SLU NEWS 22 - NEWSCAST 13 (SPRING)

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SLU NEWS 22 ± 03/25/10 SCRIPT [NEWSCAST #13 ± SPRING] (JOHNSON) VIDEO AUDIO TEASE TEASE

JOHNSON: GOOD EVENING I¶M KAREEM JOHNSON.

JOHNSON: TONIGHT, THREE RESIGNATIONS

FROM SGA; ONE IN PROTEST

JOHNSON: A CHANGE IN THE FINAL GREATISSUES SPEAKER, WE¶LL TELL YOU WHO.

JOHNSON: TIGER IS BACK ON THE LINKS ATTHE MASTERS; HIS PRESS CONFERENCE FROM MONDAY.

JOHNSON: THOSE STORIES AND MORE, NEXTON SLU NEWS 22.

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JOHNSON: GOOD EVENING, OUR TOP STORY ISTHE RESIGNATION OF THREE MEMBERS OFSGA.

THE UNIVERSITY NEWS IS REPORTING THAT 3STUDENT LEADERS HAVE RESIGNED AFTERTWO PICTURES SURFACED THAT WERE TAKEN IN THE SPRING OF 2008. THE PICTURESFEATURE TWO STUDENT GOVERNMENT

ASSOCIATION MEMBERS, FINANCIAL VICE PRESIDENT ROBERT MOEHLE, AND PARKSCOLLEGE SENATOR BEN ORR.

ONE PICTURE SHOWS SENATOR ORR HOLDINGA NOOSE, AND ANOTHER PICTURE HAS MOEHLESMILING AND HOLDIING A SIGN THAT STATES"ONLY FOR USE ON WHITE PEOPLE." SGAPRESIDENT MICHAEL HARRIS ASKED FOR THE MOEHLE AND ORR'S RESIGNATION, AND BOTH ORR AND MOEHLE HAVE RESIGNED FROM SGA.

THE THIRD RESIGNATION WAS THAT OF J.P. JOHNSON, A COMMUTTER STUDENT, CALLING ITWITCH-HUNT FOR TROUBLE, THAN A SERIOUSMATTER THAT NEEDED ADMINISTRATION INVOLVEMENT AND TWO RESIGNATIONS. FORMORE ON THIS STORY, VISIT OUR CONTENTPARTNER THE UNIVERSITY NEWS'S WEBSITE,OR NEWSPAPERS ON STANDS NOW.

JOHNSON: ACTIVE MINDS, A CAMPUS



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ORGANIZATION TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUTMENTAL HEALTH ISSUES WILL BE AT THE CLOCKTOWER TOMORROW MORNING AT 9AM FOR AN EVENT CALLED "SEND VIOLENCE PACKING."

SEND VIOLENCE PACKING IS A TRAVELINGMEMORIAL, WIHCH INCLUDES 1,100

BACKPACKS. EACH BACKPACK REPRESENTSONE STUDENT SUICIDE DEATH. SLU NEWS 22WILL BE THERE TOMORROW.

IN RELATED NEWS, GOOGLE IS NOW MODIFYINGSEARCH RESULTS FOR TERMS THAT INDICATE SOMEONE MAY BE AT RISK OF TAKING HIS ORHER OWN LIFE NOW INCLUDE THE PHONE NUMBER FOR THE NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE, PROMINENTLYDISPLAYED ABOVE OTHER RESULTS AND AT ALARGER SIZE THAN ADS. SO FAR, THE LIST OF

SEARCH TERMS THAT POP UP THE SUICIDE HOTLINE NUMBER IS "CONSERVATIVE,"ACCORDING TO GOOGLE. IT INCLUDES "WAYSTO COMMIT SUICIDE," AND SIMILAR SEARCHES,BUT NOT "END MY OWN LIFE.", REPORTSDOWNLOADSQUAD.COM

JOHNSON: THE NATION'S FIRST BLACKGOVERNOR WILL BE AT SLU ON MONDAY AT7PM IN THE WOOL BALLROOMS. THE CHANGE COMES AS AS ONE OF THE PREVIOUSLYBOOKED SPEAKERS WAS UNABLE TO COME

DUE TO MEDICAL ISSUES. L. DOUGLAS WILDER,IS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN ELECTED ASA GOVERNOR IN THE UNITED STATES. WILDERWAS ELECTED GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA IN 1990.

