Google To Place Limits On Free Web News Content

Comcast To Take 51 Percent Stake In NBC Universal Says CNBC
Comcast, which has been widely rumored to be in negotiations to purchase NBC Universal from General Electric (GE), appears to have reached a deal with GE, according to CNBC's anonymous sources.

Dollar approaching 16-month low, Australian dollar rallies
The dollar is dropping at an astonishing rate. In November, the dollar lost 1.9% of its value. With the economic crisis raging on, many people are starting to wonder if the dollar will recover. What should investors look at when facing the dropping dollar?

The Hunt is On for Big Outsourcing Deals
Whether you are the buyer or seller of large outsourcing deals (US$50m and up), you will require a total understanding of the complex outsourcing process that is required to win and deliver large deals. This book will help you understand the entire deal lifecycle and show you the stages involved from an insider's view - the buyer's and seller's perspectives - as the authors have worked on both sides.

Google To Place Limits On Free Web News Content
As newspapers fall onto tougher and tougher times, Google has come under fire from many, including Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., for basically making it easy for web searchers to find news. After all, Google indexes just about everything. On Tuesday, Google announced modification to an existing program, called First Click Free, which will address that criticism, and allow publishers to, if they want, limit online readers to a certain number of views without paying or registering.

American Idol begins 9th amazing season in January
'American Idol' is a favorite for many families. 'American Idol' season 9 is set to begin on January 12. America is excited to see if this season of 'Idol' will create such stars as Adam Lambert, Carrie Underwood, or Kelly Clarkson.

Victoria Secret Fashion Show 2009 Features $3M Bra
Tonight on CBS, the highly-anticipated Victoria Secret Fashion Show will show off some eye candy for male viewers and a spectacular $3 million Fantasy Bra worn by Marisa Miller. The bejeweled bra has over 150 carats of diamonds including 2,300 diamonds and a 16-carat heart-shaped diamond pendant.

Stroke Risk Highest For Those Born In South
People born in the seven southern states have a lifelong higher risk of dying of stroke than others. The risk remains higher even if they live elsewhere later in life.

Gabrielle Schoeneweis Autopsy Results Reveal Drug Overdose
In May the wife of then Arizona Diamondbacks reliever Scott Schoeneweis, Gabrielle Schoeneweis, was found dead. On Tuesday the autopsy results were released. She was 39 at the time of her death.

Fourth Time Running As Junior Gotti Gets Another Mistrial
Another trial for Junior Gotti, and another mistrial. That seems to be a consistent trend, and that's what happened on Tuesday for the fourth time running.

ABC Family 25 Days of Christmas Schedule of Holiday Movies
The biggest Christmas TV event of the season, ABC Family kicks off December 1st with Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause starring Tim Allen and Martin Short. The 2nd shows Pixar Short Films, and the Polar Express on Dec. 3rd, for a total of 25 days of Christmas movies and films. Get the family together for a festive family movie marathon.

Fritz Henderson Out As GM CEO
Eight months of recovery, restructuring, and turmoil later, Fritz Henderson is out. General Motors' CEO Frederick "Fritz" Henderson has resigned after eight months as head of the United States' largest automaker.

Bomb Threat Made to Delay Boss' Flight
An employee made a bogus bomb threat about an American Airlines plane in an effort to delay the flight for her boss. The woman felt bad about making her boss late for his flight and thought calling in the bomb threat would buy enough time for him to make it.

Ask.com Reveals Top 10 Questions of 2009
Ask.com, a website for questions and answers online, today announced its top questions of 2009. There are billions of questions asked on Ask.com each year and the top 10 are both revealing and amusing. From Twitter to pregnancy, many questions seem to be in tune with what's going on in the world today.

Obama To Declare Troops Begin To Leave Afghanistan Before End Of Term
While President Barack Obama has not publicly stated his new plans for Afghanistan, he has already outlined it to his commanders. The gist of it is the U.S. will be sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, and will have the first troops on the ground as early as Christmas. At the same time, he will declare during Tuesday night's speech to the nation that the troops will begin leaving in 19 months.

Jaimee Grubbs Reveals Tiger Woods Affair with Texts, Voicemails
The news for Tiger Woods is getting steamier. The $164 ticket he got today for crashing into a fire hydrant is nothing compared to the new revelation by 24 year old Los Angeles cocktail waitress, Jamiee Grubbs. She revealed exclusively to US Weekly that she has been having an affair with Tiger Woods for 31 months and has the racy texts and voicemails to prove it.

BMW Has Plans for Electric Car
BMW has believed for years that more efficient gasoline or diesel models were a better bet than hybrid cars. However, as the possibility of the hybrid giving way to the all-electric vehicle, German automaker BMW wants to be the leader. BMW is spending more than $1 billion to develop a small car for urban drivers that will include an electric-powered version.

Free Christmas Desktop Wallpapers Popular Holiday Themes
Looking for free winter wonderland desktop wallpaper to get in the Christmas spirit? Free Christmas and holiday desktop themes are easy to download, with Santa Claus, snowy cottages, Christmas cookies, crackling fireplaces and more. And the best part is, they're free, just click and download.

Expensive Perfume As Ebay Slapped With $2.5-million Fine
eBay was slapped with a 1.8 million euro ($2.5 million) fine by a French court on Monday. The court's verdict stemmed from a charge of of violating an injunction banning sales of LVMH products.

Florida Gators Star Arrested for DUI
The Florida Gators star defensive end, Carlos Dunlap, has been arrested for DUI. Carols Dunlap's DUI arrest occurred early Tuesday morning after a Gainesville police officer found the Florida Gators football star asleep in his car with the engine running.

