Local club DC9 will continue to be closed for another month after an initial hearing in front of the city's Alcohol Beverage Control panel deemed the club to be an "imminent risk." The nightclub has been shut down since mid-October when Ali Ahmed Mohammed passed after an altercation with 5 of the club's employees. The nightclub co-owner Bill Spieler has since quitted and the other four employees have been "release."

- Eighteen-year-old Disney star Demi Lovato has drop out a European tour with the Jonas Brothers and went over rehab for unspecified reasons. "Demi has decided to take personal responsibility for her activities and look for help. She's doing just that," a spokesperson of hers said.

- Did Hammer actually record a diss track about Jay-Z? Yeah, he did. This prompts us of when Deshawn Stevenson started a war of words with LeBron James. Stunned, but we full support it!

- D.C.'s historic Lincoln Theater will establish a new "Live at the Lincoln" series that will start December 9 with gospel singers BeBe and CeCe Winans. Before that series starts, the locale will host the annual Go-Go Awards on November 21.

- Local hard-core legend H.R. of Bad Brains will sign autographs at clothing store Commonwealth this evening from eight to ten p.m. The event will also help establish a line of clothes affiliated with the iconic singer; he's also scheduled to come out at an afterparty later in the evening at U Street Music Hall.

Country music vocalist Randy Travis and his wife and manager Elizabeth Travis are pulling the plug off their nineteen yrs of marriage. On Friday, Oct 29, representative Maureen O'Connor has confirmed to People that Randy and Elizabeth have finished their marriage and "the divorce was settled as of this morning."

In a statement, it was exposed that "Elizabeth and Randy Travis have agreed to part ways. Elizabeth will stay Mr. Travis' personal manager. They don't intend to comment any further and ask for your respect for their privacy during this time."

The statement did not devote additional detail about Randy and Elizabeth's breakup other than "a state of incompatibility exists between the parties." According to Associated Press, a request for breakup of marriage was filed by Randy in Albuquerque, NM on Thursday, October 28. In the papers, the "America Will Always Stand" crooner requests for an equal part of assets.

Randy Travis and Elizabeth Travis married in May 1991. They met in the mid seventies when Randy won a talent competition at a club possessed by Elizabeth and her first husband in Charlotte, NC. Under Elizabeth's direction, Randy landed a record deal and bring out his first album "Storms of Life" in 1985.

Facebook on Wednesday launched several new features, including one that makes it easier for its 500 million members to separate online friendships into groups and another that lets them archive personal information posted on the website.

The new groups feature began rolling out Wednesday and will spread to the company's entire user base "relatively quickly," according to Facebook.

"We're not being hyperbolic when we say (groups) is going to be a fundamental shift in how people use Facebook," company CEO Mark Zuckenberg said during a press conference that was his first public appearance since last Friday's opening of The Social Network, the blockbuster movie tracing Facebook's origins.

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magine that you are walking down a city street and a person collapses in front of you. He is having a heart attack, and he needs instant assistance. What are you going to do?

For decades the technique known as CPR (Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation) has been the technique to use. CPR has saved thousands of lives in situations just like this. It was invented by Peter Safar and has been heavily promoted since the 1960s. Millions of people have gone through training classes with the Red Cross and other organizations. But CPR is now getting a face lift, and it no longer requires formal training. The new technique is called Continuous Chest Compression, or CCC.

CPR has been able to save so many lives because is immediately solves the biggest problem that occurs during a heart attack. In a large number of heart attacks, the heart is still perfectly functional. It has not died, nor has it ruptured. It simply has gotten confused and has started fibrillating instead of beating. You can think of a healthy heart as a big muscle that contracts in a useful way about once every second. A fibrillating heart has lost that rhythm, and instead is a muscle that is uselessly quivering.

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The Mets, Brewers and Pirates gave their managers the boot Monday, firing them after disappointing seasons with underperforming teams.

The mediocre Mets got rid of manager Jerry Manuel along with general manager Omar Minaya after the fourth consecutive season in which the high-payroll team failed to make the playoffs.

Ken Macha was officially dismissed by the Brewers after consecutive losing seasons that following their 2008 postseason appearance as the NL wild card.

John Russell was booted by the penurious Pirates after 299 defeats in three seasons, which extended the woebegone franchise’s consecutive losing years to a major league record 18.

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Twins • For the second straight year, the Minnesota Twins will play the postseason without Justin Morneau. The 2006 AL MVP hasn’t played since July 7 because of post-concussion symptoms. General manager Bill Smith said Monday the team doesn’t want to rush back its four-time All-Star first baseman.

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