BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s president recommended pork as an alternative to Viagra Wednesday, saying she spent a satisfying weekend with her husband after eating barbecued pork.

“I’ve just been told something I didn’t know; that eating pork improves your sex life … I’d say it’s a lot nicer to eat a bit of grilled pork than take Viagra,” President Cristina Fernandez said to leaders of the pig farming industry.

She said she recently ate pork and “things went very well that weekend, so it could well be true.”

Argentines are the world’s biggest per capita consumers of beef, but the government has sought to promote pork as an alternative in recent years due to rising steak prices and as a way to diversify the meat industry.

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ATLANTA – (AP) If the U.S. swine flu epidemic isn’t over, it certainly looks as if it’s on its last legs. While federal health officials are not ready to declare the threat has passed and the outbreak has run its course, they did report Friday that for the fourth week in a row, no states had widespread flu activity. U.S. cases have been declining since late October.

One U.S. expert said the epidemic has “one foot in the grave,” and there are many reasons to believe there won’t be another wave later in the year.

For one thing, the virus has shown no signs of mutating. The vaccine against it is effective. And roughly half the people in the U.S. probably have some immunity because they were infected with it or got vaccinated.

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NEW YORK – (AP) In the reality show “The Tester,” the top prize is a job.

Sony Corp. is launching the show on its PlayStation 3 on Feb. 18. The premise? Pit a broad swath of video game fans against one another to see who’s the best at testing out games.

The winner will get a job as a real game tester at Sony. It’s an entry-level job, a way to get a start in the industry.

The show’s 11 contestants include a writer from Ohio, a cheerleading coach from California and a used car salesman from Maryland.

Sony says the show is part of its strategy to provide content beyond games on the PlayStation. This includes music, movies and TV episodes.

- Former WWE Superstar JBL wrote about the recent incident with Chris Jericho & Hurricane Helms on his Facebook. JBL wrote:

“I see in the news that a couple of my good friends got a free ride the other day and a little fine to go with it. I understand why this is news-Chris Jericho and my boy Hurricane Helms are on a TV show that is watched by hundreds of millions of people around the globe-getting arrested is big news even if it is a minor deal. And believe me, from what I have heard this is a minor deal.

But come on…there were no drugs and both guys were smart enough to plan not to drive while under the influence. In these days of celebrities that aren’t as big as these guys and some bigger doing drugs and being completely irresponsible this is akin to a parking ticket.

Most people out there if they were surrounded by friends and doing what they love would be guilty of having a few too many at times. This is all this was. Repeat…no drugs and no one was driving. Just a few too many and in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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We all know Patty has went off the deep end, but she was holding her fakeness together pretty well, until Friday that is. She has been off her meds for a couple months now, and seeing a reminder of Jack and Dr. Peterson’s wedding has sent her past the last buoy! She introduced herself to Paul as Dr. Peterson. I have no doubt that my earlier post:

Y&R: 12/29/09: Nick is Soooo Predictable!

which states that Patty will somehow switch places with Emily, only to hold Emily hostage somewhere, while Patty ends up marrying Jack, will end up happening. Of course that has been done before (Sheila/Lauren), but I doubt that will stop the writers from repeating this tired theme. The only difference will be that in this case, the state is already holding Patty “hostage” in the mental ward. Patty will start this out like she did today, pretending to be Dr. Peterson. She will dye her hair to match Emily’s again, and one day, when Emily comes for a visit, there will be a switcheroo. The real Dr Peterson will say “I’m Dr. Peterson…”. Noone will believe her, because Patty’s been saying that already for a week now! (Or will have by the time this Friday rolls around, and Jack and Emily prepare for their Valentines Day wedding!) Watch and see if this is not how this plays out! Just don’t forget, I called it last month!

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(Zap2It) Julie Benz will stick around Wisteria Lane a little longer: The Dexter actress’ stay on Desperate Housewives has been extended, TVGuide.com has confirmed.

Benz, who made her Housewives debut on Jan. 31, was originally slated to appear in three episodes but will now appear in an undetermined number of additional episodes. Executive producer Bob Daily told Zap2it that her character, a former stripper named Robin, will be getting very close with one of the housewives.

“Robin will be getting into a friendship,” he said. “That maybe turns into more than a friendship with Katherine [Dana Delany]. Katherine has had kind of a rough year and I think she’s open to new experiences.”

Check out videos of Julie Benz

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NEW YORK – (AP) No one except a few insiders has seen it. Yet a “Celebrate Family, Celebrate Life” ad featuring football star Tim Tebow and paid for by a conservative Christian group is already perhaps the most hotly debated Super Bowl commercial ever.

When the 30-second ad finally airs in the first quarter of Sunday’s CBS telecast — at a cost estimated at $2.5 million — it’s expected to show the devout quarterback and his mother, Pam, sharing the story of how she gave birth to him in the Philippines in 1987 after spurning a doctor’s advice to have an abortion for medical reasons.

In the past two weeks, as news of the ad spread, it has generated a vast, often passionate national discussion — the subject of countless newspaper columns, blogs and tweets, and fodder for dozens of advocacy groups to spar over abortion, women’s rights and free speech.

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WWE Elimination Chamber. Sunday February 21, 2010. Live on pay-per-view 8PM ET/5PM PT.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – An unemployed construction worker alarmed Kremlin guards when he tried to barge past them for what he said was a meeting with the Russian president to become his son-in-law, a popular daily reported on Thursday (1/21).

He was promptly informed that Dmitry Medvedev only has a single teenage son and was then taken to a psychiatric hospital on Wednesday evening, Komsomolskaya Pravda said.

The native of Russia’s volatile Muslim Dagestan region, 35, whose name was only given as Bakhtiyar, was seeking to improve his fortunes by marrying into Medvedev’s family after he lost his construction job during financial crisis, the paper said.

I almost hate posting stories like this on this site, but it struck me and thus I decided to share with anyone who hadn’t heard about this yet…

NEW YORK – (AP)New York City police say a Belgian woman suspected of killing her 8-year-old son at a luxury Manhattan hotel and then trying to commit suicide made statements implicating herself in the crime.

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(F4Wonline.com) – Sources say that Shawn Michaels is not the biggest fan of the CM Punk “savior” storyline on SmackDown.

- At press time, sources were unclear as to whether The Rock’s recent interview comments about not wanting to wrestle John Cena were honest or a fun way to plant the seeds for an inevitable future match.

Regarding his plans, the word is that he will be involved in a short-term angle when Summerslam rolls around in August.