McDonald's is planning on expansion.

- Two parents who were layed off from Kaiser in LA killed their children and themselves blaming the economy.

- Matt Lauer is set to interview President Barack Obama at the Super Bowl pre-game show.

- Featured in today's Beat Arnie game, the list of most popular game day foods for the Super Bowl this year.

1/27/09

- A California woman gave birth to octuplets in 5 minutes.

- One major chicken distributor is going under and may effect the chicken wing supply for the big game.

- Domino's Pizza is rolling out a new line of premium specialty pizzas featuring 40% more cheese than regular pizzas.

- Obama fashion stimulus plan is already yielding results.

- Beers sales go down in worldwide economic slump.

- The drought in California may raise vegetable prices.

- Even the porn industry is being hit by the slumping economy.

- Police report that crime spikes are related to the economy.

- A Kentucky high school football coach has pleaded not guilty to reckless homicide in the heat-related death of a player.

- Starbucks has pull peanut butter products from all of their stores.

1/26/09

- Micahel Irvin, former Dallas cowboys receiver, is producing a reality TV show in which 12 aspiring football players compete for a spot on the team's training-camp roster.

- The head coach of the team who beat the special education high school girls basketball team 100-0 says he's not sorry for the win. He was fired for his lack of compassion.

- A high school football coach in Kentucky is charged with the death of a player who collapsed after being trained too hard.

- Possible salmonella deaths rise to 11 related to peanut butter.

- America's favorite dog is the labrador retrievers, see where other dogs rank here.

- Despite dramatic decline in recent years, meth's popularity surged in 2008.

- Michelle Obama isn't happy about a toy company using her daughters to sell dolls.

- Angelina Jolie has instructed her lawyers to prevent her former Irish bodyguard from writing an explosive expose.

- Rescue workers cut 700-pound man from Tennessee house.

- A plumber finds $70,000 wedding ring after woman flushes it down a toilet.

1/23/09

- US Airways is sending checks to all of the passengers who were on the flight that crashed into the Hudson River. They will be receiving $5,000 each!

- A man in Pennsylvania had a banking error that gave him $175,000 in his account, he called it a gift from god, and they tried to get away with it.

- A 22-year-old girl is now auctioning off her virginity for millions online.

- A man is in custody after opening an emergency door on a Delta Air Line flight that landed in Arizona.

- California is forced to give IOU's on tax refunds.

- Floyd Landis is coming back to cycling, and says his sport will be better for it.

- Jay McGwire, brother of mark McGwire, is pitching a book detailing his brother's steroid use.

- A basketball game between two girls high school teams ended with a score of 100-0.

- Vegas oddsmaker makes his bets on who will win an Oscar.

1/22/09

- Click here to see the full list of Academy Awards Nominees.

- Some said that "The Dark Knight" may rescue the Oscar's ratings.

- Mike Myers' "Guru" is up for the year's worst movie according to the Razzie awards.

- Obama retakes his oath at the white house after the flub at the inauguration.

- This 107-year-old woman is ecstatic for being alive to see the first black president.

- A woman induced labor to give birth on the same day as Obama's inauguration.

- Peanut Butter has been recalled due to scare of salmonella outbreak, see what companies to look out for.

- Here is a Peanut Butter recall list.

- Some Northern US states are hitting temperatures as low as 50 below zero.

1/21/09

- Michelle Obama's ivory gown from the Inaugural Ball was created by a 26-year-old designer.

- Obama and the Chief Justice Roberts are to blame for the stumble in the recitation of the presidential oath.

- Michelle Obama's inaugural outfit was designed by a Cuban-born named Isabel Toledo.

- A boy got his tongue stuck to a frozen pole after a triple-dog dare.

- A man was arrested for cutting in line at a store.

- After 58 federal, state and local agencies in Washington, DC teamed up with the US Secret Service to make the inauguration day go off without a hitch.

- More than 1 million people was in Washington, DC for Obama's inauguration.

- Barack Obama's outfit was made of "bullet-resistant" material.

- Wireless networks crashed in Washington, DC during the inauguration with people tryign to send photos and videos.

- About 20 people were hospitalized during the inauguration in Washington, DC.

- Two astronauts watched the Obama inauguration from space.

- Click here to read the transcript of the terible inaugural poem by Elizabeth Alexandar.

- The above inaugural poem will be published into a book.

- American Idol lost roughly 8 million viewers from last week.

1/20/09

- Industry analysts for cell phones say that cell carriers will see the highest volume of text messages, phone calls, pictures and videos.

- Krispy Kreme is giving away free doughnuts on inauguration.

- Click here to see what Obama's first meal as president will be.

- An official message from the FDA says that peanut butter may contain salmonella. 6 have already died.

- Obama's oldest fan will attend the inauguration. She is 106-years-old.

- Wondering what Michelle Obama was wearing at the inauguration?

- The pilot who saved the lives of 155 people by landing the plane into the Hudson river was invited to the presidential inauguration.

