Week of January 15, 2007

News conference in West Bank - Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud

Abbas implores Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for help moving stalled

peace talks with Israel toward their final stage.

President Bush asserts that he has the power to send more U.S. forces,

regardless of what lawmakers want.

Iraq - U.S. officials in Baghdad say that the latest plan to calm the area will

succeed because Iraqi politicians will come through this time - they’ll be part of

the solution. Meanwhile - the Iraqi government moves to solidify relations with

Iran - with or without the U.S.

At least 70 Iraqi college students are killed and many others wounded after a pair

of car bombs explode at a Shiite-dominated university in the capital.

The Bush administration says it will no longer eavesdrop on the international

phone calls of terrorist suspects in the U.s. without first getting a court order.

The Chinese military has shot down one of its own satellites with a ground-based

ballistic missile. The satellite was no longer working.

Returning from a fact-finding trip to Iraq, Sen. Hilliary Rodham Clinton calls for a

cap on the number of U.S. troops stationed in the war zone.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton

enters the 2008 presidential

race. “I’m in. And I’m in to win.”

Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill,

establishes a presidential

exploration committee. Will he

enter?

The Pentagon is not violating

privacy rights by requesting

information from financial

institutions, phone companies

or credit bureaus in suspected

espionage and terrorism cases

- so says Vice President Dick

Cheney.

Iraq - U.S. and Iraqi military

Week of January 15, 2007

forces arrest a top Shiite officials suspected of torturing and killing civilians.

The American Cancer Society reports that cancer deaths in 2004 dropped by

3,014- early eight times the number during the previous year - the second

straight year of declining caner deaths.

Homebuilder KB is selling homes inspired by Martha Stewart. Look for them on a

billboard or ad!

Best picture drama - “Babel”

Best actor drama - Forest Whitaker -

“The Last King of Scotland”

“The Queen”

Best picture comedy - “Dreamgirls”

Best actor comedy - Sheha Baron

Cohen - “Borat”

Best actress comedy - Meryl Streep -

“The Devil Wears Prada”

Technology -

Four families sue MySpace after their

underage daughters were sexually

abused by adults they met on the site.

Demand for iPods helps lift Apple’s

earnings to a 78% increase in fiscal

first-quarter earnings.

Intel Crop - in its price war with AMD - sees profits plunge 39%.

“The Big Debate” the first of 10 planned MSN Originals shows from TV producer

Ben Silverman makes its debut on MSN Video. It’s a three-minute Web series

scheduled to run five days a week for the next month. Sponsor is Cingular

Wireless.

Entertainment -

Lindsay Lohan has checked herself into a Los Angeles rehab clinic.

On demand Web feature - NetFlix will begin showing movies and TV episodes

over the Internet this week.

Week of January 15, 2007

Radio news -

Stunt goes deadly - Jennifer Lea Strange dies after participating in a water

drinking contest held by the morning show at KDND-FM in Sacramento. She was

one of a dozen or so who tried to win a Nintendo Wii gaming console by seeing

how much water they could drink without going to the bathroom in a “Hold your

Wee for Wii” contest. The entire morning show and staff has been let go.

Music news -

Usher is found guilty of speeding in Georgia. He was fined $425 and told to

perform 20 hours of community service.

Simmons) and a partner are

arrested on suspicion of selling

pirated CD's. A raid included

81,000 CD’s and other assets

valued at $500,000.

A respiratory infection forces Kylie

Minogue to cancel two concerts in

England following treatment for

breast cancer.

Passing - Michael Brecker - jazz saxophonist.

Television news -

Despite an apology pressure continues to build on ABC to oust “Grey’s Anatomy”

star Isaiah Washington after his slur on homophobia.

Passing- Actor Ron Carey - best known for his role in “Barney Miller.” He was

71.

the popular drama finishes airing. Usually, studios release a TV DVD months

after the network run.

Monday night television -

CBS - How I Met Your Mother, The Class, Two and a Half Men, New Adventures

of Old Christine, David Letterman

ABC - Wife Swap, Supernanny, What About Brian, Nightline

Fox - 24

Week of January 15, 2007

CW - Everybody Hates Chris,

All of Us, Girlfriends, the Game

PBS - Antiques Roadshow,

American Experience, Tavis

Smiley, Charlie Rose

At the movies -

Stomp the Years

Night at the Museum

The Pursuit of Happyness

Dreamgirls

Freedom Writers

Children of Men

Alpha Dog

Primeval

Arthur and the Invisibles

Charlotte’s Web

Week of January 15, 2007