Scary Christmas?
The U.S. government is not issuing a terror warning this Christmas season. But there is an orange alert for everyone going anywhere near the Spider-Man show on Broadway.



L.A. Storms
The rain is coming down so hard in Los Angeles, that Robert Downey Jr. has started to build an ark to store all his drugs two-by-two.



Birthrate Falls
The U.S. teen birthrate is at the lowest level ever recorded... mostly because too many kids are obsession over "Twilight" and forgot to have sex.



UConn Record
The UConn women's basketball team has now won a record 89 games in a row. The Lady Huskies are playing so well, the New Jersey Nets have asked the NBA to promise they'll never have to play them.



Bank Break-Ins?
Bank of America is accused of illegally breaking into the homes of people who had been foreclosed. It's getting so bad, some people are actually starting to think of paying their mortgage bills.




December 22nd


69: Emperor Vitellius is captured and murdered, he is replaced by his extremely well-groomed brother, Vitalis.


1807: The Embargo Act, forbidding trade with all foreign countries, is passed by the U.S. Congress, at the urging of President Thomas Jefferson and the UAW.


1956: Colo is born, the first gorilla to be bred in captivity other than Rosie O’Donnell.