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I agree, Storm. I know it's their right, but, as this case proved, the trial itself tends to be made the secondary issue, with her in the spotlight the whole time---even as far as what she had for lunch!Storm said:
And it's that way here, Storm. By law, you have to appear when summoned. The only way out of it is by a doctor's excuse, which has to be a pretty good one, as so many people try to get out of it that way, or by being excused by either the prosecuting or defense attorneys. I'm amazed that the defense attorneys allowed her to stay on. Personally, I think it was an error in judgment on their part.
Keep 'em coming.
Yudansha--Thanks for that article on the PBS documentary "Closing the Achievement Gap". It says airing Wednesday on PBS. I'll have to look for that. I've heard of programs like the one at Amistad Academy. It's too bad schools like that don't get more recognition. It's an amazing thing they do, helping to prove that that is all many young people need--just an opportunity--and they can take it from there.
And I enjoyed the one about the cats at the Heritage!
What a terrific program they've developed--temporarily taking care of the all those cats dumped on their property and trying to find homes for them. Amazing, isn't, that in this day and age they're still using cats in the basement to protect their priceless art work. 
Some good articles, yudansha--thanks!
Yudansha--Thanks for that article on the PBS documentary "Closing the Achievement Gap". It says airing Wednesday on PBS. I'll have to look for that. I've heard of programs like the one at Amistad Academy. It's too bad schools like that don't get more recognition. It's an amazing thing they do, helping to prove that that is all many young people need--just an opportunity--and they can take it from there.
And I enjoyed the one about the cats at the Heritage!
What a terrific program they've developed--temporarily taking care of the all those cats dumped on their property and trying to find homes for them. Amazing, isn't, that in this day and age they're still using cats in the basement to protect their priceless art work. Some good articles, yudansha--thanks!
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USA Weekend Box-Office Summary
20 August 2004 (Sunday Estimates)
RankTitleWeekendGross
1.[size=-1]Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)[/size]$18.2M
2.[size=-1]Without a Paddle (2004)[/size]$13.7M
3.[size=-1]Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, The (2004)[/size]$13.2M
4.[size=-1]Alien Vs. Predator (2004)[/size]$12.5M
5.[size=-1]Open Water (2003)[/size]$11.8M
6.[size=-1]Collateral (2004)[/size]$10.5M
7.[size=-1]Bourne Supremacy, The (2004)[/size]$6.6M
8.[size=-1]Manchurian Candidate, The (2004)[/size]$4.2M
9.[size=-1]Village, The (2004)[/size]$3.68M
10.[size=-1]Garden State (2004)[/size]$3.2M $
20 August 2004 (Sunday Estimates)
RankTitleWeekendGross
1.[size=-1]Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)[/size]$18.2M
2.[size=-1]Without a Paddle (2004)[/size]$13.7M
3.[size=-1]Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, The (2004)[/size]$13.2M
4.[size=-1]Alien Vs. Predator (2004)[/size]$12.5M
5.[size=-1]Open Water (2003)[/size]$11.8M
6.[size=-1]Collateral (2004)[/size]$10.5M
7.[size=-1]Bourne Supremacy, The (2004)[/size]$6.6M
8.[size=-1]Manchurian Candidate, The (2004)[/size]$4.2M
9.[size=-1]Village, The (2004)[/size]$3.68M
10.[size=-1]Garden State (2004)[/size]$3.2M $
yudansha
TheGreatOne
Fire scorches opera house in Bonn, Germany; damages stage and facade
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - A fire that broke out Monday in the roof of Bonn's opera house damaged the stage area, city officials said.
No injuries were reported in the fire, which appeared to have resulted from welding during roof repairs, setting fire to the building's facade -leaving part of the silver-tiled exterior scorched. The blaze struck during the opera's summer closure.
"It looked pretty bad at the beginning," as a large column of smoke rose from the building, fire department spokesman Albert Lehmann said. Some 70 firefighters battled heavy smoke to extinguish the blaze over 2˝ hours.
The opera's stage area was damaged by smoke and water, city spokesman Friedhelm Frechen said. Lehmann estimated the damage at 250,000 euros or $397,175 Cdn.
It wasn't immediately clear whether the damage would affect a Ludwig van Beethoven festival scheduled to start Sept. 8 at the opera house. The composer was born in Bonn in 1770.
The boxy opera on the banks of the Rhine river was built in 1965 and was a favoured haunt of politicians in the decades when Bonn was West Germany's capital.
