Week of October 1, 2006
A milk truck driver armed with a small arsenal - bursts into a one-room
schoolhouse in Pennsylvania’s Amish country - and kills four girls and critically
wounds seven others. He killed himself as police stormed the building.
Secretary of state Condoleezza Rice arrives in Baghdad on an announced visit to
urge on Iraq’s government.
Russian President Vladimir Putin
criticizes Georgia for its arrest of four
alleged Russian spies. He accused
the former Soviet state of resorting to
hostage taking and Stalinist tactics.
The FBI says it has begun a
preliminary inquiry to determine
whether Rep. Mark Foley, the
disgraced Florida lawmaker had
violated federal law by sending
sexually explicit instant messages to at least one teenager who had served as a
congressional page.
Diplomatic crisis - Six Russian military officers accused by Georgia of espionage
are allowed to return to Moscow
Donald Trump and a real estate investment company announce plans to build a
$200-million luxury resort in northern Baja California.
Sports -
Roger Clemens - the seven-time Cy Young Award winner - who came out of
retirement to pitch for the Houston Astros for the past three seasons - is among
six players allegedly linked to steroids by a former teammate. Steroids are a
performance-enhancement drug.
Technology -
YouTube with its 60 employees, is finding it hard to keep up bandwith demand.
The popular video website now serves 100 million videos a day. Word has it that
Google is interested in buying the website. An analyst says - “they don’t have the
necessary staff to be able to move ahead here, especially with the threat of a
lawsuit looming over them. They need to find ways to rapidly generate more
advertising revenue, which Google is gong to be terrific at.” Yes, the company
Week of October 1, 2006
has drawn threats of lawsuits from TV studios and music labels for not
adequately blocking copyrighted works.
No more launching new services rapidly. Google says it has begun telling its
engineers to stop launching so many new services and instead focus on making
existing ones work together better - a shift of strategy for the 8-year-old
company. The company believes that its myriad product releases were confusing
their users.
Sirius Satellite Radio ads more subscribers than rival XM during the third quarter
- reaching 5.1 million subs.
Best Buy and RealNetworks say they would begin a digital music service to
compete with Apple’s iTunes and Microsoft’ Zune. Look for it in October 15.
On Saturday Night Live - Jaime
Pressly with musical guest
Corinne Bailey Rae.
Business - Starbucks raises its
long-term expansion goal to
40,000 stores - up from a mere
30,000. It says it was nowhere
close to exhausting opportunities
in North America, even as
possibilities appeared
internationally. Starbucks had
12,241 locations at the end of
fiscal 2006 (Oct 1).
Television news -
Don’t miss FX drama - “Nip/Tuck.”
Wednesday night television -
CBS - Jericho, Criminal Minds, CSI: NY, Late Show, Craig Ferguson
NBC - Friday Night Lights, the Biggest Loser, Kidnapped, Tonight, Conan
O’Brien
ABC - Dancing with the Stars, Lost, The Nine, Nightline, Jimmey Kimmel
MyNet - Desire, Fashion House
Fox - Bones, House
CW - America’s Next Top Model. One Tree Hill
PBS - Secrets of the Dead, Moyers on America, Tavis Smiley, Charlie Rose
Disney - Phil of the Future, That’s So Raven, Life with Derek, Zack & Cody
Week of October 1, 2006
VH1 - Awesomely Ridiculous Celeb Moments, Celebrity Fit Club
Late Show - Alec Baldwin, Jerry Lee Lewis, Neil Young
Tonight Show - Michael Clark, Duncan, Lisa
Lampanelli , Rod Stewart
At the movies -
Open Season
The Guardian
Jackass: Number Two
School for Scoundrels
Jet Li’s Fearless
Gridiron Gang
The Illusionist
Flyboys
The Black Dahlia
Little Miss Sunshine
Pop hits this week in 2006 -
Steady, as she goes
The Raconteurs
Ain't No Other Man
Christina Aguilera
Why won't you give me your love? The Zutons
Dani California
The Red Hot Chili Peppers
Upside down
Jack Johnson
What's left of me
Nick Lachey
No tomorrow
The Orson
Unfaithful
Rihanna
Girl next door
Saving Jane
You're all I have
Snow Patrol
World, hold on
Bob Sinclair
Maneater
Nelly Furtado
I write sins not tragedies
Panic! At The Disco