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Ashton Kutcher Joins 'Two and a Half Men'

Fri, 13 May 2011 16:02:46 EDT

LOS ANGELES (TheStreet) -- Ashton Kutcher will join the cast of the hit TV sitcom "Two and a Half Men," CBS and Time Warner's Warner Bros. Television announced Friday.

Kutcher will join Jon Cryer, Angus T. Jones, Holland Taylor, Marin Hinkle and Conchata Ferrell on the top-rated comedy series. Ashton Kutcher will join the cast of the hit TV sitcom "Two and a Half Men."

"I can't wait to get to work with this ridiculously talented 2.5 team and I believe we can fill the stage with laughter that will echo in viewers' homes," Kutcher said Friday. "I can't replace Charlie Sheen but I'm going to work my ass off to entertain the hell out of people!" ...

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Metra, Friggatriskaidekaphobia: Hot Trends

Fri, 13 May 2011 15:14:32 EDT

Updated from 9:33 a.m. EDT with recent trending search topics.

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- "Metra" is a heavily searched topic after a truck driver was killed when a Chicago commuter train collided with a tractor trailer in Mount Prospect, Ill. on Friday morning, according to a Metra spokesperson.

At around 8:45 a.m. CST, the inbound train 636 on Metra Union Pacific's Northwest Line hit the truck at an intersection. ...

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Bin Laden Plotted to Kill Obama: Reports

Fri, 13 May 2011 12:53:29 EDT

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Osama Bin Laden wanted to kill U.S. President Barack Obama as part of a plot to disrupt the 2012 presidential elections, according to a journal taken from the compound in which the al Qaeda leader was killed.

The mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks was killed in a U.S. military operation in a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, last Sunday. U.S. Navy SEALs were able to collect a large amount of hardware from the compound, including more than 100 storage devices, as well as Bin Laden's personal journal. The Death of Osama Bin Laden: Photo Gallery

Investigators have been analyzing the seized materials for key information about the al Qaeda network and to help them to prevent future terrorist attacks. ...

'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3' Set for Nov. 8

Fri, 13 May 2011 12:37:13 EDT

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3" will be released on Nov. 8, 2011, according to a media report.

Gamer site Kotaku is reporting that the next edition of the popular "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare" game will be released this fall.

The game will continue the plot from "Modern Warfare 2," which is currently the second best-selling game of all time in the nation. In June 2010, Activision Blizzardsaid it had sold more than 20 million copies of MW2 worldwide. ...

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Mississippi River Crests: Photo Gallery

Fri, 13 May 2011 11:10:49 EDT

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- As the Mississippi River continues to rise, residents along the bank await word on whether the Army Corps of Engineers will open the Morganza spillway to relieve pressure on the levees downstream that protect the more densely populated Baton Rouge and New Orleans areas. Next>

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has warned the 25,000 residents in the spillway's path that they will probably have to leave their homes by this weekend, as the corps mulls its final decision.

If the spillway isn't opened, New Orleans could face floods and levee breaks that could potentially cause greater damage than Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans news outlet Times-Picayune reported. ...

Louisiana Residents Warily Eye Mississippi Flooding

Fri, 13 May 2011 11:07:49 EDT

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- As the Mississippi River continues to rise, residents along its banks await word on whether the Army Corps of Engineers will open the Morganza spillway in Louisiana to relieve pressure on the levees downstream that protect the more densely populated Baton Rouge and New Orleans areas.

Opening the massive floodway for the first time in 38 years would inundate hundreds of thousands of rural acres and flood thousands of homes, as the waters of the Mississippi would rush south to the Gulf of Mexico through the Atchafalaya River. Mississippi River Crests: Photo Gallery

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has warned the 25,000 residents in the spillway's path that they will probably have to leave their homes by this weekend, as the Corps mulls its final decision. ...

U.S. Drone Missiles Kill 4 in Pakistan

Fri, 13 May 2011 10:39:02 EDT

Updated from 7:47 a.m. EDT with information on Friday's U.S. drone attack in Pakistan.

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- At least four suspected militants were killed in a Taliban and al Qaeda stronghold after a U.S. drone fired two missiles into a vehicle in Pakistan's tribal Datta Khel district of North Waziristan on Friday, after two suicide bombers killed 80 people at a paramilitary training center in Pakistan in the first retaliation for the killing of Osama Bin Laden.

