A special day to honor senior citizens of El Dorado County. Lunch, entertainment, raffle, prizes, many surprises and awards ceremony for "Senior of the Year" 2006. Deadline to register is April 28th. 10:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. El Dorado County Fairgrounds, 100 Placerville Drive, Placerville Donation of $2.50 (persons 60 years and older), $4.00 for all others For more information contact: Star Walker (530) 621-6255
AP - Yahoo Inc.'s stock rallied Tuesday on a report that AOL's former chief executive believes he can raise enough money in a worsening recession to buy the struggling Internet company for as much as $30 billion.
AP - Nokia Corp., the world's largest maker of cell phones, is launching a new phone next year that is designed to compete with Apple Inc.'s iPhone and Research In Motion Ltd. BlackBerrys at the high end of the market.
AP - Retailers who saw Thanksgiving holiday sales drop off as the weekend progressed stepped up online promotions on the day known as "Cyber Monday" to try to get consumers tired of the crowds at stores to keep shopping.
AP - Laptop, cell phone and iPod owners tired of having their devices run out of charge after a few hours have been patiently waiting for the next portable power source to arrive.
CNET - Nokia spent most of Tuesday buzzing about its N97 phone, but it also quietly completed an important step in its plan to evolve as a mobile computing company.
Reuters - Former AOL Chief Executive Jonathan Miller is seeking as much as $30 billion from investors to buy all or part of Yahoo Inc, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, boosting shares of the Web search engine by 7 percent.