August 25th is the 238th day of the year .. There are 128 days remaining in 2008
-- On this date in 1792, the guillotine was first used
-- On this date in 1949, Father Knows Best premiered on NBC Radio
-- On this date in 1949, RCA announced it had invented a system for broadcasting color television
-- On this date in 1953, DNA was first identified
-- On this date in 1967, Abortion was legalized
-- On this date in 1975, The album "Born to Run" by Bruce Springsteen was released.
-- On this date in 1984, Author Truman Capote was found dead in Los Angeles
-- On this date in 1988, Cagney and Lacey last aired on CBS
-- On this date in 1994, Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley divorced
-- On this date in 2001, Aaliyah died in a plane crash in the Bahamas
-- On this date in 2003, Pete Sampras announced his retirement during a news conference at the U.S. Open in New York.
-- On this date in 2005, Russell Crowe reached a six-figure settlement with Nestor Estrada, the New York hotel clerk who he beaned with a phone that wouldn't connect to Australia.
Here's What's Happening...
On Friday, Barack Obama tapped Joe Biden as his running mate because he is well-versed in foreign policy and defense issues.
Limo drivers are racing to Denver after the Limousine Association of Colorado announced their is a limo shortage for the Democratic National Convention.
John McCain is upset with Madonna for airing a video during her concerts that compares him to Hitler.
Olympic Stuff
211 million people watched the Olympics on NBC. Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page changed the lyrics of "Whole Lotta Love" for last night's closing ceremonies. In the original, Robert Plant sings, "I'm gonna give you every inch of my love". Leona Lewis asked for the words to be changed to "every bit" of my love.
Michael Phelps is writing a book entitled Built to Succeed. It's due out in December.
Pamela Anderson says now that Michael Phelps is back in the U.S. she wants to date him. "I'm in love with the Olympics. I am obsessed with the Olympics and I find Michael Phelps so sexy. Swimmer's bodies are the best and he is the best of the best. He really is. It's the way he shakes his arms out before he jumps in the pool." Some at ABC would like to see the network try and snag Phelps for The Bachelor.
Celeb Notes
Kim Kardashian is recovering from cutting her foot on a hotel glass table. This may hinder her ability to perform on Dancing With the Stars.
NBC is seriously considering adding Girls Gone Wild creator Joe Francis to the next installment of Celebrity Apprentice
Former American Idol star Kevin 'Chicken Little' Covais is recovering from Bell's Palsy. His face became partially paralyzed from the stress of traveling and promoting his new movie, College. Doctors say his condition is being aggravated by his diabetes.
A U.S.-Israeli company is selling a new pillow case they say reduces wrinkles within 4 weeks. When moisture from a person's face mixes with Cupron's copper-oxide pillow case the case releases copper ions, which stimulate production of collagen.
Here are this past weekend's box office results.
1. "Tropic Thunder," $16.1 million. 2. "The House Bunny," $15.1 million.
3. "Death Race," $12.3 million.
4. "The Dark Knight," $10.3 million.
5. "Star Wars: The Clone Wars," $5.7 million.
Hot Plastic Pockets
On Friday, Nestlé recalled 215,000 pounds of Hot Pockets after some pieces of plastic were found in them. The recall is for 54-ounce, 12-pack cartons of Hot Pockets Pepperoni Pizza with the following printed on the sides of each carton: “8157544614D,” “EST 7721A” and “BEST BEFORE JAN2010.”
My Dog Ate My Homework...
A straight-A London student recently had his perfect grade point average ruined by his dog. Ben Parker says his two year-old Boxer devoured a mini-USB drive that contained all of his final English and History projects. "I was severely annoyed to say the least. I thought about finding a good taxidermist to get her stuffed, but it's hard to stay mad at those puppy dog eyes for long. When I told the teachers the dog had eaten my homework they rolled their eyes at me and said it wasn't a valid excuse and they wouldn't give me an extension. I'm staying upbeat and thinking that, in the circumstances, I am just delighted that I passed. I had already forgiven Ruby so I'm not going down that road of being angry at her again. I know she didn't do it on purpose.
Inflating Insurance Rates
The state of Alabama has approved a new plan that allows them to charge overweight workers for their health insurance. State employees, whose Body Mass Indexes are greater than 35, will have to start paying $25 a month for insurance that otherwise is free. Bama, which is the nation's third fattest state because of its deep fried Southern cooking, already charges smokers an extra $24 for their insurance. Some employees think the plan is discriminatory because they were born 'big and beautiful.
Don't let the Bed Bugs Bit
Texas A&M University, Ohio State University and the University of Florida are among many universities, who are battling bed bug problems in their dorms this year. Greg Baumann, of the National Pest Management Association, says dorms are ideal bedbug habitats because of the high population density. Texas A&M University Associate Director of Residence Life Dan Mizer says in 2007, A&M spent $37,000 on bedbug-sniffing dogs. This fall, the university is killing bugs by heating rooms to 130 degrees.
concierge.com is out with their list of the Worst Hotel Guests.
Amy Winehouse: "Wino’s hotel room was littered with bottles and cigarette butts, liquor had seeped into the upholstery, and dirty underwear covered the floor."
Britney Spears: "Britney is a notorious slob. A former bodyguard told News of the World that he once rescued her from a trashed room where she'd been hanging with musician Howie Day only days after exiting a rehab program."
Mariah Carey: "Mimi allegedly asks that suites be outfitted with gold faucets and that all toilet seats be replaced with brand-new ones before her arrival. Mineral water is required not only for her own bath, but for her dog's as well. "
Naomi Campbell: "The supermodel allegedly beat up the Italian actress Yvonne Scio in a hotel, bruising Scio's face and splitting her lip. The supposed cause? They were on their way to a party together, but when Campbell showed up at the hotel to pick up the actress, she was unhappy to find they were both wearing the same frock." 
Nicole Kidman: "In advance of what was to be only a 12-hour stay, she had assistants ship a set of pink, 800-thread-count Italian sheets to the hotel, along with pages' worth of diagrams and instructions for making up her bed. Then she never bothered to actually show up. Nicole also had the staff at a different hotel replace the standard 60-watt lightbulbs in her room with 40-watt bulbs."
