Week of February 8, 2001

President Bush sends Congress a $1.6 trillion tax cut proposal, saying his

package is a cure for the economic slowdown.

The Greeneville, a nuclear-powered submarine strikes a Japanese fishing vessel

filled with teenagers off Oahu, At least nine are dead.

It’s learned that two civilians were at the controls of the nuclear-powered U.S.

submarine Greeneville when it collided with a Japanese fishing vessel.

Mikail Marhasev confesses, saying he was guilty of killing Bill Cosby’s only Son

Ennis. He’s asking that his 1998 appeal be dropped.

Mayor Joe Carollo of Miami is jailed on a battery charge after hitting his wife with

a terra-cotta teapot

of New York City and former NY City

Comptroller. He was 94.

Passing -

Dale Evans “Queen of the West” who had

been without her beloved husband, Roy

Rogers, since 1998.

O.J. Simpson is arrested on felony burglary

and battery charges in Miami. He turned

himself in to face charges on what’s being

called road rage.

Sports - Don’t miss the ESPY’s - ESPN’s

answer to the MTV video Music awards.

NBA All-star game - Great game as the East beats the West 111-110.

Technology

Internet store Buy.com says its top two executives have resigned after a

A computer virus pretending to be an electronic photo of teen tennis star Anna

Kournikova overwhelmed e-mail servers in North America and Europe. The virus

Week of February 8, 2001

only spreads through Microsoft’s Outlook e-mail on computers that use Microsoft

Windows.

A federal appeals court in San Francisco delivers the most devastating blow yet

to Napster by directing a lower court to stop the song-swapping service from

helping consumers violate copyrights. Napster Chief Executive Hank Barry

promised to appeal the ruling. Napster was launched in 199, Napster enables

users to search for and copy songs stored on one another’s computers.

Music news -

Mikal Gilmore, contending the music critic failed to

deliver a promised biography of Combs despite

being paid $325,000.

Former Eagles member Don Felder, sues Don

Henley and Glenn Frey, claiming he was wrongly

booted out of the band earlier last week at a “sham

board of directors meeting.”

Crash Test Dummies singer Brad Roberts is

releasing a new album - “I Don’t Care That You Don’t Mind.”

Bruce Springsteen loses his bid to wrestle away brucesprinsteen.com from a web

site. A panel ruled that Jeff Burgar and the Bruce Springsteen Club had not

violated the musician’s rights by registering the address.

Saturday night television -

CBS - That’s Life, Walker Texas Ranger, The District, Howard Stern Radio Show

NBC - All Star Game, Saturday Night Live

ABC - Movie

Fox - Cops, America’s Most Wanted

Sic-Fi - Boxing - Harry Simon vs. Robert Allen

sings.

Hot Hits -

Ms Jackson - B.O.B., OutKast

Don’t Tell Me - Madonna

Stutter - Joe

Liquid Dreams - O-Town

Week of February 8, 2001

Stronger - Britney Spears

Could It Be - Jaheim

South Side - Moby

So In Love With Two - Mikaila

Soul Sista - Bifal

I Hope You Dance - Lee Ann Womack

Top Albums -

J. Lo - Jennifer Lopez

Hotshot - Shaggy

1- The Beatles

The Last Meal - Snoop Dogg

Lovers Rock - Sade

Save the Last Dance

soundtrack

It Was All A Dream - Dream

Greatest Hits - Lenny Kravitz

Restless - Xzibit

No Angel - Dido

Survivor II - 29.04

ER - 28.20

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire on Sunday - 23.13

The Practice - 23.08

Friends - 22.40

CSI - 21.45

Everybody Loves Raymond - 21.13

Millionaire on Wednesday - 20.57

Law & Order - 19.31

Will & Grace - 19.21

SNL Prime Extra II - 18.52

60 Minutes - 18.44

Becker - 18.37

West Wing - 18.20

Just Shoot Me - 17.74

Millionaire on Thursday - 17.04

Touched by an Angel - 15.82

Dateline NBC - 15.73