THE ORIGINAL SPEAKERS ON APRIL 12 WERE FORMER FOOTBALL COACHES HERMAN BOONE AND BILL YOAST. BOONE RECENTLY BROKE SEVERAL BONES AND WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND.

JOHNSON: WITH FEW JOB OPENINGS FORCOLLEGE STUDENTS, THE NUMBER OF UNPAID

INTERNSHIPS HAS SPIKED UPWARD IN RECENTYEARS, ATTRACTING THE ATTENTION OFFEDERAL AND STATE REGULATORS. CONVINCED THAT MANY UNPAID INTERNSHIPSVIOLATE MINIMUM WAGE LAWS, OFFICIALS IN OREGON, CALIFORNIA AND OTHER STATESHAVE BEGUN INVESTIGATIONS AND FINED EMPLOYERS.

MANY REGULATORS SAY THAT VIOLATIONS AREWIDESPREAD, BUT THAT IT IS UNUSUALLY HARD



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TO MOUNT A MAJOR ENFORCEMENT EFFORTBECAUSE INTERNS ARE OFTEN SCARED TO FILECOMPLAINTS. MANY FEAR THEY WILL BECOME KNOWN AS TROUBLEMAKERS IN THEIR CHOSENFIELD, ENDANGERING THEIR CHANCES WITH APOTENTIAL FUTURE EMPLOYER. MANYCOLLEGE STUDENTS SAID THEY HAVE HELD INTERNSHIPS THAT WERE LARGELY

NONEDUCATIONAL GRUNT WORK. TO BE SURE,MANY INTERNSHIPS INVOLVE SOME MENIALWORK, BUT WHEN THEY ARE MOSTLYDRUDGERY, REGULATORS SAY, IT IS CLEARLYILLEGAL NOT TO PAY INTERNS.

JOHNSON: THE SUN WAS OUT, BUT IT WASPRETTY WINDY, AND THEREWAS CHILL IN THE AIR, ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. IT STILL WASA NICE SPRING DAY, THOUGH.

DWYER: (FIRST WEATHER AD-LIB)

JOHNSON: THANK¶S MEGAN. IN LOCAL NEWS,PROP A, THE ½ CENT SALES TAX PASSED 63TO 37 PERCENT ON TUESDAY, SIGNALLINGTHAT METROBUS AND METROLINK SERVICESWILL CONTINUE WITHOUT CUTS, AND EXPANSIONS COULD BE ON THE HORIZON.

THE TAX IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE $75 MILLION YEAR. THE PASSAGE OFTHE MEASURE IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY WILLTRIGGER AT ¼ CENT SALES TAX IN THE CITY OF

ST. LOUIS.

THE TAX IS EXPECTED TO TAKE EFFECT THISYEAR.

JOHNSON: THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS WILL CLOSE DOWN FIVE-MILES OF STREETS FOR A SERIESOF HALF-DAY PEDESTRIAN FAIRS BEGINNINGNEXT MONTH, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ANNOUNCED TODAY, REPORTS THE ST. LOUISPOST-DISPATCH.

THE FIRST OF FOUR WEEKEND ³OPEN STREETS´ EVENTS ± FEATURING ACTIVITIES

FOR CYCLISTS, SKATERS, WALKERS AND RUNNERS ± WILL BE ON MAY 1 FROM 8 A.M. TO 1P.M

MOST OF LOCUST STREET AND LINDELLBOULEVARDS WILL BE CLOSED, AN AREARUNNING FROM THE OLD POST OFFICE PLAZADOWNTOWN TO THE EASTERN BORDER OFFOREST PARK ON KINGSHIGHWAY BOULEVARD.



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THE THREE OTHER CAR-FREE DAYS PLANNED FOR 2010 -- JUNE 13, SEPT. 19, AND OCT. 9 ± WILL FOLLOW THE SAME ROUTE.

JOHNSON: THE STATE OF MISSOURI IS TESTINGIT¶S SOVEREIGNTY. MISSOURI WOULD ASSERTITS SOVEREIGNTY AND REJECT VARIOUS

FEDERAL POLICIES UNDER A PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT GIVEN PRELIMINARY APPROVAL WEDNESDAY BY THE STATE HOUSE, REPORTS THE POST-DISPATCH.