Learn How to Grow Pot at School: Medical Marijuana is Growing Business
In a recently published article by The Washington Post called "The School of Pot" – Michigan's Med Grow Cannabis College – the growing school is teaching students how to make hash brownies, as well as the legal how-to's of the state's new medical marijuana program. The controversial subject of legalizing and growing medical marijuana has become a highly sought after business, with the opportunity to be extremely successful in the medical cannabis industry.

Starbucks Contributes to World Aids Day 2009
To support World AIDS Day, December 1, Starbucks is contributing five cents for every beverage (except ready to drink beverages) to the Global Fund to help fight AIDS in Africa. In just one year in partnership with (RED)TM, Starbucks has generated enough money to buy more than 7 million days of medicine to help those living with HIV in Africa.

Former Miss Argentina Solange Magnano Dies After Cosmetic Surgery
A former Miss Argentina, Solange Magnano, has died from complications following cosmetic surgery. The surgery was a gluteoplasty, which is essentially cosmetic surgery on her buttocks. She was 38 years old.

OSCE Minsk Group Statement Opens Door For Karabakh Independence
The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan reported some further progress today at the OSCE meeting in Athens where foreign ministers from 56 European countries have gathered to discuss European Security. The the statement, issued by the OSCE Minsk group, which mediates the peace negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, reads that both countries are willing "to complete work on the Basic Principles." Madrid Basic Principles envisions referendum, opening door for Nagorno Karabakh Independence.

White House Party Crashers Appear on TODAY Show
The pair of alleged party crashers, Tareq and Michaele Salahi, who managed to sneak into the White House dinner party last week still maintain they were invited. The White house and Secret Service continues to deny this, and a Congressional hearing into the matter has been scheduled for Thursday.

Alicia Keys World AIDS Day - Free Concert
One Night, One Voice, One Life at a Time -- Tune in for Alicia's live global webcast from the Nokia Theater in NYC - December 1st - WORLD AIDS DAY @ 8:00 p.m. (EST)

Also: Annie Lennox World Aids Day 2009 SING Charity Auction
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Study Examines Long Term Home Health Care Utilization
Over seven million Americans require care at long-term health care at home because of an acute illness, disability or aging. A national study examines how the availability of long-term care insurance benefits those needing home care.

Oprah.com 12 Days Contest Replaces Favorite Things Holiday Show
Oprah's famed "Favorite Things" show didn't transpire in 2009 but most fans know that Oprah can't celebrate the holidays without giving away some goodies. Instead of sending audience members into a frenzy giving away refrigerators and computers, The Oprah Winfrey Show has opted to have the O Magazine host The Oprah Magazine's 12-Day Holiday Give-O-Way

Dubai World To Restructure $26b in Debt
While local stock markets in the Persian Gulf continued to swoon yesterday, most of the rest of the financial world breathed a sigh of relief after the Dubai World conglomerate announced a plan to restructure $26 billion of its outstanding debt.

Mich. baby gains 20 moms after his dies in childbirth
The case of Charles Moses Martin Goodrich gives new meaning to the old African proverb, "It takes a village to raise a child." In his case, the prhase proved literal after more than 20 of his family's neighbors in Marquette, Mich., banded together to offer to nurse the infant when his mother, Susan Goodrich, died during childbirth last January. Now, almost a year later, they're still at it.

European Leaders Put Small Arms Control At Forefront
The OSCE plays a crucial role in ensuring safe and secure storage of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW), and it is a leader in helping countries eliminate the threat posed by a toxic Soviet-era rocket fuel component, officials said today at an event held on the sidelines of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens.

Sigma Having First-Ever Scholarship Contest
Sigma is having their first-ever scholarship contest for high school seniors. The winning senior will receive a $5,000 check and a $1,000 gift card to be used towards the purchase of Sigma equipment.

Suspect in Lakewood Police Shootings, Maurice Clemmons, Confirmed Dead
Maurice Clemmons, suspected Clemmons of killing the four officers at a coffee shop Sunday morning in Lakewood, was shot and killed early Tuesday. Pierce County sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer confirmed that Seattle police found Clemmons after the authorities were given addresses of possible hiding spots.

Ministers of 56 European Countries Discuss Security in Athens
The dialogue on European security can be meaningful only if it is tied to concrete progress, the foreign ministers of the 56 OSCE participating States heard at the start of the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens today.

Tiger Woods Has Sponsors' Full Support
Tiger Woods' major sponsors, including Nike, Gatorade and Gillette, are standing by the richest athlete in the world. In September, Tiger Woods became the first athlete to earn $1 billion in a career, according to Forbes. His endorsements have more than quadrupled his earnings on the PGA tour and he has the backing of his sponsors despite the beating he's taking in the press after his alleged car accident last Friday.

White House Security Breach: Congressional Hearing Thursday
Congressman Bennie G. Thompson, Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, announced his intention to hold a Full Committee Hearing on the matter this Thursday, December 3 with regards to the breach of security at the White House State Dinner last Tuesday.

Burglars Watch Twitter, Facebook Updates to Target Homes
The holidays are here and people are out shopping, attending parties and enjoying friends and family during this festive time. If you're a social media junkie, you are probably updating your Facebook or Twitter accounts to let everyone know what you're doing and where you're going. One or more of these 'friends' that you connect with on these sites might be making good use out of your updates...as a burglar.

Five British Yacthers detained by Iran
Iran has picked up a racing yacht piloted by five British citizens in the Persian gulf. The yacht might have strayed unintentionally into Iranian waters. The crew members are still being held by Iran and are said to be "in good condition."