It has been announced that baseball star Derek Jeter is getting married to actress Minka Kelly. The two are set to be married this November after the World Series will be over. The location is a the Oheka Castle on Long Island. Derek Jeter has been denying the rumors of a wedding date since rumors first began surfacing last August, but appears to be on board with the latest announcement.

It has been announced that baseball star Derek Jeter is getting married to actress Minka Kelly. The two are set to be married this November after the World Series will be over. The location is a the Oheka Castle on Long Island. Derek Jeter has been denying the rumors of a wedding date since rumors first began surfacing last August, but appears to be on board with the latest announcement.

In case you missed it, SI put together an extensive set of lists, photos and other fun stuff to celebrate the end of the decade. Here are some of the highlights: Peter King gave away some NFL awards and Joe Posnanski honored some of the decade's best in baseball. Jon Heyman also had a fun baseball piece looking at the decade's best trades, best/worst free agent acquisitions and more while Ian Thomsen did the same for the NBA. I also enjoyed the signature moments of the decade in college basketball which has a bunch of good videos. If failure is your thing, take a look at the biggest flops of the 2000s (cough, Barry Zito). I couldn't disagree more with Damon Hack's decision to make Phil Jackson the coach of the decade over Bill Belichick, though I'll likely name my first son Bill Belichick Gray, so my opinion isn't exactly neutral. But this is Hot Clicks, so if there's one piece you must check out it's the best moments in pop culture including the debut of Friday Night Lights starring the beautiful Minka Kelly (aka - the future Mrs. Jeter).

In case you missed it, SI put together an extensive set of lists, photos and other fun stuff to celebrate the end of the decade. Here are some of the highlights: Peter King gave away some NFL awards and Joe Posnanski honored some of the decade's best in baseball. Jon Heyman also had a fun baseball piece looking at the decade's best trades, best/worst free agent acquisitions and more while Ian Thomsen did the same for the NBA. I also enjoyed the signature moments of the decade in college basketball which has a bunch of good videos. If failure is your thing, take a look at the biggest flops of the 2000s (cough, Barry Zito). I couldn't disagree more with Damon Hack's decision to make Phil Jackson the coach of the decade over Bill Belichick, though I'll likely name my first son Bill Belichick Gray, so my opinion isn't exactly neutral. But this is Hot Clicks, so if there's one piece you must check out it's the best moments in pop culture including the debut of Friday Night Lights starring the beautiful Minka Kelly (aka - the future Mrs. Jeter).

Jan 10, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The family of a girl studying at University of Oklahoma is offering a reward of $10,000 to anyone who can give information on her whereabouts. The 21 year old girl named Julia Gilbert was seen for the last time on Jan 8, 2010. She was seen for the last time, leaving the house of a friend in Edmond. Her family thought that she would get back to the home but she vanished without leaving a trace behind. This has left her family baffled and worried to a great extent. They searched for her and called up her friends but the girl could not be traced.

Julia Gilbert was driving a silver Volkswagen Jetta and the number of the license plate is 607-BJK. The Edmond Police Department is searching for the student and a spokesperson said that the department is worried about her. The cops tried tracking the cell phone calls of Julia Gilbert. According to them, her last call was made near Deer Creek High School. Her parents said that it is very unusual for her to remain quiet for such a long time. Laurel Gilbert, her mother said in her statement that it is not in the nature of her daughter and she claimed that her daughter is quite responsible.

From Sunday morning, extensive searches were launched for tracing her and 12 planes were employed for that purpose. A lot of volunteers are still searching her. A family friend named William Payne said that Oklahoma County is being combed thoroughly to locate Julia Gilbert. It is a tense wait for the family certainly.

Jan 10, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The family of a girl studying at University of Oklahoma is offering a reward of $10,000 to anyone who can give information on her whereabouts. The 21 year old girl named Julia Gilbert was seen for the last time on Jan 8, 2010. She was seen for the last time, leaving the house of a friend in Edmond. Her family thought that she would get back to the home but she vanished without leaving a trace behind. This has left her family baffled and worried to a great extent. They searched for her and called up her friends but the girl could not be traced.

Julia Gilbert was driving a silver Volkswagen Jetta and the number of the license plate is 607-BJK. The Edmond Police Department is searching for the student and a spokesperson said that the department is worried about her. The cops tried tracking the cell phone calls of Julia Gilbert. According to them, her last call was made near Deer Creek High School. Her parents said that it is very unusual for her to remain quiet for such a long time. Laurel Gilbert, her mother said in her statement that it is not in the nature of her daughter and she claimed that her daughter is quite responsible.

