Oscar winning actor Paul Newman has cancer. The Fox report went on to say that Paul Newman has just a few weeks left to live and has started to get his affairs in order, including readying his oldest, Nell, to take the reins of Newman's Own. Paul Newman is 83 years old.

Paul Newman has finished chemotherapy and has told his family he wants to die at home. Newman, had only weeks to live and had returned home to his wife, Joanne Woodward.

Shalane Flanagan of the United States won the bronze medal in the women's 10,000 meters Friday night at Beijing National Stadium in the Olympic Games, finishing behind winner Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia and silver medalist Elvan Abeylegesse of Turkey.

Christian Cantwell was the only U.S. shot-putter to medal, finishing behind gold medalist Tomasz Majewski of Poland who threw 70 feet, 7 inches. Cantwell threw 69-2½, and waited until his final attempt to do it.

Shalane Flanagan (born July 8, 1981 in Boulder, Colorado) is arguably one of the best female distance runners in American history, and currently holds the American record times in the 3000, 5000, and 10000 meter distances.

Flanagan grew up in Marblehead, Massachusetts where at Marblehead High School she participated in soccer and swimming in addition to cross country and track. Before matriculating at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, her Marblehead HS accomplishments included three-time All-State cross country performances, a first-place All-State finish in the mile, and a two-mile win whose record still stands; her 4:46 mile won the Indoor National Scholastic Championships. When attending UNC, she won national cross country titles in 2002 and 2003--the first individual champion in the sport in Tar Heel history--and numerous track accolades, with best times of 4:11.24 in 1500m (7th in the US at any level in 2003,) 9:00.22 in the 3000m, and 15:20.54 in the 5000m.

Christian Cantwell (born September 30, 1980 in Jefferson City, Missouri) is a World Champion American shot putter.

Cantwell's personal best throw is 22.54 meters, or 73 ft 11½ in, set in Gresham on June 5, 2004. Hist best outdoor season to date was 2006, in which he had 8 of the 10 longest throws in the year. He was born in Jefferson City, Missouri and attended Eldon High School in Eldon. In 2003, he graduated from the University of Missouri.

FBI on Thursday announced a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and indictment of the man who robbed a PNC bank Wednesday, Aug. 13, and ran toward nearby Route 22. The bank's surveillance cameras captured the suspect both inside the bank at the teller's window and outside the building as he ran from Greenbrook Road toward the highway, police said.

That description matches the one provided to a reporter by James Keelen, a 29-year-old Easton, Pa., resident who was landscaping at an uncle's home across from the bank during the incident.

WFAN, the New York radio station that has broadcast the show for 18 years, announced that Chris "Mad Dog" Russo is leaving the station and Mike Francesa will host the afternoon show himself. Neil Best of Newsday, who has been way ahead of the pack on this story and reported in June that a split was near, writes that Russo is expected to land at Sirius Satellite Radio. Russo and Francesa didn't always see eye to eye, but it's hard to envision either of them ever doing anything as influential as Mike and the Mad Dog.

Bigfoot Press conference is scheduled for Friday. The claim is that two men found this creature they believe is a Sasquatch and they want confirmation that Bigfoot has been found dead.


Bigfoot press conference is scheduled for Friday at high noon on the West Coast which means that the folks in New York will have to wait until 3 p.m. for the big show.

Matthew Whitton and Rick Dyer, claim they found the Bigfoot creature in Georgia. They are claiming that the creature is well over seven-foot tall (7'-7" tall to be exact). In a photo that is published online and linked here in a story by Lynn Edwards you can see eyes and teeth and a bit of the face of the creature.

Blizzcon 2008 tickets sale now, California on October 10 and 11, you better get to stepping now. The official Blizzcon web site has just announced that tickets for the sort-of annual gathering of Blizzard fans are now on sale and even with the high price for the two day event they are expected to sell out fast.

Just a reminder; this event will have tournaments, panels, hands-on play of upcoming games, a costume contest and lots more activities. You can expect more info on all of Blizzard's current and upcoming games (World of WarCraft, StarCraft II and Diablo III ) to be revealed at Blizzcon.

The official Blizzcon web site

Blizzard Entertainment, makers of World of Warcraft, have posted details of their forthcoming BlizzCon 2008 event, taking place on October 10 - 11, 2008 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Calif. BlizzCon is Blizzard’s now-annual gathering of gaming enthusiasts to celebrate Blizzard’s popular games. Blizzard is the developer of the Warcraft, StarCraft and Diablo game series. The company is developing new games or expansion packs for all three franchises, and they’re developing them all for the Mac as well. Tickets to BlizzCon 2008 cost $100 each.

