Week of June 23, 2008

Obama and Hillary Clinton debut as allies - as they are together for the first time

in New Hampshire. Obama praised Clinton for her path breaking candidacy. And

Clinton urged her supporters to get behind Obama.

Sen. John McCain pledges that if elected president, he would put the nation on a

path toward independence from foreign oil by 2025.

protects American’s right to own guns for self defense.

American Airlines says customers will be able to test in-flight Internet access on

two flights beginning this week.

A woman pretending to seek assistance from police detonates an explosive

under her robe and kills 15 in the civic center of Baqubah.

Retailer Pier 1 Imports says that it was withdrawing its offer to buy rival Cost Plus

for $88 million.

One-of-a-kind comedian. He

finished a show at the Orleans

casino in Vegas and was

planning to take the month off to

relax and work on a new book of

essays and musing. Carlin

released some 22 albums and 3

best-selling books during his

almost 50-year-career.

Passing - Wilbur Hardee -

hamburger chain founder.

Trend - Insurgent activity is

increasing sharply in Afghanistan

and additional troops are needed to combat them.

Technology -

Rhapsody America a top web subscription base music service, opens a digital

download store - challenging iTunes.

Week of June 23, 2008

Ticketing website fandango acquires movies.com.

Technology billionaire and philanthropist Henry Samueli pleads guilty to a felony

charge of lying to regulators about his role in an alleged plot to secretly reward

his Broadcom Corp employees by manipulating stock options.

Sports - Omaha - On the first day of U.S. Olympic swim trials, Michael Phelps,

does the 400m in 4 minutes 5.25 seconds - a record.

Music news -

Don’t miss Carrie Underwood’s “Carnival Ride” tour.

Did you catch the BET Awards? - Al Green got a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Boy George who had planned a U.S. tour this summer, has been denied a visa.

He’s waiting trial in London. He has plead not guilty to imprisoning a man.

about racial remarks on his radio program

said he was trying to “make a sarcastic

point” about unfair treatment of blacks in

the criminal justice system but had been

misunderstood. He said, ‘there you go -

now you know” after asking his sports guy,

- Warner Wolfe, what color is he (referring

to s story about Cowboys’s cornerback

Adam Jones getting arrested again).

Television news -

Jim Lehrer is back anchoring “The News

Hour for the first time since he underwent

a heart valve procedure in April.

The Disney Channel’s made-for-TV movie

- “Camp Rock” gets cable television’s

most watched entertainment program of

the 2007-2008 season with 8.86

million viewers.

Top TV -

NBA Finals: Game 6 - 16.86

America’s Got talent - 12.78

60 Minutes - 9.10

Two and Half Men - 8.95

Week of June 23, 2008

So You Think You Can Dance? (Thu.) - 8.87

So You Think You Can Dance? (Wed.) 8.85

Deal or No deal (Tue. - 8.72

House - 8.62

Deal or No deal (Wed.) 8.34

Hell’s Kitchen - 8.25

Dateline NBC (Sun.) - 8.234

Million Dollar Password - 8.20

CSI: NY - 8.04

CSI: Miami - 7.98

CSI - 7.85

Cold Case - 7.25

Criminal Minds (Wed.) - 7.25

NBC Universal amicably resolved a $105

million lawsuit filed by a woman whose

brother committed suicide during a taping

of its controversial “Dateline NBC” both

parties say.

At the movies

Get Smart

The Incredible

Kung Fu Panda

The Love Guru

The Happening

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Sex and the City

Iron Man

The Strangers

You Don’t Mess With the Zohan

Week of June 23, 2008