SHNS CONSOLIDATED SKED FOR MAY 28, 2009

SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE NEWS BUDGET
Scripps Howard News Service

Here is the Scripps Howard News Service CONSOLIDATED NEWS budget for Thursday, May 28, 2009. 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.

SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE

SPELLINGBEE28 (Choate, SHNS) -- WASHINGTON: Coverage of the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. 700. Photos will be available later at www.shns.com.

EDITORS: This story will be updated Thursday evening immediately after the winner is crowned and later with quotes from the winner.

SPELLINGBEESIDE (Choate, SHNS) -- WASHINGTON: How do the Spelling Bee announcers come up with the silly sentences they use? 400.

WASHINGTON

MURTHA-SEAT (McNulty, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) --Pennsylvania Rep. John Murtha -- under fire for steering controversial federal money to his district -- has a Navy veteran with a Harvard degree lining up to challenge him for the Democratic nomination next year. 400

NATIONAL

CRASH-BOX (Wilson, SHNS) -- Four months after their plane settled gently onto the surface of New York's murky Hudson River, the survivors got their crash-in-a-box. Two Knoxville women relived the experience when they opened the boxes, and struggle to rebuild their lives. 860. With photos: SH09E156CRASHBOX, SH09E157CRASHBOX, SH09E158CRASHBOX

TOXIC-RECYCLING (Rujumba, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) -- After tracking hazardous waste shipments around the world, a national environmental group has sounded the alarm about a million pounds of old electronics innocently donated in Pennsylvania. 850

HEALTH AND SCIENCE

DOC-LOBBYIST (Colliver, San Francisco Chronicle) -- A California doctor spent so much time fighting health insurance companies to get approvals for treatments that he started his own lobbying effort. 625

INTERNATIONAL

KOREA-SUICIDE (MacKinnon, Toronto Globe and Mail) -- Former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun kills himself, leaving behind suicide note that "many have suffered too much because of me."600

BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY

AUTOS (Williamson, SHNS -- Column) Autos Today. If you're looking for evidence that Ford has a future, consider the funky Flex. 800. With AUTOSSIDE. With photo: SH09E155AUTOS

HIRED (Walberg, SHNS -- Column) -- Getting Hired. The Internet is important, particularly for researching industries and specific companies. You can also use it to get names and addresses of people to add to your network. 400

REAL (Lewis, bankrate.com -- Column) -- Real Estate Watch. With historically low rates, many homeowners are watching closely for the right time to refinance their mortgages. 800

VW-ROUTAN (Aukofer, SHNS -- Column) -- DriveWays. Details on the 2009 Volkswagen Routan minivan. 800. With VWROUTAN-SPECS. With photo: SH09E161VWROUTAN

TARGET (Enkoji, Sacramento Bee) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif.: Target stores around the nation are expand food sections to compete with discount grocers. 250.

IN THE WEST

CAL-HEALTHCARE (Calvan, Sacramento Bee) -- Health costs send many to Mexico, study finds. 450.

ENTERTAINMENT

TVHILIGHTS-TV (Morrow, SHNS -- Column) -- TV highlights for the week beginning Sunday. 700. With photos: SH09E159TVHILIGHTS, SH09E160TVHILIGHTS

PROWRESTLING (Marvez, SHNS) -- Alex Marvez's weekly look at the world of professional wrestling, MMA and more. 650. (Editors: This is also listed on the sports sked. It is moving categories e and s.)

FAMILY

HART (Hart, SHNS -- Column) -- From the Hart. When it comes to food, saying no to kids could save their lives. 660.

HOMEWORK-FAM (Fournier, SHNS -- Column) -- Hassle-Free Homework. 740.

RELATIONSHIP-FAM (Goldsmith, SHNS -- Column) -- Emotional Fitness. Failures are stepping-stones to success. 500.

OPED

COMMENT

WATCH (Ann McFeatters, SHNS -- Column) -- White House Watch. DETROIT: Hoping against hope that this city can somehow re-invent itself with the pending bankruptcy of General Motors. 670.

THOMASSON (Thomasson, SHNS -- Column) -- WASHINGTON: Despite the early attacks on Sonia Sotomayor's record, there's likely to be little drama in her confirmation hearings. 700.

AMBROSE (Ambrose, SHNS -- Column) -- Nancy Pelosi has figured out what to do when you get in deep political trouble at home. You dress up as Al Gore and go to China. 640.

REDBLUEAMERICA (Boychuk and Mathis, RedBlueAmerica.com -- Column) -- What should the U.S. do in the wake of North Korea's nuclear test. 660. With logo: SH08A196REDBLUEAMERICA.

MURDOCK (Murdock, SHNS -- Column) -- It's time to face facts. America is broke. But is President Obama doing anything about it or just making things worse? 650.

SCRIPPS HOWARD EDITORIALS

EDVAT (Dale McFeatters, SHNS) -- An old idea -- the Value Added Tax -- suddenly has new life. 350.

EDAOL (Dale McFeatters, SHNS) -- The dot-com era is truly over. Time Warner is dumping AOL. 300.

SPORTS

NBA

ALEXANDER (Alexander, The Press-Enterprise -- column) -- LOS ANGELES: With the Lakers' playoff fortunes likely hanging in the balance, Lamar Odom battles through pain and delivers big time. 570.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL:

CALKINS (Calkins, SHNS -- column) -- MEMPHIS: Some things go hand in hand, like coach John Calipari and allegations of major NCAA rules violations. So now it's Memphis' turn. 670.

BASEBALL:

JONES (Jones, St. Petersburg Times -- column) -- A look back at some of baseball's best late-inning comebacks. 620.

NASCAR:

ADAMSON (Adamson, SHNS -- column) -- The first third of this NASCAR season has been big dud. 550.

HOCKEY

PENGUINS (Anderson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) -- Penguins take different route to same destination -- the Stanley Cup Finals vs. Detroit. 700.

PRO WRESTLING

PROWRESTLING28 (Marvez, SHNS) -- Alex Marvez's weekly look at professional wrestling. 500. Editors: Also moving category E.

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