William Rivers Pitt: 'No One Could Have Anticipated ...' (truthout.org)
The video is gut-wrenching. There they sit, a whole room full of hurricane experts and disaster managers, shouting down a telephone line at George W. Bush, warning him a full day ahead of time that Hurricane Katrina is a catastrophe waiting to happen. There stands Max Mayfield, Director of the National Hurricane Center, emphatically explaining that Katrina is far larger and more dangerous than Hurricane Andrew, that the levees in New Orleans are in grave danger of being overtopped, and that the loss of life could be extreme.
Rock band promotional sticker triggers bomb alert on OU campus
A sticker on a bicycle outside a restaurant on the campus of Ohio University is behind a bomb scare this morning. Ohio University Dean of Students Terry Hogan says an Ohio University police officer spotted a bicycle attached to the Oasis restaurant at 5:30 a.m. this morning with a sticker containing a message attached to it. "'This Bike Is a Pipe Bomb' is the name of a band out of Pensacola, Fla.," said Hogan. "The sticker was actually a promotional item for that entity."
Seeking Book Donations The New Orleans Public Library (New Orleans LA)
The New Orleans Public Library is asking for any and all hardcover and paperback books for people of all ages in an effort to restock the shelves after Katrina. The staff will assess which titles will be designated for its collections. The rest will be distributed to destitute famil! ies or sold for library fundraising. Please send your books to:
Rica A. Trigs, Public Relations New Orleans Public Library 219 Loyola Avenue New Orleans, LA 70112
If you tell the post office that they are for the library in New Orleans, they will give you the library rate which is slightly less than the book rate.
CBS opens the night with the movie 'Panic Room', followed by '48 Hours'.
NBC starts the night with 'Dateline', followed by a RERUN'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit', then a RERUN'Conviction'.
'SNL' is FRESH with Natalie Portman hosting, music by Fall Out Boy.
The late, late 'SNL' is from 30 September, 1989, with Bruce Willis hosting, music by Neil Young.
ABC fills the night with the movie 'A Beautiful Mind'.
The WB offers an old 'Friends', followed by an old 'Raymond', then panders with 'Cheaters'.
Faux has the traditional 'Cops', 'Cops', and 'America's Most Wanted'.
MAD TV is FRESH, with Jason Mraz.
UPN has an old 'Alias', followed by an old 'Fear Factor'.
A&E has 'City Confidential', followed by the movie 'Windtalkers', then 'American Justice'.
AMC offers the movie 'Thunderball', followed by the movie 'A Civil Action', then the LIVE (on the East Coast) 'Independent Spirit Awards', hosted by Sarah Silverman.
BBC -
[2pm] Just For Laughs' - Episode 1;
[2:30pm] Father Ted' - Ep. 7 Rock-A-Hula Ted;
[3pm] The Benny Hill Show' - Episode 54;
[4pm] The Avengers' - The Rotters;
[5pm] The Avengers' - The Interrogators;
[6pm] Cold Feet' - Episode' 6;
[7pm] Cash in the Attic' - Stride;
[8pm] House Invaders' - Carlton;
[8:30pm] House Invaders' - Branston;
[9pm] Rebus' - Fleshmarket Close;
[10:30pm] Rebus' - The Fall;
[12am] Conviction' - Episode 5;
[1am] Rebus' - Fleshmarket Close;
[2:30am] Rebus' - The Fall;
[4am] Conviction' - Episode 5;
[5am] So Graham Norton' - Kelly Osbourne;
[5:30am] So Graham Norton' - James Van Der Beek;
[6am] BBC World News'. (ALL TIMES EST)
Comedy Central has the movie 'Bandits', followed by the movie 'Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery'.
History has 'Modern Marvels', 'Banned From The Bible', and 'Sodom & Gomorrah'.
IFC -
[6AM] Bound (1996);
[8AM] Blind Swordsman #9: Adventures Of A Blind Man (1965);
[9:30AM] Kill! (1968);
[11:30AM] Diamonds (1999);
[1PM] IFC in Theaters (2006);
[1:15PM] Blind Swordsman #9: Adventures Of A Blind Man (1965);
[2:45PM] Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002);
[4:30PM] Independent Spirit Awards Nomination Show (2005);
[5PM] 2006 Independent Spirit Awards(2006);
[7:30PM] At the IFC Center #11(2006);
[8PM] Antwone Fisher (2002);
[10:15PM] Thirteen(2003);
[12AM] 2006 Independent Spirit Awards(2006);
[2:15AM] Antwone Fisher (2002);
[4:20AM] Thirteen(2003). (ALL TIMES EST)
SciFi has the movie 'Raptor Island', followed by the movie 'Raptor'.