© The Canadian Press, 2004
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - A fire that broke out Monday in the roof of Bonn's opera house damaged the stage area, city officials said.
No injuries were reported in the fire, which appeared to have resulted from welding during roof repairs, setting fire to the building's facade -leaving part of the silver-tiled exterior scorched. The blaze struck during the opera's summer closure.
"It looked pretty bad at the beginning," as a large column of smoke rose from the building, fire department spokesman Albert Lehmann said. Some 70 firefighters battled heavy smoke to extinguish the blaze over 2˝ hours.
The opera's stage area was damaged by smoke and water, city spokesman Friedhelm Frechen said. Lehmann estimated the damage at 250,000 euros or $397,175 Cdn.
It wasn't immediately clear whether the damage would affect a Ludwig van Beethoven festival scheduled to start Sept. 8 at the opera house. The composer was born in Bonn in 1770.
The boxy opera on the banks of the Rhine river was built in 1965 and was a favoured haunt of politicians in the decades when Bonn was West Germany's capital.
© The Canadian Press, 2004
yudansha
TheGreatOne
Julia Roberts plans to take a break from movies after giving birth to twins
NEW YORK (AP) - Julia Roberts, who is pregnant with twins, plans to take a break from movies.
In fact, she's throwing most plans out the window.
"I'm not planning anything. I can't imagine how big I'm going to get in the next three months, but . . . you just kind of play it as it comes," Roberts told Newsweek magazine.
"I'm allowed to do that, aren't I?"
The Oscar-winning actress has two films set for release in December: Closer, directed by Mike Nichols and also starring Jude Law, Natalie Portman and Clive Owen, and Ocean's 12, the Steven Soderbergh-directed sequel to 2001's star-studded heist caper.
But very soon, pregnancy and children will take first priority.
Roberts tells Newsweek that her pregnancy has only just begun to show. "It does kind of happen overnight. You wake up and go, 'Oh my God!' " said the 36-year-old actress, who is due to give birth this winter.
Roberts, who won the best-actress Oscar in 2001 for Erin Brokovich, married cinematographer Daniel Moder in July 2002. The twins will be the first children for Roberts.
Of the sombre Closer, Roberts said: "I wouldn't think of me for this. And certainly, I wasn't Mike's first choice."
Nichols originally cast Cate Blanchett, but she had to drop out when she became pregnant.
© The Canadian Press, 2004
NEW YORK (AP) - Julia Roberts, who is pregnant with twins, plans to take a break from movies.
Julia Roberts is throwing most movie-making plans out the window now that she's pregnant with twins. (AP/Laura Rauch)
In fact, she's throwing most plans out the window.
"I'm not planning anything. I can't imagine how big I'm going to get in the next three months, but . . . you just kind of play it as it comes," Roberts told Newsweek magazine.
"I'm allowed to do that, aren't I?"
The Oscar-winning actress has two films set for release in December: Closer, directed by Mike Nichols and also starring Jude Law, Natalie Portman and Clive Owen, and Ocean's 12, the Steven Soderbergh-directed sequel to 2001's star-studded heist caper.
But very soon, pregnancy and children will take first priority.
Roberts tells Newsweek that her pregnancy has only just begun to show. "It does kind of happen overnight. You wake up and go, 'Oh my God!' " said the 36-year-old actress, who is due to give birth this winter.
Roberts, who won the best-actress Oscar in 2001 for Erin Brokovich, married cinematographer Daniel Moder in July 2002. The twins will be the first children for Roberts.
Of the sombre Closer, Roberts said: "I wouldn't think of me for this. And certainly, I wasn't Mike's first choice."
Nichols originally cast Cate Blanchett, but she had to drop out when she became pregnant.
© The Canadian Press, 2004
Thanks, yudansha.
Good for her! She could easily have a nanny take care of them and make them travel with her from location to location, but I give her credit for making them her first priority. I always did like her, although I know many here don't. But I still like her better as a brunette/redhead.
Good for her! She could easily have a nanny take care of them and make them travel with her from location to location, but I give her credit for making them her first priority. I always did like her, although I know many here don't. But I still like her better as a brunette/redhead.
yudansha
TheGreatOne
I like her better as a brunette/redhead, too - oh that pretty woman LOL
And she can slap! Remember Jason Alexander? ... ouch!
"She could easily have a nanny take care of them and make them travel with her from location to location"
Does she have a sister? Maybe the aunt can do that, too!
