Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 at
9:50 pm
Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren will no longer be married. Woods, whose sexual escapades got him in trouble, has agreed with Nordegren to settle for a $750 million divorce settlement. Elin has agreed to keep quiet about the situation, she won’t be able to write a book or talk about it in any way for a profit.
“Everything’s signed. Elin is ready to file for divorce at Orlando County Court,” says an inside source. “She expects to sometime in the next seven days.”
The settlement Elin is to receive, which has become the subject of much debate in recent weeks, is reportedly valued in the neighborhood of $750 million.
WOW!
Line up guys, there’s a meal ticket for you.
Something, isn’t it? She’s getting $750,000,000 and the nations unemployed can’t even get a couple hundred a week.
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 at
9:37 pm
Soni Vaio recall! Sony has issued a voluntary recall of 233,000 Sony Vaio laptops. According to the information available online, the company received 30 complaints from customers who were experiencing overheating problems.
The affected laptops in the Sony Vaio recall are models from series VPCF11 and VPCCW”. These computers were sold at many stores and websites both online and offline, including Amazon, Best Buy, Sony Style stores, and Costco among others.
If you have a model included in the Sony Vaio recall, head tohttp://esupport.sony.com/US/f1cw2update for instructions and more information.
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 at
9:32 pm
News helicopters arrived tonight while some squad cars and other vehicles left a property near the site where Jacob Wetterling was abducted in 1989.
Jacob Wetterling Case:Stearns County Sheriff’s Office has converged on the area with earth moving equipment near the place whereJacob Wetterling was abducted in 1989, Patty Wetterling said today
Oct. 22, 1989: Eleven-year-old Jacob Erwin Wetterling is abducted by a masked gunman about 9:15 p.m. along 91st Avenue, southeast of St. Joseph. Firefighters and 35 officers from the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office and other law enforcement agencies search the area. Two local FBI agents and five from Minneapolis are assigned to the case. A state helicopter with a searchlight searches the nearby woods and fields. A command post is set up at Del-Win Ballroom in St. Joseph. Searches are called off at 3 a.m. until daybreak.
Investigators have been at the home on the 29000 block of 91st Avenue in St. Joseph since 8:15 a.m. Wednesday. FBI spokesman E.K. Wilson says the FBI is assisting in search warrant operations in the area.
“We are conducting an investigation in the St. Joseph area,” Stearns County Chief Deputy Bruce Bechtold said. “Details of the investigation are restricted by a court order. We can not comment on anything further.”
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 at
11:13 am
The new Twilight Eclipse now playing on theaters near you! Twilight Fans all over the world are talking about the Edward vs Jacob rivalry. Alot of fans are saying that the Eclipse movie was really awesome, adventurous and fun.
The Hollywood Reporter and Variety have both given Eclipse a positive review!
The Hollywood Reporter
“It took three films, but “The Twilight Saga” finally nails just the right tone in “Eclipse,” a film that neatly balances the teenage operatic passions from Stephenie Meyer’s novels with the movies’ supernatural trappings.
Where the first film leaned heavily on camp and the second faltered through caution and slickness, “Eclipse” moves confidently into the heart of the matter — a love triangle that causes a young woman to realize choices lead to consequences that cannot be reversed.”
Orlando Sentinel
“But it’s a breezy two hours – too chatty and too long - sure to please the fans and less likely the non-converted. Whoever finishes off this saga, they’d be wise to go to follow Slade’s road map. He has an idea of where that sweet spot is.”
The Kansas City Star
“In short, the film’s arsenal of action and emotion makes “Eclipse” the best “Twilight” movie yet.”
Variety
“The pleasant surprise this time around is that the result finally feels more like the blockbuster this top-earning franchise deserves.”
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 at
11:05 am
Last night, Sens. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Max Baucus (D-Mont.), the Senate majority leader and the head of the Senate Finance Committee, introduced a new unemployment extension bill. It is not actually strictly standalone: It includes an extension of the period in which homebuyers can close on a house and claim the homebuyer tax credit, a change agreed to in the House yesterday, and other provisions.
Here is a summary of what’s in the bill:
Unemployment benefits: Restarts the emergency unemployment compensation program phased out at the end of May 2010. The program provides up to 53 weeks of extended benefits, depending on the state’s unemployment rate. The measure is retroactive — meaning that Americans who have lost their unemployment checks will be compensated — and goes through November.
Further extended benefits: Restarts funding for further tiers of unemployment benefits to 99 weeks.
Eliminates the penalty for part-time workers collecting unemployment benefits: Gives states the option to let UI claimants keep certain benefits if switching to state benefits would reduce their weekly UI check by at least $100 or 25 percent.
These three provisions cost $33.9 billion over ten years.
Extends the closing date for the homebuyer tax credit: Homebuyers need to have purchased a house by April 30, 2010. Now, they need to close by Oct. 1, not July 1, 2010. The provision is estimated to cost $140 million over ten years.
Change to the Travel Promotion Act (TPA): The Department of Homeland Security was due to fund the Travel Promotion Board by the end of the year. This delays that funding start by a year. This change saves $95 million over ten years.
No, you cannot claim a homebuyer tax credit from prison: Remember all those prisoners claiming the homebuyer tax credit — even when serving life sentences? This allows the IRS to disclose tax return information to prison officials, to help recoup money from fraudulent claims. This raises $6 million over ten years.
Finding money elsewhere: This takes back $94 million in unspent Defense Department funding due to expire on Sept. 30, 2010. This saves $45 million over 10 years.
