Venus Williams is out of the US Open in 2nd round

The tennis star Venus Williams retreated in the 2nd round of the US Open. ESPN says the reason given was an "unspecified illness," canceling her second-round match just minutes before it was set to begin

She actually commited to be diagnosticed with the Sjögren's Syndrome, an autoimmune disease which is an ongoing medical condition that affects her energy level and causes fatigue and joint pain.

She entered the tournament as the world's 36th-ranked player after playing just 11 matches this year.

The withdraw now takes her below the top 100´s and is the first time since 1996.

It is still unclear if she will be able to return to the court.

Dancing with the stars 2011 official cast already leaked

Many rumors of the Dancing with the starts 2011 season 13 are making their ways thru the internet.
The latest rumor even includes that Nancy Grace has signed on to "Dancing with the stars".

The leak went online and twitter by @DWTSGossip. The list confirms the rumors that Ron Artest, Ron Karadashian and Kirstin Callavari will be taking part on the show.

Here is the full list so far:
Nancy Grace
Kristin Cavalleri
Ricki Lake
Chynna Phillips
Hope Solis
Elizabetta Canalis
David Arquette
Rob Kardashian
Ryan O’Neal
J.R. Martinez
Chaz Bono
Ron Artest

Stay tuned on the blogosphere to see if this list will be the final or if there will be adjustments.
The Washing Post will blog about the list later
Blog by John Gonzales(follow on twitter for updates)

MTV´s VMA 2011: Beyonce is pregnant and Tyler, the Creater wins best new artist

Los Angeles was well-represented in the MTV Video Music Awards field for best new artist, with Odd Future leader Tyler, the Creator facing off against electronic-pop act Foster the People. However, Tyler won the award for the best new artist.

When Tyler gave his speech he admitted that he did not prepare one and dreamed of winning a MTV trophy since he was 9. He received the award for his single "Yonkers" from his solo album "Goblin".

Ealier, Beyonce perfomed "Love on Top" and releaved that she was pregant.

Minecraft upgrade will include more content

Next minecraft update will include more content for players, there will be npc´s and more lethal spiders and silverfish.

The spiders can also poison you and there will be a new teleporting enemy included which is called "Endermen". NPC´s will give out quests to the player so another worry from players will be issued when minecraft updated to version v1.8:)

Of course you will also get xp and skill points from the quests  as rewards.
Also your character has to consume food in the new version and a hunger meter has been added.

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Derek Jater and Minka Kelly no longer a couple

Baseball player Derek Jater(New York Yankees) & Minka Kelly(actress) and former daughter of Aerosmith guitarist Rick Dufay are no longer a couple. What happened to the three year lasting relationship is still a bit unclear. But the strike out has happened and they are no longer a pair since Friday. This was announced by a represantative of Kelly in the People magazine

Jeter is one of top earners in the Major League Baseball and Kelly credits include series like "Parenthood" & "Friday Night Lights".

Both already had relationships in the past. While Derek Jater dated women like Mariah Carey, Cameron Diaz, Scarlett Johnson and Jessica Biel - Minka Kelly had some ongoing relations with John Mayer, Chris Evans and Donald Falson.

Rich people really seem to lack some sort of personal engagement or beeing able to compromis with certain major parts of living together. Either a lot of them get too greedy and become some kind of "pure egoist" or they are not able to share and split their wealth in a correct matter.

Hurrican Irene heading north and Ocean City in Maryland has evac plans rdy

Ocean City in Maryland is one of the firsts towns in the USA getting evacuated and getting ready not bear with Hurricane Irene currently heading north.

Officals have orders visitors and citians to evakue out of town while Hurricane Irene is getting closer.
Mayor Rick Meehan quoted that phase 3 of the evacuation plane will take place at midnight. People inside the town are ordered to leave it and only the emergency staff will remain inside.

He also banned the sale of alcohol and all business to close at midnight.

Indianapolis Colts taking retired Kerry Collins

Kerry Collins seems to be getting hot again in the NFL. THe Indianapolis Colts hired him and made an agreement with him. He was a retired quaterback who is now back and playing for the Indianapolis Colts.

Collins has been signed late in the summer before, also on a semi-emergency basis. In 2006 the Titans brought him aboard on Aug. 28 when Billy Volek was struggling and Vince Young was a rookie. The crash course on Tennessee's offense didn't go well, as Collins was 0-3 as a starter before being benched. But, to be fair, his top receivers were Drew Bennett and Bobby Wade, not Reggie Wayne and Dallas Clark

It looks like Kerry Collins is getting compared with Brett Favre because he has come out of retirement to be Peyton Manning´s substitue or possible replacement.

