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- Mie Nolan
- fired as S.F. 49ers head football coach
- 'SNL'
- Gov. Palin appearance gets highest rating sice 1994/ 14 mil veiwers
- Colin Powell
- former Sec of state will vote for Sen Obama
- Padraig Harrington
- named PDA player of the year/ 2nd Europa ever
- Nancy Regan
- former 1st lady breaks her pelvis/ she is 87
- BYOB
- when grocery shopping: always-10% frequently-19% occasionally-32%
- GA
- states unemployment hits 6.5%/ highest since 1992
- Wimax
- Baltimore is first city to get 4G wireless/ lost $30 a month
- Tampa Bay
- Rays get 3-1 victory over Red Sox/ world series gets started Wed
- Joe Wurzenlbacher
- Ohio plumber becomes face of the final debate
- Cole Hammels
- Philis Left- handler wins NLCS MVP as Philidelphia gets to world series
- U.S.
- homes still growing in size/ 2,304 sq. ft.; in '07 compared to 1,879 ft in 1997
- Beirut, Lebanon
- 25 yrs later we see this was the first in war on terror/ 241 U.S. service members killed/ largest non-nuclear explosion since WW2
- Pentagon
- envisions spaceship troopers/ project 'sustain'/ have 13 troop members anywhere in the world in 2 hours/ 2030
- Omar
- category 3 hurricane threatens Virgin Islands
- Credit card debt
- increased per person 2007-$1,581; 2008-$1,717
- FBI
- the 391 killings by police that were ruled justifiable most since 1994/ 254 by citizens
- Sen Obama
- raised $150 mil in Sept./ $604 total
- Autos
- GM and Chrystler talking of merger between automakers
- U.S.
- economy cant cool summer concert tours/ up to 5% to 1 bil/ Kenney Chesney tops at 62.7 mil
- U.S.
- dollar coin gets no respect/ U.S. president series started in '07/ $12 mil promotion
- Casey Anthony
- indicted on charges of murdering her 3 yr old daughter
- Broadway
- Hottest summer ticket- 1. Jersey Bay 2. Mamma Mia 3. Wicked 4. Lion King
- Homeland Security
- says Congress 2012 deadline toscan all ports cargo wont be met
- U.S.
- foreclosure through Aug 2,049,782/ cities see alarming homeless numbers
- Foreign Interest
- in U.S. presidential race/ 1. Japan 2. Germany 3. Australia
- Snacks
- packed in school lunches/ chips, whole fruit, and fruit cup
- Levi Stubbs
- lead singer for the Four Tops dies at 72