BlizzCon features tournaments for players who want to test their skills against others in Warcraft III and World of Warcraft. The top prize is $25,000 per player, and players and teams will be venturing forth from North America, Europe, Korea and Taiwan. There will also be a StarCraft Invitational.

Other events planned for BlizzCon 2008 include a costume contest for cosplayers who want to dress up like their favorite Warcraft, StarCraft and Diablo characters, a diorama contest, original song contest, motivational poster contest, BlizzCon dance contest, “silly contest” and more. Attendees will also get a “goody bag” filled with exclusive stuff.

BlizzCon 2008

Funny or Die has become a valuable comedic resource in the last several years. Will Ferrell used Funny or Die for his famous "Landlord" viral comedy bits, Judd Apatow often uses Funny or Die for promotional comedy sketches for his movies, and other comedy fans and comedians have used Funny or Die for various reasons. But not many people would expect Paris Hilton to find a use for the Funny or Die website. That is, until John McCain's now famous ad linking Barack Obama's type of celebrity to Paris Hilton came out, casing Paris Hilton to fight back using the Funny or Die site. The Paris Hilton commercial on Funny or Die begins by turning McCain's ad around in asking if McCain is "ready to lead" calling McCain "like, super old." The usual "McCain is super old" jokes link him to Larry King, Yoda, Colonial Sanders and other old figures before Paris Hilton herself comes on.

The conservative coffee place in Crown Point, Ind. The underlying supposition that coffee houses are inherently liberal hangouts brought to mind a story told by Warren Hinckle, the San Francisco author and provocateur.Hinckle edited Ramparts, a legendary 1960s leftist magazine, but continued to hang out at what he called "right-wing bars," and once brought Black Panther Eldridge Cleaver with him to one of his favorite San Francisco establishments.

The tuatara is an amniote of the family Sphenodontidae, endemic to New Zealand. The two species of tuatara are the only surviving members of the Sphenodontians which flourished around 200 million years ago,and are in the genus Sphenodon. Tuatara resemble lizards, but are equally related to lizards and snakes, both of which are classified as Squamata, the closest living relatives of tuatara. For this reason, tuatara are of great interest in the study of the evolution of lizards and snakes, and for the reconstruction of the appearance and habits of the earliest diapsids (the group that additionally includes birds and crocodiles).

Tuatara are greenish brown, and measure up to 80 cm (32 in) from head to tail-tip with a spiny crest along the back, especially pronounced in males. Their dentition, in which two rows of teeth in the upper jaw overlap one row on the lower jaw, is unique among living species. They are further unusual in having a pronounced parietal eye, dubbed the "third eye", whose current function is a subject of ongoing research. They are able to hear although no external ear is present, and have a number of unique features in their skeleton, some of them apparently evolutionarily retained from fish. Although tuatara are sometimes called "living fossils", recent taxonomic and molecular work has shown that they have changed significantly since the Mesozoic era.

The tuatara has been classified as an endangered species since 1895 (the second species, S. guntheri, was not recognised until 1989). Tuatara, like many of New Zealand's native animals, are threatened by habitat loss and the introduced Polynesian Rat (Rattus exulans). They were extinct on the mainland, with the remaining populations confined to 32 offshore islands, until the first mainland release into the heavily fenced and monitored Karori Wildlife Sanctuary in 2005. The name "tuatara" derives from the Māori language, and means "peaks on the back".As with many other Māori loanwords, the plural form is now generally the same as the singular in formal New Zealand English usage. "Tuataras" remains common in less formal speech, particularly among older speakers.

Sixteen policemen were killed by unidentified assailants in Kashgar, in the predominantly Muslim Xinjiang region of China. Another Sixteen officers were wounded in the attack, in which two attackers drove a lorry into the station. The government of the People's Republic of China has repeatedly warned of unrest leading up to the 2008 Summer Olympics. Xinhua News Agency reports that the attackers drove a dump truck into the police officers during the officers' morning exercise at about 8:00 am local time (0:00 GMT), then threw grenades into the police barracks and attacked with knives. The BBC reports that fourteen of the police deaths occurred at the scene, with two more dying en route to hospital. They also report one of the alleged attackers received a leg injury. The attackers were arrested, according to police.

