HOT UPDATED NEWSGET YOUR HOT UPDATED NEWS EVERYDAY HERE!Packers trade Favre to Jets- August 7, 2008 The Green Bay Packers agreed Wednesday night to trade quarterback Brett Favre to the New York Jets, a final surprising twist to a football soap opera that already had been full of them.The Jets apparently outbid the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the three-time NFL MVP, who retired in March but changed his mind in recent weeks. According to one source close to the trade talks, the Jets surrendered a fourth-round draft pick that can increase in value, potentially all the way to a first-round choice,...http://hot-updated-news.blogspot.com/2008/08/packers-trade-favre-to-jets.html Course is the star at PGA Championship- August 7, 2008 There's no Tiger Woods, but there is Oakland Hills, which is hosting its ninth major championship.Sometimes the stage can be as mesmerizing as any of the stars who cross it.Tiger Woods may not be here to tee it up in today's start of the 90th PGA Championship, but Oakland Hills is a star to behold onto itself.This historic Donald Ross design promises to be a force in this week's competition."It's a beast," said Rocco Mediate, runner-up to Woods in the U.S. Open.The South Course, which opened in.http://hot-updated-news.blogspot.com/2008/08/course-is-star-at-pga-championship.html Games start on wrong foot for U.S. women's soccer- August 7, 2008 Norwegians net 2 in first 4 minutes.Norway jumped on the U.S. women's soccer team from the opening whistle, getting two goals in the first four minutes en route to a 2-0 win Wednesday, the first day of the Beijing Olympics.Norway looked the like the medal contender it is supposed to be, while the United States never resembled the part.Larsen Kaurin outjumped and outmuscled U.S. defender Lori Chalupny to head the ball over charging goalkeeper Hope Solo and into an open net in the second minute...http://hot-updated-news.blogspot.com/2008/08/games-start-on-wrong-foot-for-us-womens.html Detroit docs watch Olympic soccer with interest- August 7, 2008 Science and technology have long played a role in diagnosing injuries in athletes.But as Dr. Marnix van Holsbeeck used his computer to watch the U.S. women's soccer team lose to Norway in its opening match of the Beijing Olympics on Wednesday, at his fingertips was data regarding which players might be more at risk for certain types of injuries than others.Van Holsbeeck, the division head of musculoskeletal radiology at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, is directing a clinical study with fellow...http://hot-updated-news.blogspot.com/2008/08/detroit-docs-watch-olympic-soccer-with.html Norway Beats U.S. Women In Olympic Soccer- August 7, 2008 Norway jumped on the United States from the opening whistle Wednesday in Qinhuangdao, China.The Norwegians scored two goals in the first four minutes and beat the U.S. women's soccer team 2-0 at the Beijing Olympics two days before the Opening Ceremonies.In a matchup of world powers, Norway played like the medal-contenders they're supposed to be, while the Americans never looked the part.Leni Larsen Kaurin outmuscled U.S. defender Lori Chalupny to head the ball over charging goalkeeper Hope...http://hot-updated-news.blogspot.com/2008/08/norway-beats-us-women-in-olympic-soccer.html Cast of 'Agnes of God' acts on a higher plane- August 7, 2008 Miracles come in all shapes and sizes.A small audience of about 40 people witnessed one Thursday night when the cast of Heritage Theatre Group's "Agnes of God" delivered an overwhelmingly moving performance, even though the show was interrupted when one of the audience members became ill.About 10 minutes into the show, the small audience in the 50-seat studio theater became aware a patron in one corner had fallen. Several audience members rushed to her aid, but the play continued. Stage manager.http://hot-updated-news.blogspot.com/2008/08/cast-of-agnes-of-god-acts-on-higher.html Osteen's Wife on Trial for Temper Tantrum- August 6, 2008 Joel Osteen's Wife Faces Trial Over In-Flight ArgumentCan a crankiness land you in court The case of Sandra Brown v. Victoria Osteen is the story of a chance encounter on an airplane that turned into a nasty legal battle.Osteen is the wife of popular self-help author and television minister Joel Osteen, who heads the Lakewood Church, Houston's largest congregation. Brown is a flight attendant for Continental Airlines.Osteen and her family were on Brown's flight from Houston to Vail, Colo., two..http://hot-updated-news.blogspot.com/2008/08/osteens-wife-on-trial-for-temper.html Robert Hazard, Philly rocker, dies at 59- August 6, 2008 Robert Hazard, 59, the Philadelphia-bred rock troubadour who wrote the pop anthem "Girls Just Want to Have Fun," died unexpectedly Tuesday night after surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, his widow, Susan, confirmed today.Mr. Hazard, who lived with his wife and two teenage sons in the Adirondacks and in Vero Beach, Fla., last month had canceled a planned fall tour without explanation.Robert Hazard and the Heroes, born out of the late-1970s punk movement, were a fixture on the...http://hot-updated-news.blogspot.com/2008/08/robert-hazard-philly-rocker-dies-at-59.html Nine firefighters dead in helicopter crash- August 6, 2008 Nine people are dead in the crash of a helicopter carrying firefighters, FAA officials reported this afternoon.Four other people on board the Sikorsky S-61 military-style helicopter suffered burns in the crash, which was near the north end of the Buckhorn Fire, about 15 miles northwest of Junction City in Trinity County. The helicopter was taking off when it crashed, officials said.The helicopter had picked up a group of firefighters about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, said Ian Gregor, an FAA...http://hot-updated-news.blogspot.com/2008/08/nine-firefighters-dead-in-helicopter.html Carson S-61 Down Near NorCal Forest Fire- August 6, 2008 Four Reported Seriously Injured; Nine MissingThere are conflicting reports of fatalities following the downing of a Sikorsky S-61 firefighting helicopter in Northern California.Four firefighters are reportedly in critical condition after the helicopter (file photo of type shown above) impacted terrain Tuesday evening, while transporting personnel to battle a fire in Northern California. The Sacramento Bee reports the helo, operated by Carson Helicopters, crashed at the north end of the Buckhorn.http://hot-updated-news.blogspot.com/2008/08/carson-s-61-down-near-norcal-forest.html |