Google News: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. wins championship

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Ricky Stenhouse Jr. wins championship ESPN - ‎5 hours ago‎ AP Ricky Stenhouse Jr. captures Nationwide championship after second place finish at Homestead-Miami SpeedwayTags: Nationwide Championship, Nationwide Title HOMESTEAD, Fla. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. turns things around by winning Nationwide Series title at ... Washington Post Stenhouse Jr. wins Nationwide Series title CBSSports.com See all 152 sources »

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Google News: Syracuse basketball assistant denies abuse charge

Syracuse basketball assistant denies abuse charge San Francisco Chronicle - ‎51 minutes ago‎ A ball boy for six years, Davis told ESPN that the abuse occurred at Fine's home, at Syracuse basketball facilities and on team road trips, including the 1987 Final Four, when the Orange lost to Indiana in the national championship game. Syracuse Orange Men's Basketball Asst. Coach Accused of Sex Abuse ThirdAge Syracuse assistant on leave amid abuse allegation CBSSports.com See all 1,136 sources »

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Google News: Iowa State shakes up BCS race

Iowa State shakes up BCS race ESPN - ‎24 minutes ago‎ We've spent the past few weeks wondering what would happen to the BCS national championship race if No. 2 Oklahoma State lost to No. Iowa State stuns No. 2 Oklahoma State in 2OT USA Today Iowa State upsets No. 2 Oklahoma State in 2 OTs San Francisco Chronicle See all 457 sources »

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Google News: Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet to allow Hulu+ TV streaming

Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet to allow Hulu+ TV streaming Los Angeles Times - ‎41 minutes ago‎ Amazon.com Inc. will allow users to use Hulu+ on its upcoming Kindle Fire device, adding a major source of TV and movie content to its tablet arsenal. Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet: What you need to know Computerworld (blog) Kindle Fire nabs support for ESPN ScoreCenter and Hulu Plus ZDNet (blog) See all 89 sources »

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Google News: Penn State appoints committee to investigate child sex abuse scandal

Penn State appoints committee to investigate child sex abuse scandal USA Today - ‎1 hour ago‎ STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - Penn State's board of trustees on Friday vowed to restore "public trust in the university" and created a special committee to investigate the sex abuse scandal that has rocked the campus and ... Paterno never needed hindsight Fox News New York Daily News - Chicago Tribune - ESPN - WRTA all 25,686 news articles »

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FBI Investigating Scarlett Johansson Photos

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into who may be responsible for leaking private photos hacked from the cell phone of actress Scarlett Johansson.

The two photos depict Johansson in various stages of undress. An FBI official told Fox News, "The FBI is aware of the alleged hacking incident and is looking into it."

Fox News also reports that the FBI is already investigating whether other celebrities, including Vanessa Hudgens and Jessica Alba, had their email accounts hacked. According to TMZ, Hudgens met with law enforcement earlier this year about the hacking.

This is far from the first time a celebrity has had his or her privacy violated. Several years ago, ESPN reporter Erin Andrews was the target of a stalker who secretly videotaped her in her hotel room. That man, Michael Barrett, was later found guilty and sentenced to 30 months in prison.

The cell phone hacking of Hugh Grant also caused a major uproar. Reporters for the now defunct British tabloid News of the World hacked into the film star's cell phone to listen to private messages. Grant had the last laugh when he secretly tape recorded one of the reporters admitting to the crime.

Not surprisingly, this latest scandal is causing an uproar on the Web. Over the past several hours, online searches for "scarlett johansson" and "scarlett johansson fbi" have both soared into breakout status.

Elliott Wave Theory

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Back in the old school days of the 1920-30s, there was this mad genius and professional accountant named Ralph Nelson Elliott.

By analyzing closely 75 years worth of stock data, Elliott discovered that stock markets, thought to behave in a somewhat chaotic manner, actually didn't.

When he hit 66 years old, he finally gathered enough evidence (and confidence) to share his discovery with the world.

He published his theory in the book entitled The Wave Principle.

According to him, the market traded in repetitive cycles, which he pointed out were the emotions of investors caused by outside influences (ahem, CNBC, Bloomberg, ESPN) or the predominant psychology of the masses at the time.

Elliott explained that the upward and downward swings in price caused by the collective psychology always showed up in the same repetitive patterns.

He called these upward and downward swings "waves".

He believes that, if you can correctly identify the repeating patterns in prices, you can predict where price will go (or not go) next.

This is what makes Elliott waves so appealing to traders. It gives them a way to identify precise points where price is most likely to reverse. In other words, Elliott came up with a system that enables traders to catch tops and bottoms.

So, amidst all the chaos in prices, Elliott found order. Awesome, huh?

Of course, like all mad geniuses, he needed to claim this observation and so he came up with a super original name: The Elliott Wave Theory.

But before we delve into the Elliott waves, you need to first understand what fractals are.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 trailer debuts

Last week, Activision said it would debut the trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 during the NBA Western Conference Finals game, which airs nationally on ESPN. The tip-off for that game isn't set until 6 p.m. PDT tonight, but Activision decided to reveal the trailer (embedded below) a little bit early.

There goes the neighborhood.

Besides officially revealing the game's November 8 release date, the trailer also confirmed Modern Warfare 3 is being co-developed by Sledgehammer Games, Activision's recently formed San Francisco Bay Area studio. It also cements the fact hinted at by multiple teaser trailers before--that the game will depict the full-blown outbreak of World War III.

Beginning with shots of Russian helicopters assaulting downtown Manhattan, the trailer shows how the devastating Russo-American conflict that broke out in Modern Warfare 2 has now spread to Europe. Urban combat near the Parliament building in downtown London is shown, as is a group of vehicles attacking the city's famed underground subway system. Paris is also in trouble, with US commandos engaging in street-to-street fighting in the City of Lights. Germany, too, is a battlezone in the game.

The trailer concludes with a voice-over from series antagonist Vladimir Makarov, saying, "It doesn't take the most powerful nations on Earth to create the next global conflict, just the will of a single man." A logo then flashes on screen for "WW3" which quickly turns into "MW3."