And she can slap! Remember Jason Alexander?
... ouch!"She could easily have a nanny take care of them and make them travel with her from location to location"
Does she have a sister? Maybe the aunt can do that, too!
yudansha
TheGreatOne
Paternity tests confirm Marc Anthony did not father child of Cuban dancer
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - A third paternity test has confirmed that Marc Anthony didn't father a child with a Cuban dancer as she has claimed, the singer's lawyer said.
Elizabeth Leyva, who lives in Miami, brought a paternity lawsuit in a Florida court, alleging that Anthony is the father of her son, who was born late last year. Orchid GeneScreen, which has labs in Dallas and Dayton, Ohio, conducted the most recent DNA test on Aug. 13, concluding that Anthony wasn't the father, lawyer Orin Snyder said Monday.
"The three leading paternity labs in the world have confirmed scientifically that he is not the father," Snyder said. "There is no reality to this claim whatsoever."
Snyder said he has contacted Leyva's lawyers, asking her to drop the lawsuit.
Leyva's lawyers couldn't immediately be reached for comment.
In June, a judge in the Dominican Republic approved a divorce for Anthony and Dayanara Torres, a Puerto Rican who was crowned Miss Universe in 1993. They have two children.
Anthony reportedly married singer-actress Jennifer Lopez days after the divorce, at Lopez's home in Beverly Hills, Calif. Anthony, who was born in New York but whose parents are Puerto Rican, has declined to confirm it.
© The Canadian Press, 2004
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - A third paternity test has confirmed that Marc Anthony didn't father a child with a Cuban dancer as she has claimed, the singer's lawyer said.
Elizabeth Leyva, who lives in Miami, brought a paternity lawsuit in a Florida court, alleging that Anthony is the father of her son, who was born late last year. Orchid GeneScreen, which has labs in Dallas and Dayton, Ohio, conducted the most recent DNA test on Aug. 13, concluding that Anthony wasn't the father, lawyer Orin Snyder said Monday.
"The three leading paternity labs in the world have confirmed scientifically that he is not the father," Snyder said. "There is no reality to this claim whatsoever."
Snyder said he has contacted Leyva's lawyers, asking her to drop the lawsuit.
Leyva's lawyers couldn't immediately be reached for comment.
In June, a judge in the Dominican Republic approved a divorce for Anthony and Dayanara Torres, a Puerto Rican who was crowned Miss Universe in 1993. They have two children.
Anthony reportedly married singer-actress Jennifer Lopez days after the divorce, at Lopez's home in Beverly Hills, Calif. Anthony, who was born in New York but whose parents are Puerto Rican, has declined to confirm it.
© The Canadian Press, 2004
yudansha
TheGreatOne
Russian completes 5,000-km wheelchair trip to inspire disabled, denounce drugs
MADRID, Spain (AP) - He had to change tires 11 times and once fell to the ground and spent the night in a ditch, but 65-year-old Russian Vladimir Ksenchak rolled undaunted into Madrid on Tuesday at the end of a 5,000-kilometre wheelchair trip.
Ksenchak left Moscow on June 11 and made his way through Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and France before reaching Spain. He said the journey was intended to inspire the disabled and denounce illegal drug use. Ksenchak lost a leg to circulatory problems eight years ago.
His adventure was a one-man campaign he dubbed "Russia-Europe: Without Drugs" and aimed at discouraging young people from using illegal drugs. He told a new conference in Madrid he had also made the journey "to lend moral and spiritual support to all disabled people and help them to keep their spirits up."
He said people along his route had given him food, drink and lodging. It was near the Spanish capital that he suffered one of three falls from the wheelchair and was forced to spend the night in a ditch.
"The easiest part was up until Luxembourg. Then the route was more complicated, and the hardest part was between San Sebastian and Madrid because of the hills," Ksenchak said.
He said his original goal had been to go to Lisbon, Portugal. He said he stopped in Madrid because his wheelchair gave out.
© The Canadian Press, 2004
MADRID, Spain (AP) - He had to change tires 11 times and once fell to the ground and spent the night in a ditch, but 65-year-old Russian Vladimir Ksenchak rolled undaunted into Madrid on Tuesday at the end of a 5,000-kilometre wheelchair trip.
Ksenchak left Moscow on June 11 and made his way through Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and France before reaching Spain. He said the journey was intended to inspire the disabled and denounce illegal drug use. Ksenchak lost a leg to circulatory problems eight years ago.
