15 Stories ... 1/2/2009

Good evening. The weekend is here and it's time for this evening's 15 stories. Enjoy.

1: Start off today with a sad story from the Bahamas. Teenage son of John Travolta, Jett Travolta passed away after suffering a seizure. Reports was that he had a history of that, and he hit has head in the bathtub. He was 16 years old. Story from WMC-TV Memphis, TN.

2: The DTV (Digital TeleVision) deadline transition is coming close very soon. And for those who got your converter box, it may be difficult to set up your box. Well, KBMT-TV Beaumont, TX takes the worry out.

3. On Jan. 8th, College Football's national championship game will be played in Miami. Florida QB Tim Tebow thinks that he is better than anyone else on the field. He has proved this, with filing papers with the NFL saying that he wants to put his name into the NFL draft. What a tool. Story from Yahoo! News Sports.

4. The 'Kansas City Kansan' newspaper in Kansas City, Kansas is ceasing print publications in about a week, but they will continue online. Some people are upset of course, but the newspaper say they got more online users than subscribers. Story from WDAF-TV Kansas City, MO.

5: Want to help yourself get a better tax refund this year? Well, the IRS is telling you how to do just that. Details from KVVU-TV Henderson, NV.

6: Looks like there will be more airplane connect service to Baltimore-Washington International Airport. Regular flights will soon be avaliable from Lancaster Airport to BWI. Story from WBFF-TV Baltimore, MD.

7: WNBC-TV in New York offers this neat story. They captured New Years in a panaromic photograph. Worth checking out.

8: Capital Blue Cross is spending over $50,000 to install fitness equipment along Riverfront Park, Downtown Harrisburg. Some people wonder though if this needs to be done. Not the fitness part, but the corporate sponsorship. Details from The Patriot-News - Harrisburg, PA.

9: It is not the new year unless if we have some predictions. And even if it is from out-of-touch intolerant TV preachers. Pat Robertson makes his annual guesses. Story from WRIC-TV Petersburg, VA.

10: Police was trying to find a person that was wanted on a warrant. Well, all they had to do was follow the trail of popcorn! Details from KSBW-TV Salinas, CA.

11: Now, I know that I am not the only one that thinks Sarah Palin's 15 minutes of fame is up, right? Last week I told you of how she became a grandmother. Now, she is PERSONALLY calling big media outlets to tell THEM what they are doing wrong. Story from WIBW-TV Topeka, KS.

12: New and used car sales are down everywhere. So, car dealers have to have imaginative ways to sell cars right? Well, this story from Miami maybe is the best yet. Buy a car from this dealer, and you can return it within 1 year, for any reason. Details on this from WTVJ-TV Miami, FL.

13: In a weird story, a man was saved from corn, literally. In fact he was buried in it up to the chin. Story from KCCI-TV Des Moines, IA.

14: News now that shouldn't be any surprise to a savvy web user and browser, Internet Explorer from Microsoft continues to lose ground. Firefox and Safari are becoming even more popular. Details from The Wall Street Journal - New York, NY.

15: And finally this evening ... With all the college football bowl games and NFL playoff games going on, most of us now are what they call 'couch potatoes'. Well, this guy is THE couch potato. In fact, he won a contest of it, from ESPN Zone. Story from Yahoo! News.

Have a great evening.