Elvis Presley to be Made an Honary Hungarian citizen

Elvis Presley will be named a posthumous honary citizen of Budapest.

Mayor of Hungary's capital, Istvan Tarlos announced Wednesday that Elvis will be commemorated because of his support to HUngary during the country's brief anti-Soviet revolution in 1956.

A city landmark will also be named after him. Visitor's to the city's website can choose from 12 locations to be renamed after the King, which include street crossings, a small square, and a site at the foot of the Margaret Bridge, which covers the Danube River.


Charest is happy to be out of countersuit

Premier Jean Charest said on Tuesday that he is happy to no longer be the target of a countersuit. The premier and his former justice minister, Marc Bellemare, announced Monday that they have dropped their lawsuits against one another. 


Nicole Atkins & The Black Sea + Cotton Jones + The Damn Truth @ La Sala Rossa

Als safety trading football jersey for lawyer garb

The Alouettes are about to lose another popular veteran to retirement. Safety Matthieu Proulx is expected to announce today that he’ll be hanging up his cleats.

The twenty-nine (29) year old spent his entire six-year career with the Als after being drafted by the team in 2005.

Proulx’s decision has been a long time coming. He has struggled with injuries in recent years, missing the Als run to the 2010 Grey Cup because of a torn ligament in his knee.


"Watson" meets his match

The “Jeopardy” winning supercomputer Watson finally met his match Monday night in an actual rocket scientist. New Jersey physicist turned politician Rush Holt beat the computer in an exhibition match held in Washington.

Holt, who is a 5 time jeopardy champion, beat out four other politicians before defeating the computer.

IBM created Watson and hosted the mock “jeopardy” game to highlight technology’s impact on society. A representative from the company said that the untelevised event was more than a trivia contest.

Watson is equipped with some of the most advanced information processors in the world.


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