Karina Smirnoff, who was the DWTS Champion, together with JR Martinez in “Dancing with the Stars” 13th season, has broken off her engagement with Brad Penny, the pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. This was released by various entertainment sites, December 7, 2011.

Karina Smirnoff has reached the semi-finals and quarter finals of DWTS during previous seasons and had finally become the champion with JR Martinez in season 13. She is a U.S. National Champion and holds various international championships in dancing.

Smirnoff got engaged with Brad Penny on October 2010. Karina Smirnoff has apparently thought that she and Brad Penny were “different.”

Shoppers are now checking on Cyber Monday ads this 2011 too as these ads are now giving competition to Black Friday deals because of “equally enticing deals” participated in by more companies like Walmart, Target and Best Buy. This is according to Inquisitr.com, November 23, 2011.

Reportedly online shopping for Cyber Monday ads has also increased from 32.7% to 36%. Some of these Cyber Monday ads are:

Ecomom.com -spend only $15 for $50

Joe’s New Balance Outlet – Black Friday and Cyber Monday Sale – 10% off $50+

Amazon Cyber Monday deals –great discounts offered

Home Depot Online shopping Cyber Monday – big discounts for kitchen and laundry rooms

These are only a few of the participating stores for Cyber Monday ads 2011.

Further reports also stated that people who are now on the lookout for Cyber Monday ads had reached 106.9 million this year.

Giant Asteroid
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A giant asteroid will pass Earth closer at a distance closer than the moon’s orbit, but astronomers say it poses no danger of colliding with the Earth. This was disclosed in international news sites, November 8, 2011.

Reportedly, the giant asteroid, also called, 2005 YU55, measures 1,300-foot-wide, almost the size of an aircraft, would pass by Earth at 6:28 pm ET on Tuesday, November 8, 2011.

It will pass about 202,000 miles of earth and is not visible to the naked eye.

Additional reports however said that the giant asteroid can be seen, especially in North America and Western Europe, through a telescope with a mirror of about 6 inches in size.

Google through “Do a barrel roll” has made it again to the top of the news and the trending at twitter by the ingenuity of its engineers in creating this recent amazing surprise for searchers.  This has been widely reported by international news sites November 3 & 4, 2011.

Searchers should go to Google search’s home page and type “Do a barrel roll” wait for a few seconds and then watch what happens.

Google has been devising news ways to bring smiles to its surfers because of its wacky creativity and innovation. If you want to see what everyone is talking about, go to Google’s homepage type “Do a barrel roll” and press enter. You’ll surely be entertained for a while.

The start of the Daylight Saving Time 2011will be on November 6, 2011. Clocks will be set one hour forward, if it would be backed by political leaders all across UK, as disclosed by international news sites, October 29, 2011.

The one hour forward plan for the Daylight Saving Time, would “cut road deaths, boost tourism and reduce energy use,“ according to supporters, as reported by Daily Mail.

The Daylight Saving Time 2011 is expected to be on November 6, 2011, Sunday, in place once all things are ironed out by all parties concerned.

Cardinals
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The World Series 2011 championship was won by the St. Louis Cardinals against the Texas Rangers in Game 7, on October 28, 2011, Friday as disclosed by sports news sites on the same date.

In their official website’s homepage, “Congratulations CARDINALS!” is prominently displayed as reportedly, the St. Louis Cardinals made history with their win after being one strike away from elimination. They also made history with their score, 16 against 7 by the Rangers, and recoded as being the third highest score in a World Series game.

The St. Louis Cardinals won the World Series Championship against the Texas Rangers with a score 6-2, thereby winning their eleventh championship. “The Most Valuable Player” of the World Series 2011 would be awarded to David Freese, reports revealed.

A two-faced cat turned 12 this September and the Guinness Book of World Records‘ recognized it as the ’Oldest Living Janus Cat.’ This was disclosed by international news, this month of September.

Reportedly, the two-faced cat from Worcester was named Frank and Louie because it has two faces. The usual life span of cats with two faces is usually days or weeks only, but the Frank and Louie made it to 12 years.

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Crystal Cathedral
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The Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California has been forced to file for bankruptcy protection last October because of the potential lawsuits from its vendors. It is now in the process of being sold, US news sites reported, September 21, 2011.

Reportedly, the bankruptcy judge has approved the sale of the Crystal Cathedral in order to pay off its creditors, but church members are racing against time to raise money to save it.

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Aurora Australis or Southern Lights
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A video of the Southern Lights or Aurora Australis, which was captured from space by astronauts, was released by NASA, according to various news sites, September 21, 2011.

According to these reports, the Southern Lights are the counterpart of the Northern Lights or aurora borealis. It is caused by the ‘emissions of photons in the earth’s upper atmosphere.

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DWTS Season 13
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The controversial Chaz Bono dances to 17 points in the “Dancing with the Stars” DWTS premiere last Monday, September 19, as reported by US entertainment sites.

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