General Motors filed for bankruptcy on Monday. Experts say GM will emerge from bankruptcy in 3 three years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first.
President Obama had General Motors file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday. Obama drove a hard bargain: he negotiated GM down from Chapter 15 bankruptcy.
President Obama and his wife Michelle went out on a date in New York City on Saturday night. It was an expensive date; they had to pay for the flight to New York, tickets to a Broadway show and Joe Biden for babysitting.
Happy birthday to Big Ben, which turned 150 yesterday. Big Ben has undergone a few changes since it was first built; for example, last year they added a snooze button.
The University of Texas beat Boston College in 25 innings Saturday – the longest college baseball game in NCAA history. That’s unusual because most baseball games only feel like they last forever.
Angelina Jolie was briefly hospitalized Friday after she bumped her head while filming an action sequence for a movie. After she bumped her head she couldn’t name all of her children – so they knew she was fine.
Rafael Nadal lost to Robin Soderling on Sunday, ending his record 31-match winning streak at the French Open. Nadal has the longest winning streak in France, other than the Germans.
A new study finds that “night owls” – people who stay up late – are more depressed than people who go to bed early. I don’t know about you but that bums me out.
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