Week of September 1, 2006

Immigrants - legal and Illegal - take to the streets in cities such as Chicago, LA

and Phoenix to begin an encore of rallies.

Iraq quarterly - The Pentagon says attacks and civilian deaths in Iraq have risen

sharply in recent months - increasing by 1,000 per month.

Hamed Jumaa Farid Saeedi - a former intelligence agent under Saddam

Hussein’s regime and Al Qaeda’s #2 is captured in Iraq.

Tropical Storm Ernesto moves ashore near Long Beach, NC bringing in heavy

rain squalls.

The U.S. transfers 14 suspected top leaders of Al Qaeda from secret CIA prisons

overseas to Guantanamo Bay. There, they will face justice before a military

commission.

Mexico’s electoral court declares conservative candidate Felipe Calderon

president-elect.

U.S. consumer spending in July rose the most since January - .8% after a .4%

gain in June. This at a time when some experts expected it to curtail.

Israel says it will end its air and sea blockade of Lebanon and will make way for

an international force to be deployed as part of a cease-fire that ended the 34-

day war with Hezbollah.

An American thought to be an Al Qaeda activist

appears in a videotape with the terrorist group’s

deputy leader and calls on his countrymen to

convert to Islam and for U.S. soldiers to switch

sides in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. . The tape

says attended Al Qaeda training camps in

Pakistan and served as an Al Qaeda interpreter.

Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan is sentenced to

6 ½ years in prison for his part in a corruption

scandal. Ryan was once nominated for the Nobel

Peace Price after placing a moratorium on

executions.

Week of September 1, 2006

Technology -

Intel says it will cut 10,500 jobs - more than 10% of its workforce by middle of

next year.

MySpace says it will let its users sell music downloads. Shawn Fanning whose

Napster software started it all, will provide technology that enables musicians on

MySpace to sell songs directly to fans.

Sports -

Goodbye Andre - As Andre Agassi loses to German qualifier Benjamin Becker at

the U.S. Open - and that ends his career.

Marion Jones is absolved after tests found no evidence of the prohibited blood

boosting drug erythropietin in a urine sample she had submitted June 23 at the

U.S. championships.

Sports TV - Looks like ESPN-2’s broadcast of a football game in full circle was a

bomb. Shown with regular coverage on ESPN - A Florida-State-Miami football

game was also broadcast on ESPN-2 - in multi-screen - featuring the regular

feed surrounded by seven screens each with a different camera angle. One

viewer commented, - “I’m sorry, but this has to be one of the stupidest things I’ve

ever seen since Fox introduced the glowing puck.”

Entertainment -

television personality known as the

Crocodile Hunter, dies by a stingray

barb during a diving expedition. He

was filming an underwater

documentary on the Great Barrier

Reef when the incident occurred.

Mamma Mia! Is about to celebrate its

fifth year on Broadway. Since

opening in London in 1999, “Mamma

Mia!” has been seen by more than 27

million people worldwide and taken in

more than $1.6 billion at the box office. There are currently 11 productions

including Las Vegas.

Television news -

Perky Katie Couric debuts as the sole anchor of the CBS Evening News.

Week of September

1,

2006

Top TV -

CSI: Miami - 10.80

Law & Order: SVU - 9.92

Two and Half Men at 9pm - 9.80

Prison Break - 9.44

60 Minutes - 9.20

Two and a Half men at 8pm -

9.16

Without a Trace on Thursday -

9.05

Criminal Minds - 9.01

CSI: NY - 8.89

Justice - 8.86

Celebrity Duets on Tuesday -

8.81

College Football - 8.61

Bones - 8.61

8.53

Vanished on Monday - 8.51

California 500 - 8.45

20/20 on Wednesday - 8.22

At the movies -

Invincible

Crank

The Wicker Man

Little Miss Sunshine

The Illusionist

Talledega Nights

Barnyard: The Original party Animals

Accepted

World Trade Center

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