THE PROPOSAL SAYS MISSOURI WILL NOTENFORCE OR RECOGNIZE VARIOUS FEDERALPOLICIES, INCLUDING THOSE DEALING WITH HATE CRIMES, GUN CONTROL AND ALLOWINGCIVIL UNIONS OR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.

THE MEASURE NEEDS ANOTHER VOTE BEFORE

MOVING TO THE SENATE. IF APPROVED BY THE LEGISLATURE, THE MEASURE COULD APPEARON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER.

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JOHNSON: WELCOME BACK. IN NATIONALHEADLINES, GRASS-ROOTS CONSERVATIVE ACTIVISTS WITH THE SO-CALLED TEA PARTYMOVEMENT ARE ON THEIR WAY TO WASHINGTON IN A NATIONAL BUS TOUR. TEAPARTY SUPPORTERS LAUNCHED THEIR TOURWITH A SERIES OF RALLIES IN NEVADA AND

ARIZONA.

TEA PARTY SUPPORTERS TEND TO BE CONSERVATIVE. THEY ARE LARGELY WHITE,MIDDLE-AGED OR OLDER, AND HAVE A DEEPSUSPICION OF GOVERNMENT.

THEY ALSO TEND TO BE VERY CRITICAL OFPRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND THE DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS.

THE TEA PARTY MOVEMENT TAKES ITS NAME

AND INSPIRATION FROM ANTI-TAX PROTESTSOF THE PAST, ESPECIALLY THE BOSTON TEAPARTY IN 1773 WHEN AMERICAN COLONISTSTHREW TEA INTO BOSTON HARBOR AS APROTEST AGAINST TAXES IMPOSED BY BRITAIN.TEA PARTY ACTIVISTS DO NOT LIKE TAXES,GOVERNMENT SPENDING OR THE OBAMAHEALTH-CARE PLAN.

JOHNSON: U.S. PROSECUTORS HAVE CHARGEDA SECOND AMERICAN WOMAN WITH



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CONSPIRACY TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FORTERRORISTS.

THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SAYS JAMIE PAULIN-RAMIREZ IS LINKED TO COLLEEN LAROSE, WHO CALLED HERSELF "JIHAD JANE," AND WHO HASALSO BEEN CHARGED WITH TERRORISM-RELATED CRIMES. PAULIN-RAMIREZ, 31,

TURNED HERSELF IN TO AUTHORITIES IN THE UNITED STATES FRIDAY.

AUTHORITIES ACCUSE HER OF TRAVELING TO EUROPE TO PARTICIPATE IN A TERRORISTPLOT. THEY ALSO SAY SHE ACCEPTED AN INVITATION FROM LAROSE TO ATTEND ATERRORIST TRAINING CAMP IN EUROPE. WHEN

SHE ARRIVED WITH HER YOUNG SON, SHE ALLEGEDLY MARRIED A CO-CONSPIRATORWHOM SHE HAD ONLY KNOWN FROM ONLINE

DISCUSSIONS.

PAULIN-RAMIREZ WAS ONE OF SEVEN PEOPLE ARRESTED IN IRELAND LAST MONTH FORALLEGEDLY PLOTTING TO KILL A SWEDISH CARTOONIST, (LARS VILKS,) WHO DREW AN IMAGE OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD THATOUTRAGED MUSLIMS. SHE WAS RELEASED AFEW DAYS LATER.

JOHNSON: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA ISPOINTING TO THE LATEST MONTHLY U.S.

GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT REPORT SAYINGIT SHOWS HIS POLICIES ARE CONTINUING TO BESUCCESSFUL IN HELPING THE NATION RECOVER FROM THE ECONOMIC RECESSION. THE PRESIDENT SAYS DESPITE THE GOOD NEWS, IT'S CLEAR MORE WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE.

THE U.S. ECONOMY REGISTERED ITS LARGESTINCREASE IN JOBS IN THREE YEARS IN MARCH,WITH THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

REPORTING THAT 162,000 JOBS WERE ADDED.

HOWEVER, THE OVERALL UNEMPLOYMENTPICTURE REMAINED THE SAME, A NATIONAL 9.7PERCENT RATE FOR THE THIRD STRAIGHTMONTH, A FACT THAT PROVIDED MORE FUELFOR OPPOSITION REPUBLICANS AND OTHERCRITICS OF THE PRESIDENT.

