Cheap cheesecake during The Cheesecake Factory's 30th anniversary celebration.

The Braves aren't out of the playoff race. Still, they'd be wise to look out for their future and trade Mark Teixeira, says Ken Rosenthal.

Max Mosley won an invasion of privacy suit against a tabloid newspaper that claimed he took part in a Nazi orgy.

During Barack Obama?s early morning visit to the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, a persistent heckler serenaded the Democratic candidate with shouts of ?Obama, Jerusalem is not for sale.? More here.

Too bad Barack Obama isn?t running for president of Europe. According to recent Gallup polls (May -June), more than 60% of Brits, French and Germans favor the Democratic candidate. Senator McCain polled 15% in the U.K., 10% in Germany and 4% in France. Mais oui.

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Researchers discovered unique microbes deep beneath the Earth's surface.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer dropped the ax today , and it landed on Kevin Johnson’s neck. Johnson, Microsoft’s soon-to-be ex-President of Platforms & Services, has been with Microsoft since 1992. He was in the unfortunate position of leading the recent Vista effort through its very troubled launch , and running Microsoft’s online efforts while watching their lunch be eaten by Google. He takes a consolation prize : He will become the CEO of Juniper Networks, a $12 billion network hardware manufacturer. So what’s next for Microsoft? The Windows and Windows Live products now report directly to Ballmer. All the online stuff, including search, advertising and most MSN/Live.com services will be headed by a new executive. Ballmer says they’ll look for the person to lead their Google-killing efforts both internally and externally. Putting Johnson aside for a moment, It’s damn well time Microsoft put someone in charge of its online efforts. Johnson had ...

Under orders from Roger Goodell to resolve their impasse with Brett Favre, the Green Bay Packers have begun making calls about their former franchise QB, according to online reports.

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets We've seen quite a few induction-based "wireless power" systems make the scene, and while the idea is interesting both in theory and prototype, actually getting it to market has proven to be quite difficult, with some casualties along the way. That's why we're a little wary of new claims by Israel's Powermat, Ltd. that it's ready to go with tech that'll turn "any surface" into a power source. Well, that, and the PR image they sent us has the iPod charging screen Photoshopped onto every device pictured, including a first-gen RAZR and an N95. Oh, and they claim that embedding PowerMat in sheetrock eliminates the need for outlets entirely, but we're not at all sure how that's supposed to work -- do you have to hold your devices against the wall all night? Add to that the interesting claims that Powermat's tech delivers energy in "real time," and that it "completely eliminates the potential for electrical fires," and we're in full put-up-or-shut-up mode over her ...