"We have done this to avenge the Abbottabad incident," Ahsanullah Ahsan, a spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban, told The Associated Press in a phone call. He warned that the group was also planning attacks on Americans living inside Pakistan. Pakistani security officials gather at the site of a bombing outside a paramilitary training center in Shabqadar near Peshawar, Pakistan, on Friday. ...

Locked-Out NFL Players Demand $707M

Fri, 13 May 2011 08:52:11 EDT

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Locked-out NFL players asked a federal judge to have the league award them at least $707 million in damages for cutting TV deals that will pay owners $4 billion in broadcast revenue even if the 2011-2012 season's games are canceled.

U.S. District Judge David Doty conducted a two-hour hearing on the case in Minneapolis on Thursday but isn't expected to rule on damages until next week. Locked out NFL players are seeking $707 million in damages over disputed broadcast revenue.

On March 1, 10 days before the lockout began, Doty ruled that the NFL failed to maximize revenue for the players in violation of the league's collective bargaining agreement, in order to gain leverage in the labor fight, which he described as an "unconscionable advantage." ...

Ron Paul Launches 2012 Bid for President

Fri, 13 May 2011 08:34:54 EDT

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Texas Rep. Ron Paul announced Friday he plans to seek the Republican nomination in the 2012 presidential election.

"I am officially announcing that I am a candidate for president in the Republican primary," he said on ABC's "Good Morning America" early Friday morning. 5 Things You Don't Know About Ron Paul

Many anticipated his presidential bid was coming after Paul, 75, tweeted Thursday that he would make a "major announcement" on Friday morning. ...

Ron Paul to Launch Presidential Bid Friday

Thu, 12 May 2011 15:16:05 EDT

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Texas Rep. Ron Paul is expected to announce plans to seek the Republican nomination in the 2012 presidential election on Friday, CNN reported, citing a source close to the campaign.

Paul is expected to make the announcement at a Friday morning campaign event in Exeter, New Hampshire. Ron Paul is expected to run for president a third time.

It will be Paul's third bid for the White House. He ran as the Libertarian Party nominee in 1988 and sought the Republican nomination in 2008. ...

Al Qaeda Threatens Obama's Grandmother

Thu, 12 May 2011 14:02:34 EDT

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Security has been increased around the home of Sarah Obama, President Barack Obama's step-grandmother, after Al Shabaab, a Somali terror group with ties to al Qaeda, issued a personal threat against her, ABC News reported, citing police.

Local police provided Sarah Obama with additional security around her home in Kenya on Thursday, after Al Shabaab reportedly threatened her life.

Security around her home had already been increased after the United States killed al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden last week. ...

Jim Lehrer Leaving PBS 'NewsHour' in June

Thu, 12 May 2011 13:08:48 EDT

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Jim Lehrer announced Thursday that he is retiring as a regular anchor of PBS' "NewsHour" broadcast after 36 years.

"There comes a time to step aside from the daily process, and that day has arrived," Lehrer said Thursday. Jim Lehrer plans to retire from "PBS NewsHour" in June.

His exit from the daily public television news broadcast will be the week of June 6. ...

Tiger Woods Withdraws From Players

Thu, 12 May 2011 12:14:53 EDT

Tiger Woods article updated from 11:07 a.m. EDT with additional information on his withdrawal from the Players Championship.

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Tiger Woods withdrew from the Players Championship on Thursday morning after the worst start to a tournament in his career, citing multiple injuries in his leg and foot.

Woods was in last place on the leaderboard at the time of his withdrawal. Tiger Woods' Worst Year Ever: 2010 in Pictures ...

Bedbugs Can Carry MRSA Superbug

Thu, 12 May 2011 11:33:56 EDT

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Bedbugs can carry the dangerous staph infection MRSA or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, according researchers in Canada.

Scientists discovered that a sample of 5 bedbugs collected from three hospital patients in Vancouver, Canada, were carrying two types of drug-resistant bacteria, MRSA and vancomycin-resistant enterococci, a bacteria known as VRE.

These dangerous strains are often referred to as superbug because of their resistance to many standard antibiotics. ...

Angry Birds, LexisNexis: Hot Trends

Thu, 12 May 2011 08:25:10 EDT

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- "Angry Birds" is a trending search topic following the news that a version of the popular game is now available in Beta for Google's Chrome.

"Angry Birds" for Chrome is available online and as a free download. It comes with 63 levels, and an additional seven levels which are exclusive to the Chrome Web browser.

Rovio, the developer of the popular mobile game, is hoping to become the world's leading entertainment brand within the next three years, at which point the company may launch an initial public offering. ...

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