TRAVEL – Airport delays continue today from bad weather. Airport delays at Salt Lake City International are reported by the FAA affecting inbound and outbound travel to connecting cities.

As of 7 am PST today, FAA AirTraffic Control reports the following weather delays for Salt Lake City International:

Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) Real-time Status

“Due to WEATHER / SNOW-ICE, there is a Traffic Management Program in effect for traffic arriving Salt Lake City International Airport, Salt Lake City, UT (SLC). This is causing some arriving flights to be delayed an average of 44 minutes. To see if you may be affected, select your departure airport and check “Delays by Destination”. Delays by Destination: No destination-specific delays are being reported.

“General Departure Delays: Because a traffic management program is delaying some arriving flights, departing flight schedules may be affected. Check with your airline to determine if your flight is affected. General Arrival Delays: Arrival traffic is experiencing airborne delays of 15 minutes or less.“

For continuing horse racing coverage of this and other travel dealys on LALATE click here: http://news.lalate.com/category/travel.

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LIVE – Funeral arrangements for Abdurrahman Wahid aka Gus Dur are Thursday. Gus Dur’s funeral arrangements are being set by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for Thursday.

Gus Dur will be greatly missed.

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Gus Dur is dead. Abdurrahman Wahid aka Gus Dur has died.
Gusdur Meninggal headlines Indonesian press today as news that the former Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid is dead at age 69.

Gusdur was at the Ciptomangunkusumo Hospital in Jakarta. His nurse confirmed the news by stating simply “Gusdur has passed away”. Cause of death was not released even though he suffered kidney problems in recent years.

In 1999 Gus Dur became the first Indonesian to win the Presidency beating out Megawati Sukarnoputri. In recent years Gus Dur suffered strokes and was nearly blind.

BBC Indonesia reports the news as follows:

“Gus Dur yang juga mantan Ketua Umum Pengurus Besar Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) ini dirawat di RSCM sejak Rabu petang.

“Sebelum dirawat di RSCM Jakarta, Gus Dur sempat menjalani perawatan medis di RS Jombang Jawa Timur pekan lalu karena kelelahan setelah melakukan kunjungan ke beberapa pondok pesantren di Jawa Timur.

“…. ”Gus Dur telah membawa NU ke cakrawala yang lebih luas, baik di tingkat pemikiran maupun pergaulan, memperkenalkan arti pluralisme,” kata Yahya Cholil Staquf, jurubicara sewaktu Gus Dur menjabat sebagai presiden, mengomentari peran Gus Dur di tubuh organisasi terbesar Islam di Indonesia itu.”

Funeral arrangements have not been announced. Gus Dur will be greatly missed.

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The latest update on Tiger Woods news is that Woods’ silence has caused the media to pull him from Arizona to Sweden, with Tiger Woods either seeking help for issues or seeking a party with his mistress.

The absence of a public voice for Tiger Woods has the media putting him all over the U.S. in dramatically different reports this week.

The last statement had Woods indicating he was working on his marriage. But within hours, a News of The World report would start a whole progression of U.S. to British reports that there was no marriage being worked on, that Elin was heading to divorce. And to make the situation even more clear, after the statement came out on a Friday, by Monday the next week Elin was in public pumping gas – without Tiger and without his wedding ring.

Critics have said Tiger Woods’ handling of his scandal has been as bad as the allegations themselves. Woods’ absence of a voice in the public has now this week put Tiger in two dramatically different situations and two even stranger comparisons.

Here is your LALATE latest update on the Tiger Woods Scandal at sunrise.

TIGER WOODS – WHERE IS HE?

Since Monday, the press have put Tiger Woods in two different possible locations. One repeats claims he is in Rehab or heading to Rehab in Arizona working on his issues. Another claims he hasn’t changed anything and is partying up with Rachel Uchitel in Florida’s social scene.

Rehab Reports

On December 18, rehab reports lined Arizona TV news websites.

Arizona’s ABC 15 in an article “Why Tiger might be coming to Arizona” stated

“There are also new reports that Woods could be headed to Arizona for … compulsion rehab early next year …. In recent years, several high profile celebrities have made stops in Arizona for similar rehab. There’s at least one facility in Wickenburg that’s been frequented by stars including David Duchovny.”

My Fox Phoenix reported the same In their article “Reports: Tiger Woods Headed to Arizona Rehab Facility” the station reported “There are reports that Tiger Woods could be headed to a rehab facility here in Arizona. These reports are not confirmed. We’ve been working to get more information. We’ve heard that Woods may be headed to Meadows Addiction Treatment Center in Wickenburg.”

On Monday a report in X17 claims Woods is already in The Meadows.

Partying Report

But on Monday, Entertainment Tonight claimed in a super brief article that insiders spotted Woods and Rachel Uchitel partying together at more than one location over the weekend. The report even claimed the two were living together.

Bizarre Comparisons

If that’s not enough, Tiger Woods’ situation is being compared to in the David Letterman mistress case. Press this week in year-end reports are even using Tiger Woods as the focus of comparisons with not just Charlie Sheen … but Jon Gosselin.

Here is the photo recap of alleged mistresses numbers 1 through 16.

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LIST! Here is again the COMPLETE 2010 NFL Pro Bowl Roster both AFC and NFC. The 2010 NFL Bowl roster features Colts offense Peyton Manning, Reggie Wayne, Dallas Clark, and Jeff Saturday (backup) with Colts defense Dwight Freeney and Robert Mathis.

Brees is at quarterback, with no surprise there. This season he is 363 for 514 with a 71% completion rate, 4388 yards, 34 TDs and 11 INTs.

Favre in comparison is 338 for 500 with a 68% completion rate (his best completion rate ever in his career) with 3886 yards and 29 TDs, 7 INTs (lowest number ever in his career). The Minnesota Vikings have more players on the 2010 list than any other team with 8.
The Vikings’ 8 are Heath Farwell, Bryant McKinnie, Sidney Rice, Jared Allen, Brett Favre, Steve Hutchison, Adrian Peterson and Kevin Wiliams.

The game is January 31 at Dolphin Stadium in South Florida. The location is the same as Super Bowl XLIV, just one week earlier.

Here is the complete list.

NFC Full List:

OFFENSE

Quarterback
* Drew Brees, New Orleans
Brett Favre, Minnesota
Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay

Running Back
* Adrian Peterson, Minnesota
Steven Jackson, St. Louis
DeAngelo Williams, Carolina
Fullback * Leonard Weaver, Philadelphia

Wide Receiver
* Larry Fitzgerald, Arizona
* DeSean Jackson, Philadelphia
Miles Austin, Dallas
Sidney Rice, Minnesota

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