According to a classic Seinfeld episode "The Strike" December 23rd is officially "festivus.". In the show George reveals to Elaine and Jerry that his father invented a holiday called Festivus, an alternative to what he considered to be the over-commercialized holiday of Christmas. This ridiculous notion seems to still be on people's minds nearly 14 years later as many are still mentioning the idea today on twitter, social media and blogs across the Internet. People seem to still hold certain tv shows from the 90's still close to their hearts.
-Newsbound 12/23/11
USC quarterback Matt Barkley announced today that he will return to play for USC for his final year. This news has come as a relief and surprise to USC fans and fellow teammates who thought Barkley would carry on to the NFL draft instead. After time to reflect and it run it by friends and family, Barkley has decided otherwise, "to stay and finish what [he] started." Barkley has an outstanding record as quarterback for the USC Trojans, including passing this season for 39 touchdowns. He is certainly a valuable player to the Trojans, and they no doubt will be happy with his decision. -newsbound 12/22/12
Today, across the Cochella Valley, thousands marched to honor "Our Lady Guadelupe. Lady Guadelupe is the Mexican icon for the Virgin Mary. This month being Christmas those who are very devout joined this March. But that's not the only reason they were walking. The thousands that joined together were also marching for change in their communities using spirituality as a way to bring them together. Local leader Sergio Carranza said the march is "geared to raising public awareness, and protecting and improving the environmental health conditions of these rural communities." Coachella remains a spiritual and liberal meeting-ground for many as is seen today, but also at the annual Coachella Festival in August that is visited by people all around the world. People seem to be grouping together all over America this fall to fight whether it be Occupy Wall Street or even just changes in their local communities. -newsbound 12/12/11
On Monday, NASA discovered through a Kepler telescope, a planet that has the right atmosphere for life, due to the possible appearance of liquid water. It says to look surprisingly similar to Earth from the telescope, and is just outside our solar system, 600 light year away.
Of course, no one knows for sure the real nature of this planet, but from a scientific perspective, this is big news. -newsbound 12/06/11
Tomorrow is Cyber Monday. For the first time, Cyber Monday is holding just as much importance as Black Friday. Cyber Monday is a sale, like Black Friday, but refers to sales specifically made on the Internet. Last year, Cyber Monday sales hit $1 Billion, and this year sales are perjected to be $1.2 billion. This is a 20% increase and is said to be more of a business sale than Black Friday. The Internet has already been noticed as prominent force in sales, but this Cyber Monday puts the picture even clearer. Even on Black Friday, people purchased their deals on the Internet 35% more than last year. After this week, we will see how the numbers turn out.
If you are looking for some of these deals, here are a couple of stores that have already begun their Cyber Monday sale, due to the fact that in certain places in the world, it is already Monay:
Groupon - A site that has local deals daily... is expanding on this for the upcoming week. Old Navy Gap -- Deals on clothes bought online Amazon - pushing many of their deals already... sales on electronics, video games, and everything else. Walmart-
There are four more days until Thanksgiving and many people are looking for recipes to cook for their friends and families. One dish that seems to always have a place at Thanksgiving is cranberry sauce. Whether you are having turkey, stuffing, yams or any of the other standard dishes, it doesn't really seem to be Thanksgiving without cranberry sauce to accompany it. Below are a list of links to cranberry sauce recipes that can help you this Thursday.
To help get you started this Thursday, here is a list of links to great cranberry sauce recipes:
It turns out that the Chicago Cubs have hired a new manager, Dave Sveum. Sveum is to replace previous manager Mike Quade. Sveum has had more playing than managing experience, playing as a short-stop for the Milwaukee Brewers for 12 seasons, but the Cubs will hopefully give him a warm welcome nonetheless. There will be a press conference held tomorrow in Chicago at Wrigley Field to introduce him as the new manager. -NB 11/17/11
Reported today, there has been a shooting at the White House where one man, Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, has been arrested. Secret Service announced Wednesday that the man was arrested in Pennsylvania. Reports say two bullets were fired, one hitting a bulletproof window and one hitting the exterior of the White House. Secret Service reports say, "A round was stopped by ballistic glass behind the historic exterior glass. One additional round has been found on the exterior of the White House. This damage has not been conclusively connected to Friday's incident, and an assessment of the exterior of the White House is ongoing." Ortega is still just a suspect, and no one was reportedly injured in the shooting. -NB 11/16/11
In NYC a judge has ruled that protectors who are mostly there for Occupy Wall Street must evacuate Zuccotti Park, saying that their first amendment does not entitle them to stay camped in the street. Judge Michael Stallman ordered the eviction, and police moved out the protestors Tuesday morning. Mayor Bloomberg said this was important because living conditions were becoming horrendous in the plaza.
This Monday, NBC announced that Chelsea Clinton will be a full time news reporter. She will begin working on a part of the "Making a Difference" series. Ms. Clinton says that she hopes through her work at "Making a Difference" she will live up to her grandmother's words, "Life is not about what happens to you, but about what you do with what happens to you." She will start immediately at NBC and will also continue her studies at Oxford and Non-profit work with the Clinton Foundation.
Evelyn H. Launder, founder of Pink Ribbon Cancer Awareness, died today from a non-genetic ovarian cancer. She was 75. Launder started out her foundation at first as a small campaign handing out pink bows at her department store to make women more aware of cancer. It eventually evolved gaining over $330 million in donations and having congress name october as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. -NB 11/13/11
Yesterday, on 11/11/11, Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kim Zolciak had her wedding with Atlanta Falcons player Kroy Bierrmann. The couple tried not to let the news out, but many news reporters showed up for the story. Regardless, Zolciak seemed to be in good spirits, saying "“Beautiful weather! Beautiful day! I’m walking on a cloud and I’m so grateful,”just before she walked down the aisle. The couple has one child already, and Zolciak has 2 from her previous marriage. -NB 11/12/11
It may seem like a conflict of interests, but Buffalo Bills' wide receiver David Nelson has recently been reported to be dating a cheerleader from the Dallas Cowboys. If Nelson were to score, his girlfriend would have to "boo," and if he missed a catch, she would have to cheer. Regardless, the two are said to be dating. Nelson told buffalobills.com that “She works for the Dallas Cowboys and roots for the Dallas Cowboys, but I know she’ll have some inside joy if I do well.”
According to a classic Seinfeld episode "The Strike" December 23rd is officially "festivus.". In the show George reveals to Elaine and Jerry that his father invented a holiday called Festivus, an alternative to what he considered to be the over-commercialized holiday of Christmas. This ridiculous notion seems to still be on people's minds nearly 14 years later as many are still mentioning the idea today on twitter, social media and blogs across the Internet. People seem to still hold certain tv shows from the 90's still close to their hearts. 
-newsbound 12/12/11
