General Motors to Cut Jobs, Discontinue Pontiac Brand

General Motors has announced this morning that it will cut 21,000 U.S. factory jobs by next year and phase out its storied Pontiac brand. The company will also ask the government to take more than half its stock in exchange for half of GM’s government debt as part of a major restructuring plan. From the [...]

Bea Arthur, Star of ‘Golden Girls’ and ‘Maude’ Dies

Bea Arthur, the tall, deep-voiced actress whose delivery of comedy lines made her a TV star in the hit shows “Maude” and “The Golden Girls”, died at the age of 86 yesterday. From the Associated Press: Arthur died peacefully at her Los Angeles home with her family at her side, family spokesman Dan Watt said. [...]

Don’t Use Facebook if You’re Sick

Take a look at what happened in Switzerland. A Swiss insurance worker lost her job after surfing popular social network site Facebook while taking time off because she was “sick”. From Reuters: The woman said she could not work in front of a computer as she needed to lie in the dark but was then [...]

United States Declares Flu Emergency

Government officials have declared a public health emergency in connection with the swine flu outbreak that has killed dozens in Mexico and sickened 20 in the United States. From MSNBC: Secretary Janet Napolitano also said border agents have been directed to begin passive surveillance of travelers from affected countries, with instructions to isolate anyone who [...]

Casey Anthony: Law & Order “Ripped From the Headlines” Episode Upcoming

UPDATE: Saw the episode tonight. Definitely saw some parallels. Thoughts from those who watched? It looks like a “Casey Anthony” episode of Law & Order SVU is going to hit the airwaves. Make sure that you check out the TV Guy Hal Boedeker for more information. From the Orlando Sentinel: The three series in the [...]

Cities on Alert Over Swine Flu Scare

Mexican officials closed all schools today in the capital city in an effort to combat the swine flu virus that has killed dozens in Mexico and has already infected eight people in the United States. From CNN: Authorities also closed schools in Mexico in an effort to quell the virus, which has killed at least [...]

Casey Anthony: New Motion in Civil Suit

Attorneys representing the woman suing Casey Anthony for defamation want a judge to force her parents, George and Cindy, to answer additional questions. From the Orlando Sentinel: They want Casey Anthony’s mother, Cindy Anthony, to answer questions about whether her daughter used credit cards without permission. She initially refused to answer during questions under oath [...]

Bay Area Woman Gives Birth While Riding in Speeding Car

Talk about crazy! A Fremont woman delivered a baby while in the back seat of a car going 70 mph. From NBC Bay Area: It happened Sunday morning at exactly 5:46 a.m. on Stevenson Blvd between Besco Drive and Davis Street. The driver was the baby’s great-aunt who admits she broke just about every traffic [...]

Casey Anthony: Four Reasons She’ll Be Acquitted

Not that I actually think she WILL be acquitted but Hal Boedeker at the Orlando Sentinel has a great post with the reasons why she could be. From the Orlando Sentinel: First reason: no cause of death. “There’s so much that is unknown,” Baez said. “They don’t know how Caylee passed away.” Second reason: no [...]

2nd Earthquake in 3 Hours Shakes Los Angeles

A second earthquake, measuring 4.0 on the richter scale, has struck an area of Orange County where a 3.8 quake struck just hours earlier. From MyFox LA: The automated California Integrated Seismic Network says the latest quake struck at 8:27 p.m. Thursday and had a preliminary magnitude of 4.0. Orange County sheriff’s Lt. Tom Slayton [...]