Sundance -
[7AM] The Tunnel;
[8:30AM] Duel;
[10AM] Chasing the Olympic Dream;
[10:30AM] Lurch;
[11AM] Interesting Times: Xiao's Long March;
[11:45AM] Evelyn: The Cutest Evil Dead Girl;
[12PM] Coldblooded;
[1:35PM] The Dog Walker;
[2PM] Iconoclasts: Zellweger on Amanpour;
[2:45PM] She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not;
[3PM] In Short: Academy AwardŽ-Winning Shorts;
[5PM] Who Is Bernard Tapie?;
[6PM] Sonic Cinema, Episode #1;
[6:30PM] In Short: In Short: Festival 3;
[7PM] Iconoclasts: Zellweger on Amanpour;
[7:45PM] The Dog Walker;
[8PM] Heathers;
[9:45PM] Me, Myself and the Universe;
[10PM] Wild at Heart;
[12:05AM] DIG!;
[2AM] Chasing the Olympic Dream;
[2:30AM] Coldblooded;
[4:05AM] Who Is Bernard Tapie?;
[5:05AM] Sabbath Entertainment;
[5:30AM] Duel. (ALL TIMES EST)
Actor and Director George Clooney, left, talks with Entertainer Dolly Parton during Oscar rehearsals at the Kodak Theatre for the 78th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles on March 3, 2006.
Photo by Chris Carlson
Pete Seeger will have an extra gift when he celebrates his birthday this spring: a new album by Bruce Springsteen that was inspired by the folk music legend.
"We Shall Overcome/The Seeger Sessions" is scheduled for release April 25, Columbia Records announced Thursday. Seeger, the dean of American folk singers, turns 87 on May 3.
The rocker said it shouldn't come as a surprise that he chose folk music for his first album of cover songs. Much of his own writing, he said, "comes straight out of the folk tradition."
Oscar nominees Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal and Frances McDormand are among those expected to step out of green vehicles and onto the red carpet at the Academy Award ceremony Sunday.
In all, 25 VIPs are participating in the fourth annual "Red Carpet, Green Cars" event sponsored by Toyota Motor Corp. and the environmental organization Global Green USA. McDormand, Phoenix, Gyllenhaal, Jennifer Aniston and George Clooney are all expected to arrive at the Oscars in Toyota or Lexus hybrids, including the Toyota Prius, Lexus RX crossover and a hybrid version of the Toyota Camry, which goes on sale in May.
Other automakers are also getting into the act. Ford Motor Co. said Cathy Schulman, the producer of best-picture nominee "Crash," plans to arrive in a hybrid Mercury Mariner, while best-supporting-actor nominee Gyllenhaal's entourage is scheduled to show up in a Ford Excursion powered by clean-burning biodiesel.
Italian actress Sophia Loren (R) poses with her son Edoardo Ponti (C) and his girlfriend actress Sasha Alexander at the world preview of the 'Sophia Loren Collection' by Damiani at the Four Seasons hotel in Beverly Hills March 3, 2006. Loren joined forces with the Italian jeweler Damiani to design their latest collection.
Photo by Mario Anzuoni
The spell is broken. The witches on "Charmed" won't be making the move when the WB network combines forces with UPN to become the CW network in the fall.
A WB spokesman confirmed a TV Guide report on Friday that said the supernatural series, which stars Alyssa Milano, Rose McGowan and Holly Marie Combs, will end after eight seasons in May.
The final episode of "Charmed" will air on May 21, TV Guide said.
A New York theatre's decision to postpone a play about an American activist killed by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza has prompted trans-Atlantic charges of censorship from its British creators.
"This is censorship born out of fear," said the British actor Alan Rickman, who directed the original, award-winning run of "My Name is Rachel Corrie" at the Royal Court in London.
The New York Theater Workshop, which had tentatively scheduled to stage the play later this month, has vehemently denied the censorship charge.
"My Name is Rachel Corrie" is a solo show based on her diary entries and e-mails home, edited by Rickman and Katharine Viner, a features editor with the British newspaper, The Guardian.
