Countdown Newsletter: 10/3/05 -- Supreme Stealth

So far, so good. It doesn't say "Alison in for Keith this week".

Oy, Harriet...

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President Bush on Monday nominated White House counsel Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, proposing to replace Sandra Day O'Connor with a lawyer who has never been a judge - a career path that makes it harder for both liberals and conservatives to figure out where she stands on national issues. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9566882/

Among a host of qualities that White House counsel Harriet Ellan Miers shares with new Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is the apparent lack of any personal legal agenda. Known for an exacting, no-nonsense style, Miers - like Roberts - tends to avoid the limelight. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9577329/

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Investigators hunting for the masterminds of three suicide bombings on the popular resort island of Bali hoped to identify the bombers Monday using photographs of their severed heads circulating in newspapers nationwide. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9552880/

Ten Years Ago Today.... 1995: OJ Simpson verdict: 'Not guilty': OJ Simpson has been found not guilty of the murders of his ex-wife Nicole and her friend Ronald Goldman. The jury took less than four hours to reach a unanimous decision in the trial that has gripped America for an entire year. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/3/newsid_2486000/2486673.stm

The Rivington Playground on Manhattan's East Side has a small sign at the entrance that says adults are prohibited unless they are accompanied by a child. Forty-seven-year-old Sandra Catena says she didn't see the sign when she sat down to wait for an arts festival to start. Two New York City police officers asked her if she was with a child. When she said no, they gave her a ticket that could bring a $1,000 fine and 90 days in jail. The city parks department says the rule is designed to keep pedophiles out of city parks, but a parks spokesman told the Daily News that the department hoped police would use some common sense when enforcing the rule. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/local/story/350180p-298735c.html
Monica Novotny reports.

That's some of what we're planning for tonight's show.

Finally,
A chilly bit of Scandinavia is coming to the heart of London's West End Saturday with the opening of Absolut Icebar, a bar made entirely out of ice right down to the art on the walls and the glasses for the drinks. Situated next to the accompanying but room temperature Below Zero restaurant, the bar is kept at minus 23 fahrenheit year round. For a cover charge of 12 pounds ($22.20), patrons are given a thermal cape, thick gloves and a glass made out of ice before entering the second of two airtight doors designed to keep heat out. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/ICE_BAR?SITE=NWCN&TEMPLATE=STRANGEHEADS.html&SECTION=HOME (click the link to see the pic) That's a lot of work for a cocktail.

-- Carey Fox

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The captain of a boat that capsized, killing 20 people, told authorities it was hit by waves from another boat or boats, and his vessel went over as he tried to steer out of them, authorities said Monday. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9569812/

Reports filed by federal aviation inspectors during the first month of a strike by Northwest Airlines Corp.'s mechanics challenge assertions by executives that operations are running smoothly, according to a newspaper's review of the records. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9568615/

The Food and Drug Administration is warning people not to eat certain Dole pre-packaged salads that have been connected to an outbreak of E. coli infections in Minnesota. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9579649/

Construction spending in the United States climbed to a record high in August, helped by a renewed boom in housing. Even bigger gains are expected in coming months, spurred by the massive rebuilding required in the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9578790/

The man behind the $10 million X Prize for private spaceflight is joining forces with a venture capitalist who's also an Indy car backer to establish a NASCAR-like racing league for rocket-powered aircraft. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9572408/

remember the story they ran last week about the 4-year-old they found on the street at 1am in Brooklyn? The live-in boyfriend has been charged with her mother's murder. :cry:

But it seemd the most obvious possibility.

Also, in the newsletter Carey mentions that that ice bar is a lot of work to go through for a cocktail. I don't think he's met the more determined members of the KOEB. :)

or for the bartender? ;-)

:P

Hell yes!