From Sunday morning, extensive searches were launched for tracing her and 12 planes were employed for that purpose. A lot of volunteers are still searching her. A family friend named William Payne said that Oklahoma County is being combed thoroughly to locate Julia Gilbert. It is a tense wait for the family certainly.

Amir Vahedi, the poker player known for his oversized cigars and playful attitude at the table and on TV, has died due to complications from diabetes.
The news of Vahedi’s passing quickly spread amongst poker players and poker fans through social media sites. Professional poker player Mark Seif sent a message through Twitter stating, “I’ve just been told by close friends of Amir Vahedi, that Vahedi passed away in Las Vegas on January 8, 2010, due to complications involving blood sugar levels. Waiting for for more details. Devastating news. Very very sad.”
Jeffrey Pollack, former tournament director for the World Series of Poker, tweeted, “Amir was one of my favorite people in poker…. This is so sad, RIP my friend, your laugh will always be missed!”
Vahedi made the televised final table of the World Series of Poker main event in 2003, taking home $250,000 in prize money. Through his career he has officially recorded $2.5 million in tournament prize money.
Vahedi was a former Iranian soldier and veteran of the Iran-Iraq war before coming to America as a political refugee. He is credited with teaching a number of people the finer arts of poker, including Hollywood celebrity Ben Affleck.

Amir Vahedi, the poker player known for his oversized cigars and playful attitude at the table and on TV, has died due to complications from diabetes.
The news of Vahedi’s passing quickly spread amongst poker players and poker fans through social media sites. Professional poker player Mark Seif sent a message through Twitter stating, “I’ve just been told by close friends of Amir Vahedi, that Vahedi passed away in Las Vegas on January 8, 2010, due to complications involving blood sugar levels. Waiting for for more details. Devastating news. Very very sad.”
Jeffrey Pollack, former tournament director for the World Series of Poker, tweeted, “Amir was one of my favorite people in poker…. This is so sad, RIP my friend, your laugh will always be missed!”
Vahedi made the televised final table of the World Series of Poker main event in 2003, taking home $250,000 in prize money. Through his career he has officially recorded $2.5 million in tournament prize money.
Vahedi was a former Iranian soldier and veteran of the Iran-Iraq war before coming to America as a political refugee. He is credited with teaching a number of people the finer arts of poker, including Hollywood celebrity Ben Affleck.

January 9, 2010 - With much of the country in a deep freeze this week, it might be good therapy to daydream about summer. July Flame is the summery title of the new album from Laura Veirs. She's known for writing songs about the great outdoors, and this new record — her seventh — is no exception.

You needn't look any further than the title track as a way to warm up; it's about a peach grown in Veirs' home of Oregon. She saw the peach at a farmer's market and thought it was such a great name that it eventually became a song.
To hear the full Veirs interview with Mary Louise Kelly, click the audio link above. And don't forget that you can hear the entirety of July Flame right here until Jan. 12.

January 9, 2010 - With much of the country in a deep freeze this week, it might be good therapy to daydream about summer. July Flame is the summery title of the new album from Laura Veirs. She's known for writing songs about the great outdoors, and this new record — her seventh — is no exception.

You needn't look any further than the title track as a way to warm up; it's about a peach grown in Veirs' home of Oregon. She saw the peach at a farmer's market and thought it was such a great name that it eventually became a song.
To hear the full Veirs interview with Mary Louise Kelly, click the audio link above. And don't forget that you can hear the entirety of July Flame right here until Jan. 12.

SAN ANTONIO – Steven Sheffield took the field on Oct. 3 and helped Texas Tech turn its season around, leading the Red Raiders to three straight victories in place of injured quarterback Taylor Potts.

The former walk-on turned a similar trick at the Alamo Bowl on Saturday night, leading the Red Raiders to a win they won’t soon forget.
Sheffield, who hadn’t played since a loss at Oklahoma State on Nov. 14, entered the game after Michigan State took a four-point lead with about eight minutes remaining. He promptly engineered a 77-yard scoring drive that he capped with a go-ahead touchdown pass to Detron Lewis, and Tech continued to dominate the final minutes in a 41-31 victory before 64,757 fans at the Alamodome.

“I’ve been excited to redeem myself since Oklahoma State, when I went in and played a horrible game,” said Sheffield, who finished 9-of-11 passing for 88 yards and the score. “My foot’s been getting better and better, and excited is the best word to (describe it). I’ve wanted to be on the field since day one. … In my mind, I wanted to start and I wanted to play every down. I was just excited to go in.”