His adventure was a one-man campaign he dubbed "Russia-Europe: Without Drugs" and aimed at discouraging young people from using illegal drugs. He told a new conference in Madrid he had also made the journey "to lend moral and spiritual support to all disabled people and help them to keep their spirits up."
He said people along his route had given him food, drink and lodging. It was near the Spanish capital that he suffered one of three falls from the wheelchair and was forced to spend the night in a ditch.
"The easiest part was up until Luxembourg. Then the route was more complicated, and the hardest part was between San Sebastian and Madrid because of the hills," Ksenchak said.
He said his original goal had been to go to Lisbon, Portugal. He said he stopped in Madrid because his wheelchair gave out.
© The Canadian Press, 2004
yudansha
TheGreatOne
Disney asks South African court to cancel order attaching trademarks to song claim...
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) - Disney Enterprises Inc. filed an urgent court application Tuesday to prevent its trademarks from being sold off in South Africa if a poor family that says it lost millions in royalties from the hit song The Lion Sleeps Tonight wins its lawsuit against the entertainment giant.
Lawyers acting for the family of the late musician Solomon Linda, who penned the original song Mbube in 1939, obtained a court order in July attaching more than 240 trademarks registered here to their $1.6-million-US ($2-million-Cdn) suit in order to establish local jurisdiction.
The trademarks, which include well known images such as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, could be sold locally to pay Linda's heirs if they win their lawsuit.
Lawyers for Disney asked the Pretoria High Court to set aside the attachment order, arguing that the executor of Linda's estate had not been appointed properly, making everything he did on its behalf null and void.
They also said the case should have been brought against Walt Disney Pictures and Television, the subsidiary that produced the film The Lion King, the South African Press Association reported.
Lawyers for the family rejected Disney's arguments, saying the executor was correctly appointed and that Disney Enterprises Inc. was the right party to sue as it has overall control.
Judge Hekkie Daniels reserved judgment in the matter after a three-hour hearing.
Disney's Africa manager, Christine Service, declined to comment, saying: "We won't be engaging in public discussions on ongoing legal matters."
Linda died penniless in 1962, having sold the rights to his original song to a South African publisher.
It went on to generate an estimated $15 million US ($19.5 million Cdn) in royalties after it was adapted by other artists, including the American songwriter George Weiss, whose version is featured in The Lion King.
The song has been covered by at least 150 artists, including The Tokens, George Michael, Miriam Makeba and The Spinners.
Linda's three surviving daughters and 10 grandchildren, living in poverty in the Johannesburg township of Soweto, have received only a one-time payment of $15,000 US ($19,500 Cdn), according to their lawyers.
The action is based on laws in force in Commonwealth countries at the time the song was first recorded. Under its provisions, the rights to a song revert to the composer's heirs 25 years after his death.
© The Canadian Press, 2004
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) - Disney Enterprises Inc. filed an urgent court application Tuesday to prevent its trademarks from being sold off in South Africa if a poor family that says it lost millions in royalties from the hit song The Lion Sleeps Tonight wins its lawsuit against the entertainment giant.
Lawyers acting for the family of the late musician Solomon Linda, who penned the original song Mbube in 1939, obtained a court order in July attaching more than 240 trademarks registered here to their $1.6-million-US ($2-million-Cdn) suit in order to establish local jurisdiction.
The trademarks, which include well known images such as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, could be sold locally to pay Linda's heirs if they win their lawsuit.
Lawyers for Disney asked the Pretoria High Court to set aside the attachment order, arguing that the executor of Linda's estate had not been appointed properly, making everything he did on its behalf null and void.
They also said the case should have been brought against Walt Disney Pictures and Television, the subsidiary that produced the film The Lion King, the South African Press Association reported.
Lawyers for the family rejected Disney's arguments, saying the executor was correctly appointed and that Disney Enterprises Inc. was the right party to sue as it has overall control.
Judge Hekkie Daniels reserved judgment in the matter after a three-hour hearing.
Disney's Africa manager, Christine Service, declined to comment, saying: "We won't be engaging in public discussions on ongoing legal matters."
Linda died penniless in 1962, having sold the rights to his original song to a South African publisher.
It went on to generate an estimated $15 million US ($19.5 million Cdn) in royalties after it was adapted by other artists, including the American songwriter George Weiss, whose version is featured in The Lion King.
