-A freight train tanker leaking hydrochloric acid caused a massive evacuation in Monument, Colorado. There were no injuries or deaths reported, but residents will be out of their home until Friday.
-X Factor Roundup: Gary Barlow in talks to replace Simon; Mel B confirmed herself as Cheryl's replacement.
-Legal immigrants can now apply for citizenship by joining the US Army or Navy.
-Beyonce's new single has been released today. Listen to "Run the World (Girls)" below:
-Lady GaGa fell during her performance in Atlanta, GA on Monday. This is the stars second fall during a performance this month.
-AMERICAN IDOL castoff Pia Toscano will be performing on ABC's DANCING WITH THE STARS next Tuesday and says she wants to be a contestant on the next series.
-Chris Colfer of GLEE has adapted the novel THE LITTLE LEFTOVER WITCH into a pilot for the Disney Channel. The cable network picked up the series.
-Amazon.com's data center was experiencing issues today and numerous websites went down including Foursquare and Redidit.
-The Playstation Network across Europe has gone down. Technicians suspect an external virus attack.
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Thursday, April 21, 2011
Monday, April 18, 2011
NewsBytez 18.4.11
-"RIO" topped the US box office taking in twice that of its nearest competitor, "SCREAM 4". The horror movie sequel did beat out its competition at the UK box office.
-X Factor champ Joe McElderry is being dumped by Syco records, but American Idol champ David Cook is gearing up to release his sophomore album.
-Kimberley Walsh looks to take Konnie Huq's place as the X-tra factor host and Simon Cowell admits he will be taking a backseat for this year's UK edition of the show. Mariah Carey is also confirmed to be a mentor for one episode of the US edition after turning down a judging role to spend time with her yet-to-be-born twins.
-Lady GaGa's fans are complaining that her new album cover looks "weird and trashy". I'm afraid I have to agree with them.
-The CEO of Ferrero has died at the age of 47 after falling from his bike. The company produces everything from Nutella to Tic Tacs and is home to one of Italy's richest families.
-The death toll for the Japanese earthquake/tsunami has reached almost 14,000.
-Amazon has unleashed an advertising-supported version of their e-Reader Kindle which is $25 cheaper than the original.
-Nintendo is silently preparing to make an announcement regarding the successor to the popular Wii. Though the name is currently unknown, it will reportedly feature Blu-Ray based HD discs and be backwards compatible with Wii titles. Another report confirms that the controllers will have an HD screen built into them. The console is to reportedly be more powerful than the XBox and PS3. The announcement of the next Nintendo console is expected this summer.
-X Factor champ Joe McElderry is being dumped by Syco records, but American Idol champ David Cook is gearing up to release his sophomore album.
-Kimberley Walsh looks to take Konnie Huq's place as the X-tra factor host and Simon Cowell admits he will be taking a backseat for this year's UK edition of the show. Mariah Carey is also confirmed to be a mentor for one episode of the US edition after turning down a judging role to spend time with her yet-to-be-born twins.
-The CEO of Ferrero has died at the age of 47 after falling from his bike. The company produces everything from Nutella to Tic Tacs and is home to one of Italy's richest families.
-The death toll for the Japanese earthquake/tsunami has reached almost 14,000.
-Amazon has unleashed an advertising-supported version of their e-Reader Kindle which is $25 cheaper than the original.
-Nintendo is silently preparing to make an announcement regarding the successor to the popular Wii. Though the name is currently unknown, it will reportedly feature Blu-Ray based HD discs and be backwards compatible with Wii titles. Another report confirms that the controllers will have an HD screen built into them. The console is to reportedly be more powerful than the XBox and PS3. The announcement of the next Nintendo console is expected this summer.
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