Behold! CourtTV gathered 50 psychics at the Time Warner Center this week to give free readings (and promote the third season of "Psychic Detectives").

In an attempt to make our jobs easier, asap asked two of the CourtTV fortunetellers -- hand analyst Mark Seltman and astrologer Shelley Ackerman -- to predict the news. Here's what the stars said:

On Harriet Miers: "I don't think she's gonna go through," says Ackerman. "She was nominated on an eclipse. She's a Leo and Saturn is in Leo now. While she is slated for some major success in life, I don't think it'll be on the bench."

On John Roberts: "John Roberts was confirmed in a void-of-course moon (when the moon isn't making any major angles to the other planets) so there's no telling what's going to happen," explains Seltman. "Usually, it goes a little haywire."

On President Bush: "I do believe George Bush is not going to complete his term in office," says Seltman. "Everyone's heard of Tecumseh's curse, but I don't think that necessarily works in a literal sense. Look at what happened to Richard Nixon. I'm surprised it hasn't happened already." (For the uninitiated, Tecumseh's curse is said to foretell the death in office of presidents elected every 20 years, starting with William Henry Harrison, who was elected in 1840.)

On the World Series: "With Derek Jeter, how could the Yankees lose?" says Ackerman.

On Google: "There is no sinister plan with Google," says Ackerman. "Right now, they're taking a little break and rethinking things. I think short term they're gonna stay put. They have expanded enough. However, they are always going to look for new horizons. They will always expand but with a lot of thought in it. I don't see them taking over and becoming this monster conglomerate."

On corporate corruption: "I predicted Enron long before it happened," says Seltman. "I think General Motors is gonna go down next. I think the oil companies are going to be confronted because the profits are absurd. You don't have to be an astrologer to see that."

On Brad and Angelina: "He's a Sagittarius. She's a Gemini," explains Ackerman. "I always felt the Brad and Jen story was not completely finished. I think they adore each other and I don't think you've heard the last of the that story."

Derrik J. Lang is an asap writer in New York. According to Ackerman, he'll become an AP foreign correspondent sometime in 2008.

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