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Barry Bonds was indicted on perjury and obstruction of justice charges, the culmination of a four-year federal investigation into whether he lied under oath to a grand jury looking into steroid use by elite athletes. - Yahoo

Free-agent catcher Yorvit Torrealba will agree to a three-year contract with the New York Mets on Thursday, according to Torrealba’s agent, Melvin Roman.

If Torrealba passes a physical, an announcement is expected in the next day or two. Newsday reported on its website that the contract will be worth $14.4 million over three years. - ESPN

I don’t know why they signed this guy. He’s like another back up catcher?! He sucks! Might as well sign Jessica Alba to a three year deal. What happened to Lo Duca? PAUL.. LO.. DUCA (clap clap …clap clap clap!)

Officials closed the restaurant Wednesday night after it failed its second inspection in a month. An inspector spotted a live mouse and mouse droppings, fruit flies, house flies and more than 100 live cockroaches.

“Both inspections revealed rodent and fly infestation and conditions conducive to pest infestation, including stagnant water in the basement,” the department said. - Yahoo

Hayden Panettiere’s heroic dolphin-saving mission last month wasn’t without its consequences.

“I learned that they have an arrest warrant out for me in Japan,” the Heroes star told E! News exclusively Wednesday. “We just found out.”

Panettiere, 18, was part of a convoy of activists from the U.S. and Australia who on Oct. 30 paddled out on surfboards to protest the annual slaughter of dolphins and whales by Japanese fisherman.

Phil Jackson Apologizes For Comments… “If I offended any cowboys any texans any horses….” haha

George Clooney and Brad Pitt have shamelessly campaigned for him since 2001, but this year’s winner was Bourne to the title. “You’ve given an aging suburban dad the ego-boost of a lifetime,” Damon, 37, told PEOPLE, explaining why he couldn’t possibly accept the crown – which perfectly demonstrates many of the reasons we chose him in the first place: irresistible sense of humor, rock solid family man, heart-melting humility.

Matt Damon meets world champion of whistling…

“I was like, `How do I move to New York?’ It’s a great city (and) everywhere you look there’s art and restaurants and people are, like, on the move, it’s very progressive.

“People talk to you, they interact. It’s not like that in L.A. In L.A. everyone’s in their car and they’re honking at you or spitting their cigarette or their gum out at you.” - Entertainmentwise

Adium, the Trillian for Macs has a audio/video plugin.

Integrate video and audio chat with the popular open source chat application Adium using the freeware MeBeam plug-in.

if you’ve been dying for video chat integration with Adium, the free, Mac OS X-only MeBeam plug-in will do the trick.

MeBeam Description

Strap the Chewbacca Plush Backpack to your back and he’ll be carrying your books in style. His arms wrap around you to let you know he’s secure - even his legs will secure around your abdomen, for some extra cuddly fun.

His bandoleer bag can hold some smaller accessories such as cables, business cards, or Ewok jerky. And second, there can be no bigger thrill than asking someone if they want to pet your Wookiee. - Thinkgeek