IN A SPEECH IN NORTH CAROLINA, THE PRESIDENT FOCUSED ON THE POSITIVE,



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NOTING THAT A YEAR AGO THE ECONOMY WASLOSING SOME 700,000 JOBS EACH MONTH. CRITICS HAVE NOTED THAT THE 162,000 JOBFIGURE WAS BELOW THE 190,000 TO 200,000LEVEL THE ADMINISTRATION HAD HOPED FOR,AND THE FACT THAT 48,000 OF THE JOBSADDED IN MARCH WERE TEMPORARYGOVERNMENT POSITIONS LINKED TO

CONDUCTING THE U.S. CENSUS.

JOHNSON: U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMAAND RUSSIAN PRESIDENT DMITRY MEDVEDEV MET IN PRAGUE ON THURSDAY TO SIGN ATREATY FURTHER REDUCING BOTH COUNTRIESNUCLEAR STOCKPILES. THE SIGNING ISEXPECTED TO BOOST EACH COUNTRY'SNATIONAL SECURITY AND STRENGTHEN THE U.S.-RUSSIAN RELATIONSHIP.

THE TWO LEADERS WILL MEET IN THE CZECH

CAPITAL, WHERE, ONE YEAR EARLIER,PRESIDENT OBAMA LAID OUT HIS VISION OF ANUCLEAR-FREEWORLD. "SO TODAY, I STATE CLEARLY AND WITH CONVICTION AMERICA'SCOMMITMENT TO SEEK THE PEACE AND SECURITY OF A WORLD WITHOUT NUCLEARWEAPONS," HE SAID.

THE AGREEMENT TO BE SIGNED THURSDAYREPLACES THE START-1 TREATY, WHICH U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE

H.W. BUSH AND SOVIET PRESIDENT MIKHAILGORBACHEV SIGNED IN 1991. IT EXPIRED LASTDECEMBER.

AFTER A YEAR OF TOUGH NEGOTIATIONS, MR. OBAMA AND MR. MEDVEDEV WILL SIGN ATREATY TO SHRINK EACH COUNTRY'S ARSENALOF STRATEGIC DEPLOYED NUCLEARWARHEADS BY 25 TO 30 PERCENT.

JOHNSON: OFFICIALS IN WEST VIRGINIA SAYTHEY HOPE TO GET RESCUERS BACK INTO A

COAL MINE TO SEARCH FOR FOUR MISSINGMINERS, AFTER A DANGEROUS BUILD-UP OFTOXIC GASES FORCED THE RESCUE TEAMS TO EVACUATE ON THURSDAY.

A MINE OFFICIAL SAID THURSDAY CREWS WEREDRILLING MORE BOREHOLES INTO MASSEYENERGY COMPANY'S UPPER BIG BRANCH MINE TO HELP RELEASE THE METHANE AND CARBON MONOXIDE THAT HAVE HAMPERED RESCUE



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EFFORTS OVER THE PAST DAYS.

AN EXPLOSION KILLED 25 PEOPLE THERE ON MONDAY, THE WORST U.S. MINING DISASTER IN 26 YEARS. SO FAR SEVEN BODIES HAVE BEEN RECOVERED FROM THE MINE AND AUTHORITIESARE TRYING TO RECOVER THE BODIES OF 18OTHERS CONFIRMED DEAD.

ABOUT 32 WORKERS WITH GAS MASKSENTERED THE MINE EARLY THURSDAY TO BEGIN AN EIGHT KILOMETER TREK THROUGH THE MINE BEFORE THEY WERE FORCED TO RETURN TO THE SURFACE. OFFICIALS SAID ITMAY BE THURSDAY EVENING BEFORE THEYCAN TRY AGAIN.

THE RESCUERS ARE TRYING TO REACH ACHAMBER ABOUT 300 METERS UNDERGROUND,WHERE THEY BELIEVE THE MISSING MINERS

ARE LOCATED.

RESCUERS BANGED ON PIPES WEDNESDAY,BUT HAVE HEARD NO SIGNS OF LIFE IN THE MINE SINCE THE BLAST.

OFFICIALS SAY A BUILD-UP OF METHANE GASMOST LIKELY CAUSED THE EXPLOSION. THE GAS IS HIGHLY FLAMMABLE AND FREQUENTLYFOUND IN COAL MINES.

FEDERAL OFFICIALS SAY THEY WILL FULLY

INVESTIGATE A LENGTHY RECORD OF SAFETYVIOLATIONS BY MASSEY ENERGY. THE COMPANY WAS FINED $900,000 LAST YEAR FORVIOLATIONS AT THIS ONE MINE.

