Countdown newsletter 3/29

[crispini]

Because I just got it, and I'm bored.

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Tonight on Countdown
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Another day of prayers and protests are expected Tuesday outside the
hospice where Terri Schiavo continues to hold on even after a week and a
half without food and water. The Rev. Jesse Jackson joined the vigil
outside the hospice Tuesday morning. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7326189/

The parents of Terri Schiavo have authorized a conservative
direct-mailing firm to sell a list of their financial supporters, making it likely
that thousands of strangers moved by her plight will receive a steady
stream of solicitations from anti-abortion and conservative groups.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/29/politics/29donate.html

Now both sides are in favor of an autopsy.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7293186/

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Investigators on Tuesday were looking into whether more teens were
involved in the Minnesota Indian reservation killings, following the arrest
of the son of the tribe's leader. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7318945/

Residents searched through smoldering rubble for survivors on
Indonesia's Nias island Tuesday, and relatives wept over the bodies of the dead
after an 8.7-magnitude earthquake hammered the region, triggering a
tsunami scare. Death toll estimates ranged from 330 to 2,000.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7316846/

Getting a good night's sleep is hard for many adults and that often
means poorer health, lower productivity on the job, more danger on the
roads and a less vibrant sex life. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7322696/
McDonald's has offered to pay top hip hop artists to incorporate the
'Big Mac' into their song lyrics.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4389751.stm

That's what we're working on for tonight's show.

Finally,
A 7-year-old who apparently wanted to play with friends couldn't wait.
He drove off in his father's truck, eventually running it into a ditch
before police officers managed to coax him out of the vehicle. The boy
was driving the big, dual-wheel truck erratically along Highway 27 in
Alabama when other drivers called police Thursday morning, saying they
couldn't see anyone behind the wheel. The boy rolled up the windows and
locked the doors as police approached. He pressed the gas pedal and the
truck sent mud and dirt flying but didn't move.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/T/TINY_DRIVER?SITE=NWCN&TEMPLATE=STRANGEHEADS.html&SECTION=HOME
I see the makings of a country-rock star.

-- Carey Fox

Countdown Home: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/

More:
Prime Minister Iyad Allawi walked out of a meeting of Iraq's parliament
on Tuesday after angry scenes erupted, with assembly members berating
Shiite and Kurdish leaders for failing to agree on a government.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7284713/

The U.S. government is poised to launch a multi-million dollar security
initiative along a 260-mile stretch of the Arizona-Mexico border this
week in an effort to shut down the main artery for illegal immigration
into the United States, MSNBC.com has learned.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7317822/

The national director of programs for the Boy Scouts of America has
been charged with receiving and distributing child pornography, the U.S.
Attorney's office here told NBC News on Tuesday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7326932/

The Supreme Court expanded the scope of the landmark gender equity law
Title IX, ruling Tuesday that it shields whistleblowers who accuse
academic institutions of discrimination based on sex.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7326283/

The percentage of Virginians qualifying as obese is growing at a faster
rate than anywhere else in the nation, according to a federal study.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7325812/

[gkhouston]

1. so the Girl Scouts sell cookies to make money

but the Boy Scouts decided to go for some serious cash? :shrug:

And what is Jesse Jackson doing inserting himself into the Schiavo mess? Didn't get enough airtime with MJ yesterday? What's he going to do next? Hop a plane to the UK, put on a wig and pretend to be Camilla?