The autonomous Xinjiang region of China is a large, sparsely-populated territory in the north-west of the country. The population includes many groups, but the largest is the Turkic peoples including the largely Muslim Uyghurs. Kashgar is an oasis city at an important junction of trade routes, near China's western borders, and was a part of the historic "Silk Road."

At least seven mountaineers have died while climbing K2, the second highest mountain in the world. The accident was reportedly caused by a rock slide or an avalanche that severed all the ropes used for ascent and descent.

Initial reports state that seventeen climbers ascended the mountain in two groups, with both reaching the summit successfully. The reports also state that after the avalanche, some climbers attempted to return without ropes.The summit was covered in clouds late yesterday afternoon and the conditions in the mountain continued to deteriorate. Some of the latest reports indicate that eight climbers were stuck at the summit, unable to descend. Four of these climbers are Norwegian nationals. The conditions at the summit during night are extreme and offer very limited chances for survival for people unable to descend.

In an unrelated incident, a Serbian climber and his sherpa fell down during the initial descent. This incident was, however, unrelated to the the other deaths caused by the avalanche.

The United Nations Security Council has extended its mandate for the joint UN-African Union peacekeeping force in the Darfur area of Sudan. The resolution, adopted to extend the United Nations/African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) mission, was approved by 14 of the 15 Security Council members. The United States abstained from the vote, saying that the language used in the mandate undermined efforts to bring Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to justice for war crimes.

The vote comes a day after the UN responded to a report by the Save Darfur Coalition that said the Darfur peacekeeping force lacks enough personnel and essential equipment. The UNAMID force currently has only 9,500 troops deployed out of an assigned 26,000, which it blames on Security Council bickering and the demands of Sudan's government.

he 18th Taipei Computer Applications Show (2008 TICA), organized by Taipei Computer Association (TCA) and Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), started its five day trade show at the Taipei World Trade Center. Unlike COMPUTEX Taipei, TICA focused on selling electronic goods to consumers in the local area.To attract local residents, the show used several arcade machines from the recent "Digital E-Park" trade show.

The event also hosted displays on Linux Applications, Robots, Digital Content , e-Learning, and Science. These displays were co-organized by TCA, TAITRA, and Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) to demonstrate achievements of Taiwan's R&Ds. According to TAITRA, technology giants such as Micro-Star International, Advanced Micro Devices, Intel, D-Link, Hewlett-Packard Company, and Sony participated in the event, in addition to local companies such as 3J Tech, Omni Motion, International Games System, and TransAVA, will showcase different trendy and incident-involved products in this show.

Taipei City Government, the supervisor for the event's transport, announced a plan to deal with the amount of traffic going to the event, which expected to peak in visitor numbers of the weekend.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn has died today aged 89. As well as a novelist he was also a dramatist and historian. Solzhenitsyn served with the Red Army in World War Two but became one of the most prominent dissidents of the Soviet era. He spent eight years in a Soviet Gulag. Solzhenitsyn criticized the Allies for not opening a new front against Nazi Germany in the west earlier in World War II. In 1970 he was awarded Nobel Prize in Literature but was charged with treason and exiled from the Soviet Union in 1974. Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev restored Solzhenitsyn's citizenship in 1990 and the treason charge was finally dropped in 1991. He returned to Russia in 1994.

Some of his most famous works include One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich and his non-fiction works The Gulag Archipelago and Cancer Ward. It appears he has died of either a stroke or a heart attack.

At least 140 people have been killed and fifty people injured in a stampede at the temple in Naina Devi, India. The incident occurred after rumors spread about a landslide on the nearby mountain. One report indicated at least 40 of the victims were children.The chief minister of Himachal Pradesh announced that he would give compensation to the injured and the families of the dead.

50,000 people were expected to attend the temple during the day of the stampede, as part of a nine-day Shravan Navratras festival which had just started.Rajnath Singh, the current leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party in India responded the the stampede by releasing a statement in the hours after the disaster.

"I am deeply saddened to learn about the tragic death of over 100 pilgrims. I convey my deep felt condolences to the family members of all those who have lost their lives or have been injured in the incident," he said.

Meanwhile, Kumar Dhumal, the chief minister for Himachal, has announced an inquiry into the disaster.Press reports way stampedes at temples are not rare occurrences. The Times Online says that about 80% of India's population 1.1 billion is Hindu. Temples can be a gathering place for over 100,000 people during festivals.In July, a stampede in the eastern Puri killed six people. In March 9 died when a railing broke in central India. In 2005, another stampede left an estimated 258 to 265 dead in the state of Maharashtra.

