biggest loser winner

Danny Cahill is the newest winner in the reality TV series The Biggest Loser.
Danny lost 239 lbs. "Rudy has been my biggest inspiration. I spent a lot of time at the ranch trying to catch this guy," Danny said before finding out that he was the Biggest Loser. Then, it was all about Danny as the confetti dropped and the contestants celebrated on stage.

beast of kandahar

The US Air Force has confirmed that it's flying a stealth unmanned aircraft known as the "Beast of Kandahar," that has been spotted in photos.
This Sentinel aircraft is being developed by Lockheed Martin and is supposedly for reconnaissance and surveillance.
Aviation experts dubbed the drone the "Beast of Kandahar" after photographs emerged earlier this year showing the mysterious aircraft in southern Afghanistan in 2007.

fall of the lich king trailer

Whether you're currently logged into your server or waiting for your realm to be up and running, Blizzard has released a couple of items today to mark the launch of patch 3.3. The first is the Fall of The Lich King page, which contains the trailer for the patch. If the official site's going slow for you, check out the video on youtube or after the jump. It's definitely worth watching.

In addition, Blizzard is now giving Core Hound Pup Pets to players who have either a physical or mobile authenticator attached to their account. The pet will be waiting for you in your in-game mailbox and it will disappear from your pets collection if you remove the authenticator from your account. All you need to do is reattach the authenticator to get your pet back.

Keep an eye on the realm status page to see if your server is live and check out the patch notes for 3.3 to see what's in store for you once you're able to log in.

peter gammons

Peter Gammons, who's reported on baseball for ESPN since 1989, is leaving the network.

Gammons, 64, is expected to write a farewell espn.com column Friday. His future work plans have not been announced.

Gammons, who wrote for the Boston Globe and Sports Illustrated before joining ESPN, was in the first wave of print reporters who got TV jobs. Says ESPN executive editor John Walsh: "Peter was the best and brightest in making the transition from print to video."

tiger woods mother in law hospital

Tiger Woods' mother-in-law was released from the hospital in good condition around an hour ago, this according to a rep from the hospital.

The rep said Barbro Holmberg -- who was admitted to the Health Central Hospital with "stomach discomfort" -- left the hospital in a wheelchair, but said "every patient leaves in a wheelchair."

According to the rep, Barbro is now resting at one of Tiger's houses and is "feeling much better."

tiger woods overdose

Tiger Woods was listed as an overdose when he admitted to the hospital following his post-Thanksgiving car accident. According to the article, his charts are marked "OD" and a note says he was having difficulty breathing.

This follows up with reports from earlier today that the investigating officer at the crash scene requested a subpoena to look into Woods' medical records after suspecting that Woods had taken Vicodin and Ambien and had drunk alcohol.

as the world turns cancelled

CBS has announced it is canceling its soap opera As The World Turns after more than fifty years on the air.

The network says the show will air its final episode in September 2010 and end its run after 54 years.

It's the second soap canceled by CBS. The network canceled Guiding Light earlier this year. Guiding Light was the longest-running soap opera and ended its run after 72 years, 15 of them on radio.

With As The World Turns ending, only six soap operas remain on daytime television.