THIS IS THE DEADLIEST MINE ACCIDENT IN THE U.S. SINCE 1984, WHEN 27 WORKERS WERE KILLED IN A FIRE IN UTAH.

JOHNSON: TOPPING INTERNATION HEADLINESTHIS WEEK, AT LEAST 115 CHINESE MINERSHAVE BEEN PULLED ALIVE FROM A FLOODED

COAL MINE AFTER MORE THANA WEEKTRAPPED UNDERGROUND.

RESCUERS CHEERED AND SOME SHED TEARSAS THE LATEST SURVIVORS EMERGED ALIVE MONDAY AFTER MORE THAN A WEEK TRAPPED IN A FLOODED MINE IN NORTH CHINA'S SHANXI PROVINCE.OFFICIALS WERE ALSO RELIEVED THEIR ROUND-THE-CLOCK RESCUE MISSION PREVENTED ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S WORSE



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MINING DISASTERS.

THE HEAD OF THE PROVINCE'S WORK SAFETYMINISTRY, LUO LIN, WAS AMONG THOUSANDSOF RELATIVES WAITING DESPERATELY FORNEWS AT THE PIT ENTRANCE AFTER RESCUERSSAID THEY HAD HEARD VOICES DEEP WITHIN THE MINE SHAFT OVER THE WEEKEND. ALL ARE

SAID TO BE IN A STABLE CONDITION AFTERBEING TRAPPED INWATER FOR NINE DAYS.

THEY WERE ABLE TO BREATHE DURING THEIRORDEAL THANKS TO AIR POCKETS. THREE-THOUSAND RESCUERS DUG AND PUMPED WATER FOR SEVEN DAYS TO REACH THE MINERS AT THE WANGJIALING COAL MINE,WHICH IS CONSIDERED A MODERN FACILITY. ATTEMPTS TO REACH THE 38 WHO REMAIN TRAPPED ARE CONTINUING.

JOHNSON: AUTHORITIES IN NORTHWESTERN PAKISTAN SAY A COORDINATED GUN-AND-BOMB ATTACK TARGETING A U.S. CONSULATE AND A SUICIDE-BOMB EXPLOSION HAVE KILLED AT LEAST 45 PEOPLE ON MONDAY.

PAKISTANI LEADERS HAVE CONDEMNED THE ATTACK, SAYING THE COUNTRY IS DETERMINEDTO TACKLE MILITANCY.

LOCAL AND AMERICAN OFFICIALS SAYTERRORISTS USED CAR BOMBS, GRENADES

AND AUTOMATIC WEAPONS TO TRY TO ENTERTHE HEAVILY-GUARDED U.S DIPLOMATICMISSION IN PESHAWAR. POLICE SAY THATAFTER EXPLODING A FIRST CAR BOMB TO DESTROY THE EXTERNAL SECURITY POST, ASECOND VEHICLE CARRYING TWO SUICIDE BOMBERS TRIED TO MAKE ITS WAY INSIDE THE AMERICAN DIPLOMATIC MISSION.

THE ATTACK HAPPENED HOURS AFTER ASUICIDE BOMBER BLEW HIMSELF UP AT APUBLIC RALLY IN THE LOWER DIR DISTRICT,

ABOUT 200 KILOMETERS FROM PESHAWAR. AUTHORITIES SAY THE BLAST INSTANTLYKILLED 40 PEOPLE AND WOUNDED MANYOTHERS.

JOHNSON: A STANDOFF IN THAILAND BETWEEN PROTESTERS AND THE GOVERNMENT OF PRIMEMINISTER ABHISIT VEJJAJIVA CONTINUES. FEARS OF POSSIBLE VIOLENCE ARE RISINGAFTER SCORES OF PROTESTERS STORMED ELECTORAL COMMISSION OFFICES.



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ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTERS SWARMED THE NATIONAL ELECTION COMMISSION OFFICESIN BANGKOK, DEMANDING A RESPONSE FROM COMMISSIONERS ABOUT ALLEGATIONS OFILLEGAL POLITICAL DONATIONS GIVEN TO PRIME MINISTER ABHISIT'S VEJJAJIVA'SDEMOCRAT PARTY. LEADERS OF THE UNITED

DEMOCRATIC FRONT AGAINST DICTATORSHIP(UDD) INTERVENED TO AVOID VIOLENCE.