Lindsay Lohan's 14-year-old sister Ali accidentally auditioned for legendary adult movie director Peter Davy.Ali's mother Dina was reported to have "gone nuclear" when she found out about the multitalented teenager's mistake.

Peter is most famous for directing erotic films including Voodoo Lust and Dreams in the Forbidden Zone. Ali has never made her desire to be famous a secret, and recently revealed she wants to be someone who people can look up to.

chairman of WCI's board, said the filing was necessary because the Bonita Springs, Fla.-based developer's entire $1.8 billion debt may soon be in default. Icahn said this was confirmed when some holders of $125 million convertible notes insisted on being paid in cash in full on Tuesday.

WCI also dismissed Chief Executive Jerry L. Starkey and replaced him on an interim basis with David L. Fry.

Motorola Handset division received a new addition to their board of directors. Dr Sanjay Jha is the Co-Chief Executive of the company, and of the Handset division, together with Greg Brown, who is the CEO of Motorola’s Broadband Mobility Solutions business which consists of the Home & Networks Mobility and Enterprise Mobility Solutions businesses. Jha was previously serving as CEO of Qualcomm, where he managed the Corporate Research and Development and QUALCOMM Flarion Technologies. He holds a Ph.D. in electronic and electrical engineering from the University of Strathclyde, Scotland and had received his bachelor of science degree in engineering from the University of Liverpool, England.

Jacob Zuma was being persecuted ahead of his court bid to have the decision to prosecute him declared unlawful.

"Mr Zuma has been found guilty in the court of public opinion because the NPA [National Prosecuting Authority] has consistently sent messages... that are incorrect," ANC spokesperson Jessie Duarte told reporters outside the Pietermaritzburg High Court.

Tropical Storm Edouard gained speed as it moved west Monday and was expected to strengthen to a near-hurricane before making landfall somewhere in Texas or southwest Louisiana. A tropical storm warning was in effect from the mouth of the Mississippi River westward to San Luis Pass in Texas. A hurricane watch was in effect from west of Intracoastal City, La. to Port O'Connor, Texas.

Edouard had maximum sustained winds near 50 mph with higher gusts at 8 a.m. EDT Monday. The storm's center was located about 80 miles south-southwest of Grand Isle, La., and 285 miles east-southeast of Galveston, Texas.

It was moving west near 8 mph and was expected to strengthen before making landfall Tuesday morning. Forecasters said the warm waters of the Gulf provided the right conditions for the storm to intensify and approach hurricane strength with winds of 75 mph or more. Southeastern Texans prepared for Edouard's impact while people farther down the Texas coast continued cleaning up the damage from Hurricane Dolly, which hit last month.

Christina Applegate, 36, who rose to fame playing the airhead daughter Kelly Bundy on “Married ... With Children” beginning in the late ’80s, has been told she has breast cancer and is expected to make a full recovery, the Associated Press reported.

SpaceX's Falcon 1 third attempt to launch a payload rocket into outer space failed this weekend, with launch control confirming an "anomaly" just five minutes after liftoff.

Elon Musk, SpaceX chairman and CEO, did admit that it was "obviously a big disappointment not to reach orbit on this Flight 3 of the Falcon 1," but he has assured the world that his firm won't be wasting any time feeling sorry for itself.

The Falcon 1 was carrying a minuscule satellite dubbed Trailblazer for the Pentagon's Operationally Responsive Space Office, though we've no idea how costly the loss was. Thankfully, we can all look forward to SpaceX trying again sometime in the future, but unless the tables turn in a hurry, we'd say the odds are still stacked against it.

Deanna was born as Deanna Tynes in December 1968 in Kiln, Mississippi. Deanna’s mother, Ann, married Kerry Tynes, who later adopted Deanna. Deanna has a half sister, Christie, and a half-brother, Casey, who died in 2004. Deanna met Brett in Kiln, Mississippi, where they both grew up. They started dating while in high school, when Deanna was a sophomore and Brett was a junior. She attended a Poplarville, Mississippi community college on a basketball scholarship and went on to the University of Southern Mississippi to finish her degree in exercise science.

Atlanta Braves announcer Skip Caray died in his sleep Sunday. He had been suffering from myriad health problems the last couple of years. Skip Caray was the most controversial of the Braves announcers, as he was the most opinionated and stylized. You either loved Skip or you hated him.