Week of September 8, 1999

An apartment blast in Moscow - the second bombing in five days - leaves 109

dead.

President Habibie of Indonesia says that the Indonesian army is unable to

restore peace in east Timor and asks the United Nations to send an international

peacekeeping force to the violence-torn territory.

Hurricane Floyd - Residents of Florida - heads up!

New York - Mayor Rudolph W.

Giuliani urges people not to be alarmed

by the increased aerial and ground

spraying - expected to continue - as

workers began spraying malathion to

combat mosquito-borne encephalitis -

which has hilled three so far.

New HMO charges by the Health Care

Financing Administration which runs

Medicare - as millions of Medicare

beneficiaries will be forced to pay much

more for their health-care next year -

especially prescription drugs.

Wow - Forest Hills - A five-set win gives Andre Agassi his fifth Grand Slam title.

Medical American Home Products Corp will pay $4 billion to settle thousands of

lawsuits by consumers who contend that they were injured by fen-phen - a once

poplar diet pill combination.

Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greesnpan warned that “fear” induced”

reactions by consumers and business to the 2000 computer glitch present a

bigger challenge to the economy than the millennium but itself.

Technology -

The FCC votes to allow the introduction of cell phones that use global positioning

system satellites to automatically flash their locations to 911 operators.

Microsoft Corp says that it will purchase Visie Corp - maker of technical drawing

software for $1.3 billion in stock.

S-80 server IBM introduces a line of computers with are aimed at capturing a

larger share of the market - particularly with web servers. IBM is competing with

Week of September 8, 1999

the big Starfires servers from Sun Microsystems - which power websites such as

EBay, E-Trade and Amazon.com.

Entertainment -

Actress Kelly Preston and hubby John Travolta announce they are expecting

their second child. They already have one son.

Music news -

Marcelo Rodriquez - the Beverly Hills police officer who arrested George Michael

for allegedly committing a lewd act in a public park restroom, is suing the singer

for $10 million, claiming that Michael slandered him in interviews and mocked

him in a music video.

Farm Aid ’99 - A sold out concert in Gainsville, Florida with Wilie Nelson, John

Mellencamp, Barenaked Ladies, Dave Matthews Band.

Aidan Quinn plays Paul McCartney and Jared Harris will play John Lennon in

VH1’s upcoming movie “Two of Us.”

Scott Welland - who is in jail for violations of his drug conviction parole - his

band - the stone Temple Pilots will - will release their fourth album on Oct. 26 -

just in time for his release.

Tommy Lee says he had to leave Motley Crue -

that he couldn’t fake it anymore. The revelation

came last spring during Lee’s four months in jail after

pleading no contest to charges that he kicked

Pamela Anderson -who then filed for a divorce. He

left Motley Crue after a greatest hits tour last fall.

Radio news - Danny Bonaduce joins mornings at

Star 98.7 in Los Angeles.

Television news -

51 st annual Emmy swards (some winners) -

Best comedy - “Ally McBeal"

Best drama series - “The Practice.”

Best actor comedy - John Lithgow - “3rd Rock From The Sun’

Best actress comedy - Helen Hunt - “Mad About You”

Best actor - drama series - Dennis Franz - “NYPD Blue”

Best actress - drama - Edie Falco - “The Sopranos

Best supporting actor - comedy - David Hyde Pierce - “Frasier”

Best supporting actress - comedy - Kristen Johnston - “3 rd Rock From The Sun”

Week of September 8, 1999

Best supporting actor - drama - Michael Badalucco - “The Practice”

Best supporting actress - drama - Holland Taylor - “The Practice”

General Electric - Parent of NBC buys a 32% stake in money-losing Paxson

Communications for $415 million.

Steven Bochco - producer of NYPD Blue” and “Hill

Street Blues” - sues 20 th Century Fox claiming that

the studio cheated hi out of at least $15 million by

selling the reruns of “NYPD Blue” to its sister cable

network without seeking other bidders.

Sam Donaldson will file Internet reports - at

SamDonaldsonABCNEWS.com. It’ll appear three

days a week.

Top TV -

Emmy Wards - 17.45 million viewers

NFL Sunday Post Game - 12.84

Everybody Loves Raymond - 12.59

Dateline NBC (tue.) - 12.32

60 Minutes II - 12.09

60 Minutes - 11.79

Frasier - 11.73

Friends - 11.72

ER - 11.68

JAG - 11.05

20/20 (Fri.) - 10.97

Emmy Awards Preshow - 10.86

Just Shoot Me - 10.80

Becker - 10.80

Walker, Texas Ranger - 10.80