| Walmart.com Extends Cyber Monday Into 'Cyber Week' With Five Days of ...
BRISBANE, Calif., Nov. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Walmart.com is giving customers another special Christmas gift as it kicks off Cyber Monday with five days of online specials, only available at Walmart.com (http://www.walmart.com). Starting today and through Friday (Nov. 30), Walmart.com is offering significant savings on the season's best gifts in Electronics, Toys, Video Games, Home Furnishings and Apparel. Walmart.com has nearly tripled the number of Cyber Week online specials this year since last year, and is adding new items each day this week. Also, the online retailer is introducing a "daily featured item" each day this week for online purchase on that particular day. In fact, today's featured item is the Xbox 360 Premium Holiday Value Bundle complete with the Xbox 360 Premium console, an extra controller, three games and messenger bag -- all under $400 today, while supplies last.
Cathy Sorbo: Ahead of the curve on good changes
Marlowe Harris, one of the P-I real estate bloggers, sent me a blurb about something new to try on New Year's Day. It involves wearing a tacky tracksuit and donning a bad wig. There is a meet-up at Green Lake, and the track-suited, wig-wearing mob enjoys a nice walk around the lake en masse. Or there's always the Polar Bear Dip, whereby one relaxes in the 44-degree waters of the Puget Sound with others. I opted for the less public and much warmer option, the New Year's Resolution. This year, I have two. The first one is to delete, without guilt, any self-esteem themed e-mails, especially if it is required that I forward it to all my female friends in order for a wish to come true. Throughout the year I received this type of egospam, and last month I received an e-mail that had an especially massive list of "feel good about yourself no matter what" missives.
Dozens Sought in Mob Raids in US, Italy
The operation, code-named "Old Bridge," was centered on New York and the Sicilian capital of Palermo, targeting Mafia figures who were strengthening contacts between mob groups in Italy and the United States. A federal grand jury in New York also accused 62 people of ties to the Gambino crime family and offenses including murders, drug trafficking, robberies, extortion, and other crimes dating back to the 1970s. "Today we are able to bring closure to crimes from the past," U.S. Attorney Benton Campbell said in Brooklyn. "Today we seek justice for those men and their families and we make clear that those crimes and those victims are not forgotten." The sprawling indictment covers gangland killings from the days when the crime family was run by Paul Castellano, who was assassinated in 1985.
OUT LOUD: Will Ferrell
We looked at a lot of the old stuff from the ABA, photos, what little footage there is. They didn't have a TV contract. That's where we got the wardrobes and outfits. The entire framework and feel of the movie is taken from all the research we did.
Andre (Benjamin) kept saying Woody (Harrelson), but I think I have a better overall game.
I played basketball in high school. I was a power forward. I still play now and then. I'm OK. I can play.
I was varsity junior and senior year. I was captain my senior year. It was kind of fun. I had to give a speech at school assemblies. Those were kind of fun because you could make fun of the faculty.
I always loved comedies, but I was like, "That's so tough to break into.'' I love sports.
Teen`s Interview With John Lennon Yields Oscar Nod
A 1969 encounter between a 14 year-old Beatles fan and John Lennon has inspired "I Met the Walrus," a five-minute Canadian film contending for an Oscar for best animated short. Think "Almost Famous" with the Beatles. Except this portrait of a young boy in a dream landscape is told from his lips. The voice track for "I Met the Walrus" is based on an interview Jerry Levitan did 39 years ago with a surprisingly accommodating John Lennon. Levitan, now a lawyer in Toronto, recalls doorstepping as a fake photographer to get into Lennon and Yoko Ono's room at the city's King Edward Hotel. "My heart was beating so fast. I was like Al Pacino in 'The Godfather,' where he's in the restaurant with the planted gun and about to kill the cop," he says, remembering how he summoned the courage to knock at Lennon's door.
Quest for Knowledge
No tour would be complete without a visit to the beautifully renovated Coptic Museum (Tel: +2 (02) 362-8766), with its collection of manuscripts, icons, crosses, statues and mosaics rescued from ancient monasteries. While an impromptu walkabout of the area makes for a decidedly eye-opening experience, for a better informed tour, book with any of a number of agents specializing in pilgrimage holidays. South Sinai Egypt (Tel: +2 (02) 418-7310) organizes trips to Christian sites, perfect if you want to follow the trail of the Holy Family in Cairo. One of the most-visited stops on the trail is Mataria, where, it is believed, the Family rested beneath a balsam tree that is used to this day to prepare holy oil. There are also a museum and a Catholic Church with gorgeous paintings of the angel Gabriel appearing to Joseph.
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