Madonna, Snoop Dogg and David Bowie are among the voices featured in "Arthur and the Minimoys," a live-action/computer-animated fantasy feature based on a popular French children's book by filmmaker Luc Besson, who is directing the project.
The story centers on 10-year-old Arthur (Freddie Highmore of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"), who tries to save the home of his grandmother (Mia Farrow) by seeking out his grandfather's treasure in the land of the tiny Minimoys. There he encounters Princess Selenia (Madonna) and Max (Snoop Dogg), who travel with him to a city ruled by the nefarious Malthazar (Bowie).
Besson, noted for directing such films as "The Messenger: Joan of Arc" and "The Professional," has spent more than three years working on the "Arthur" film.
Director Robert Towne arrives for the premiere of 'Ask The Dust' at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, March 3, 2006. The movie is set to be released on March 10.
Photo by Max Morse
Officials are investigating how "American Idol" celebrity judge Paula Abdul breached security at Las Vegas' McCarran International Airport when she boarded a plane without passing through a screening checkpoint.
Aviation officials said Abdul and a companion bypassed the mandatory screening process before boarding a 12:20 p.m. Thursday flight headed for Burbank, Calif.
Federal Transportation Safety Administration officials were alerted to the breach while the Southwest Airlines plane was in the air. When it landed, all passengers and baggage were screened again before entering the terminal at Bob Hope Airport, TSA spokeswoman Jessica Altschul said.
A woman who claims to be involved in a video showing former Creed lead singer Scott Stapp and rap-rocker Kid Rock with several strippers has sued Stapp for invasion of privacy.
The woman, identified as Jane Doe in a lawsuit filed in Miami on Thursday, claims she was under the belief that the video was to remain in Stapp's private possession.
The lawsuit seeks to prevent the sale of the video and asks for unspecified damages. The suit alleges the woman suffered emotional distress and the video used her name or likeness without her permission.
Two Black-winged Stilts are seen in the Albufera's Natural Park near the Village of Alcudia on the Spanish Island of Mallorca March 3, 2006. Spain will be particularly exposed to possible cases of bird flu in migrating birds returning from Africa in the coming weeks, but there are no confirmed cases yet.
Photo by Dani Cardona
Domino's Pizza founder Thomas S. Monaghan, who is helping to bankroll the birth of a Florida town and university, backtracked Friday from comments that he'd like the community to be governed by strict Roman Catholic principles.
His ideas about barring pornography and birth control, he said, apply only to the Catholic university.
Both the town of Ave Maria and its Ave Maria University, the first Catholic university to be built in the United States in four decades, are set to open next year about 25 miles east of Naples in southwest Florida.
Monaghan's comments Friday contrasted with statements he made last year to a Catholic men's group in Boston that pornographic magazines won't be sold in town, pharmacies won't carry condoms or birth control pills, and cable television will carry no X-rated channels.
Residents view flying of a dragon-shaped kite on the bank of the Songhua River in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Wednesday, March 1, 2006. More than 100 contestants competed in 11 events of a kite flying competition, Xinhua news agency said.
Photo by Gao Zengshuang
A pair of stolen slippers once worn by Indian royalty have been found. The lavishly jewelled shoes were taken from the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto in January.
The slippers valued at $160,000, were stolen along with two other 18th century artifacts: a gold toe ring, valued at $11,000 and a gold anklet valued at $45,000.
The slippers were worn by the Nizam Sikandar Jah of Hyderabad during his rule from 1803 to 1829.
A model presents a creation by British fashion designer Alexander McQueen as part of his ready-to-wear fall/winter 2006-2007 collection in Paris March 3, 2006.
Photo by Charles Platiau
Nazi code that eluded the best cryptographers the Allied forces had to offer during World War II has been solved by an amateur codebreaker with the assistance of a network of computers.
The three uncracked ciphers -- a cipher is a method of transforming text in order to conceal its meaning -- were encrypted in 1942 with a new version of the infamous German Enigma machine, which was used to direct attacks against Allied shipping in the Atlantic.
The M4 Project, the brainchild of Stefan Krah, a violinist and amateur cryptographer of German birth, is credited with cracking one of the three remaining ciphers. The project was named in honor of the M4 Enigma machine that originally encoded the messages.
In this photograph released by the Bronx Zoo in New York, Butch, an adult male red panda, rests on a tree branch during a snowfall Thursday, March 2, 2006.
Photo by Suzanne Bolduc
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