The song has been covered by at least 150 artists, including The Tokens, George Michael, Miriam Makeba and The Spinners.
Linda's three surviving daughters and 10 grandchildren, living in poverty in the Johannesburg township of Soweto, have received only a one-time payment of $15,000 US ($19,500 Cdn), according to their lawyers.
The action is based on laws in force in Commonwealth countries at the time the song was first recorded. Under its provisions, the rights to a song revert to the composer's heirs 25 years after his death.
© The Canadian Press, 2004
yudansha
TheGreatOne
Oslo museum reopens as search for Munch painting 'The Scream' continues
OSLO, Norway (AP) - As police continued their search Tuesday for two stolen Edvard Munch masterpieces, a Norwegian magazine offered a reward for the works' return while a newspaper's front page raged: Bandits. Return The Scream and Madonna.
The city-owned Munch Museum in Oslo reopened at noon Tuesday, two days after three masked robbers, at least one with a gun, snatched the national treasures as stunned visitors watched, and then fled in a stolen car.
Insp. Iver Stensrud of the Oslo police said the investigation was continuing at full force, but there were no new developments and no suspects.
"We are steadily getting new tips. But it's not the number of tips, but the content, that matters," he said.
He declined to comment on media reports that police had searched the homes of known criminals, saying they could have been completely unrelated cases.
The Scream, one of Munch's most famous works, shows an anguished-looking figure with his hands to his head and his mouth wide open. Completed in 1893, it is one of four versions of the painting.
Many people, including Norway's Queen Sonja, expressed despair over the disappearance of the two paintings.
"It is very sad that when national treasures are exposed to such things," the queen was quoted as telling the web newspaper TV-2 Nettavisen. "We have to think over how we protect these treasures."
The museum had alarms, surveillance cameras and unarmed guards. But there was little it could do to stop armed robbers.
"The guards found themselves in a situation that is difficult to understand," said city council leader Erling Lae in presenting flowers to the staff as the museum reopened.
"They acted appropriately and made a tremendous effort," he told the Norwegian news agency NTB.
On its front pages Tuesday, the Oslo newspaper Dagsavisen carried an angrily worded editorial comment: "On behalf of many: Bandits. Return The Scream and Madonna."
Se og Hoer, a weekly magazine, offered a 100,000-kroner (about $20,000 Cdn) reward for information leading to the return of the paintings.
But the city of Oslo, which owns the museum, said it was too early for it to consider offering a reward.
Police say their investigation remains broad and decline to speculate on a motive.
Many experts believe the thieves sole the paintings either with plans to demand a ransom, or as a stunt to gain status in criminal circles, since the priceless paintings, which were not insured against theft, are too well known to find buyers.
In 1994, another version of The Scream was stolen from the National Gallery in Oslo and was recovered a few months later in a sting operation.
The Norwegian painter developed an emotionally charged style that was of great importance in the birth of the 20th-century Expressionist movement.
The Scream and Madonna were part of his Frieze of Life series, in which sickness, death, anxiety and love are central themes. He died in 1944 at age 80.
DOUG MELLGREN; © The Canadian Press, 2004
OSLO, Norway (AP) - As police continued their search Tuesday for two stolen Edvard Munch masterpieces, a Norwegian magazine offered a reward for the works' return while a newspaper's front page raged: Bandits. Return The Scream and Madonna.
German tourists meet closed doors at the Munch Museum in Oslo, Monday morning. The museum reopened Tuesday. (AP/SCANPIX, Knut Falch)
The city-owned Munch Museum in Oslo reopened at noon Tuesday, two days after three masked robbers, at least one with a gun, snatched the national treasures as stunned visitors watched, and then fled in a stolen car.
Insp. Iver Stensrud of the Oslo police said the investigation was continuing at full force, but there were no new developments and no suspects.
"We are steadily getting new tips. But it's not the number of tips, but the content, that matters," he said.
He declined to comment on media reports that police had searched the homes of known criminals, saying they could have been completely unrelated cases.
The Scream, one of Munch's most famous works, shows an anguished-looking figure with his hands to his head and his mouth wide open. Completed in 1893, it is one of four versions of the painting.
Many people, including Norway's Queen Sonja, expressed despair over the disappearance of the two paintings.
"It is very sad that when national treasures are exposed to such things," the queen was quoted as telling the web newspaper TV-2 Nettavisen. "We have to think over how we protect these treasures."
The museum had alarms, surveillance cameras and unarmed guards. But there was little it could do to stop armed robbers.