THE UDD, KNOWN FOR WEARING THE COLORRED, LARGELY SUPPORT FORMER PRIME MINISTER THAKSIN SHINAWATRA, WHO WASOUSTED IN A COUP IN 2006. THE GROUP WANTSMR. ABHISIT TO CALL FRESH ELECTIONS. FORTHREE DAYS, PROTESTERS HAVE OCCUPIED THE RATCHAPRASONG INTERSECTION IN CENTRAL

BANGKOK, A PRIME COMMERCIAL AND HOTELDISTRICT. UDD LEADERS HAVE IGNORED GOVERNMENT AND POLICE CALLS TO MOVE.

JOHNSON: SOUTH KOREA SENT A WARSHIP TO INTERCEPT AN OIL TANKER IT BELIEVES WASHIJACKED BY SOMALI PIRATES. THEWARSHIPCAUGHT UP WITH THE OIL TANKER ON MONDAY.

SOUTH KOREA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY SAYS THE SUPERTANKER SAMHO DREAM WASAPPARENTLY SEIZED IN THE INDIAN OCEAN ON

SUNDAY WITH 24 CREWMEMBERS ON BOARD.

THERE HAS BEEN NO CONFIRMATION THE SHIPWAS HIJACKED, BUT MINISTRY OFFICIALS SAYTHEY REACHED THAT CONCLUSION BASED ON THE SHIP'S LAST COMMUNICATIONS.

THE TANKER WAS HEADED TO THE UNITED STATES CARRYING OIL WORTH UP TO $170MILLION. THE SOUTH KOREAN WARSHIP, THE YI SUN-SHIN, WAS ALREADY PATROLLING THE WATERS NEAR SOMALIA AS PART OF

INTERNATIONAL ANTI-PIRACY ACTIVITIES.

THE SHIP'S CREW INCLUDES FIVE SOUTH KOREANS AND 19 FILIPINOS.

SOMALI PIRATES HAVE BEEN ESPECIALLYACTIVE IN RECENT WEEKS, TAKING ADVANTAGEOF GOODWEATHER TO HIJACK 16 SHIPS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF MARCH.

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BAKIYEV SAYS HEWILL NOT RESIGN, DESPITE ADEADLY UPRISING IN HIS COUNTRY AND THE FORMATION OF AN INTERIM GOVERNMENT BYTHE OPPOSITION.

SPEAKING ON A RUSSIAN RADIO STATION THURSDAY, MR. BAKIYEV ACKNOWLEDGED HE NOW HAS LITTLE INFLUENCE OVER THE

GOVERNMENT IN KYRGYZSTAN. HE SAID HE FLED THE CAPITAL, BISHKEK, AND IS NOW IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTRYTRYING TO RALLY HIS SUPPORTERS.

THE POLITICAL OPPOSITION IN KYRGYZSTAN HAS PROCLAIMED A NEW GOVERNMENT THAT ITSAYS WILL RULE THE COUNTRY UNTILELECTIONS ARE HELD IN SIX MONTHS.

OPPOSITION LEADER ROZA OTUNBAYEVA, THE FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER, HAS DEMANDED

THAT PRESIDENT BAKIYEV STEP DOWN. SHE SAID THE PARLIAMENT HAS BEEN DISSOLVED AND THAT SHE WILL HEAD THE NEW INTERIM GOVERNMENT. OTUNBAYEVA ALSO SAID THE NEW GOVERNMENT IS IN CONTROL OF FOUR OFKYRGYZSTAN'S SEVEN PROVINCES, AS WELL ASTHE ARMED FORCES.

JOHNSON: IN BUSINESS NEWS, WALGREEN'SSALES WERE UP TWO-POINT-THREE PERCENTIN MARCH AS SALES FOR EASTER SUCH ASCANDY OTHER GENERAL MERCHANDISE AND

AN EXTRA WEEKDAY INCREASED SALES OFPERSCRIPTION MEDICATIONS.

THE NATION'S LARGEST DRUGSTORE CHAIN NOTCHED $5.82 BILLION IN TOTAL SALES. WALGREENS OPERATES 7,225 DRUGTORES, AN INCREASE OF 489 FROM 2009. MARCH 2010 HAD ONE MORE WEDNESDAY AND ONE LESSSUNDAY THAN MARCH 2009, AND CUSTOMERSTEND TO FILL MORE PRESCRIPTIONS ON WEEKDAYS THAN ON WEEKENDS.

