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- The Chinese people are celebrating the "Chongyang Festival", also known as Double Ninth Day due on Tuesday to show respect to senior citizens.
- Shanghai's senior citizens are generally satisfied with their lives, according to a recent survey.
- As the annual Nobel Prizes are handed out this week, Chinese netizens are coming up with their own versions of Nobel Prize winners parodying the renowned awards.
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The Boston Red Sox brushed aside the 100-win Angels in four games, dismissing their best-in-baseball regular season as last month's news.
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They rushed toward the mound, these remarkable Rays, and immediately formed a circle. Jumping together like fraternity brothers, they resembled party regulars in the post-season.
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The Saints gave a national audience a taste of what New Orleans' long-suffering fans have bemoaned for years.
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David Beckham will miss the Los Angeles Galaxy's final road game of the season Oct. 18 at Houston because of a mandatory one-game suspension for earning his fifth yellow card.
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- Beijing has raised the retail price of gasoline by 200 Yuan, or about 30 US dollars per ton. That is 17 cents per litre.
- After the recent five day National Holiday, the prices of many international and domestic tours have now fallen, some have even hit rock bottom.
- Silicon Valley-based on-line auction site "eBay" says it plans to lay off about 10 percent of its global workforce, while spending more than one billion dollars on buying companies to bolster its business.
- Panic swept through the world's financial markets yesterday, wiping $2,500 billion from share values, amid concern that regulators and politicians were struggling to get a grip on the worsening crisis of confidence.
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Releasing City Leaders' Contact Information
An elderly resident of Shanxi Changzhi was thrilled to receive a name card from a top city leader. He said he never thought that he would be able to talk directly to the mayor about his problems. This is reportedly the first time government leaders' phone numbers have been released to the public in the province.
- Canadian punk-pop star Avril Lavigne wrapped up her two-year long concert series - "The Best Damn Tour 2008" - last night with her final song "Skateboy" at Beijing's Wukesong Indoor Stadium, the last stop on her current world tour.
- Musical accolades were handed out in London today, with music publication Q Magazine dishing out gongs for the best in popular music.
- Anne Hathaway, who is generating buzz for her performance in "Rachel Getting Married," has signed for a role in "Alice in Wonderland," which Tim Burton is directing for Disney.
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