Obama's birth certificate released, @lindsaylohan on Leno and news from while you were sleeping
Obama's birth certificate released by White House The long form birth certificate is finally out, but we think people will still find some evidence that this isn't the real thing. Copies were also handed out at the press conference. "The President believed the distraction over his birth certificate wasn't good for the country," Pfeiffer wrote. "It may have been good politics and good TV, but it was bad for the American people and distracting from the many challenges we face as a country."
Sony: We dun goofed Okay, Sony didn't say that exactly, but the company, whose Playstation Network is still unavailable, admitted that credit card and purchase data may have been stolen in the big PSNocalypse2k11. Whoops! An outside security firm has been hired to investigate the breach, and Sony added that some services may be up as soon as a week. British Information Commissioner Christopher Graham said he will probe into the incident. I don't know what gamers are more upset about: Someone might be funding a vacation with their credit card funds or that the system is (still) down. The Voice: America's new favorite singing competition? NBC's heavily-plugged "The Voice" premiered last night. For those of you who missed the first episode -- or any of the multitude of commercials that the station aired - the show takes four singers (Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Blake Shelton, and Adam Levine) who each train a team of eight up-and-coming singing constants, the best of which will win $100,000 and a contract with Universal Republic. We won't bore you with the future rules, but the first round entailed a blind-sound test where the coaches, with their backs to the singers, had to pick their team by only their voice. If their ears like what they are hearing, they hit a giant buzzer, which turns their seat around. Then, - okay I didn't say this wasn't going to be complicated - if more than one coach wants that person, the contestant has to decide which coach he or she will go with. The show also attempted to socialize itself heavily on Twitter and Facebook, but it seems that when it all boils down, American fans just like the basics of a good, old singing competition. Lindsay on Leno last night, says she learned her lesson Lohan was on the late night hosts' show last night, saying that her impending jail time is a wake-up call. (This time she swears she means it). She confirmed that she finally has a new movie role, in "Gotti: Three Generations," which also stars John Travolta "I think being young and being in the position I was in, you don't really take the time to appreciate what you have, and it is all a kind of whirlwind and people make decisions for you," she said to Leno. "But I am not a kid anymore. I am 24." The actress received a standing ovation from the audience for her appearance. Panetta, Petraeus front runner for National Security spots With Secretary of Defense Robert Gates retiring, it seems that President Obama will be nominating Leon Panetta as the Director of Central Intelligence and General David H. Petraeus as the director of the C.I.A. Diplomat Ryan Crocker will take over as the next U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan. The may be new posts named, as the whole national security department is expected to undergo a restructuring after Gates leaves. Lakers win... again If Kobe Bryant was hurting on crutches after the previous game, he sure didn't show it last night. Bryant and the Lakers put on an excellent show, bringing the series against the New Orleans Hornets to 3-2 in favor of the Lakers with a 106 - 90 win. Game 6 will be in New Orleans, and hopefully Hornets can extend the series to Game 7.