JOHNSON: CRUDE OIL FUTURES HAVE TOPPED $86 A BARREL TODAY, REACHING 18-MONTH HIGHS, AS INVESTORS REACTED TO THE JOBSREPORT ISSUED ON FRIDAY, FUELED BY HOPE FOR INCREASED ENERGY DEMANDS.

MARKETS WERE CLOSED ON FRIDAY FOR THE EASTER HOLIDAY, WITH SOME MARKETSCLOSED TODAY. CRUDE OIL FOR MAY DELIVERYWAS UP 87 CENTS, OR 1%, AT $85.77 A BARREL



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IN ELECTRONIC TRADE. IT BRIEFLY REACHED AHIGH OF $86.03 A BARREL, ITS HIGHEST LEVELSINCE OCTOBER 2008. ON FRIDAY, THE LABORDEPARTMENT REPORTED THE U.S. ECONOMYADDED 162,000 PAYROLLS IN MARCH, THE BIGGEST GAIN IN THREE YEARS.

JOHNSON: THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF

REALTORS INDEX FOR PENDING SALES OFHOMES ROSE BY 8.2%. THE NAR INDEX ISBASED ON PENDING SALES OF EXISTINGHOMES, INCLUDING SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES ANDCONDOMINIUMS. A HOME SALE IS PENDINGWHEN THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN SIGNED BUTTHE TRANSACTION HASN'T CLOSED. PENDINGSALES TYPICALLY CLOSE WITHIN ONE OR TWO MONTHS OF SIGNING.

THE MEDIAN PRICE FOR AN EXISTING HOME ISSEEN AT $177,200 IN 2010 AND $184,800 IN 2011.

IT WAS $172,500 IN 2009.

JOHNSON: THE U-S SERVICE SECTOR GREW IN MARCH AT THE FASTEST PACE IN TWO YEARS,SUGGESTING THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY HASEXPANDED FROM THE FACTORIES TO STORES,RESTAURANTS, AND OTHER JOB CREATINGSOURCES.

THE INSTITUTE FOR SUPPLY MANANGEMENTSAID EARLIER TODAY THAT IT'S SERVICESINDEX ROSE TO 55.4 IN MARCH FROM 53 IN

FEBRUARY. ECONOMISTS SURVEYED BYTHOMSON REUTERS HAD EXPECTED A READINGOF 54. ANY READING ABOVE 50 SIGNALSEXPANSION.

IT IS THE STRONGEST PACE OF GROWTH SINCE ISM REVISED HOW IT MEASURED THE SERVICE SECTOR IN JANUARY 2008.

WHEN SLU NEWS 22 RETURNS, SANDRABULLOCK FILES THE PAPERWORK FOR ADIVORCE, AND THE IPAD SELLS 300,000 ON

LAUNCH DAY.

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JOHNSON: WELCOME BACK TO SLU NEWS 22. THE FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND ISN¶T QUITEAS COLD AS IT WAS FORECAST IN THE UNIVERSITY NEWS TODAY WAS IT, DAVID?



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KOELLER: (WEATHER AD-LIB)(UNTIL END OF 7-DAY FORECAST)

JOHNSON: AS ALWAYS YOU CAN KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS ON OURWEBSITE SLUTV DOT SLU DOT EDU.

JOHNSON: IF YOU PURCHASED AN IPAD ON LAUNCH DAY, YOU MIGHT HAVE HAD SOME WI-FCONNECTION ISSUES. SOME USERS HAVE REPORTED CONNECTIVITY ISSUES WITH THEIRIPADS, INCLUDING WEAK WI-FI RECEPTION,DROPPED SIGNALS AND DIFFICULTIESCONNECTING TO A NETWORK.

ISSUES HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH A VARIETYOF ROUTERS, INCLUDING APPLE'S OWN AIRPORT EXTREME. OTHERS SAID THEIRSIGNAL SOMETIMES FLUCTUATED, AND SOME

SAID RESETTING THE NETWORK SETTINGS ORRESTARTING THE IPAD WOULD TEMPORARILYFIX THE ISSUE. BUT OTHERS WHO COMMENTED SAID THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED NO WI-FI ISSUES, SUGGESTING THE PROBLEMS ARE NOTUNIVERSAL.

