2010 – The Year Facebook Dethroned Google As King Of The Web – Facebook was not only the most searched item of the year, but it passed Google as America’s most-visited website in 2010, according to a new report from Experian Hitwise.For the second year in a row, “facebook” was the top search term among U.S. Internet users. The search term accounted for 2.11% of all searches, according to Hitwise. [mashable]

Cape Winds Set To Continue – The South African Weather Service has forecast that the strong, gusting south-easterly winds currently being experienced will persist until the end of the week and are only expected to ease off late on Saturday, the City of Cape Town said on Wednesday. The Fire alert reading is in the red. So don’t make fires. Obviously. [news24]

Smith Pushes For Review System – The International Cricket Council should take responsibility for implementing the umpire review system itself and remove the right of Test teams to opt out, South Africa captain Graeme Smith said on Wednesday.Smith and his team were frustrated by a number of decisions the captain called unlucky as India beat them by 87 runs to square the three-match series 1-1. [iol]

Charlie Sheen Misses Family Christmas – Charlie Sheen is partying hard once again and missed THREE family Christmas events as he lived the high life. “He skipped going to his brother Emilio’s, didn’t show up at Denise Richards’ house and also skipped seeing his daughter Cassandra,” a source close to the family said. So where has Charlie been? “He’s back partying again – although it’s tough to say he’s back partying because he never really quit!” [radar]

Anti-Anorexia Campaign Model Dies – Isabelle Caro, a French actress and model whose emaciated image appeared in a shock Italian ad campaign and whose anorexia and career were followed by others suffering from eating disorders, has died at the age of 28. Her long-time friend, Dubreuil-Prevot, said she did not know the cause of death but that Caro “had been sick for a long time,” referring to her anorexia. [abcnews]

Paul Allen Tries To Sue Apple, Google And Facebook Again – Mercer Island billionaire Paul Allen today renewed his effort to sue Apple, Google, Facebook, eBay, AOL and other companies for patent infringement. Allen’s case was rejected on Dec. 10 by a federal judge in Seattle who said it was too vague. U.S. District Court Judge Marsha Pechman told Allen he had until Dec. 28 to file an amended suit. [seattletimes]

George Clooney And Google Team Up To Monitor Sudan Border – A group founded by American actor George Clooney said Tuesday it has teamed up with Google, a U.N. agency and anti-genocide organizations to launch satellite surveillance of the border between north and south Sudan to try to prevent a new civil war after the south votes in a secession referendum next month.. [latimes]

Man Dies Playing Real-Life Frogger – A man was struck by an SUV in Clemson Monday evening after police say he was playing a real-life version of the video game “Frogger” on a highway. The victim and friends were discussing the video game “Frogger,” where the player makes a frog jump out in front of objects and avoid being struck by them. Investigators say the victim yelled “go” and darted across the highway into oncoming traffic. Clever. [cbsnews]

Five Arrested In Danish Terror Plot – A group of men arrested in Denmark on Wednesday were about to mount a “Mumbai style” attack on the Danish newspaper that ignited Muslim fury around the world by publishing satirical cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in 2005, the head of the Danish Security and Intelligence Service said. Lars Barfoed, the Danish justice minister, called the plot “the most serious terror attempt in Denmark.” [nytimes]

Natalie Portman Thought She Would Die – It takes a tough artist to dive so deeply into character that the pain becomes real and you consider your own mortality. Conspiracy theorists have long believed Heath Ledger’s role as the Joker in ‘The Dark Knight’ killed him. Portman recalls the emotional struggle to become Nina Sayers for director Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Black Swan.'”There were some nights that I thought I literally was going to die,” she says. “It was the first time I understood how you could get so wrapped up in a role that it could sort of take you down.” [popeater]

Meet Almost The World’s First Nuclear Aircraft – The Valkyrie was a plane decades ahead of its time, pushing the aeronautical engineering of the early 1960s well beyond what had been thought possible. It was even slated to become the world’s first nuclear-powered bomber.The massive B-52 was the U.S.’s long-range strategic bomber in the 1950s, used to extend the range of nuclear weapons worldwide. The Pentagon sought an eventual replacement, a bomber that could cruise at ultra-high altitude, carry nuclear bombs, and stay aloft for extended periods. [wired]

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