♦ Madden NFL 09 Review

Top 25 Most Bizarre Fighting CharactersSome are powerful, some are fan favorites but all of these video game characters are just plain weird. Quiz Time: Babes, Butts or Madden?This week, you'll have to figure out whether that super-closeup shot is a bosomly babe, someone's junk, or a pigskin-throwing footballer. Listen Now: Video Game ScoresExperience your favorite game music in a whole new way.	1 vote

♦ Birth Units Have Three Years to Attract Numbers

By STEWART PATERSON MIDWIFE-LED birthing units at two Scottish hospitals have three years to attract sufficient numbers of mothers-to-be following a Uturn by health officials.	1 vote

♦ Who's Who in NEPA: Hospice of the Sacred Heart

By Anonymous Hospice of the Sacred Heart is a non-profit, freestanding hospice program providing comprehensive hospice services to residents of Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Hazleton and surrounding communities.	1 vote

♦ Big Brother 9: Mikey's late night

Mikey stayed up until after 3am for the first time this morning. The blind Scot who usually moans about fellow housemates coming into the bedroom in the early hours and waking him up claimed he was the new "baddie of B-Block".	1 vote

♦ You'Ll Go Monkey Nuts

Fi/Action/Comedy/Romance. Featuring the voices of Andy Samberg, Cheryl Hines, Patrick Warburton, Jeff Daniels, Kristen Chenoweth, Zach Shada, Carlos Alazraqui. Director: Kirk DeMicco.	1 vote

♦ Jorge Lorenzo has had a dramatic debut season in MotoGP

Jorge Lorenzo will have to wear a cast on his left foot for 10 days after fracturing three metatarsal bones. The Fiat Yamaha rider, who has already had an injury-plagued season, was lucky to escape with just minor fractures.	1 vote

♦ LittleBigPlanet levels could cost you

One of the more exciting features of the upcoming LittleBigPlanet is the game's robust, yet easy-to-use, level=creation tools. The developers have promised something akin to a YouTube of gaming, allowing players to rate and comment on other people's creations. But whereas content on YouTube is entirely free, the same may not be the case for LittleBigPlanet. iLife Support 8.3, iWeb 2.0.4, iMovie 7.	1 vote

♦ Ford to expand hourly worker buyout program

Ford announced on Monday that it will be offering another round of buyouts to hourly workers at a select number of its U.S. plants. The buyouts are intended to bring the automakers production more in line with current demand. The buyouts will largely target workers at Fords truck and SUV plants, beginning with facilities in Ohio and Kentucky on July 28th. So far this year 4...	1 vote

♦ Study links epilepsy drug to increased birth-defect risk

Pregnant women who take the epilepsy drug topiramate may increase their newborn's risk of birth defects, especially if they combine the drug with other epilepsy medications, according to a small study in this week's Neurology. Four of the babies were born with cleft palates or cleft lips, a rate 11 times higher than normal. Four male babies had genital birth defects...	1 vote

♦ Is There a Madonna and A-Rod Sex Tape Out There?

Say it isn't so! A Madonna and A-Rod sex tape floating around? Rumor has it that there very well might be a scandalous tape out there featuring none other than Madonna and her Kabbalah buddy A-Rod in their birthday suits. Spies for the Daily Star UK are reporting that there's a man who claims to have the tape in his possession.	1 vote

♦ The Guardian.co.uk football quiz

1. Emmanuel Adebayor was spotted by FC Metz scouts after impressing at a football training camp in which city in Togo? 2. How old is Adebayor? 3. And how many goals has he scored in his 28 caps for Togo? 4. How many goals did he score in his 61 league appearances for FC Monaco? 5. What number shirt does the big man wear for Arsenal? 6. And how tall is he (excluding his big hair, of course)? 7.	1 vote

♦ Vaccine for koala chlamydia close

Professors Peter Timms and Ken Beagley from Queensland University of Technology's Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI) said the vaccinated koalas, which are at Brisbane's Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, were mounting a good response to the vaccine. "A good T-cell immune response is essential if the vaccine is to be effective," Professor Timms said.	1 vote

♦ Rapper DMX arrested at Phoenix mall

PHOENIX (AP) — Rapper DMX was arrested at a Phoenix mall Saturday on suspicion that he gave a gave a false name and Social Security number to a hospital to get out of paying for medical expenses. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said that when DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, went to Scottsdale's Mayo Clinic in April, he used the name "Troy Jones" and failed to pay a $7,500 bill.	1 vote

♦ Government funds Muslim thinkers

The move will see Oxford and Cambridge Universities host a group of scholars who will lead debate on key issues such as women and loyalty to the UK. The plans have angered some hardline activists who accuse ministers of trying to create state-sponsored Islam. But Communities Secretary Hazel Blears said it was government's job to support Muslim leaders on controversial issues. Under the plans...	1 vote

♦ Williams makes his point

Danny Williams just about managed to hang on to his British heavyweight title with a controversial decision over John McDermott. Adam Smith looks back on an another cracking campaign at home and abroad, at world and British level. Belt up for the Brits! Glenn McCrory was bemused by the latest heavyweight offfering, but loved John Murray's British title tear-up.	1 vote

♦ Nintendo: Lifetime US Wii sales surpass Xbox 360

The industry-tracking NPD Group's sales data for June isn't set for release until later today, but Nintendo is already touting the figures as an inflection point in the current console wars. The publisher proclaimed that the NPD's latest figures show that the Wii has attained the title of the best-selling current-generation console in the US.	1 vote

♦ Saudi king appeals for tolerance

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has called on followers of the world's main religions to turn away from extremism and embrace a spirit of reconciliation. The king was opening a conference in Madrid which brings together Muslims, Christians, Jews and Buddhists. He said the great conflicts of history were not caused by religion, but by the misinterpretation of religion. King Juan Carlos of Spain...	1 vote

♦ McCain adviser sees drug import challenges

Finding a way to safely let U.S. patients buy cheaper medicines from other countries will pose a challenge for the next president and Congress, a health adviser to Republican presidential candidate John McCain told Reuters on Monday. "I won't say that it can't be done, but it obviously is going to be a challenge," Gail Wilensky, an economist and adviser to McCain, said in an interview.	1 vote

♦ Scouting For Girls - “It’s Not About You”

100% sunshine pop Daily Star Scouting For Girls, the indie-pop sensations of the summer, are all set to release their latest single, Its Not About You on August 4.. Scouting For Girls are arguably the British pop phenomenon of 2008; released in September of last year...	1 vote

♦ ROY-HART: District Discusses Internet Filtering

By Lockport Union-Sun & Journal, N.Y. Jul. 11--MIDDLEPORT -Recent Royalton-Hartland graduate Steven Hagen made a presentation Thursday night to the Board of Education that has some of the members talking about the district's Internet filtering technology.	1 vote