SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — It is a day to get dressed to the nines, listen to the Beatles, get married and to ponder whether this is the end of the world as we know it. Sept. 9, 2009 – or 9/9/09 – is inspiring a number of events Wednesday: discounts on weddings, impassioned doomsday predictions and the release of the Beatles’ whole, re-mastered catalog and a Fab Four-themed videogame.
A new animated feature film, “9,” set in a post-apocalyptic world, will also hit theaters as hotels like Las Vegas’ Bellagio and even a county clerk or two offer special “9/9/09″ wedding prices.
As the rare date approached, buzz about it picked up on the Internet. On Tuesday, the term “9/9/09″ was among the top 100 search terms on Google, while world’s end theories abounded on YouTube.
DALLAS (AP) — When comic book store owner Dave Luebke heard that after 67 years, the carrot-topped everyman of the comic world, Archie, was proposing to va-va-voomy rich girl Veronica instead of girl-next-door Betty, he decided to protest by selling his copy of the series’ rare first issue.
