Week of March 1, 2004

John F. Kerry defeats John Edwards in nine of 10 states - clinching the

Democratic presidential nomination just six weeks after balloting began.

President Jean-Bertrand Aristide - succumbing to international pressure - flees

the armed revolt that left most of Haiti under rebel control. The U.S. Marines

arrive to secure the area.

A federal jury finds Martha Stewart guilty of conspiracy, obstruction of justice and

two counts of lying to investigators - making her the first major figure convicted in

a wave of financial scandals.

waited until last month to “set the record straight” that

Iraq posed no immediate threat to the United states in

the months leading u to the war, Sen. Edward

Kennedy says.

The FBI announces a new effort to disseminate

photographs of unidentified child pornographers on

television and the Internet in hopes they will be

recognized. The first two suspects arrested were

identified after their photos aired recently on

“America’s Most Wanted.”

The attorney for Multnomah County issues a legal

opinion that would allow marriage licenses for same-sex couples in Portland,

Oregon and elsewhere in the county.

Sports -

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that three of baseball’s most prominent

batters - Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi and Gary Sheffield received steroids

illegally from Greg Anderson - Bond’s personal trainer. Anderson is one of four

indicted on charges of trafficking in steroids and other performance-enhancing

substances through BALCO - the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative.

Michael Eisner is removed as chairman of the board of Walt Disney Co., but will

remain as chief executive officer.

J.K. Rowling, who initially signed to do seven Harry Potter books, now says she

may keep going. She says she’ll never say never.

Week of March 1, 2004

Best picture - “Lord of the Rings: Return

of the King.’

Best actor - Sean Penn - “Mystic River.’

“Monster.”

Best supporting actor - Tim Robbins -

“Mystic River.

Best supporting actress - Renee

Zellweger - “Cold Mountain.’

Best original song - “Into the West” from

“The Return of the King.”

So far - “The Passion Of the Christ” has

done $117.5 million in its first five days.

Alistair Cooke retires after 58 years of his

BBC radio program, “Letter From

America.” Cooke is 95. He was host of “Masterpiece Theatre” from 1971 to 1992.

Actor Michael Crawford, who starred in the London, New York and Los Angeles

productions of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “The Phantom of the Opera,” will return to

the West End this summer to appear in the composer’s latest show, “The Woman

in White.”

Technology -

Ask Jeeves Inc. says it was buying a family of popular websites that included

Excite.com and Iwon.com.

Yahoo is adopting a new system for indexing Web pages. Called “paid inclusion,”

it’s a way of paying to get a link or an index on Yahoo.

Music news -

Another new project from Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus. First one was

“Mamma Mia” not comes “Kristina,’ a musical

based on Wilhelm Moberg’s novel “The

Emigrants.” Which also was the subject of a

Swedish film around 1971.

landscape for some 10 years, signs with Blue

Note Records to produce several albums. She

Week of March 1, 2004

wasn’t heard from again after her 1994 “Rhythm of Love” album in 1994.

Atlanta - Bobby Brown, arrested several months ago for allegedly striking his

wife, Whitney Houston, is sentenced to 60 days in jail.

Cut Is The Deepest” on this week’s “One

Tree Hill” on the WB. Don’t miss it. The

song was written in 1967 by Cat Stevens.

Television news - On “Saturday Night

Live” - Colin Firth hosts with musical

guest Norah Jones.

Season 5 of “The Sopranos” debuts this

week on HBO.

A Pew Research Center poll finds that

21% of those between 18 to 29 cite “The

Daily Show” and “Saturday Night Live” as sources of presidential campaign

news. 23% of the same group cite the newscasts of ABC, NBC and CBS.

Top TV

Academy Awards - 42.53

CSI - 28.01

Countdown to the Oscars 2004 -

27.68

American Idol on Tuesday -

26.56

American Idol n Wednesday -

23.00

Friends - 22.82

Survivor All-stars - 22.18

ER - 21.87

Big Fat Obnoxious Fiancé -

20.96

CSI: Miami - 20.34

The Apprentice - 20.01

Will & Grace - 18.14

Everybody Loves Raymond -

16.96

Without a Race - 16.98

Week of March

1,

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Law & Order - 16.73

Two and a Half Men - 16.48

Fear Factor - 14.87

Law & Order: SVU - 14.42

The Bachelorette - 13.53

Barbara Walters Special -

13.39

Super Millionaire on

Tuesday - 13.24

Super millionaire on

Saturday - 12.78

At the movies -

Passion of the Christ

50 First dates

Twisted

Confessions of a Teenage

Drama Queen

Dirty dancing: Havana

Nights

Miracle

Eurotrip

Welcome to Mooseport

Barbershop 2: Back in

Business

Broken Lizard’s Club

Dread