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Here is the Scripps Howard News Service CONSOLIDATED BUDGET for Friday, June 15, 2007. If you have questions or comments, SHNS editors can be reached at 202-408-1484. For all SHNS content and archives, visit our Web site at www.shns.com.
WASHINGTON
WASHCALL (Hoffman, SHNS) -- Washington Calling. WASHINGTON: Blunt warning from Petraeus adviser... Farewell lap by Gonzales?... Fly flags for Dad... Other items. 750.
NATIONAL
SOLDIERSREMAINS (Mitchell, Winston-Salem Journal) -- JEFFERSON, N.C.: Sixty-three years after Lawrence Burkett disappeared in World War II, the North Carolina soldier, husband and father is coming home. 850. With photo: SH07F145SOLDIERSREMAINS.
GAYCOPS (Mooney, The Providence Journal) -- PROVIDENCE, R.I.: Gay cops seek a right not to remain silent. 800.
MIRACLE (Torkelson, SHNS) -- The question of whether a Denver girl was cured by a miracle courtesy of an 18th-century missionary priest is now in the hands of the Vatican. 350.
ELEPHANTMOVE (Holland, Anchorage Daily News) -- ANCHORAGE, Alaska: How do you move an 8,000-pound elephant? Very carefully. 800.
IN THE WEST
OFFTHESTRIP-CALM (Benston, Las Vegas Sun) -- LAS VEGAS: Living the life off the Strip: No smoking, no casino, but guests find plenty of luxury at condo-hotels. 750.
WATERWARNING (Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle) -- SAN FRANCISCO: Turning off faucets, watering lawns in the dark of night and installing low-flow toilets is a way of life in drought-prone California. But after a dry winter and in the midst of the season's first stretch of hot weather, Bay Area residents are being warned to get more serious about conserving water. 700.
CAL-BIRDS (Vellinga, Sacramento Bee) -- New bird counts indicate it's not just bald eagles and other rare species that are declining -- there is also a steady decline of more common birds. 1,000. With photo: SH07F143CALBIRDS.
GOURMETGIZMO (Ortiz, Sacramento Bee) -- A computer kiosk built by a Menlo Park, Calif., company not only recommends and informs about wines, it offers suitable dinner menus. 800.
OPED
COMMENT
BACKROADS-IOWA (Sprengelmeyer, SHNS -- Comment) -- DES MOINES, Iowa: Excerpts from M.E. Sprengelmeyer's behind-the-scenes blog on the road with the presidential candidates. 1,200.
PARKER (Parker, SHNS _ Column) -- The recent announcement by the NAACP of a major retrenchment is an important story that deserves attention. 800.
DAYLIGHT (Taylor, Providence Journal -- Comment) -- BROCKTON, Mass.: If they ever publish a list of great thinkers, they won't need to know how to spell Massachusetts Rep. Ed Markey's name. 350.
BARNETT (Barnett, SHNS -- Comment) -- Why must America go it alone on prosecuting war crimes? 750.
WALTERS (Walters, Sacramento Bee -- Column) -- What really matters about California's on-going budget crisis. 650.
WEINTRAUB (Weintraub, Sacramento Bee) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif.: Michael Moore's new film on the health-insurance industry is entertaining but flawed. 900.
FATHERLOST (Santana, Hispanic Link - - Comment) -- A Hispanic father commits suicide and a daughter is left to wonder what if. 900.
SCRIPPS HOWARD EDITORIALS
EDMIDEAST (Dale McFeatters, SHNS) -- Hamas now rules Gaza. 350.
EDIMMIGRATION (Dale McFeatters, SHNS) -- President Bush and the Democratic and Republic leaders salvage the immigration bill. 300.
EDITORIAL CARTOONS
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15ECWARMING (Charlie Daniel, Knoxville News-Sentinel) -- From the Southern Baptist Convention: Hellfire-and-brimstone sermons not a cause of global warming.
BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY
BOOK-BIZ (Ortiz, Sacramento Bee) -- As the release of the latest Harry Potter book beckons, everyone's excited, right? Wrong. With deep discounting of "Deathly Hallows," booksellers face bleak profit prospects. 800.