Potts, who passed for two touchdowns and an Alamo Bowl-record 372 yards to earn offensive most valuable player honors, threw an interception early in the fourth quarter that led to a Brett Swenson field goal that gave Michigan State a 31-27 lead. But that’s not why he came out of the game.

He said he took a hit that caused him to lose vision in one of his eyes, so the Tech coaches deemed him unfit to return to the field. Potts said he would have preferred to finish the game, but he also said he was confident Sheffield would come through.

So was Lincoln Riley, Tech’s inside receivers coach who served as acting offensive coordinator.

“He’s got the ice water in his veins,” said Riley, who also praised Potts’ performance. “He’s come through for us all year, and I knew putting him in in a pressure situation, I knew he would get it done.”

Shortly after the go-ahead score, Tech safety Franklin Mitchem intercepted Michigan State quarterback Kirk Cousins at the Spartans’ 35-yard line. Baron Batch sealed the win with his second TD run a few minutes later, after Sheffield kept the short drive alive with a pair of fourth-down completions.

The result was Tech’s third consecutive nine-win season and a satisfying end to a tumultuous week. Longtime head coach Mike Leach was fired by the university only three days earlier, but defensive coordinator-turned-interim head coach Ruffin McNeill rallied the Red Raiders and helped them overcome a feisty Michigan State team that was missing 14 players who were suspended or dismissed in the wake of a campus dormitory fight on Nov. 22.

“This was the most challenging week I’ve had in my 29 years of coaching. It was a fun challenge, though,” said McNeill, who got endorsements from several Tech players to become the team’s permanent head coach. “This was the most rewarding night of my coaching career.”

Tech (9-4) raced out to a 10-point lead and never trailed in the first half, but the back-and-forth game was close throughout. Michigan State (6-7) took its first lead less than three minutes into the third quarter, when Keith Nichol’s 7-yard run capped a short drive set up by Eric Stephens’ fumble on the opening kickoff of the second half, and the lead changed hands three more times.

The Red Raiders gained 579 total yards – their most in a bowl game since the 1995 Copper Bowl – and were just as effective running the ball as throwing it. Batch rushed for 100 yards on 22 carries and added 85 yards on six receptions.

Lewis finished with 114 receiving yards and the winning score on 10 catches, Lyle Leong added a TD reception and kept the go-ahead drive alive with a 43-yard grab on third-and-12, and Austin Zouzalik hauled in a 50-yard flea flicker from Potts to set up a second-quarter score.

The Spartans had their moments on offense, too. Freshman Edwin Baker rushed for 97 yards and a long touchdown, and versatile receiver Keshawn Martin had a TD reception and also threw a scoring pass out of the wildcat formation, immediately after Swenson threw for a 19-yard completion on a fake field goal.

Blair White finished with 114 yards and a TD receiving for the Spartans, and Cousins threw for 220 yards and a score.

“We tried to do what we could do out there, and I think it was an exciting game if you watched it,” said Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio, whose team lost its fourth consecutive bowl game. “But it’s tough when you come up short. It’s not easy.”

Despite allowing 396 total yards, two long scores and 149 kickoff-return yards by Martin, Tech’s defense and special teams stiffened when they had to. Daniel Howard blocked a second-quarter field-goal attempt that would have tied the game, and after the Raiders took the lead, they didn’t allow another first down.

“They threw a lot of new things at us, and I think we as a secondary adjusted well,” said Tech cornerback Jamar Wall, who had six tackles, two pass breakups and an interception en route to defensive MVP honors. “They got us on a few plays here and there, but our overall coverage was acceptable.”

It all added up to gratifying and memorable win for the Red Raiders, who easily could have lost focus with all the turmoil surrounding Leach’s dismissal. But instead of cracking under the spotlight or splintering as a team, they stuck together and rallied around McNeill and each other.

Batch called it an “awesome” way to end an up-and-down week and season, and he wasn’t the only Tech player who felt that way.

“This whole week’s been crazy, but the type of team we have, we never gave up, never lost focus,” Potts said. “We never thought about losing. We never thought, ‘It doesn’t matter if we lose. Nobody will blame us because of what we’ve been through.’

“All we wanted to do was win, and we came out here and did it.”

SAN ANTONIO – Steven Sheffield took the field on Oct. 3 and helped Texas Tech turn its season around, leading the Red Raiders to three straight victories in place of injured quarterback Taylor Potts.

