Week of January 15, 2008

President Bush calls for about $150 billion in tax rebates and other measures

designed to be a “shot in the arm” for the flagging economy.

Sen. Barack Obama announces that he would donate to charity $40,350 in past

political contributions after his identity surfaced in a public corruption case

headed to trial.

Hillary Rodham Clinton and John McCain win in Nevada.

A female suicide bomber detonates her explosives vest in a marketplace in

Diyala province, killing at least eight and injuring seven.

inaugurated as Governor of Louisiana -

the first Indian American governor in the

U.S. and currently, the nation’s youngest

at 36.

Medical - Fewer pregnant women are

choosing abortion with abortions down

25% since peaking in 1990.

Patients are waiting longer for care in

the nation’s emergency rooms - 30

minutes or longer - a 36% increase from

a median wait time of 22 minutes in

1997.

The FDA says meat and milk from

cloned animals and their offspring are as

safe as the natural versions.

Passing - Chess champ Bobby Fischer. He was 64.

Passing - Richard Knerr - co-founder of Wham-O toys - makers of Frisbee and

Hula Hoop

Business -

Stock markets worldwide are taking dives. The U.S. is down 15.3% from a year

ago. Japan is down 27% for the same period.

Week of January 15, 2008

Sports -

Passing - Georgia Frontiere - former entertainer who inherited the LA Rams.

She was 80. She ticked off a lot of people when she moved the team to Anaheim

in 1980 - then to St. Louis in 1995.

The NBA expands its digital business deal with Turner Broadcasting by turning

over operation of its league website, a 24/7 digital television channel and a cable

and satellite television package.

Music news -

Passing - John Stewart - once with the Kingston Trio.

Television news -

- the Brady Bunch’s “Sam the Butcher”

and many other TV characters. He was

84.

Oprah Winfrey and Discovery

communications say they were forming a

company with a flagship cable channel to

be called OWN: The Oprah Winfrey

Network. Look for it in mid-2009.

Despite the Hollywood writers strike, the

big TV networks have more than 100

episodes of scripted series ready to roll

out over the next few months. But few

are fan favorites or hit shows.

debuted on U.S. TV - back in1981, but the late cartoonist Pierre Culliford -

introduced the tiny blue figures in a comic strip in October of 1958.

Some Tuesday night television -

CBS - NCIS, Comanche Moon, David Letterman

NBC - The Biggest Loser; Couples, law & Order, Special Victims Unit, Tonight

Show

ABC - Just for Laughs, Just for laughs, According to Jim, Carpoolers, Boston

Legal, Nightline

Fox - American Idol (season premiere)

CW - Reaper, One Tree Hill

MyNet - Street patrol, Jail Paterson, Jail Facilities

Week of January 15, 2008

Comedy Central - Daily Show, Colbert

Report, Futurama, South Park, Demetri

Martin

Disney - Hannah Montana, Zack & Cody,

Movie, That’s So Raven

At the movies -

The Bucket List

First Sunday

June

National Treasure: Book of

Secrets

Alvin and the Chipmunks

I Am Legend

One Missed call

P.S I Love You

The Pirates Who Don’t Do

Anything: A Veggie tales Movie

Atonement.