Week of August 23, 2008

Barack Obama introduces

Joseph Biden as his running

mate in Springfield, IL. Biden

has been with the Senate for 36

years and is chairman of the

Foreign Relations Committee.

Iraq - Prime Minister Nouri

Maliki says that an agreement

on the future of U.S. forces in

Iraq must include a firm

withdrawal date and that Iraq

wants them out by the end of

2011.

Baghdad - A suicide bomber rushes into a neighborhood celebration for a man

who had just been released from detention, detonating his explosives and killing

at least 25.

Denver convention - Barack Obama accepts the Democratic presidential

nomination - promising to repair “the broken politics of Washington” and preside

over a more prosperous and equitable America.

Big news - as John McCain makes a surprise choice -

choosing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate.

In Denver - Former President Clinton pledges support for

Barack Obama - urging his party to get behind him. He

lauded the senator as “a 21 st century incarnation of the old-

fashioned American dream.” And an example of the nation’s “progress toward a

more perfect union.”

Hillary Rodham Clinton , accepting defeat, - tells

the crowd - “Barack Obama is my candidate.” “The

time is now to unite as a single party with a single

purpose.”

An earthquake strikes southwestern China on the

border regions of Sichuan and Yunna provinces,

killing 22.

Week of August 23, 2008

Russian troops pull out of occupied Georgian lands in a large-scale withdrawal,

loosening a chokehold on a swatch of strategically crucial towns - rail lines and

roadways.

A small plane crashes and burns shortly after takeoff in Moab, Utah, killing 10.

The pilot and nine people had spent the day working at a skin cancer clinic in a

remote community.

Nearly 1 million individuals and businesses filed bankruptcy in the 12 months

ended June 20 - up 28.9%.

Mayor Ray Nagin , calling the hurricane bearing

down on the Gulf Coast, “the mother of all

storms,” declares a mandatory evacuation of New

Orleans.

Federal regulators boost to $8.9 billion the

estimated cost of IndyMac Ban’s failure and says

they will be more collapses of U.S. banks. Some

117 institutions are on the “problem list” up from

90 in March.

Sports - Despite worries that pollution, traffic and

human rights issues and overbearing security

would make it a dud - The Beijing Summer

Olympics end with many saying - it was the best

ever.

Houston Texas wide receiver Harry Williams will undergo surgery to repair a

neck vertebra he fractured during an exhibition game.

Olympic star Michael Phelps says he will write a book telling the story behind his

historic eight gold-medal swims - and it should be out before Christmas.

Technology -

Apple demands silence from the designers of games - who want to develop

applications for the iPhone. As a result, iPhone developers and business that

cater to them - say they are prohibited from asking technical questions or

sharing tops anywhere in public.

Week of August 23, 2008

Music news -

Marion “Suge” Knight is released from a Las

Vegas jail after posting $19,000 bail. Police

arrested Knight after officers said they saw him

beat his girlfriend while brandishing a knife.

Blogger Kevin Cogill of Los Angeles is arrested

after posting nine leaked songs from an

unreleased Guns N’ Roses album, which has

been in the works for more than a decade.

At a concert at Ohio State University - Neil

Diamond loses his voice and offers refunds. He

says he has acute laryngitis. “I haven’t let you

down before and I won’t let you down now.”

Dr Dre’s 20-year-old son - Andre Young Jr., is found dead in his bed by his

mother. He had been out with friends the night before.

Gary Glitter is released from a Vietnamese prison - arrives in his homeland of

Britain. He tried Thailand and Hong Kong - none would have him so - now he’s

back in Britain. He says he wants to clear his name, that his trial in Vietnam was

a travesty of justice. He was convicted of child molestation.

Television news -

Looks like Brenda and Kelly will be part of the new

“90210.”

Busy - Olympic swimming star Michael Phelps

will be a presenter at MTV’s Video Music Awards

on Sept. 7. He’ll then host the season premiere of

“Saturday Night Live” on September 13.

NBC’s coverage of the Beijing Olympics has the

network running-away with the ratings. NBC

proclaims the games the most-watched TV event in

history - estimated at 214 million viewers seeing at

least a portion of the Summer Olympics over 17

days.

“Star Trek: The Experience” closes in Las Vegas after 10 years and more than 3

million visitors.

Week of August 23, 2008

Interviewed on “Good Morning America” this week - Michael Jackson says he’s

“looking forward to dong a lot o great things… I think the best is yet to come in

true humble opinion.”

Felicia Snoop Pearson - featured on HBO’s “The Wire” is released from jail in

Baltimore after being picked up on a warrant for refusing to cooperate with

prosecutors handling a murder case in which she was a witness.

Top movies this week in 2008 -

Tropic Thunder

Death Race

The House Bunny

Star Wars: The Clone wars

Pineapple Express

Mirrors

The Longshots

Mamma Mia!

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon

Emperor

Hot hits this week -

Time of My Life - David Cook

Closer - Ne-Yo

Dangerous - Kardinal Offishall feat.

Akon

WATCHAGONDO- Kasper From The

ONE STEP AT A TIME- Jordin

Sparks

WALKING ON AIR- Kerli

When I Grow Up - Pussycat Dolls

Addicted - Saving Abel

So What - Pink

LOLLI LOLLI (POP THAT BODY)-

Three 6 Mafia

AMERICAN BOY- Estelle feat. Kanye

West

DISTURBIA- Rihanna

SITTIN' AT THE BAR- Rehab

BURNIN' UP- Jonas Brothers

CRUSH- David Archuleta

RISE ABOVE THIS- Seether

UNTOUCHED- The Veronicas