Week of June 8, 2002

Jose Padilla - a former Chicago gang member who turned Islam is arrested -

accused of planning an attack with a senior Al Qaeda operative to detonate a

radioactive bomb on American soil.

Authorities in Pakistan interrogate a second suspect in an alleged Al Qaeda plot

to detonate a radioactive bomb in America.

A jury finds Michael Skakel guilty of murdering Martha Moxley with a golf club

nearly 27 years. ago.

Carlos Pacheco - an employee at a Providence Journal production plant is found

dead in a burned-out car after she shot a co-worker to death and wounded

another, then killed another employee at his home near Providence.

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat announces a

leaner, slightly redesigned Cabinet after

pressure from the international community.

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says he

has no hard information that Al Qaeda fighters

were operating near the Pakistani-Indian frontier

in Kashmir. “We do have a good deal of scraps

of intelligence. It tends to be speculative. It is not

actionable, it is not verifiable.”

Priest sex abuse - Opening a meeting of the

nation’s Roman Catholic bishops in Dallas,

Bishop Wilton Gregory offers “the most profound

apology” for derelict leadership and promised to

enact tough reform measures.

President Bush launches a physical fitness initiative to make the U.S. “stronger

and healthier.”

The nation’s unemployment rate dipped to 5.8% in May.

Passing - Clothes designer Bill Blass (79).

Sports -

Carolina in game 4 of the Stanley Cup finals.

Week of June 8, 2002

Technology -

Yahoo unveils its first overhaul in five years, hoping their new look will better

serve visitors. The redesigned home page highlights Yahoo promotions and

affiliated sites. It had to do something - it’s revenue has been in a free fall for the

past five quarters. The top search engines -

Yahoo with about 80 million visitors per month.

MSN - about 77 million.

AOL - 51 million

Terry Lycos - 40 million

Netscape home page - 12 million.

New ad campaign for Apple rolls out this week. It’s all about testimonials from

those who have switched into Apple. It replaces “Think Different.”

Film88.com (first known as movie88.com - a pirate online film site offering hit

movies on demand for $1 is shut down for the third time after its servers are

seized. The site enabled Consumers to watch hundreds of hit movies and classic

TV programs in near VHS quality, charging $1 a viewing. It never did obtain the

studios’ permission. Nor did it pay for them.

her own reality series on MTV. Look for

“Diary Presents: Brandy Special

Delivery” debuting in June. It’s described

as a document in the daily life of Brandy

as she balances her marriage, career,

family and impending motherhood.

Marry - Paul McCartney to Heather Mills

in Scotland.

R. Kelly reports to Chicago authorities to

face child pornography charges and is

released after posting bond.

David Bowie appears on Dave

Letterman’s show this week.

Entertainment -

Walt Disney says it will aggressively cross-promote its new fall TV lineup at

Disneyland and Disney world - in feature films, retail stores, its ESPN Zone

restaurants and CD’s. Disney is trying to improve the performance of ABC, which

is third in the ratings.

Week of June 8, 2002

Johnny Depp has agreed to star “The Pirates of the Caribbean” and “Takedown”

- two Jerry Bruckheimer films.

Univision is acquiring Hispanic Broadcasting Corp. - the largest Spanish-

language radio network in a $3.5-billin stock deal.

Radio news -

JJ Jackson - perhaps best-known as an early

MTV veejay - is now on “The Wave’ - 94.7 in Los

Angeles.

A couple slaps a $10-million lawsuit on MTV and

Las Vegas’ hard rock hotel-casino, charging that

they were given a room with hidden cameras. The

equipment was intended to record their reaction to

finding a mutilated corpse on the premises - to air

on MTV’s “Harassment.”

Don’t miss “Oprah

Winfrey After The

Show” to air on

Oxygen weeknights. Winfrey is a 25% owner of the

channel.

At the movies -

The Sum of All Fears

Divine secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

Star Wars: Episode Ii Attack of the Clones

Bad Company

Spider-Man

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

Undercover Brother

Insomnia

Enough

Abut a Boy