Week of February 8, 2008

Mitt Romney drops out the presidential race - effectively leaving John McCain

the sole candidate for the Republican nomination. Mike Huckabee, still in, is

considered a minor obstacle.

Sen. Obama wins Louisiana, Nebraska and Washington. On the Republican side

- Mike Huckabee wins Kansas and Louisiana.

Sen. Obama says that as president, he would spend $210 billion to create jobs in

construction and environmental industries.

General Motors posts a $38.7 billion loss for 2007 - a record for any auto

manufacture.

Back Obama wins in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, as does

McCain.

Obama wins in Maine.

After a series of defeats, Sen. Hillary

Rodham Clinton shakes up her staff,

replacing her campaign manager.

Three robbers walk into a private Zurich

museum and in three minutes, made off

with four it its most valuable paintings.

Total take was worth $163 million. Four

impressionist paintings were stolen.

Pre-election violence flares in Pakistan

when a suicide bomber strikes at a

campaign rally in northeast Pakistan,

killing at least 25 people and injuring

about 50 others.

The U.S military in Iraq says that attacks

on Iraqi security volunteers who are

given much of the credit for reducing

violence in their country, have doubled since October.

American and Italian authorities sweep up dozens of suspects wanted in

connection with a transatlantic drug trafficking operation and a string of U.S mafia

crimes dating to the 1970’s.

Week of February 8, 2008

NASCAR - Dale Earnhardt Jr. drives his No. 88 Hendrick Chevrolet past Tony

Stewart’s Toyota and two laps left to win the Budweiser Shootout at Daytona.

Technology -

Yahoo Inc. buys Maven Networks Inc. for about $160 million to expand its

footprint in the first-growing online video advertising market.

Starbucks Corp. and AT&T Inc will begin offering a mix of free and paid wireless

Internet service in most of the coffee retailer’s U.S. shops beginning this spring.

The move ends a six-year partnership with T-Mobile, which did not include free

Wi-Fi and charged higher fees than AT&T will.

Documents dating from the Civil war and others to and from Presidents Theodore

and Franklin Roosevelt are among hundreds of stolen documents sold online that

EBay is agreeing to buy back and return to New York’s archives.

Entertainment -

Passing - Actor Roy Scheider - best

known for “Jaws.” He was 75.

Television news -

Passing - Actor David Groh - gained fame

playing Joe Gerard on “Rhoda.”

Fox News Channel fires Eric Burns - host

of its weekly “Fox News Watch” show.

Music news -

Madonna directs her first feature - “Filth

and Wisdom” and it’s unveiled at the Berlin

Film Festival.

Walt Disney Parks and resorts announce

plans to create a live performance

attraction based on “American Idol” at

Disney theme parks.

Christina Norman, president of MTV since 2005, resigns her job.

Grammy Awards - Carry Underwood, Alicia Keys and Amy Winehouse

performed.

Album of the Year

Herbie Hancock - River: The Joni Letters

Week of February

8,2008

Record of the Year

Amy Winehouse - "Rehab"

Song of the Year

Amy Winehouse - "Rehab"

Best New Artist

Amy Winehouse

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

Amy Winehouse - "Rehab"

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

Justin Timberlake - "What Goes Around

... Comes Around"

Best Pop Performance by a Duo or

Group With Vocals

Maroon 5 - "Makes Me Wonder"

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - "Gone

Gone Gone (Done Moved On)"

Best Pop Vocal Album

Amy Winehouse - Back to Black

Best Dance Recording

Justin Timberlake - "LoveStoned/I Think

She Knows"

Best Electronic/Dance Album

The Chemical Brothers - We Are The

Night

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance

Bruce Springsteen - "Radio Nowhere"

Best Rock Performance by a Duo or

Group With Vocals

The White Stripes - "Icky Thump"

Best Hard Rock Performance

Foo Fighters - "The Pretender"

Best Metal Performance

Slayer - "Final Six"

Best Rock Song

Bruce Springsteen - "Radio Nowhere"

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

Bruce Springsteen - "Once Upon A

Time In The West" (from We All Love

Ennio Morricone )

Best Rock Album

Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence,

Patience & Grace

Best Alternative Music Album

The White Stripes - Icky Thump

Best Female R&B Vocal

Performance

Alicia Keys - "No One"

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

Prince - "Future Baby Mama"

Best R&B Performance by a Duo or

Group With Vocals

Week of February

8,2008

Chaka Khan (featuring Mary J. Blige) - "Disrespectful"

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

Gerald Levert - "In My Songs"

Best Urban/Alternative Performance

Lupe Fiasco (featuring Jill Scott) -

"Daydreamin'"

Best R&B Song

Alicia Keys - "No One"

Best R&B Album

Chaka Khan - Funk This

Best Contemporary R&B Album

N e-Yo - Because Of You

Best Rap Solo Performance

Kanye West - "Stronger"

Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group

Common Featuring Kanye West - "Southside"

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z - "Umbrella"

Best Rap Song

Kanye West Featuring T-Pain - "Good Life"

Best Rap Album

Kanye West - Graduation

Best Traditional Folk Album

Levon Helm - Dirt Farmer

Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album

Steve Earle - Washington Square Serenade

More music news - “Recognize! Hip Hop and Contemporary Portraiture,” is on

view through Oct at the Smithsonian institution.

More Television news -

The CW network is dropping “Friday Night Smackdown.”

Top TV -

American idol (Tue.)- 27.91 million viewers

American idol (Wed.) - 26.28

House (Tue.)- 23.16

Grammy Awards - 17.17

Moment of Truth - 16.62

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition - 15.77

Lost - 15.29

Survivor: Micronesia - 14.02

Deal or No Deal (Mon.) - 13.16

60 Minutes - 13.06

20/20 (Mon.) - 12.66

Two and a Half Men (Mon.) - 12.31

CSI - 11.84

Without a Trace - 10.20