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JUNE 2009
6/26/09
- The city of Chivago welcomes the 29th annual Taste of Chicago June 26th - July 5th. each day more than 70 local restaurateurs offer a delicious combination of foods for more than 3 million people.
- According to this survey, with gas up, July 4 will be a stay-at-home holiday for many.
- AEG live, the organiser of Michael Jackson's concerts at the O2 arena, could lose millions from the cancellation of Michael Jackson's shows.
- Michael Jackson's sudden death has put the itnernet under heavy strain as millions logged on to search for information.
- On the stree, on the internet, millions mourn king of pop.
- Michael Jackson's hometown remembers a favored son.
- The death of MIchael Jackson drew hundres of fans to the hospital where he was treated and the house where he was staying.
- The Academy Awards are doubling the number of best-picture nominees from five to ten.
- The Calusa Casino Resort will be hosting the world Tri-Tip Eating Contest.
- Tyrese Gibson will not go to Hooters because he has a fear of owls.
- A new survey of more than 600 American Express travel agents suggest that while Americans continue to book summer vacations, they are being savvier and making tradeoffs to help offset their travel costs.
6/25/09
- The Suns have agreed to send center Shaquille O'Neal to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Ben Wallace, Sasha Pavlovic, cash and a second-round pick in Thursday's draft.
- A couple aren't asking for fine china, bath towels or even a toaster from their wedding guests. The only thing on their wedding registry is housing for poverty-stricken families in teh Dominican Republic.
- South Carolina Governor, Mark Sanford, admits to having an affair.
- Transformers already a major hit after it's opening night.
- Obama admits that he still smokes at times.
- Roughly 20 percent of licensed Americans, or 41 million drivers on the road, would not pass a written driver's exam if taken today. Take this quiz to see if you fall in the 20 percent.
- Johnny Depp tipped his waiter $4,000.
- Duke's most recent IRS documents were obtained and show that Duke paid men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski more than $3.6 million during the fiscal year that ended June 30th, 2008.
- Elisabeth Hasselbeck sued for plagiarism.
6/24/09
- According to this poll, half of all American pet ownsers consider their pets as much a part of the family as any other person in the household.
- ABC will air a very special "Primetime" at 10pm today on the health care plan called "Questions for the President: Prescription for America"
- Megan Fox has been named the sexiest woman in the world, according to this poll.
- Latte art is the new craze for baristas everywhere.
- A Denver police officer has been suspended after allegedly brandishing his gun at a McDonalds after his order took too long.
- Pizza Hut is introducing a summer promotion called the "Big Eat Tiny Price Menu"
- McDonald's preparing to launch angus burger nationally in August.
6/23/09
- Ryan O'Neal and longtime love Farrah Fawcett are finally getting married.
- Farrah Fawcett is back in the hospital as she continues to battle cancer.
- Beer-drinking fans are closely watched on the 10th hole by a State Trooper during the third round at the US Open.
- Eli Manning was the highest paid player in the NFL for the 2008 season.
- A couple in Chicago got married while wearing surgical masks because they had "hog flu"
- The White House sounded more like the music wing of a high school and that's the way first lady Michelle Obama likes it.
6/22/09
- A nine-year-old who does an uncanny impersonation of Gordon Ramsay will appear on Hell's Kitchen. The boy play's "Little Gordon" in a series of hysterical ads for caterers.com.
- On couple can win the chance to get married on the bridge of Star Trek's U.S.S. Enterprise.
- Oprah Winfrey is taking her staff and their families on a dream cruise vacation.
- Schwarzenegger's plane makes an emergency landing after smoke was in the cockpit.
- A group of students used 2,400 dominoes to make a mural of President Obama.
6/19/09
- A drive-thru DUI trap announced in Arizona was later found out to all be false.
- Bacon has made it's way into 5-star restaurants.
- The world's oldest man dies at 113!
- A high school superintendent keeps a diploma from a student after misbehaving on stage on his way to receive it from her.
- The First Lady, Michelle Obama, will have her stylish clothes featured in a museum.
- Summer box office stumbles with no blockbusters, yet.
- Jehovah's Witnesses claim that the end of the world is near and they are hosting seminars on how to survive the apocolypse.
6/18/09
- North Korea may fire a missile toward Hawaii.
6/17/09
- Al Roker weights in on Speidi "attack"
- Al Roker defends "Today" Show interview with Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag.
- Papa John's sticks with pizza in recession, resists joining competitors and adding to menu.
- A woman gets bit by a bug that lays eggs in her skin after leaving her bikini to dry in the sun while in Africa.
- President Barack Obama swats a fly with his bare hands during a TV interview.
- New York has overtaken Miami to be voted the US city with the angriest and most aggressive drivers, according to this survey on road rage released recently.
