Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe SOMEDAY HER PRINCE WILL COME Reports of the split up of Britney Spears and 'N Sync's Justin Timberlake appear to have been greatly exaggerated. Advertisement In response to claims the cute pop couple had separated, Spears told MTV Italy on Monday, "No, that's not true. Me and Justin did not split up." Nonetheless, British bookies are offering odds of 6-1 for Prince William to become the pop singer's next beau, NME.com reports. But young Will isn't the only likely candidate, according to the online betting agency sportingodds.com. English pop singer Gareth Gates is given 16-1 odds, while actor Anson Mount, Britney's on-screen lover in her film "Crossroads," comes in at a more favorable 10-1. Will's brother, Prince Harry, 17, is given 25-1 odds of hooking up with the 20-year-old Spears. Advertisement WHERE'S TIM ALLEN WHEN YOU NEED HIM? American homeowners like to improve their lot in life. In fact, large numbers of them are driven by to-do lists that keep them focused on home improvement projects throughout the year. That's according to a survey of 1,000 homeowners commissioned by Ace Hardware Corp. 75 percent of American homeowners questioned said they maintain some sort of to-do list -- either a written or a mental list. And many of these lists are lengthy. One in 10 people have 10 tasks or more on their lists. Half have at least three items they're planning to complete. Items on Americans' "to-do" lists include reorganizing storage areas in their homes (cited by 63 percent), improving or changing something in their yards (62 percent), hanging pictures or art (52 percent), painting the inside of the home (51 percent), replacing an electrical switch, outlet or light (36 percent), changing or replacing a faucet or showerhead (36 percent), repairing walls or millwork (34 percent), repairing windows and screens (30 percent); painting their home's exterior (28 percent), change or replace a plumbing fixture (26 percent), enhance their home's safety and security (25 percent) or repair a driveway (25 percent). Advertisement AND YOU THOUGHT HE'D JUST WALK ON THE WATER A new exhibit at the Galilee Museum in Israel includes a restored boat that could've been used by Jesus and his disciples. The craft, about 30 feet long and eight feet wide, was discovered immersed in mud on the shores of the Sea of Galilee in January of 1986 by two brothers, Moshe and Yuval Lufan. A severe drought had caused the lake level to drop, exposing the vessel that had been buried for some 2,000 years. The discovery was only a few hundred meters from the site of ancient Migdal (Magdala), hometown of Mary Magdalene. The Israeli Antiquities Authority recovered the fragile remains during an 11-day excavation. After packaging it in a cocoon of fiberglass and polyurethane foam, it was floated to the nearby Yigal Allon Center, where it underwent a carefully monitored 11-year-long conservation process in a specially built pool filled with a synthetic wax that replaced the water in the wood cells. The boat was then allowed to dry slowly. Both Carbon-14 analysis of wood samples and the date of a ceramic cooking pot found near the prow indicate the boat's era. Some of Jesus's disciples were fishermen on the Sea of Galilee, and the Gospels say he was with them there often. Advertisement REASONS TO CELEBRATE TODAY: TUESDAY: This is Organize Your Home Office Day. (Web site: homeofficelife.com) Lesotho celebrates Moshoeshoe's Day, honoring a great 19th century leader. Today is Independence Day in Mauritius, which achieved nationhood from Britain in 1968. It's Fiesta De Las Fallas in Valencia, Spain, a festival of burning effigies and fireworks that dates back 150 years. (Thanks to Chase's 2002 Calendar of Events) BY THE WAY... A previously unpublished part of Jack Kerouac's novel "On The Road" was published posthumously in 1972. What was its title? "Visions of Cody." Kerouac was born on this date in 1922.
