News in the States and Abroad

News from abroad is Andrew Lloyd Webber opened "Love Never Dies", the sequel to "Phantom of the Opera" on Tuesday night in London. The "Phantom of the Opera" opened in London in the late 1980's and has been one of, if not, the most popular play of all-time since then. The sequel takes place in Coney Island ten years after the first play. The Phantom goes there to try to take back Christine Daae, who is married to Raoul and has a 10-year son, Gustave. There are no announcements of when the play is coming to America. On a personal level, when there was an announcement last summer that there was going to be a sequel, I was pumped about it. I was excited because my dad is obsessed with the soundtrack and has seen the play several times. He knows each song nearly word-for-word and I think there are about 20 tracks. When I saw it when I was a teenager, I thoroughly enjoyed it and would like to see it again. When the "Love Never Dies" arrives in Boston, count me in for buying tickets.
Last week, it was reported that Elin Nordegren had moved back in with Tiger Woods, after three months of estrangement and therapy. Yesterday, Woods and Nordegren were spotted kissing each other. However Nordegren was still not wearing her wedding ring Tuesday when spotted at a spa enjoying manicures with her two-year-old daughter Sam, People magazine reported. It was also reported that Woods is working on his golf game with coach Hank Haney this week, according to Golf Digest and the Golf Channel, indicating that a comeback could be on the cards soon. Woods took an indefinite hiatus from competitive golf in the wake of the sex scandal that has engulfed him since late November, but the work could indicate he is preparing his game to compete at next month's Masters, AFP reported. Guys like Tiger Woods makes me frustrated. He is the best golfer in the world, if not in the history of golf, he fools around with supposedly 12 other women and his wife breaks up with him. He performs a dubious press conference about how sorry he is and how he is a bad guy, on a Friday, the most inconvenient day of the week for a press conference. Justice done right? Wrong. After three months of therapy, his marriage is making a comeback, he is working on his golf game as almost nothing happened. Nordegren is attractive enough to marry another guy, but she chose not to. I did feel bad for her when the accusations happened in November, now I don't.
According to the New York Times, Bank of America announced that starting June 19th, any customer who try to make purchases with their debit card without enough money in their check accounts will be declined. Before, they used to have overdraft fees, now it is not possible. Banks are bracing for a new federal rule that will require them to get permission from account holders before providing overdraft services for debit purchases and A.T.M. withdrawals. It will wipe out over billions of dollars in overdraft revenue for the banks. The bank will continue to provide overdraft protection, for a fee, for checks and automatic payments. Consumers who try to exceed their balance when making an A.T.M. withdrawal are already being notified that they will be charged a $35 draft fee if they choose to proceed. Bank of America is the first bank to go on with the policy, forcing other banks to do the same. I am okay with this. Even though the word on the street is that Bank of America is strict, they are doing something that will probably better the economy. It will make people realize that there have to cut back on their wants and concentrate more on their needs. You know how it is in life, we always want more than we actually need.