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SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE CONSOLIDATED BUDGET

Submitted by SHNS on Fri, 09/26/2008 - 18:30

Here is the Scripps Howard News Service CONSOLIDATED BUDGET for Friday, Sept. 26, 2008. 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.WASHINGTONWASHCALL (Hoffman, SHNS) -- Washington Calling. WASHINGTON: October surprise from the south? ... Where's God in Capitol Visitor Center? ... NASA wants your name ... Other items. 600.Editors: A story slugged MURTHA, skedded earlier, will not move.NATIONALBEARDILEMMA (Medred, Anchorage Daily News) -- ANCHORAGE, Alaska: A day after the Alaska Botanical Garden announced a two-week closure because a grizzly bear had moved next door, a committee of the Anchorage Assembly convened a meeting to discuss what to do about bears in Alaska's largest city. 600.GASSHORTAGE (Stock & Siceloff, Raleigh News & Observer) -- A gas shortage that started with Hurricane Ike is still raging in the Southeast, disrupting commutes and leading to fights at the pump. 700.PETSETTLEMENT (Penn, St. Petersburg Times) -- Remember the pet-food scandal? For those who have not heard, a deadline is looming for a class-action settlement. 300.UNMARRIEDCOUPLES (Olson, The Press-Enterprise) -- Unmarried opposite-sex couples claim discrimination. 600.INTERNATIONALOBESEARABS (Mackinnon, Toronto Globe and Mail) -- They might be fasting for an entire month, but Arabs in many Gulf nations are seeing their obesity rates skyrocket. 700.IN THE WESTCAL-PARENTNOTIFY (Hecht, Sacramento Bee) -- California parental notification measure leads in poll. 300.FLOATINGCOP (Muckenfuss, The Press-Enterprise) -- PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif.: Patrolling the coastline: California cop hits the high seas to patrol beat. 650. With photos: SH08I229FLOATINGCOP, SH08I230FLOATINGCOP, SH08I231FLOATINGCOP.VEGAS-POOLPARTY (Brown, Las Vegas Sun) -- LAS VEGAS: This Sunday marks the end of Las Vegas' biggest, barest pool party, the afternoon fleshfest known as Rehab at the Hard Rock Casino pool. 450.OPEDCOMMENTPARKER (Parker, SHNS -- Column) -- Instead of bailouts on Wall Street, we need more economic freedom. 700.WALTERS (Walters, Sacramento Bee -- Column) -- California GOP lawmakers hide behind anti-tax facade. 500.BARNETT (Barnett, SHNS -- Comment) -- Does maritime sea travel need a tracking system similar to air traffic controllers? Adm. Harry Ulrich is positive that it does. 650.SCRIPPS HOWARD EDITORIALSEDSUPERLATIVES (Dale McFeatters, SHNS) -- We're living in an age of financial superlatives -- of the wrong kind. 350.EDITORIAL CARTOONS(Available at www.shns.com)26ECFDR (Charlie Daniel, Knoxville News Sentinel) -- In a crisis, George W. Bush proves to be something less than FDR.BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGYBREAKUP-BIZ (DeBare, San Francisco Chronicle) -- Breaking up leads to a business opportunity. 700.DRUGWIPE (Travis, St. Petersburg Times) -- SPRING HILL, Fla.: Firm markets one-touch drug detector. 350.TAXTIPS (Parker, Raleigh News & Observer) -- Now's the time to get ready for tax-filing season. 500.LIFESTYLEENTERTAINMENTCONCERTED CAMPAIGN EFFORTSROCKERS-VOTE (Mervis, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) -- As the candidates make a last dash toward the White House, there's one question that is not ringing out across America: "Are you going to the Rock for McCain concert?" While the polls reveal a tight race with the voting public, Barack Obama has the liberal pop-music world in the tank. But that's hardly a break from tradition. 950.FILMSAPPALOOSA-STARS (Vancheri, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) -- TORONTO: Lawmen and outlaws alike have a history of violence in "Appaloosa," Ed Harris' adaptation of the Robert B. Parker novel. It was the history of friendship, however, that convinced Viggo Mortensen to star alongside Harris in the movie set in the Old West territory of New Mexico in 1882. 950.MIRACLE-FILM (Paris, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) -- Spike Lee has long been America's most serious black filmmaker, never lacking or shying away from a tough racial agenda. Time, now, to eliminate the word "black" from that appraisal: Lee's agenda in "Miracle at St. Anna" is no less racial-historical yet far more ambitiously universal than ever before. 700.MIRACLESTEREOTYPE (Vancheri, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) -- TORONTO: Don't put "Miracle at St. Anna" in a box stamped "African-American history." Actor Laz Alonso says he hates when people "try to corner you into saying, 'OK, this is an African-American story.' " After all, he told reporters, "These men helped change the scope of history worldwide. This is world history that the Buffalo Soldiers contributed to." 900.FAMILYGLANCE-FILM (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) -- A capsule look at films from a family perspective. 700.TVCHUCK-TV (Owen, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) -- BURBANK, Calif.: Monday's second-season premiere of "Chuck" re-introduces the comedy-drama's plot in its opening moments. Compared to all the crime dramas on TV, "Chuck" is pretty gentle and bloodless. It's fun, escapist fare. 800. With photos: SH08I227CHUCK, SH08I228CHUCK.LITTLEBRITAIN-TV (Owen, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) -- Fans of the irreverent British sketch show "Little Britain" will not be shocked by its new American spinoff from the same creative team. But the new series, "Little Britain USA," premiering Sunday on HBO, will likely stun those unfamiliar with the original. 750. With photo: SH08I232LITTLEBRITAIN.SHIELD-TV (Morrow, SHNS) -- Actor Walton Goggins has been envisioning ways to end "The Shield" since episode two. Now, seven seasons later, he's faced with what will happen to his troubled character, corrupt detective Shane Vendrell -- a man who has gone as far as to murder a fellow officer, among his multitude of sins. 450. With photo: SH08I233SHIELD.SPORTSBASEBALL:RINGO26 (Ringolsby, SHNS) -- Tracy Ringolsby's weekly baseball notes package. 1,000.JONES (Jones, St. Petersburg Times -- Column) -- List of not-so-usual suspects to throw out the first pitch at the Rays' playoff opener next week at Tropicana Field. 700.ALEXANDER (Alexander, The Press-Enterprise -- Column) -- LOS ANGELES: Manny Ramirez says N.L.-West champion Dodgers have plenty of work left to do. 750.NFL:NFLCAPS28 (Dulac, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) -- Capsule predictions for this weekend's games. 750. EMBARGOED FOR SUNDAY RELEASE.LEGWOLD (Legwold, SHNS -- Column) -- Only a month into this NFL season, and two teams are poised to fire their coaches, two teams with fingers poised over the switch, two teams tangled in a web of disarray, bad public relations and with little public comment from people who make the decisions about any of it. 800.COLLEGE FOOTBALL:FBCBROOKS (Brooks, SHNS -- Column) -- Is "BYU" short for "BCS-buster"? Other thoughts. 800.FBCSMITH (Smith, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette -- Column) -- Notre Dame, after three games, is only marginally better than a year ago. And that's not good for coach Charlie Weis or the school or even college football. Everyone suffers as a result. 600.AUTO RACING:WHITEHEAD (Whitehead, SHNS -- Column) -- Would you rather be lucky or good? Just ask Greg Biffle. 500.