"The guards found themselves in a situation that is difficult to understand," said city council leader Erling Lae in presenting flowers to the staff as the museum reopened.
"They acted appropriately and made a tremendous effort," he told the Norwegian news agency NTB.
On its front pages Tuesday, the Oslo newspaper Dagsavisen carried an angrily worded editorial comment: "On behalf of many: Bandits. Return The Scream and Madonna."
Se og Hoer, a weekly magazine, offered a 100,000-kroner (about $20,000 Cdn) reward for information leading to the return of the paintings.
But the city of Oslo, which owns the museum, said it was too early for it to consider offering a reward.
Police say their investigation remains broad and decline to speculate on a motive.
Many experts believe the thieves sole the paintings either with plans to demand a ransom, or as a stunt to gain status in criminal circles, since the priceless paintings, which were not insured against theft, are too well known to find buyers.
In 1994, another version of The Scream was stolen from the National Gallery in Oslo and was recovered a few months later in a sting operation.
The Norwegian painter developed an emotionally charged style that was of great importance in the birth of the 20th-century Expressionist movement.
The Scream and Madonna were part of his Frieze of Life series, in which sickness, death, anxiety and love are central themes. He died in 1944 at age 80.
DOUG MELLGREN; © The Canadian Press, 2004
yudansha
TheGreatOne
Dublin cheers Ireland's favourite ex-president, Bill Clinton
DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) - Bill Clinton received a hero's welcome Wednesday on the streets of Dublin, where thousands travelled from across Ireland and then stood for hours in hopes of shaking the former U.S. president's hand.
More than 2,000 people -some of whom had stood all night -waited their turn outside Dublin's flagship bookstore, Eason's on O'Connell Street. They provided one of the biggest, most enthusiastic crowds experienced by Clinton during his three months promoting his autobiography, My Life.
"I always seem to get the warmest welcomes in Ireland. It's a special place," Clinton said.
He arrived Tuesday night with his wife, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, who didn't attend Wednesday's book-signing. Eason's prominently displayed paperbacks of her own best-selling autobiography, Living History.
After meeting Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, the Clintons planned to spend Thursday and Friday travelling in the neighbouring British territory of Northern Ireland, where Clinton became the first U.S. president to play a significant role in promoting peace.
Clinton said Wednesday he was still closely following efforts to keep the peace process alive. He expected a new round of negotiations starting Sept. 1 in Belfast to improve prospects of reviving a joint Catholic-Protestant administration for Northern Ireland.
© The Canadian Press, 2004
DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) - Bill Clinton received a hero's welcome Wednesday on the streets of Dublin, where thousands travelled from across Ireland and then stood for hours in hopes of shaking the former U.S. president's hand.
More than 2,000 people -some of whom had stood all night -waited their turn outside Dublin's flagship bookstore, Eason's on O'Connell Street. They provided one of the biggest, most enthusiastic crowds experienced by Clinton during his three months promoting his autobiography, My Life.
"I always seem to get the warmest welcomes in Ireland. It's a special place," Clinton said.
He arrived Tuesday night with his wife, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, who didn't attend Wednesday's book-signing. Eason's prominently displayed paperbacks of her own best-selling autobiography, Living History.
After meeting Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, the Clintons planned to spend Thursday and Friday travelling in the neighbouring British territory of Northern Ireland, where Clinton became the first U.S. president to play a significant role in promoting peace.
Clinton said Wednesday he was still closely following efforts to keep the peace process alive. He expected a new round of negotiations starting Sept. 1 in Belfast to improve prospects of reviving a joint Catholic-Protestant administration for Northern Ireland.
© The Canadian Press, 2004
yudansha
TheGreatOne
Olympic coverage a television ratings winner for NBC
LOS ANGELES (AP) - While the Olympic Games coped with disputed judging numbers, there was no argument about NBC's domination of U.S. TV ratings with its coverage from Athens.
The network attracted more viewers last week than its five major broadcast competitors combined, Nielsen Media Research figures released Tuesday indicated. Of the top 10 programs, six were NBC's Olympic coverage.
The highest-rated was Thursday, when gymnast Carly Patterson became the first U.S. woman to win the all-around since Mary Lou Retton in 1984. Slightly more than 31.7 million people tuned in that night, giving NBC a 32-per-cent share of the TV audience.
The electrifying freestyle relay in which U.S. swimmers narrowly beat the Australians was the week's second most-watched night with an audience of 30.1 million and a 30 share.