The former walk-on turned a similar trick at the Alamo Bowl on Saturday night, leading the Red Raiders to a win they won’t soon forget.
Sheffield, who hadn’t played since a loss at Oklahoma State on Nov. 14, entered the game after Michigan State took a four-point lead with about eight minutes remaining. He promptly engineered a 77-yard scoring drive that he capped with a go-ahead touchdown pass to Detron Lewis, and Tech continued to dominate the final minutes in a 41-31 victory before 64,757 fans at the Alamodome.

“I’ve been excited to redeem myself since Oklahoma State, when I went in and played a horrible game,” said Sheffield, who finished 9-of-11 passing for 88 yards and the score. “My foot’s been getting better and better, and excited is the best word to (describe it). I’ve wanted to be on the field since day one. … In my mind, I wanted to start and I wanted to play every down. I was just excited to go in.”

Potts, who passed for two touchdowns and an Alamo Bowl-record 372 yards to earn offensive most valuable player honors, threw an interception early in the fourth quarter that led to a Brett Swenson field goal that gave Michigan State a 31-27 lead. But that’s not why he came out of the game.

He said he took a hit that caused him to lose vision in one of his eyes, so the Tech coaches deemed him unfit to return to the field. Potts said he would have preferred to finish the game, but he also said he was confident Sheffield would come through.

So was Lincoln Riley, Tech’s inside receivers coach who served as acting offensive coordinator.

“He’s got the ice water in his veins,” said Riley, who also praised Potts’ performance. “He’s come through for us all year, and I knew putting him in in a pressure situation, I knew he would get it done.”

Shortly after the go-ahead score, Tech safety Franklin Mitchem intercepted Michigan State quarterback Kirk Cousins at the Spartans’ 35-yard line. Baron Batch sealed the win with his second TD run a few minutes later, after Sheffield kept the short drive alive with a pair of fourth-down completions.

The result was Tech’s third consecutive nine-win season and a satisfying end to a tumultuous week. Longtime head coach Mike Leach was fired by the university only three days earlier, but defensive coordinator-turned-interim head coach Ruffin McNeill rallied the Red Raiders and helped them overcome a feisty Michigan State team that was missing 14 players who were suspended or dismissed in the wake of a campus dormitory fight on Nov. 22.

“This was the most challenging week I’ve had in my 29 years of coaching. It was a fun challenge, though,” said McNeill, who got endorsements from several Tech players to become the team’s permanent head coach. “This was the most rewarding night of my coaching career.”

Tech (9-4) raced out to a 10-point lead and never trailed in the first half, but the back-and-forth game was close throughout. Michigan State (6-7) took its first lead less than three minutes into the third quarter, when Keith Nichol’s 7-yard run capped a short drive set up by Eric Stephens’ fumble on the opening kickoff of the second half, and the lead changed hands three more times.

The Red Raiders gained 579 total yards – their most in a bowl game since the 1995 Copper Bowl – and were just as effective running the ball as throwing it. Batch rushed for 100 yards on 22 carries and added 85 yards on six receptions.

Lewis finished with 114 receiving yards and the winning score on 10 catches, Lyle Leong added a TD reception and kept the go-ahead drive alive with a 43-yard grab on third-and-12, and Austin Zouzalik hauled in a 50-yard flea flicker from Potts to set up a second-quarter score.

The Spartans had their moments on offense, too. Freshman Edwin Baker rushed for 97 yards and a long touchdown, and versatile receiver Keshawn Martin had a TD reception and also threw a scoring pass out of the wildcat formation, immediately after Swenson threw for a 19-yard completion on a fake field goal.

Blair White finished with 114 yards and a TD receiving for the Spartans, and Cousins threw for 220 yards and a score.

“We tried to do what we could do out there, and I think it was an exciting game if you watched it,” said Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio, whose team lost its fourth consecutive bowl game. “But it’s tough when you come up short. It’s not easy.”

Despite allowing 396 total yards, two long scores and 149 kickoff-return yards by Martin, Tech’s defense and special teams stiffened when they had to. Daniel Howard blocked a second-quarter field-goal attempt that would have tied the game, and after the Raiders took the lead, they didn’t allow another first down.

“They threw a lot of new things at us, and I think we as a secondary adjusted well,” said Tech cornerback Jamar Wall, who had six tackles, two pass breakups and an interception en route to defensive MVP honors. “They got us on a few plays here and there, but our overall coverage was acceptable.”

