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Barry Bonds is the new Home Run champion after he hits number 756 against the Washington Nationals. He drove a 3-2 pitch from Mike Bacsik over the wall in right-center, making Bacsik his 445th career victim.

Jake Brown falls close to 40 feet after wiping out on a skateboard at X-Games. He hit the ramp so hard his shoes popped off, and afterwards he walked away… Crazy.

Sir Elton John wants the internet CLOSED DOWN. He claims it is destroying good music, saying: “The internet has stopped people from going out and being with each other, creating stuff. Instead they sit at home and make their own records, which is sometimes OK but it doesn’t bode well for long-term artistic vision. I do think it would be an incredible experiment to shut down the whole internet for five years and see what sort of art is produced over that span.” Ummm… OK…

Eminem’s music publisher filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against Apple on Monday, alleging the computer giant violated copyrights by allowing unauthorized downloads of the Detroit rapper’s songs onto iPods. They must have short term memory, as didn’t Eminem appear in an advert for Apple advertising his music?

Bill Walsh, who guided the San Francisco 49ers to three Super Bowl championships and six NFC West division titles in his 10 years as head coach, has died at the age of 75. Walsh died early Monday following a long battle with leukemia, according to Stanford University, where he served as coach and athletic director. One of the great coaches and the innovator of the West Coast Offense.

Legendary film-maker Ingmar Bergman, one of the key figures in modern cinema, has died at the age of 89. His 60-year career spanned intense classics like Cries & Whispers, The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries. Looks like I’ll have to hijack Robyn’s Netflix account for a short while now to rewatch some of these classincs

Facebook will cost at least $10 billion, says backer. $10 billion for Facebook? What is the world coming to? Let’s party like it’s 1999 all over again…

The hypothetical questions they should ask at the presidential debates. Candidates, pay attention: An international financier has smuggled an atom bomb into Fort Knox. He loves only gold. Only gold. After an amazing sequence of events, including car chases, sexual conquests, and your defeat of the assassin known as Oddjob, you find yourself staring at the interior of a nuclear device. The final seconds are ticking down. This goes to you, Senator Clinton: Do you cut the blue wire, or do you cut the red wire?

Michael Vick could be urged by the NFL and the Falcons to take a season-long voluntary leave of absence and to focus his energies on his legal challenges. If this happens then don’t expect too much from the Falcons this year with Joey Harrington in line to move up to starting QB. Where’s Matt Schaub when you need him? Might we even see a DJ Shockley appearance?

“Cloverfied” Teaser Trailer. The new movie from JJ Abrams, but what is it about? Cthulhu? Godzilla? Voltron? Lost? Mothra? Ruxpin? 1-18-08?

Author JK Rowling has said she felt euphoric but “devastated” as she penned the last words of the final Harry Potter book, The Deathly Hallows. She was in a hotel room alone as she finished writing the book. “I was sobbing my heart out, I downed half a bottle of champagne from the mini bar in one and went home with mascara all over my face, that was really tough,” she said. Must be hard having a squillion pounds to fall back on during these hard times…

A 6 year-old girl was disemboweled after sitting on an uncovered pool drain in the kiddie pool of her family’s country club. Horrible story, freak accident, luckily she survived but now has to live without a small intestine. Reminds me of this Chuck Palahniuk short story.

President Bush commuted the prison term of former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, facing 30 months in prison after a federal court convicted him of perjury, obstruction of justice and lying to investigators. Bush has only commuted the jail term which means that the conviction remains on Libby’s record and he must still pay a $250,000 fine. Pffft, why not just do the full pardon? I mean, this implies he condones criminal behaviour in his administration, why not confirm it?

As thousands of Glaswegians queued, moaned and sneakily sipped Buckfast on a rainy Saturday afternoon, one man stood vigilant outside the airport terminal. Baggage supervisor, hero, smoker. John Smeaton. Little did he know, as he happily dragged on his fag, that two crazed al-Qaeda operatives were preparing to meet their maker. But they didn’t meet their maker. Instead they met BAA’s answer to Jack Bauer. As the Jeep’s engine revved and the passenger started chucking the petrol containers out the windows like he was Santa in Shettleston, one man stepped in to help The Law take control. Those hapless al-Qaeda boys were to find out that Glasgow has no respect for international terrorism.

The Spice Girls have confirmed they will reform for a world tour to begin in December. The announcement was made at a press conference with all five members at London’s O2 arena. The full line-up has not performed on stage since Ginger Spice Geri Halliwell quit in May 1998. Hmmm “Spice” “Girls” I recognise those words, but they don’t make sense…