Archive for April 23rd, 2009

Chrysler’s fate rests with debtors as clock ticks (AP)

Written by on Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 in 205801.

PT Cruisers sit on the sales lot at Hilltop Chrysler Jeep Dodge April 1, 2009 in Richmond, California. Negotiations to save Chrysler have shifted into high gear with the teetering automaker, its creditors, Italy's Fiat and the US Treasury scrambling to thrash out a viable restructuring deal before an end-April deadline.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)AP – With a government deadline just seven days away, Chrysler LLC is running out of time to work out deals with debtholders, its unions and a foreign partner.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back

Man pretending to fall off bridge actually falls

Written by on Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 in Latest News.

Police said a 23-year-ancient man is in stable condition after he pretended that he was falling off a bridge over the Minnesota River, then really fell off the bridge. Police got a call just before 5 a.m. Sunday from a 21-year-ancient man who said his friend fell off the Highway 77 bridge and into a marshy area about 30 feet …

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back

Jay Leno thinks that he and Susan Boyle may be long-lost siblings, and proves their resemblance by donning a drag getup and lip-synching to one of Boyle’s recordings in an uncanny impersonation.

In the bit that followed this video, Jay Leno quips, “My mother came from the same part of Scotland. I reckon we’re related,” Leno joked after lip-synching in a wig and dress. “When you saw [Susan Boyle] sing, did you see any resemblance?”

Jay Leno isn’t the first celebrity to drink the Susan Boyle Kool-Aid. Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore are fans, and Boyle has booked appearances on Oprah, Larry King Live and Entertainment Tonight.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back



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