Week of September 15, 2007

The Fed slashes its key interest rate a half-point to 4.75%.

President Bush plans to ask lawmakers next week to approve another spending

measure - totaling nearly $200 billion to fund the war through next year.

Senate Republicans block a Democratic move to challenge policy in Iraq for the

eighth time.

Former federal Judge Michael Mukasey is nominated to succeed Alberto

Gonzales as attorney general.

“The Iraq war is largely about oil,“ former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan

Greenspan says in his new book - “The Age of turbulence; Adventures in a New

World.”

The parliament bloc loyal to influential cleric Muqtada Sadr walks out of Iraq’s

ruling Shiite coalition further aggravating rifts inside the country’s largest religious

sect and loosening the alliances’ grip on power.

Pakistan - the party of former Prime Minster Benazir Bhutto announces that she

plans to return to her homeland Oct. 18.

O.J. Simpson faces new legal battles after he is arrested in connection with an

alleged robbery of sports memorabilia from a Las Vegas hotel room.

Crude oil futures close at a record $80.57 a

barrel.

account of how the ex-football star would have

murdered Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald

Goldman - ranks #2 on Amazon and is going into

its second printing.

Vice President Dick Cheney writes and essay for

the Wall St. Journal - on reminders of the Bush

record to counter the complaints of “my longtime

friend Alan Greenspan” who he noted, “credits me

in his book for my ‘intensity’ and ‘sphinxlike calm.’”

New York says it will allow drivers licenses for

illegal immigrants. The change, announced by

Week of September 15, 2007

Gov. Eliot Spitzer, means that 500,000 to 1 million illegal immigrants will be

eligible for licenses by presenting a valid foreign passport.

Prime Minister Tony Blair will have

her autobiography out in Oct. 2008.

Some best selling books -

Away - Amy Bloom

The Wheel of Darkness -Douglas

Preston

A thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini

Spook Country - William Bigson

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Wonderful Tonight - Pattie Boyd

The Secret - Rhoda Byrne

The Dangerous Book for Boys - Conn and Hal Iggulden

The Art of Power - Thich Nhat Hanh

Music news -

Rap singer Snoop Dogg is sentence to three years’ informal probation and

agreed to serve 160 hours of community service after agreeing to plead guilty to

carrying an illegal police baton in his luggage while boarding a plane in S.

California.

Television news -

NBC will start offering limited free downloads of shows such as “Heroes” and

“The Office” as part of its bid to expand the digital distribution of its programs and

compete with Apple’s iTunes store.

Emmy Wards - Fox breaks away from actress winner sally Field as she mad an

antiwar statement punctuated with “goddam.”

Passing - Alice Ghostley (81) - TV and Tony Award

winning actress.

Fox TV beginning this week - Some seven season

premiere episodes will be made available for free

through Apple’s iTunes store. Shows such as “prison

Break,” “Bones,” American dad” and K-ville” will be

offered for download (pay of course!).

Week of September 15, 2007

Hot hits this week in 2007

ME LOVE- Sean Kingston

STRONGER- Kanye West

NEVER TOO LATE- Three Days Grace

I GOT IT FROM MY MAMA- Will.I.Am

BUBBLY- Colbie Callait

SO MUCH LOVE- Rocket Summer

BARTENDER- T'Pain fea. Akon

OVER YOU- Daughtry

LOVESTONED- Justin Timberlake

I DON'T WANNA BE IN LOVE- Good

Charlotte

TEENAGERS- My Chemical Romance

HATE THAT I LOVE YOU- Ne-Yo &

Rihanna

I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE D.J.-

Che'nelle

Week of September 15, 2007

At the movies -

The Brave One

3:10 to Yuma

Mr. Woodcock

Dragon Wars

Superbad

Halloween

The Bourne

Ultimatum

Balls of Fury

Rush Hour 3

Mr. Bean’s Holiday