THE SHOW: 01/05/2010 - LIL WAYNE TO CUT OR NOT TO CUT / PRED'S MAY NEED A NEW HOME / JOHNSON & JOHNSON HEIRESS FOUND DEAD /

*NASHVILLE, Tenn. - After ten seasons at the Sommet Center, the Nashville Predators could be forced to find a new place to call home.
Owner David Freeman has been dealing with some financial woes, and the team could be in default on its arena lease with Metro.
City lawyers were scheduled to meet with the Predators sometime this week to talk about how to resolve the owner's federal tax issues.
Freeman said he expected to have the issue with the IRS resolved in January.
Under the lease agreement, the Predators would owe Metro $50 million if it they default on their lease.

*NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Patrons at a downtown bar actually ran down a stabbing suspect overnight.
Police said a man entered the bar 12th & Porter just after midnight waving a knife and threatening the drummer in the band that was playing. The man began a fight with the drummer and slashed him once on the arm and once on the leg.
The suspect took off, but three witnesses ran him down and surrounded him until police arrived.
The victim was taken to Baptist Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The suspect was taken to jail.

*EAGLEVILLE, Tenn. - The three men accused of brutally beating an elderly Rutherford County couple were set to be in court Tuesday.
Police charged 36-year-old Ronald Damon, 19-year-old Ashton Garza and 20-year-old James Pittard in the home invasion and beating of Cecil and Edna Story.
Three Suspects Arrested In Elderly Couple Home Invasion
Police said the men pushed their way into the couple's Eagleville home last Sunday night, beat them, tied them up and robbed them.
Elderly Couple Survives Home Invasion
The suspects were charged with especially aggravated kidnapping, aggravated robbery and aggravated burglary.

*The United States and Britain on Monday kept their embassies in Yemen closed for a second day because of threats from a local branch of the al-Qaida terrorist network. France also closed its embassy in Yemen.
Much of the world's attention is now on Yemen, after the failed Christmas Day bombing of a U.S. airliner, allegedly by a man with ties to al-Qaida in that country. The United States is asking Yemen for help in restricting al-Qaida's activities.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the situation a "difficult set of challenges" during a joint appearance with the prime minister of Qatar.
"The spillover effects from instability directly impact the neighbors. Obviously, we see global implications from the war in Yemen and the ongoing efforts by al-Qaida in Yemen to use it as a base for terrorist attacks far beyond the region," Clinton said.
Yemen is plagued by civil war, and a host of domestic problems.
"In Yemen, you have failing economy, you have a country running out of water, chronic unemployment, rampant inflation - all these things that need to be addressed and that aren't being addressed right now," Chris Boucek of the Carnegie Institute said.
He says Yemen may be too pre-occupied to combat international terrorism.

"Philippines Massacre Suspect Pleads Not Guilty "

*The prime suspect in the worst political massacre in the Philippines pleaded not guilty Tuesday when he appeared under heavy security in a special police court charged with multiple counts of murder.
Andal Ampatuan Jr. is accused of leading a brutal, deadly attack on a political rival's family, their staff and at least 30 journalists accompanying their convoy in Maguindanao province last November. The attack left 57 people dead.
The suspect belongs to the powerful Ampatuan clan that has ruled the province unchallenged for years, and was closely allied with President Gloria Arroyo.
The Ampatuans deny wrongdoing, and Ms. Arroyo has kicked the clan out of her coalition.
The hearing has been adjourned until next week.
The international community has expressed outrage over the murders and called on the Arroyo government to hold the killers accountable.
Manila quickly distanced itself from the Ampatuans after the massacre and imposed martial law in Maguindanao to allow troops to make arrests without warrants.
Ampatuan Jr.'s father, the former governor of Maguindanao, and other members of his powerful clan have also been detained and may face murder charges.

"Pakistan said it had begun applying the new checks on US-bound passengers "

*Security has been stepped up at many airports in the wake of the alleged bomb plot against a US plane as it approached Detroit on 25 December.
Some countries have announced plans to introduce more sophisticated technology to screen travellers, others are making body and hand-baggage searches more rigorous.
The BBC looks at what changes are being made in a selection of countries.

CELEB NEWS:
"Heiress Casey Johnson Found Dead Days After Reported Fight With Lover Tequila "

*Casey Johnson, socialite and heiress to the Johnson & Johnson fortune, may have been dead inside her Los Angeles home for days before her body was found Monday.

"Shirtless Tiger to Grace Vanity Fair Cover "

*Tiger Woods flexes his muscles after making a birdie putt. Photos of him bare-chested and holding weights will appear on the cover of Vanity Fair next week.

*According to New York State law, dreadlocks are almost always forbidden.
We reached out to a lawyer friend of ours to find out Wayne's sentence means for his almost waist-length locks.
"Male prisoners are only allowed to wear their hair in cornrows, going straight back. And they can't exceed the "natural hairline in length. Now of course our question is: what does "natural hairline mean?
"It means it can’t extend the neck. But there is one loop-hole in the issue “ though I'm not sure it's going to help Wayne. Prisoners who claim Rastafarri as their religion are allowed in most cases to keep their locks. But even then there's a process to determine if it's genuine.

*January 5, 1943 ~ January 5 is George Washington Carver Day in honor of the brilliant agricultural chemist who died on this day in 1943. Nicknamed "the Peanut Man" and the "Wizard of Tuskegee," Carver headed the agricultural department of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama and was one of the most prominent scientist of his day. He was renowned for finding new uses for everyday items. Carver's research in improved farming techniques helped to revolutionize farming in America. He once wrote, "I wanted to know the name of every stone and flower and insect and bird and beast."

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*Bringing a picture of the girl from Napoleon Dynamite to your hairdresser is never a good idea. Remember that ladies.~Florida