Week of August 8, 2001

A top aide to President Bush says that the President would not support federal

funding to increase the number of embryonic stem cell lines available for study

even if scientists concluded that the existing supply was insufficient for research.

President Bush announces that he would allow the federal government to fund

medical research that uses stem cells taken form a limited number of human

embryos. He said the government would only pay for experiments using stem

cells that already have been drawn from embryos and that it would not fund

research that caused any additional embryos to be destroyed.

The Bush Administration says it is moving to expand oil and gas drilling on

millions of acres of Western lands, opening up some of the nation’s last

unspoiled mountains, canyons and badlands.

Sports -

Technology -

After a complaint from Kodak - Microsoft says it will make it easier for users of its

upcoming Windows XP operating system to work with digital photography

software from Kodak and others.

Passing - Maureen Reagan, daughter of former

President Ronald Reagan - dies of a malignant

melanoma, She was 60.

Music news -

Mariah Carey checks out of the New York hospital

where she was admitted tow weeks ago for a

physical ad emotional breakdown.

Delmar Arnaud, aka Daz Dillinger sues Death Row

Records alleging the label and its founder Marion

“Suge” Knight, cheated Arnaud out of more than $1

million.

Television news -

CNN unveils plans for a street-level studio in New York - a trend begun by the

“Today” show. It’s the last behind the major news networks to do so.

Week of August 8, 2001

Friday night television -

NBC - Dateline NBC, Law & Order Special Victims, Tonight, Conan O’Brien

ABC - America’s Funniest Home Videos, Who Wants to be a Millionaire, 20/20,

Nightline

UPN - Manhunt, All Souls

Fox - Police Videos, Dark Angel

WB - Sabrina, Charmed

Sci-Fi - The Invisible Man, Farscape, Lexx

Late Show w/David Letterman -

At the movies -

American Pie 2

Rush Hour 2

The Princess Diaries

The Others

Planet of the Apes

Jurassic Park III

Osmosis Jones

America’s Sweethearts

Legally Blonde