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Best Drivers, Men or Women?

Best Drivers, Men or Women?

A nationwide survey of 610 U.S. drivers -- commissioned by navigation firm TeleNav -- uncovered what men and women really found annoying about their partners' driving habits. Men typically said that their better halves drove too slowly. And women complained that men tailgate.

 

Obama To Honor America's War Dead On Memorial Day, Visits Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery

Obama To Honor America's War Dead On Memorial Day, Visits Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery

Vice President Joe Biden is saluting the sacrifices of the men and women of America's fighting forces at the nation's most hallowed burial ground.

He said the United States has "a sacred obligation" to provide its servicemen and women – "these new warriors" – with everything they need to carry out their jobs. President Barack Obama was to preside over a separate holiday observance near Chicago later Monday.

 

'Sex and the City' can't stop 'Shrek'

'Sex and the City' can't stop 'Shrek'

With a significant drop for "Sex and the City" on Saturday and just mid-level earnings for "Prince of Persia," "Shrek Forever After" is on track to win what looks like the slowest Memorial Day holiday weekend at the box office in a decade.

 

Tom Cruise Set For 'Mission: Impossible IV'

Tom Cruise Set For 'Mission: Impossible IV'

Paramount Pictures announced Tuesday that Cruise will be back in front of the camera for "Mission: Impossible IV," due in theaters over Memorial Day weekend in 2011. Cruise and "Mission: Impossible III" director J.J. Abrams previously agreed to produce a fourth movie in the action franchise. But it had not been known if Cruise would star again.

 

Jon Gosselin Insists Companions Are Just Friends

Though Jon Gosselin has been spotted with other women - most recently with two female companions over Memorial Day weekend and during a recent shopping spree at a New Jersey mall - the reality star says the women are ...

 

New Reviews: Marilyn Manson, Grizzly Bear, Phoenix and More

Perhaps perfectly scheduled to shatter the calm that follows Memorial Day weekend, shock rocker Marilyn Manson returns to stores today with his seventh album The High End of Low. As Rolling Stone’s Jody Rosen writes in his two-and-a-half star review of Manson’s new LP, in an age where extreme sex and ultra-violence are Googleable 24/7 ...

 

Obama heads to Arlington cemetery for Memorial Day

Obama heads to Arlington cemetery for Memorial Day

President Obama sought to dodge racial controversy on Memorial Day, sending wreaths to a monument for Confederate soldiers and ...

 

Manhattan Starbucks Hit by Small Blast

Manhattan Starbucks Hit by Small Blast

A bomb blast outside a Starbucks coffee shop rattled the early morning Memorial Day quiet of Manhattan's Upper East Side today, shattering windows and triggering the evacuation of 25 apartments.

 

Obama: Honor veterans this Memorial Day

President Obama urged Americans to pay tribute to veterans on Memorial Day, saying the nation all too often has "failed to live ...

 

Credit Card Crackdown Bill Heads to President

Credit Card Crackdown Bill Heads to President

In 361-64 vote, House gives final approval to legislation, ensuring that Obama will be able to sign the bill into law by Memorial Day.

 

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