Week of March 1, 2007
The White House moves back a deadline to implement national driver’s license
standards. Critics say the move would undermine personal privacy and burden
states.
A chartered bus flips over a concrete railing of an interstate overpass and
plunges 24 feet in Bluffton, Ohio. Four teammates from Ohio College are killed
The bus was en route to games.
Lewis “Scooter” Libby” - former aide to Dick Cheney is convicted of lying about
his role in discrediting a war critic.
Afghanistan - A suicide bombing targeting an American military convoy leaves
eight Afghan civilians dead.
A tornado near Enterprise, Alabama topples the roof of a high school and kills at
least 5.
In Selma, Alabama - Sens. Barack
Obama , Hillary and Bill Clinton as
they mark the anniversary of a bloody
1965 march.
Vice President Dick Cheney is being
treated for a blood clot in his left leg
after spending some 65 hours on a
jet.
An airliner carrying 133 passengers
and even crew members bursts into
flames as it lands in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, At least 49 are dead.
Atom accelerator - A 1,920-ton magnet is lowered into an underground cavern at
the multinational center, on the Swiss-French border near Geneva.
Consumer spending was up .5% last month.
Maj. Gen George Weightman, the general in charge of the Walter Reed Army
Medical Center is stripped of his command after revelations that wounded
soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan were receiving slipshod outpatient
treatment. Here was in command for 6 months.
Week of March 1, 2007
Technology -
Seen on YouTube - Surveillance videos from police department to help identify
criminals.
Business software maker Oracle Corp agrees to buy Hyperion solutions Corp. for
$3.3 billion in cash.
Entertainment news - Premier
magazine, which launched in 1987, is
shutting down. It was one of the first
entertainment magazines to cover the
inner-Hollywood happenings.
Music news - Iconix Brand Group
purchases Rocawear - the line co-
founded by rapper superstar Jay-Z for
$205 million
Jenna Bush is set to write “Ana’s Story: A
Journey of Hope,” drawing on her
experiences as a UNICEF worker in
Central America.
Passing - Thomas Eagleton - former
U.S. senator from Missouri who was
forced to withdraw as the Democratic
Party’s vice presidential nominee in
1972 after admitting he had been
hospitalized for nervous exhaustion and had undergone electric shock
treatments.
Television news -
It’s a hit - Fox-TV’s “Are You Smarter Than a 5 th Grader” which tests adults on
5 th -grade level and below math, science and history. Hosted by Jeff Foxworthy.
Basketball star Shaquille O’Neal head for his own
reality TV show. Look for it in the summer.
The new Spanish language network called V-me (Veh-
meh) hits the air. Programming features a mix of
original productions and acquisitions as well as public
television fare adapted for American Latinos.
Week of March 1, 2007
Top TV -
American Idol on Tuesday - 30.65
American Idol on Wednesday - 29.78
American Idol on Thursday - 27.39
Are You Smarter Than a 5 th Grader on Tuesday - 26.48
Are You Smarter Than a 5 th Grader on Wednesday -
23.46
Are You smarter Than a 5 th Grader?
-23.37
Desperate Housewives - 18.31
CSI: Miami - 17.42
Deal or No Deal on Monday - 17.26
Two and a Half Men - 16.58
NCIS - 16.16
CSI - 15.69
Without A Trace - 14.88
Extreme Makeover - Home Edition -
14.71
Survivor: Fiji - 14.67
Criminal Minds - 14.50
At the movies -
The Abandoned
The Number 23
Reno 911: Miami
Music and Lyrics
Tyler Perry’s Daddy’s Little Girls
The Messengers
The Departed
Smokin’ Aces
Babel
The Last King of Scotland
Letters From Iwo Jima
Venus
Arthur and the Invisibles
The Pursuit of Happyness
The Queen
Charlotte’s Web