If you want to read more historical data on this football player follow the links below:
Kerry Collins has been here before, but it didn´t go well

Earth Quake erupts Eastern Coast

Today an earth quake with the strenght of 5.8 on the scala has erupted the eastern Coast. The erupt centrum was a town called Mineral in Virginia, 130kilometers southwest of Washington.

The Earthquake shortly started just before 2pm EST and had a duration of 40seconds. Major cities New York, Washington and even in Canada could feel the effects of it.

Serveral major buildings like the Capitol, Pentagon and the Foreign State Department have been evacuated. Citians of Washington believed that the earth quake was a terror assault.

Terelle Pryor becomes a raider

Terelle Pryor is a football player and was available for NFL teams to hire him as he was in the supplement draft.

It looked like there were many teams interested in getting Pryor. For example the 49ers and Oakland raiders are expected to be the most interested teams so far as words in the "street " go.

So in the third round Terelle Pryor became a raider and is attending training and workout with the raiders already.

Taking a look at the Raiders' history, it's no surprise to see them gamble on Pryor's eye-opening measurables, with his 4.38 speed and powerfully built 6-foot-5, 232-pound frame. Davis has always sought after the "wow'' factor in the draft, and in that respect Pryor perfectly fit the mold of an Oakland pick.

Read the full story about the deal with Terelle Pryor

Big, huge Anti-Gadaffi Protests in Tripoli, Lybia and rebels getting closer

Tripoli is the largest city and capitol of Libya. Currently there are huge and very big Anti-Gadaffi protests ongoing in this town.

Anti-regime protests erupted today in several Tripoli neighborhoods where thousands braved the bullets of snipers perched atop high buildings, residents and opposition fighters said. Meanwhile, hundreds of rebel forces advanced to within 15 miles west of the capital and were rushing forward in pickup trucks and on foot.

Mukhtar Lahab, a rebel commander closing in on Tripoli and a former captain in Gaddafi's army, said relatives inside the capital reported mass protests in four neighborhoods known to be sympathetic to the opposition: Fashlum, Souk al-Jouma, Tajoura and Janzour. He said mosques there were rallying residents with chants of "Allahu Akbar" or "God is great," broadcast on loudspeakers.

Snipers on high buildings were firing on protesters in at least one of the four neighborhoods, said Lahab. Residents contacted in the city by telephone also reported snipers firing on civilians

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Also good resource about the ongoing war in Libyia

Red arrows pilot died at the age of 33

a still young 33 year red arrows pilot died today while his jet crashed into a field outside of Bournemouth. His name is Jon Egging  The cause for the crash is said to be a technial failure of the jet following an acrobatic display.



The jet flew low over houses and other buildings before crashing into a field near the village of Throop, Dorset, bouncing several times and splitting into two mangled pieces.

Read the whole article here

Kardashian, Humphries wedding today evening live on TV

The 30-year-old reality TV star and 26-year-old professional basketball player will be married Saturday evening near Santa Barbara, California, in a ceremony that will be viewable as a two-part special on the E! cable television channel in October.

It will be the first marriage for Humphries and the second for Kardashian, who was married to music producer Damon Thomas from 2000 to 2004 already.

The couple began dating late last year and announced their engagement in May this year. Humphries kneeled down and asked Krdashian with a 20.5-carat ring by spelling out the words "will you marry me?" in rose petals.

Kardashian is a star of E!'s "Keeping Up With the Kardashians." Humphries last played for the National Basketball Association's New Jersey Nets.

HP Touchpad

Hp Touchpad getting discounted to clear out inventory of many resellers. Due to its limitations on the hardware and not beeing comptetive comapred to the iPad of Apple, drastic sales reduction is ongoing right now.

HP is also suspending production on it and will focus more on software and hardware as they did before in the pc/-desktop niche.

Also bad on the Touchpad was it´s thickness and choice of materials. There is also a limited app selection, but it provieds flash-enable web browsing and an excellent compatibility with third party calendar, messaging and e-mail services.

Earlier this week, sources within the tablet manufacturing industry stated that upcoming price cuts from vendors could trigger a price war in order to gain price advantages over competitors.