More than 51 million drivers are expected to hit the roads this holiday season, a 1. 7 percent increase from last year. And although gasoline prices are up, transportation analysts expect record traffic on the nation's highways and airports as Christmas approaches. In many states, like Massachusetts, police will crack down on holiday drunks behind the wheel.

Instead of finding something missing from his unlocked car, a Massachusetts man found a $15,000 ring. An anonymous person left a diamond engagement ring in an unlocked car with a type note speaking of their broken heart. The note read: "Merry Christmas. Thank you for leaving your car door unlocked. Instead of stealing your car I gave you a present. Hopefully this will land in the hands of someone you love, for my love is gone now. Merry Christmas to you. "

A judge has ruled singer Courtney Love can leave rehab and enroll in an outpatient program. Love has been at a live-in drug treatment facility since September. Superior Court Judge Rand Rubin cut short Love's sentence for violating probation in three criminal cases, including two drug-related charges. The judge ordered Love, the former lead singer of the band Hole and widow of Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain, to submit to random checks twice a week for drugs and alcohol. She also must continue therapy and avoid any business that primarily sells alcohol. Although Love will be now have more freedom to finish up her sentence for violating probation in three different criminal cases, she will still be under watchful eyes. The judge extended her probation to March 2007 and set her curfew at 10 p. m.

Next year's Oscars will include open seats for 300 lucky movie fans. For the fourth year, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences is holding a random online drawing for red carpet "bleacher seats. "

One of the oldest couples to ever win a Canadian lottery say their only plans for the $7. 5 million jackpot is to buy a new pair of nylons for her and a Lincoln car for him. Thelma and Victor Hayes, both 89, have been married for 63 years and had played the same numbers for years. This time, they decided to go for a quick pick of random figures for the August 6 draw, Canadian media reported on Tuesday.