- As noted before, WWE officials still aren’t sure what to do with the ECW Title. While ECW is going away, the belt may be kept around in some way. Some within WWE are lobbying for the belt to be kept around but the final decision will be Vince McMahon’s. Those in favor of keeping the belt feel that it can still be used as an attraction for secondary pay-per-view undercards.

CM Punk earned his spot in the Chamber by defeating Batista on a count out. It was interesting how Batista lost as he just stood in the corner once the bell ring, waited and finally just left the ring and headed to the back, giving up his spot in the Elimination Chamber match.

Elimination Chamber for the WWE Title
Sheamus vs. John Cena vs. Ted DiBiase vs. Triple H vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Randy Orton

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“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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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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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.

“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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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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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.”

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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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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.