- Obama inaugural event is the most expensive ever.

- Obama's inaugural speech was said to be sober with a dose of hope.

- According to experts, majority of them don't expect progress on economy for at least two years of Obama's presidency.

1/16/09

- Most people call George W Bush a good person, but history will be hard on him.

- Click here to read a retrospective of the Bush era, according to Harper's Magazine.

- Readers of FOXNews.com pick the dog for the Obamas, they chose the labradoodle.

- The Brooklyn cyclones, a minor league baseball team, will temporarily change their name to the BARACKLYN Cyclones in honor of Barack Obama.

- Circuit City announces that it will shut down all of its stores.

1/15/09

- The mayor of Pitsburgh will be changing his last name from RAVENstahl to STEELERstahl in honor of the AFC Championship game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and their arch rivals, the Baltimore Ravens.

- A 22-year-old girl is auctioning off her virginity to pay for school, the bidding is at $3.7 million on Ebay.

- A couple got wedded at a Taco Bell after meeting and falling in love from a web site.

- The temperatures in the Midwest are p.ummeting to 37 degrees below zero.

- California residents are leaving in record numbers due to the economy and a rising unemployment rate.

- Fantasy Island TV star Ricardo Montalban has passed away at 88-years-old.

- According to a military report, Mexico and Pakistan are at risk of "rapid and sudden collapse."

- Americans are now consuming another dark meat, raccoon!!!

- Macy's will close 11 underperforming stores due to the economy.

- Regional jobs for Sacramento are looking grim for this year.

- Piggy Banks are flying off the shelves in stores.

- The children who were named after nazis have been taken away from their parents.

1/14/09

- Jackie Chan will star as Mr. Miyagi in the Karate Kid remake.

- Click here to see the top 10 entertainment stories of 2008.

1/13/09

- Fergie and Josh Duhamel quietly got married over the weekend.

- Here's a look ahead at the Baseball Hall of Fame 2010 election.

- Ricky Henderson and Jim rice are going to be inducted for the Baseball Hall of Fame.

- Paula Abdul is rumored to be getting her own talk show.

- Disney's Hollywood Studios will be opening an American Idol experience on February 14th.

- American Idol judge Simon Cowell is building a $14.5 million dollar estate in Barbados.

- A man has finally finished solving his Rubik's Cube after working on it for 26 years, then he cried.

- Barack Obama's mother-in-law will be moving into the White House with them.

- Obama is still trying to decide what dog they should get, a labradoodle or a water hound.

- Joe The Plumber, who works as a reporter now, thinks teh media should be abolished.

- President Bush will be delivering a farewell address on Thursday.

- A safety council would like to see cell phones banned while walking and driving.

1/12/09

- A prisoner in death row will be getting mental heealth treatment after he cut out his own eye and ate it.

- A US woman who is 114-years-old will be the world's oldest person.

- The world's oldest person died at 115.

- The city of San Francisco wants the victim attacked by a tiger after taunting it at the zoo to reimburse the city for $75,000.

- A man threatened to bomb an LA-bound jet, with an imaginary bomb.

- Click here to see the annual "Banished Words" list.

- Peanut butter has been recalled amid a salmonella outbreak.

- Click here to see how Obama is going about moving into the white house.

1/9/09

- A man lashes out at a Chuck E. Cheese, spitting and fighting with people.

- Featured in today's Beat Arnie game, the top online searches for 2008.

- Flordia is #1 in the AP top 25.

- The Sooners are going for their 2nd BCS title in 3 years.

1/8/09

- An NHL player has been suspended for biting another player's hand during a fight on the ice.

- Click here to see what life is like for OJ Simpson as he's serving time in prison.

- Rebecca Romijn gives birth to twin girls.

- Obama is now cruising around in a brand new presidential limo.

- According to a former KGB analyst, US will collapse by the year 2010 due to immigration, economic decline and moral ruin.

- Even though Obama will be president in 2 weeks, the Supreme Court will still evaluate claims that Obama is not qualified to be president.

- Barack Obama is featured in a new Spider-Man comic book.

- Robin McGraw, Dr Phil's wife, promotes her new book about living your best life.

- Bret Michaels says that he is pretty sure that he's done with Rock Of Love after three seasons of the reality show.

1/7/09

- Check out the 12 most anticipated movies coming this year according to Entertainment Weekly magazine.

- A 17-year-old babysitter was shot by an angry 4-year-old for stepping on the child's foot.

- The man who designed the Hawaiian t-shirt has passed away at 86-years-old.

1/6/09

- Check this out, the year of bacon continues even in 2009, BACON GUMBALLS!

- The hot dog eating champion of the world, Takeru Kobayashi, competes in the fruitcake-eating contest, and fails.

- Atheists seek restraining order against God for the inauguration of Barack Obama.

- A group from New York wins the Beer Pont World Series in Las Vegas.

1/5/09