Week of May 1, 2008

Four U.S. soldiers die in a series of roadside bombings in Baghdad.

Barack Obama wins North Carolina as Hillary Rodham Clinton wins in

Indianapolis.

The death toll in Myanmar could reach higher than 10,000 after a major cyclone

hits.

President Bush defends his emphasis on ethanol, saying corn bio fuel isn’t the

main cause of high food prices. He says the U.S. should be growing its energy.

Al Qaeda uses a haven in Pakistan’s rough tribal areas to double the number of

attacks there.

The Federal Reserve says it would pump more cash into U.S. banks to keep the

nation’s financial system from seizing up.

Passing - Irvine Robbins - one-half Baskin and Robbins

goes all 12 rounds.

General Motors reports a $3.3

billion loss for the first quarter

of this year.

Starbucks Corp says that its

fiscal second-quarter profit fell

28% as U.S. consumers

responded to rising food and

gasoline prices by making fewer latte runs.

The U.S. economy grew at .6% annual pace for a second quarter in a row!

Technology -

Microsoft will sell TV shows at its own online store for use on its Zune music and

video player.

Microsoft yanks their $42 billion takeover offer for Yahoo.

Week of May 1, 2008

Amazon sues New York State, challenging a new statute requiring Internet

retailers based elsewhere to collect New York sale taxes, saying it’s

unconstitutional, vague and overly broad.

Apple says it will sell new move releases through iTunes on the same day as

their DVD release.

Music News - Rascal Flatts perform on Jay Leno this week.

Miley Cyrus appears in the upcoming issue of Vanity Fair - but she’s wrapped in

what appears to be a satin bedsheet, looking over her shoulder in a come hither

pose.

American Idol - contestants sing Neil Diamond songs.

Entertainment news -

Madam.” - facing prison time is found

dead by hanging. She was hanging by a

nylon rope from a metal beam in her

backyard shed near her mother’s home in

Florida. She left two notes and a

notebook with other messages to family.

She became famous from Pamela martin

and Associates - her upscale escort

service that federal prosecutors said

made millions during its 13 years in

business.

Boxing announcers Michael (Let’s Get

Ready To Rumble) Buffer is recovering

from cancer surgery on his throat and is

back on the job.

Top TV this week -

American Idol - (Tue.) - 25.09

American Idol (Wed.) - 22.80

Dancing with the Stars - 18.22 (Mon.) - 18.22

CSI (Thu.) - 18.01

Dancing with the stars (Tue.) - 17.06

Desperate Housewives - 16.76

Week of May

1,

2008

Grey’s Anatomy - 15.31

NCIS - 14.76

House - 14.64

CSI: Miami - 13.88

Criminal Minds - 13.03

Two and a Half Men - 12.91

Without a Trace - 12.83

Survivor: Micronesia - 12.32

Law & Order: SVU (Tue.) -

12.31

Hell’s Kitchen - 11.94

Extreme Makeover: Home

Edition - 11.57

Cold Case - 11.56

CSI: NY 11.51

60 Minutes - 10.73

Lost - 10.73

Brothers & Sisters - 10.46

Samantha Who? - 9.87

Bones - 9.80

Medium - 9.68

Law & Order (Wed.) - 9.65

Ghost Whisperer - 9.21

How I Met Your Mother - 8.84

Television news -

“Ugly Betty” is moving from Los Angeles to New York for production - a big part

due to New York State’s new and bigger film tax credit. The show will be cheaper

to produce.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is on David Letterman this week.

Appearing on Oprah Winfrey’s show - Barbara Walters shares details of her

relationship - her affair with married U.S. Sen. Edward Brooke, calling him

“exciting and “brilliant.”