6/16/09
- A Calvin Klein "threesome" ad draws oohs, aahs and protest. Click here to see the billboard.
- Click here to see what the most germiest travel attractions are around the world.
- American capitalism gone with a whimper.
- Bret Favre ended his retirement, revealing that he has talked to the Minnesota Vikings.
- President Bush Sr skydives on his 85th birthday.
- A South Bronx teen came face-to-fang with a 3-foot boa constrictor that slithered uninvited into his home.
- Letterman apologizes to audience and Palin family for his jokes.
- According to this survey, more than half of Americans cannot identify where internal organs are located.
- The boy who was "forced" to get chemo is seeing significant tumor shrinkage just after 2 sessions.
6/15/09
- A Canadian man who claimed he only asked a border patrol agent to "say please" as he crossed into the US found himself pepper sprayed and detained for three hours.
- ATV riders flock to Silver Bay to try and set the world record of most ATVs in one parade.
- According to this survey, the recession may be taking it's toll on worker's waistlines.
- The recession has forced some companies to cut pensions and others to curtail retiree benefits, but Molson is turning off the taps in a literal sense.
- Another survey shows that the recession is driving moms to drink.
- Men's book groups are becoming just as popular as women's.
- Check out what products are flying off the shelves during this recession.
- For the "funemployed," unemployment is welcome. These jobless folks, usually singles in their 20s and 30s, find that life without work agrees with them.
- Click here to take the Flag Quiz in honor of Flag Day. Fail that quiz? Try this one.
6/12/09
- Police in North Carolina are hunting for a man they believe raped a woman at knifepoint. The assailant, police say, was hired by the woman's husband through Craigslist.
- Letterman came under fire for his monologue where he jokes about Sarah Palin's daughter getting "knocked up by Alex Rodriguez."
- Katie Couric draws smallest audience yet.
- The A-Team movie is in the process of getting its cast.
- A 72-year-old great-grandma was tased by an officer in Texas after she was physically "non-compliant". Click here to see the video.
- A man is suing a baseball team for it's mother's day promotion promoting sexism.
6/5/09
- Feds search for man allegedly on "mission to kill presdient"
- Click here to see the worst and most common etiquette mistakes.
- According to this survey, graduates will be receiving more cash than anything else for their grad presents this year. See what they will be spending it on.
6/4/09
- Eminem has come out and admitted that the Bruno stunt at the MTV Movie Awards was in fact staged.
- According to Forbes Magazine, Angelina Jolie tops the list of most powerful celebrities.
- Disney/Pixar's "UP" soars to teh box office bringing in over $68 million to the box office.
- Even thought the movie "The Hangover" doesn't come out until this Friday, the studio is already working on a sequel.
- This comic and filmmaker is trying to break the record for continuous flight and conquer his fear of flying.
- A new study shows that the richest Americans are cutting back on spending money on luxury items.
- A 51-year-old Arizona mom allegedly used her young sons and their friends to commit at least 20 armed robberies.
- Cap and gown costs keep some seniors from rite of passage.
- Click here to read the survey featured in today's Beat Arnie game, How much will you spend on a graduation gift for a high school senior this year?
- FDA approves drug for dogs' cancer.
6/3/09
- After the tiger attack at the San Francisco Zoo, due to the teenagers taunting it, the San Jose brothers receive a $900,00 settlement from the zoo.
6/2/09
- The White House on MOnday said it simply would not release the cost of President Obama's weekend jaunt to New York City, where the First Couple had dinner and caught a broadway show.
- No butts about it: MTVs Eminem-Bruno stunt was staged.
- Paris Hilton insists that Eminem knew nothing about the full extent of his himuliation at the MTV Movie Awards.
- According to an actual MTV writer for the Movie Awards says that the Eminem/Bruno stunt was staged.
- Report: Jessica Simpson to star in reality show about body issues.
- Jessica Simpson gave her boyfriend Tony Romo a speedboat for his 28th birthday last month.
6/1/09
- President Obama takes Michelle out on a date in Manhattan.
- In another MTV "holy cow" moment, Sacha Baron Cohen crash-lands on Emimen's face.
- A San Francisco Bay Area school adopts respect-gay class and anti-bully curriculum to teach respect for gay and lesbian families and students.
- Click here to see the CPS' safety check list for parents.
- 911 call transcript details Mike Tyson's wife's frantic attempts to revive their strangled daughter.
- Click here to see the list of worst inventions ever as featured in today's Beat Arnie game.
- Ever wonder why we don't have fllying cars and moving sidewalks? Find out why our "amazing" science fiction future fizzled.
- See the 20 most important inventions of the next 10 years.
- Japan's eating champion beats American in pizza rematch. |