Gymnast Paul Hamm's unprecedented U.S. victory in the men's all-around competition, which came after judges incorrectly scored a South Korean in one event, drew 28.4 million viewers and a 29 share.
Given NBC's heavy promotion of its upcoming fall schedule during the Olympics, new series can't complain they missed a chance to win over lots of potential viewers.
Among the non-Olympic also-rans who managed to draw
a respectable audience were three CBS crime dramas: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Without a Trace and CSI: Miami.
For the week, NBC was the clear winner, averaging 26.7 million viewers (16.2 rating, 27 share).
CBS averaged 7.3 million viewers (5.0 rating, 8 share), ABC 4.5 million (3.0 rating, 5 share) and Fox 4.4 million (2.9 rating, 5 share).
NBC's Nightly News won the evening news ratings race, averaging 10.3 million viewers (7.2 rating, 15 share). ABC's World News Tonight had 8.1 million viewers (5.6 rating, 12 share) and the CBS Evening News 6.5 million (4.7 rating, 10 share).
A ratings point represents 1,084,000 households, or one per cent of the estimated 108.4 million TV homes in the United States. The share is the percentage of in-use televisions tuned to a given show.
For the week of Aug. 16-22, the top 10 shows, their networks and viewerships:
Summer Olympics (Thursday), NBC, 31.7 million; Summer Olympics (Tuesday), NBC, 30.1 million; Summer Olympics (Wednesday), NBC, 28.4 million; Summer Olympics (Monday), NBC, 27.1 million; Summer Olympics (Sunday), NBC, 26 million; Summer Olympics (Friday), NBC, 23.7 million; Summer Olympics (Saturday), NBC, 22.5 million; CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CBS, 11.4 million; Without a Trace, CBS, 9.3 million; CSI: Miami, CBS, 9.1 million.
nielsenmedia.com
LOS ANGELES (AP) - While the Olympic Games coped with disputed judging numbers, there was no argument about NBC's domination of U.S. TV ratings with its coverage from Athens.
The network attracted more viewers last week than its five major broadcast competitors combined, Nielsen Media Research figures released Tuesday indicated. Of the top 10 programs, six were NBC's Olympic coverage.
The highest-rated was Thursday, when gymnast Carly Patterson became the first U.S. woman to win the all-around since Mary Lou Retton in 1984. Slightly more than 31.7 million people tuned in that night, giving NBC a 32-per-cent share of the TV audience.
The electrifying freestyle relay in which U.S. swimmers narrowly beat the Australians was the week's second most-watched night with an audience of 30.1 million and a 30 share.
Gymnast Paul Hamm's unprecedented U.S. victory in the men's all-around competition, which came after judges incorrectly scored a South Korean in one event, drew 28.4 million viewers and a 29 share.
Given NBC's heavy promotion of its upcoming fall schedule during the Olympics, new series can't complain they missed a chance to win over lots of potential viewers.
Among the non-Olympic also-rans who managed to draw
a respectable audience were three CBS crime dramas: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Without a Trace and CSI: Miami.
For the week, NBC was the clear winner, averaging 26.7 million viewers (16.2 rating, 27 share).
CBS averaged 7.3 million viewers (5.0 rating, 8 share), ABC 4.5 million (3.0 rating, 5 share) and Fox 4.4 million (2.9 rating, 5 share).
NBC's Nightly News won the evening news ratings race, averaging 10.3 million viewers (7.2 rating, 15 share). ABC's World News Tonight had 8.1 million viewers (5.6 rating, 12 share) and the CBS Evening News 6.5 million (4.7 rating, 10 share).
A ratings point represents 1,084,000 households, or one per cent of the estimated 108.4 million TV homes in the United States. The share is the percentage of in-use televisions tuned to a given show.
For the week of Aug. 16-22, the top 10 shows, their networks and viewerships:
Summer Olympics (Thursday), NBC, 31.7 million; Summer Olympics (Tuesday), NBC, 30.1 million; Summer Olympics (Wednesday), NBC, 28.4 million; Summer Olympics (Monday), NBC, 27.1 million; Summer Olympics (Sunday), NBC, 26 million; Summer Olympics (Friday), NBC, 23.7 million; Summer Olympics (Saturday), NBC, 22.5 million; CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CBS, 11.4 million; Without a Trace, CBS, 9.3 million; CSI: Miami, CBS, 9.1 million.
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