Week of October 8, 2005
More than 18,000 are killed after an earthquake strikes north Pakistan. The
magnitude 7.6 struck just before 7 in the morning.
Islamic militants stage coordinated attack son police and government buildings in
the North Caucasus region of Moscow. 90 are dead in the series of attacks.
The Senate votes to give President Bush an additional $50 billion for the wars in
Iraq and Afghanistan.
Six U.S. Marines are killed by roadside bombs in Iraq during heavy fighting west
of Baghdad.
Yahoo says it will shut down chat rooms that could be used by sexual predators
seeking access to children. It’s the first time an Internet company has undertaken
system wide controls over chat rooms.
Technology -
Apple will launch a video
iPod. A 30-gig version will
cost about $300 and will able
to hold some 25,000 photos,
75 hours of video and 7.500
songs. Apple says it has an
agreement with ABC for
program downloads such as
“Desperate Housewives.”
Microsoft and Yahoo are set
to connect their instant
messaging services to
challenge AOL.
New foundation - Google says
that it would reserve nearly $1
billion for a charitable
foundation launched under
the umbrella of Google.org.
EBay say its PayPal unit had agreed to buy an online-payment processing
business from VeriSign Inc for $370 million.
Week of October 8, 2005
Some best selling books -
On Beauty - - Zadie Smith
Shallmar the Clown - Salman Rushdie
The March - E.L. Doctorow
Cinnamon Kiss - Walter Mosley
The World is Flat - Thomas Friedman
Freakonomics - Steven Levitt
Never Had Your Dog Stuffed - Alan Alda
Blink - Malcolm Gladwell
A Man Without a Country - Kurt Vonnegut
Natural Cures “they” Don’t Want You To Know About - Kevin Trudeau
Sports -
The California Angels beat the Yankees and knock them out of the
playoffs. Score was 5-3.
Business -
Martha Stewart Living is teaming up with homebuilder KB Homes to build a line
of houses that were inspired by Martha’s three homes in New York and Maine.
The Labor Department says a net 35,000 jobs have been lost in the aftermath of
Hurricane Katrina. The unemployment rate rose to 5.1% from 4.9%
Entertainment news -
Passing - comedian
Louis Nye
(92).
Music news -
Tommy Lee is burned after a pyrotechnics stunt went
wrong at a Motley Crue concert in Casper, Wyo. He was
taken to the hospital and treated.
Top TV -
CSI - 28.85
Desperate Housewives - 26.09
Lost - 27.18
Without a Trace - 21.25
CSI: Miami - 18.67
Grey’s Anatomy - 18.12
Survivor: Guatamala - 17.92
Commander in Chief - 18.94
NCIS - 16.87
Law & Order: SVU - 16.24
Cold Case - 15.88
Monday Night Football - 15.61
Week of October 8, 2005
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition - 15.31
Fox NFL Sunday - 14.94
CSI: NY
Two and a Half Men - 14.21
ER - 14.16
Las Vegas - 12.64
My Name is Earl
- 13.23
Crossing Jordan - 12.90
Medium - 12.89
Television news -
The WB cancels Don Johnson’s short-lived “Just
Legal.”
At the movies -
Wallace & Gremmit: The Curse of the Were Rabbit
Flightplan
In Her Shoes
Two for the Money
The Gospel
Corpse Bride
Waiting
Serenity
The History of Violence
Into the Blue
Hot Hits -
This
Last
Song Title
Artist
Week
Week
Kanye West Featuring Jamie
1
1
Gold Digger
Foxx
2
2
Photograph
Nickelback
3
5
My Humps
Black Eyed Peas
4
3
Wake Me Up When September Ends
Green Day
5
6
Sugar, We're Goin' Down
Fall Out Boy
Pussycat Dolls Featuring Busta
6
4
Don't Cha
Rhymes
7
7
Beverly Hills
Weezer
8
-- Because Of You
Kelly Clarkson
9
9
Pon De Replay
Rihanna
10
-- Shut Up
Lil' Kim
Week of October 8, 2005
Thanks Top-10 Songs