It all added up to gratifying and memorable win for the Red Raiders, who easily could have lost focus with all the turmoil surrounding Leach’s dismissal. But instead of cracking under the spotlight or splintering as a team, they stuck together and rallied around McNeill and each other.

Batch called it an “awesome” way to end an up-and-down week and season, and he wasn’t the only Tech player who felt that way.

“This whole week’s been crazy, but the type of team we have, we never gave up, never lost focus,” Potts said. “We never thought about losing. We never thought, ‘It doesn’t matter if we lose. Nobody will blame us because of what we’ve been through.’

“All we wanted to do was win, and we came out here and did it.”

Here Jennifer Lopez’s New Years’ Eve outfit. J Lo’s New Year’s Eve outfit dropped the cover for the second track. And from there, well, New Years Eve viewers got an eyeful.
ennifer Lopez’s skin tight outfit revealed basically every curve on the stunning hit machine, and possibly just a few curves too much.
Way before Lady GaGa, Lopez - from award shows to performances - had perfected the ability of bringing attention for the … revealing … nature of her outfits.

In the early years of her marriage of Mark Anthony, gossip sites claimed Anthony had sought the tone down of J Lo’s outfits. Clearly that was not the case last night from Times Square.

Lopez told the crowd - “It was 10 years ago we counted down with the same song I’m about to do.” And now in 2010 she looks as hot as ever!

Here Jennifer Lopez’s New Years’ Eve outfit. J Lo’s New Year’s Eve outfit dropped the cover for the second track. And from there, well, New Years Eve viewers got an eyeful.
ennifer Lopez’s skin tight outfit revealed basically every curve on the stunning hit machine, and possibly just a few curves too much.
Way before Lady GaGa, Lopez - from award shows to performances - had perfected the ability of bringing attention for the … revealing … nature of her outfits.

In the early years of her marriage of Mark Anthony, gossip sites claimed Anthony had sought the tone down of J Lo’s outfits. Clearly that was not the case last night from Times Square.

Lopez told the crowd - “It was 10 years ago we counted down with the same song I’m about to do.” And now in 2010 she looks as hot as ever!

Your day according to Google: It is going to be a rock and roll day for sure: seven of the top 10 hot searches this morning are related to the death of drummer Jimmy Sullivan, "the Rev" of rock for heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold. Never heard of A7X? Think Iron Maiden meets Guns N Roses during Slayer's set at OzzFest. No solid news yet on the cause of the 28-year-old's death.

And if those few opening lines of today's Cup O' Google don't have you already clicking over to iTunes to look up some kick ass rock of yore, consider this nugget: Van Morrison, at age 64, became a daddy for the third time when his wife GiGi gave birth yesterday to George Ivan Morrison III.

The remainder of the top ten searches were no less alarming - Erik Gates of TV's Mythbusters show fell through a skylight on a rooftop and plunged 30 feet to his death, and the Food and Drug Administration recalled Tylenol Arthritis Pain Caplets with the EZ Open Cap (100 count) after some consumers complained of a musty, moldy smell and reported nausea, vomiting, stomach pain and diarrhea. For the full list of recalled lot numbers, click here.

Flipping to the second page of the top 20, things seem no less bleak. Any list with the words "Frank Gifford" can't be good, but thankfully, it seems to be one of those weird Internet blips not associated with any actual news about the sportscaster and KLG sidekick. The same isn't true of actor Charlie Sheen and his wife Brooke, who had quite the eventful Christmas in Aspen. New details are emerging about his arrest that morning on domestic violence charges, with the AP quoting from an arrest warrant affidavit in which Brooke Mueller Sheen says her husband straddled her on a bed, held a knife to her throat and threatened to kill her. The fracas started when she allegedly told him she wanted a divorce.

And rounding out this weird morning is a new and easy-to-remember nickname for Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian known in most circles as the "underwear bomber" for trying to ignite his crotch filled with PETN explosives during a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit: his Internet moniker is farouk1986. We still prefer "underwear bomber."

If there is any dim sparkle of decent news on the top 20 list this morning, it's the announcement that GM is holding a fire sale on discontinued cars like Saturns and Pontiacs. Yes, it's a stretch, but if you're truly needy for new wheels and are desperate enough to consider a Saturn, discounts can be as deep as 46 percent. The offer expires on Jan. 4.

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About this dscriber.com column: Like a horoscope, but applicable to anyone with an Internet connection, Daily Cup O'Google reaches into the collective consciousness of frequently googled search terms each morning to predict, at a glance, what conversations will dominate your day and shape the 24-hour news cycle.