Extended stay for Britney, Extended play for Super Bowl ads

Just a Little Bit Longer:  Doctors and a medical officer determined that Britney Spears should remain hospitalized an additional two weeks, a source close to Britney told the Associated Press. Spears was to be released from UCLA Medical Center's psychiatric hospital Sunday, but medical personnel cited a section in the state law that allows patients to be retained for medical treatment if they are found to be gravely disabled or a danger to themselves or others.

And Another Thing: On top of her hospital stay and losing joint custody of her two sons, reports People Magazine, the court recently ruled that someone needed to take over her personal and financial affairs and chose Spears’ father, James Spears. We’re pretty sure the court made a good move - because we all know how well her mother, Lynne Spears, manages her daughters’ careers.

Ad it Up (Part Deux): Too busy watching Green Bay's Super Bowl upset to catch all the Super Bowl commercials? Need a quick video rundown of the top five Super Bowl ads? Try this Yahoo! sports blog. Fox gives a rundown of the worst ten ads and a chance to view them all. Today's most viewed videos can all be found on one profile, Super Bowl Ads, and YouTube has a collection of Super Bowl ads too thanks to the AdBlitz channel.

Price Cut:  Now categorized under fiction Boston Globe's “19-0: The Historic Championship Season of New England's Unbeatable Patriots.”  Prices slashed from $15 to $10. 

Sick Day: Surveys suggest the first Monday in February is the worst day for absenteeism, leading it to be dubbed National Sickie Day. (We know all those Super Bowl parties had to lend a hand to this trend.)

Mrs. McPhee: Katharine McPhee, an "American Idol" finalist and budding actress tied the knot with her longtime producer boyfriend Nick Cokas Saturday, reports E! News. According to People magazine, the couple swapped vows in a late afternoon ceremony at the Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church in front of 305 of their closest friends. The duo is separated in age by almost two decades, Cokas is 42, and met in 2005, in McPhee’s pre-Idol days. McPhee will next be seen on the big screen this August, when she stars alongside Anna Faris and Bruce Willis’ daughter Rumer Willis in the dark sorority comedy, "I Know What Boys Like."

Freakin' Phil: Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of winter when he saw his shadow Saturday. People must feel like their reliving the same day or something, because according to Technorati, the most discussed video on IMDB.com this weekend was Groundhog Day.

Well Heeled: Wearing high heels may improve a woman's sex life, according to an Italian doctor.

Abercrombie Fit:  Speaking of "sex," Virginia Beach police seized two large promotional photographs from the Abercrombie & Fitch store in Lynnhaven Mall on Saturday  following a citizen complaint, reported The Virginian-Pilot.  The story, posted online Sunday, set off a frenzy of online user interaction.  As of 5 p.m. Sunday, the story garnered more than 250,000 hits. The story was well on it's way to garnering the same attention today. So you're bound to see plenty of follow-ups to that story soon.

Lost Vader: Imagine Darth Vader on "Lost." Well you don't really have to....

Moment of Local Zen: Check out this "Tower Skyline" by HamptonRoads.com user Taylor Konczal in HamptonRoads.com's Scenic Hampton Roads photo gallery.

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