NEWS HEADLINES FOR THE YEAR 2099

 
GAS PRICES TODAY HIT A RECORD $19.67 A GALLON IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE COUNTRY
 
DOW HITS RECORD HIGH - CLOSES AT 38,959.90

NASDAQ FINALLY HITS 5000 - FIRST TIME SINCE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION

GENERAL MOTORS SHOWS OFF NEW 2099 AIR POWERED CAR

PRICE FOR A GALLON OF MILK FALLS TO $17.39

CONGRESS APPROVES NEW MINIMUM WAGE AT $12.75 PER HOUR

EXXON/MOBIL POSTS 29 TRILLION DOLLAR FIRST QUARTER PROFIT

POPULATION OF MARS INCREASES TO 560,000 - NEW HIGHWAYS PLANNED

DELTA ADDS TWO ADDITIONAL FLIGHTS A DAY TO MARS

PORTION OF MOON AIRPORT DAMAGED BY FIRE

NASA ANNOUNCES SECOND PHASE OF VENUS WATER PROJECT

U.S. TROOPS SAY THEY ARE CLOSE TO CAPTURING OSAMA BIN LADEN

JIMMY HOFFA'S REMAINS FOUND INSIDE 140 YEAR OLD ALLIGATOR IN FLORIDA

FIDEL CASTRO SENDS MESSAGE HE IS NOT SICK - JUST TAKING SOME TIME OFF

ARIZONA AND SOUTHERN TEXAS GIVEN TO MEXICO TO HELP THWART ILLEGALS

TYPHOON SCHULTZ WIPES OUT MOST OF THAILAND
 
NORTH KOREA RETURNS TO NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT TALKS

DAYS INN DROPS RATES TO $209.00 PER NIGHT

IRAN STILL GLOWING IN THE DARK - SCIENTIST SAY IT COULD TAKE ANOTHER 100 YEARS BEFORE ANYONE CAN LIVE THERE
 
MICROSOFT RELEASES NEW OPERATING SYSTEM - NO KEYBOARD OR MOUSE REQUIRED YOU JUST TALK TO THE COMPUTER AND TELL IT WHAT YOU WANT IT TO DO.
 
POST OFFICE RAISES PRICE OF FIRST CLASS STAMP TO $11.75

AVERAGE PRICE OF COLLEGE TUITION NOW AT $54,900 PER SEMESTER
 
NEW HOME PRICES RISE TO AVERAGE $3,789,900.00

ROBOTS REPLACE ASSEMBLY LINE WORKERS AT FORD

NEW EAST WEST SUPER HIGHWAY OPENS - SPEED LIMIT SET AT 170 MPH

GUAM BECOMES 51st STATE

LAST JAPANESE HOLD OUT FROM WORLD WAR II LEAVES TUNNEL ON IWO JIMA
 
CONGRESS AGREES TO EXTEND PRESIDENCY TO ONE 12 YEAR TERM

GEORGE BUSH IV - GREAT GRANDSON OF FORMER PRESIDENT ELECTED BY LANDSLIDE --
SAY'S HE WILL NOT BRING THE TROOPS HOME FROM IRAQ UNTIL THE JOB IS DONE.

30 MILLION ILLEGALS MARCH ON WASHINGTON DEMANDING THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS BE DOUBLED - RIOT POLICE KILL 29,999,999 - ONE SERIOUSLY WOUNDED

AREA 51 TO BECOME TOURIST ATTRACTION
 
TWO SPACE TRANSPORT VEHICLES HAVE NEAR MISS WHILE LANDING ON MARS

STAR TREK THE 30th GENERATION PREMIERS TONIGHT ON FOX

SPIDERMAN 29 SETS BOX OFFICE RECORDS IN OPENING WEEKEND

MIAMI DOLPHINS WIN SUPER BOWL FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 1972

3000 SUMMER OLYMPICS TO BE HELD ON MARS

103rd SEASON OF AMERICAN IDOL PREMIERS NEXT TUESDAY ON FOX

CALIFORNIA STILL DRIFTING WESTWARD IN PACIFIC AFTER FALLING OFF OF MAINLAND DURING 2082 EARTHQUAKE - SCIENTISTS PREDICT IT WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME ATTACHED TO JAPAN

1959 MINT CONDITION CADILLAC SELLS ON EBay FOR A RECORD 120 MILLION

NEW COMPUTERIZED TOILET DOES EVERYTHING FOR YOU
 
SPECIALLY TRAINED CHIMPS HAVE OFFICIALLY REPLACED CAB DRIVERS IN NEW YORK CITY

IRS SETS FLAT TAX RATE OF 49% FOR EVERYONE - ELIMINATES ALL DEDUCTIONS

AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME GROWS TO A WHOPPING 1.2 MILLION

SIX MEMBERS OF BOWLING LEAGUE IN TRENTON OHIO HIT 60 TRILLION DOLLAR POWER BALL

PRESIDENT SAY'S THOSE LIVING IN POVERTY EARNING LESS THEN $400,000 A YEAR WILL GET SPECIAL HELP FROM GOVERNMENT WITH A 29% TAX CUT

ABANDONED CITY OF DETROIT TO BECOME PERMANENT PETTING ZOO

MINI-VAN CARRYING MEXICAN FARM WORKERS COLLIDES WITH TRAIN - 120 KILLED - NO ONE ON THE TRAIN WAS INJURED

BANK ROBBERS STEAL ENTIRE BUILDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT - POLICE SUSPECT THEY USED A LARGE CRANE AND HUGE FLAT-BED TRUCK - THE FBI IS INVESTIGATING

WEST VIRGINIA LOWERS THE AGE OF CONSENT TO ELEVEN

AMISH MECHANIC LOOSES ARM IN FREAK ACCIDENT WHILE CLEANING OUT HORSES REAR END

MISSISSIPPI AGREES TO PERMIT PETS AND THEIR OWNERS TO MARRY