Week of July 15, 2002

John Walker Lindh pleads guilty to taking

up arms as a soldier in the Taliban army

and agrees to cooperate with the U.S.

government in its efforts to capture and

prosecute terrorists.

Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan

warns Congress that corporate scandals

threaten to injure the nation’s slowly

mending economy and should be treated

with stiff new penalties for executives who

cheat.

Palestinian gunmen dressed as Israeli soldiers ambush an armored bus in the

West Bank, killing 7.

Two suicide attackers set of explosions in a rundown commercial neighborhood

in Tel Aviv, killing at least 5.

Gov. Jeb Bush’s daughter, Noelle is jailed after

officials said she failed to meet the requirements of a

court-ordered drug treatment program.

Technology - the FCC gives carriers a year before

they must permit customers to keep their number

when switching mobile-phone providers. It’s the third

time the agency extended the number portability

deadline

Illegal bootleg copies of movies such as “Men in

Black II, “Reign of Fire” and others are found on

Ebay, but the website says it will pull the accounts

after they’ve found them. This is a new trend on the famous auction website.

Business - The Dow drops 390 points or 4.6%. The market was shaken by the

wave of corporate financial scandals this year, the threat of more terrorist attacks

and uncertainty over the strength of the economic recovery.

AOL Time Warner Inc shakes up its top management ranks. Resigning is Bob

Pittman - who helped begin MTV and was a key architect of the merger between

Internet giant AOL and Time Warner.

Week of July 15, 2002

Entertainment - Angelina Jolie files for

divorce from Billy Bob Thornton .

PBS says the South African production of

“Sesame Street” will include an HIV-positive

Muppet, but no such character will be

introduced domestically.

TV ratings -

All Star Game - (Fox) - 14.65

CSI - 13.04

All-Star Pregame Show - 12.43

Everybody Loves Raymond - 11.64

Law & Order - 11.34

The House Whisperer - 10.91

60 Minutes - 10.80

48 Hours (Mon.) - 10.24

Becker - 10.17

Dog Eat Dog - 10.10

Movie - Men in Black 09.39

Big Brother 3 (Wed.) - 9.19

Fear Factor - 8.99

American Idol (Wed.) - 6.96

Crime & Punishment - 8.81

Law & Order (Criminal Intent) -

8.80

Movie-Holy Joe - 8.73

Law & Order -: SVU - 8.65

60 Minutes Ii - 8.36

Dateline NBC (Tue.)

Television news - David Chase, creator of “The Sopranos” says the show’s

producers are discussing a big screen version after its HBO run ends.

Springsteen drummer Max Weinberg is taking leave of

absence from “Late Night With Conan O’Brien” to tour with the

E Street Band, where he’s been a member since 1974.

He’s back - Phil Donahue debuts a daily talk show - this time

on MSNBC.

Week of July 15, 2002

Pop hits this week in 2002 -

Hot In Herre - Nelly

Without Me - Eminem

Hero - Chad Kreeger

Complicated - Avril Lavigne

I Need A Girl (Part Two) - P. Diddy

Foolish - Ashanti

A Thousand Miles - Vanessa Carlton

Oh Boy - Cam’ron featuring Juelz

Santana

The Middle - Jimmy Eat World

Still Fly - Big Tymore

Addictive - Truth Hurts

Just A Friend 2002 - Marie

Soak Up the Sun - Sheryl Crow

Top albums this week in 2002 -

The Eminem Show - Eminem

Nellyville - Nelly

Untouchables - Korn

Ashanti - Ashanti

Let Go - Avril Lavigne

Missundaztood - Pink

God’s Favorite - N.O.R.E.

We Invented the remix - P.

Diddy/Various Artists

No Shoes, No Shirt, No

problems - Kenny Chesney

Lovehatetragedy - Papa

Roach

C’mon, C’mon - Sheryl Crow

Disney’s Life and Stitch -

Soundtrack

Truthfully Speaking - Truth

Hurts

Room For Squares - John

Mayer

Hood Rich - Big Tymers

Come Away With Me - Norah