Headlines for: 01-18-2001

CHIP CRAVINGS PREDICT JOB SATISFACTION? (EMBARGOED UNTIL FEB. 1) CHICAGO (Wireless Flash) -- Chew on this: Your favorite snacks may be the key to landing the perfect job. According

YAKOV SMIRNOFF GETS LAST LAUGH ON DAVID LETTERMAN BRANSON, Mich. (Wireless Flash) -- An important celebrity birthday is "rushin' around the corner: Russian comic Yakov Smirnoff will turn 50 on Wednesday (Jan. 24).

YEAR OF THE SNAKE TO CREATE ROMANTIC TURMOIL NUEVO, Calif. (Wireless Flash) -- Women born under the Chinese astrological sign of the snake may want to slither under a rock after Chinese New Year next Wednesday (Jan. 24).

2001: A POTHOLE ODYSSEY AKRON, Ohio (Wireless Flash) -- 2001 is turning out to be a real pothole odyssey for drivers. Engineers at Goodyear tires report that the weather

INAUGURATION BLOOPERS LOS ANGELES (Wireless Flash) -- George W. Bush better hope his inauguration goes more smoothly than those of his predecessors.

`SAMSONITE PSYCHIC' CURES ALL CLEVELAND (Wireless Flash) -- You've heard of Edgar Cayce the "Sleeping Prophet?" Well, now meet the "Samsonite Psychic." Dr. H.P. Lewis of Cleveland is a psychic healer who

MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY WANTS TO DIE DURING SEX NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) -- Hollywood hunk Matthew McConaughey has a secret death wish: He wants to die immediately after having sex.

SINATRA'S REJECTED SLIPPERS: YOURS FOR $600 BALTIMORE (Wireless Flash) -- Even Frank Sinatra's rejects are coveted by memorabilia hounds these days. Case in point: The History Channel will auction off a

PRESIDENTIAL PETS THROUGH THE AGES GREENWICH, Conn. (Wireless Flash) -- Although George W. Bush is bringing some of his pets to the White House, his menagerie will be nothing compared to Calvin Coolidge's