Week of August 15, 2007

A federal jury in Miami convicts Jose Padilla on charges of aiding terrorist

operations abroad.

Four suicide bombers drive explosive trucks into a complex housing members of

a small religious sect in Northern Iraq. 175 are dead.

A posting on his website says Sen. Barack

Obama is cutting back on his debates for now.

He’ll decline new debate invitations until mid-

December and after that, he will consider requests

case by case.

The FDA warns - Breastfeeding mothers who take

medication containing codeine as some metabolize

it into morphine, posing a risk to babies.

At a town hall campaign meeting in Derry, NH,

downplayed the decision by his estranged son,

Andrew not to campaign for him, saying, “leave my

family alone.”

An earthquake in Peru kills 500 with 16,000 homes destroyed.

Officials in Utah all but declare dead six minors they’ve been trying to rescue for

two weeks.

Engaged - Presidential daughter Jenna Bush (25) to longtime boyfriend Henry

Hager (29).

The U.S Mint begins issuing a new Jefferson dollar coin this week.

Sports -

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick says he has agreed to plead guilty

over dogfighting charges.

Passing Phil Ruzzuto (89) Yankee hall of famer and sports broadcaster.

Passing - Leona Helmsley (87) - hotel tycoon once labeled “queen of mean” by

her employees.

Technology - Comscore Inc. which gives information on the habits o Web users,

changes its method of measuring Internet searches to include queries sent to

Week of August 15, 2007

search engines by other websites. Under the new system, Google’s share rises

to 55.2%, from 46.2% a year earlier. Yahoo’s share fell to 23.5% from 29.8%.

Microsoft’s MSN engine had 12.3% of queries in July, compared to 12.4% a year

ago.

Entertainment news -

Tom Cruise and his partners raise $500 with the help of Merrill Lynch to finance

15 to 18 films over the next five years.

Pepsi will be heavily connected to one of the year’s most anticipated

videogames, “Halo3,” developed by Bungie studios for Xbox 360, the third game

in the “Halo” trilogy hits shelves September 25. Pepsi’s involvement includes

product placement.

Music news -

It’s announced that Sheryl Crow,

Avril Lavigne , Fiona Apple, Colbie

Caillat, Antigone Risine and Sara

Bareilles will come together and

launch the Girl Frenzy Festival.

Date is Oct 27 in Los Angeles (this

will never happen).

Mash-up - Lisa Marie Presley

teams with her late father on a re-

release of “In the Ghetto” - a hit for

Elvis Presley in 1969.

Techno-pop artist sir Ivan - the

billionaire-banker-turned entertainer

will appear as Mr. Mitzvah, the

world’s first Jewish superhero in the

NC Sci-Fi Channel series “Who Wants to be a Superhero?

Radio news - CBS settles its termination dispute with Don Imus who was fired in

April after referring to a mostly black university women’s basketball team as

“nanny-headed hos.”

Television news - Ryan Seacrest is tapped to host the 59 th annual Emmy

Awards. “I’ve covered the Emmys before from many different angles and I’m

thrilled, honored and excited to be hosting it this year. With my schedule, there’s

always that final check to make sure I could do it all, but with the Emmy’s you

make the time.”

Week of August 15, 2007

The Disney Channel shows “High School Musical 2” to the biggest cable

audience to date - just over 17 million viewers.

NBC’s “Today” show is set to go to four hours beginning September 10.

Top TV -

America’s Got Talent -

10.84

60 Minutes - 10.21

CSI - 9.82

Power of 10 - 9.23

Without a Trace - 9.19

The Signing Bee 9.09

Two and a Half Men - 9.05

Hell’s Kitchen - 8.90

Criminal Minds - 8.86

Don’t Forget the Lyrics - 8.73

CSI: NY - 8.50

Date NBC - 7.93

The Singing Bee on Monday -

7.80

So You Think You Can Dance -

7.87

Cold Case - 7.86

Big Brother 8 On Thursday -

7.80

At the movies -

Superbad

Rush Hour 3

The Bourne Ultimatum

The Simpsons Movie

The Invasion

Stardust

Hairspray

Underdog

Harry Potter and the Order of the phoenix

I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry

Week of August 15, 2007

Music news -

Hot Hits this week in 2007 -

Big Girls Don’t Cry - Plain Whit T’s

Beautiful Girls - Sean Kingston

Umbrella - Rihanna/Jay-Z

The Way I Are - Timbaland/Keri Hilson

Hey there Delilah - Plain White T’s

Stronger - Kanye West

Bartender -T-Pain/Akon

A Bay Bay - Hurricane Chris

Make Me Better Fabolous/Ne-Yo

Party Like a Rockstar - Shop Boyz

Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin’) - T-Pain/Yung Joc

Wait For You -Elliott Yamin

Shawty - Plies

Makes Me Wonder - Maroon 5

Crank that (Soulja Boy) - Soulja Boy

Top albums this week in 2007 -

Now 25 - Various Artists

Finding Forever - Common

Untitled - Korn

Sean Kingston - Sean Kingston

Hannah Montana 2/Meet Miley Cyrus

- Miley Cyrus

Hairspray - Soundtrack

T.I. vs T.I.P. - T.I.

Kidz Bop 12 - Kidz Bop Kids

Planet Earth - Prince

The Dutchess - Fergie

Back to Black - Amy Winehouse

Lost Highway - Bon Jovi

It Won’t Be Soon Before Long - Maroon

Every Second Counts - Plain White T’s

Good Girl Gone Bad - Rihanna

Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift

Top Country this week in 2007 -

These Are My People - Rodney Atkins

Never Wanted Nothing More - Kenny Chesney

Week of August 15, 2007

Teardrops On My Guitar - Taylor Swift

A Different World - Bucky Covinngton

Because of You - Reba/Kelly Clarkson

Proud of the House We Built - Brooks and Dunn

Lost in this Moment - Big & Rich

I Told You So - Keith Urban

Tough - Craig Morgan

Take Me There - Rascal Flatts

Top albums for kids -

Hannah Montana 2/Meet Miley Cyrus

High School Musical TV soundtrack

Kidz Bop 12 - Kidz Bop Kids

Disneymania5: Music Stars Sing Disney..

their Way!

Hannah Montana

Baby Einsten: Lullaby Classics - Baby

Einsten Music Box Orchestra

Radio Disney Jams 9 - Various artists

High School Musical: The Concert

Modern Rock -

Paralyzer - Finger Eleven

The Pretender - Foo Fighters

Never Too Late - Three Days Grace

Icky Thump - The White Stripes

What I’ve Done - Linkin Park

Tarantula - Smashing Pumpkins

Say This Sooner (No One Will See Things The Way I DO) - The Almost

Top Albums in Britain -

This Is the Life - Amy MacDonald

One Chance - Paul Potts

Hand Built By Robots - Newton Faulkner

Life in Cartoon Motion - Mika

Timbaland Presents Shock Value - Timbaland

Hip-Hop R&B This Week -

Ooh Wee - Ayanna

Get Be Bodied - Beyonce

Until You Come Back to Me - Crystal Dove

Boom Di Boom - Skull

Strong Arm - J-Mizz