CARBUYING101 (McGuire, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune -- Column) -- Smart car-buying tips for everyone. 750.
IN-STORECLINIC (Davis, SHNS) -- Patients visiting a SmartCare clinic at Wal-Mart receive a pager so they can shop while waiting to see medical personnel. 800. With photo: SH07F144INSTORECLINIC.
LINKEDIN (Stafford, The Oklahoman) -- "MySpace for grownups" emerging as a major source for networking opportunities. 650.
PROMOTIONSTRESS (Sostek, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) -- Moving up, stressing out: Getting promoted among the most challenging life changes. 600.
LIFESTYLE
ENTERTAINMENT
FILMS
FANTASTIC-FILM (Vancheri, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) -- If Oscar-winning movies are the equivalent of a gourmet feast and "Spider-Man 2" and "Batman Begins" fine meals at a sit-down restaurant, the "Fantastic Four" adventures are like fast-food kids' meals. They may temporarily satisfy you, but they're not memorable or made with the fanciest ingredients. 600.
SURFER-FILM (Norman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) -- In many ways, the Silver Surfer is as much an enigma now as he was when he made his debut in the pages of "The Fantastic Four" 41 years ago. The Marvel Comics character, now making his big-screen debut in "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer," is suitably alien and wholly consistent with Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's original vision of the character. 600. With photos: SH07F146SURFER, SH07F147SURFER, SH07F148SURFER.
TENCANOES-FILM (Hayes, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) -- "Ten Canoes" is more interesting as a film project than fascinating as a movie experience. Presented as a dramatically enacted oral history, it's at times slow and difficult to follow, and the small white-on-white subtitles are sometimes impossible to read. Nevertheless, it's the first full-length feature filmed entirely in an Australian aboriginal language. 400.
FAMILYGLANCE-FILM (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) -- A capsule look at films from a family perspective. 800.
SECONDLOOK-FILM (Villarreal, Arizona Daily Star) -- A look at the Oscar-winning film "The Deer Hunter," and its shooting, which was filled with cinematic legends. 500.(Editors: One of a series of reviews that revisits classic films available on DVD or video.)
TELEVISION
POSTSOPRANOS-TV (Owen, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) -- Now that "The Sopranos" is done, but surely not forgotten , every TV network will be jockeying in hopes of being home to TV's next great drama series. The odds are one won't come around soon, but here's a look at one of the candidates. 600.
HIDDENPALMS-TV (Morrow, SHNS) -- Following his scene-stealing bit as Beverly Lesley on "Will & Grace," Leslie Jordan has turned a bit more serious in the new series "Hidden Palms." 400.
LIVING
DISABILITY-LIVING (Appel, SHNS -- Column) -- How employers can accommodate amputees on the job. 400.
SPORTS
BASEBALL:
RINGO15 (Ringolsby, SHNS) -- Tracy Ringolsby's weekly baseball notes package. 2,000.
LARUSSA (Gutierrez, Sacramento Bee) -- Was Tony La Russa asleep at the wheel during the start of baseball's now infamous Steroid Era? 700.
NBA:
LINCICOME (Lincicome, SHNS -- Column) -- These NBA Finals turned out to be a big waste of time. 800.
COLLEGE BASEBALL:
BBCTUDOR (Tudor, Raleigh News & Observer -- Column) -- There's nothing like the College World Series at Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Neb. 650.
NFL:
RATTO (Ratto, San Francisco Chronicle -- Column) -- Now that he's been cleared to wear a suit on the sidelines this season, 49ers coach Mike Nolan needs to take his look to the next level. 800.
COLLEGE SPORTS:
TRAMEL15 (Tramel, The Oklahoman -- Column) -- Oklahoma AD Joe Castiglione must resist the temptation of bolting Norman to become the new Big 12 commissioner. 600.
AUTO RACING
WHITEHEAD (Whitehead, SHNS -- Column) _ The addition of Dale Earnhardt Jr. makes Hendrick Motorsports NASCAR's first Dream Team. 800.
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