Monday, August 27, 2007

Monday- August 27 2007 NEWS inDIGESTion


* NEW YORK - Now that the book has been yanked from his profit- the public is a little more interested in O.J. SImpson's "(If) I Did It."
Pre-orders for the book have already made it to the Barnes & Noble's Top 50 list- and they won't sell it in stores..

* BAGHDAD - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki gives a kind of 'up yours!' to his critics and pretty much America's stay that never ends. Meanwhile- the Associated Press counts American dead in the Prime Minister's country at 3728 as of Sunday...

* TEHRAN- IRAN - From a report Sunday- the world is told this Middle Eastern nation continues playing with atomic energy.

* LONDON - Even though she's been invited by Chas & Diana's sons- Prince Chas's latest wife- Camilla the Duchess of Cornball- says she isn't going to the 10th-anniversary memorial services for the late Princess Diana. Camilla fears an unfavorable reaction by the public if she appears.

* HUNTINGTON-UTAH - 21 Days. That's how long it's been since a mine here collapsed- entombing 6 miners. Before they have a ceremony- play Jimmy Dean's 'Big John' one last time and put up some monument- workers have bored yet another hole trying to locate the men.

* WASHINGTON - Congress now wants 100% screening of ships coming to U.S. ports. Critics and 60 Minutes have long known how easy it is to get a nuclear device into a cargo container.

* KANSAS CITY - Fires in vacant buildings and non-fatal car wrecks overnight. Funny- you don't see much of these on weekend newscasts.

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