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Tiger Woods Is in Augusta for his First Tournament

Tiger Woods is back to golf. He is considered to be a pro golfer. On Sunday he arrived in Augusta, Ga., in order to try out a new driving range. The thing is that he is going to prepare for the Masters which is regarded as the first tournament since his sex scandal occured.
According to [...]

Johnny Cash Fan Wins Apple’s 10 Billionth Song Contest

The Apple iTunes Store received its 10 billionth song download, and a lucky Johnny Cash fan in Georgia winner of the Apple iTunes Countdown to 10 Billion Songs contest has a $10,000 iTunes gift card headed his way.
– One lucky Apple iTunes customer and Johnny Cash fan has $10,000 worth of songs in his future.
Apple announced Feb. 25 that Louie Sulcer, of Woodstock, Ga., was the
winner of its iTunes Countdown to 10 Billion Songs contest, as his
purchase of Johnny Cashs “Guess Things Happen That Way” was…


FAA Flight-Plan System Crashes Again, Delays Hundreds of U.S. Flights

A software configuration problem in one of the routers within the FAA’s telecommunications infrastructure system in Salt Lake City shut down its flight-plan and traffic-flow system Nov. 19 for about 4 hours all over the United States, the FAA says. The routing problem also shut down the system’s second node in Hampton, Ga.
– IT problems are still affecting the Federal Aviation Administration’s
flight-plan system even after its multimillion-dollar system upgrade went
online earlier in 2009.

A software configuration problem on a card in one of the routers within the
FAA’s telecommunications infrastructure system in …


Obama leads Security Council session on sidelines of GA

Pres. Barack Obama has chaired a summit level-session of the UN SC that unanimously adopted a resolution on working toward a nuclear weapons-free world. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the second day of the UN General Assembly where the annual debate continued.

Tadić warms up for GA address

President Boris Tadić will address the 64th UN General Assembly today, which is being attended by over 100 heads of state and government. Tadić has held a series of bilateral meetings during his stay in New York, visited Columbia University where he gave a lecture on the theme “Opportunity amidst Crisis: Consolidating the European Future of the Western Balkans,“ and attended a round table on climate change.

Princeton Review Party School Rankings 2010

Princeton Review has come out with their list of top party schools for 2010, and Penn State takes the crown this go round. Pop Crunch is no stranger to college rankings, you can check out our hottest student body rankings for 2009 here. Match up the our Hottest Student Bodies with Princeton Review’s top party [...]

Vernon Forrest Killed

ATLANTA (AP) — Vernon Forrest, a former two-division champion who gained stardom when he became the first boxer to defeat Shane Mosley, was shot to death in what police are calling an attempted robbery.
Atlanta police Sgt. Lisa Keyes said in an e-mail Sunday that the 38-year-old Forrest was shot several times in the back late [...]

Vernon Forrest Dead: Ex-Boxing Champion Killed During Apparent Robbery

ATLANTA — Vernon Forrest, a former three-time champion who gained stardom when he became the first boxer to defeat “Sugar” Shane Mosley, was shot to death during an apparent robbery in Atlanta, police said Sunday.

Sgt. Lisa Keyes said i…

Regulators Shut Banks In Calif., Georgia And South Dakota

WASHINGTON — Regulators on Friday shut two banks in California and two smaller banks in Georgia and South Dakota, boosting to 57 the number of federally insured banks to fail this year.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. was appointed …

Defense Contractors Lobby For More F-22s, Obama Threatens Veto

The F-22 stealth fighter jets may no longer be needed, but its manufacturers, Lockheed Martin and Boeing, are lobbying aggressively to keep them in the defense budget. So far, they are succeeding.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates strongly oppos…