JOHNSON: APPLE SOLD MORE THAN 300,000IPADS ON ITS FIRST DAY OF AVAILABILITY. CURRENTLY, ONLY MODELS THAT UTILIZEWI-FI FOR INTERNET CONNECTIVITY ARE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE. THE HARDWARE STARTS AT

$499 FOR 16GB.

IPAD MODELS WITH 3G CONNECTIVITY ARE SETTO ARRIVE LATER THIS MONTH, AND WILLCARRY A $130 PREMIUM. THE ADDED WIRELESSRADIO WILL OFFER 3G CONNECTIVITY WITH THEAT&T CELLULAR NETWORK IN THE U.S. THE CARRIER WILL OFFER NO-CONTRACT DATAPLANS STARTING AT $15 PER MONTH FOR250MB OF DATA, AND $30 A MONTH FORUNLIMITED ACCESS.

JOHNSON: THE SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERYLAUNCHED THIS MORNING AT 6:21AM EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME ON OONE OFTHE LAST MANNED MISSIONS TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.

NASA OFFICIALS HAVE SAID THE LAUNCH WENTOFF WITHOUT A HITCH.

DISCOVERY IS CARRYING A MULTI-PURPOSE LOGISTICS MODULE FILLED WITH SCIENCE



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RACKS FOR THE LABORATORIES ABOARD THE STATION. THE MISSION HAS THREE PLANNED SPACEWALKS, WITH WORK TO INCLUDE REPLACING AN AMMONIA TANK ASSEMBLY,RETRIEVING A JAPANESE EXPERIMENT FROM THE STATION¶S EXTERIOR, AND SWITCHING OUTA RATE GYRO ASSEMBLY ON THE S-0 SEGMENTOFTHE STATION¶S TRUSS STRUCTURE.

THE MISSION ALSO REPRESENTS THE SECOND OF FIVE SCHEDULED LAST PLANNED MAN MISSIONS BY NASA.

UNLESS PRESIDENT OBAMA OR CONGRESSCHANGES ITS MIND, THE SHUTTLE FLEET WILLBE SHUTDOWN AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

JOHNSON: WIRELESS CARRIER T-MOBILE ISUPPING THE ANTE AGAINST APPLE'S IPHONE,

OFFERING A $350 CREDIT TO TRADE YOURYOUR IPHONE FOR A WINDOWS MOBILE POWERED HTC HD2, ACCORDING TO INTERNALT-MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS.

THERE ARE SOME CAVEATS TO TRADING UP TO A HD2; THE PHONE RUNS WINDOWS MOBILE 6.5,AND FOR THE FORSEABLE FUTURE CAN NOT BEUPGRADED TO WINDOWS PHONE 7 WITHOUT AWARRANTY VIOLATING UNAUTHORIZED INSTALL. ANALYSTS CONSIDER AN OFFER LIKE THIS TO BE A POTENTIAL BONANZA FOR

CUSTOMERS WHO COULD BENEFIT FROM FREE PHONES IF YOU TRADE IN YOUR IPHONE IFOTHER CARRIERS FOLLOW SUIT.

JOHNSON: IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, SANDRABULLOCK IS LIKELY HEADED TO COURT FOR ADIVORCE. THE ACADEMY AWARD-WINNINGACTRESS HAS REPORTEDLY FILED DIVORCE PAPERS AGAINST JESSE JAMES. IT WASREVEALED EARLIER TODAY THAT THE COUPLE HAS A PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT THAT STATESTHAT HE IS ENTITLED TO NO MONEY IF THE

MARRIAGE ENDS BECAUSE OF INFIDELITY.

LAST MONTH, IT WAS REVEALED THAT JAMESHAD CHEATED ON BULLOCK WITH WITH ATLEAST FOUR DIFFERENT WOMEN, AND THATJAMES HAD CONFESSED TO HIS INFIDELITY. JAMES HAS CHECKED INTO AN ARIZONA REHABCLINIC TO RECIEVE TREATMENT FOR SEX ADDICTION.

JOHNSON: IMPRISONED RAPPER LIL-WAYNE



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HAS LAUNCHED A WEEKLY BLOG FOR HIS FANS,INCLUDING A COUNTDOWN CLOCK, ATWEEZYTHANXYOU.COM, WHERE HE'LL POSTWEEKLY UPDATES, BLOG ABOUT SPORTS AND RESPOND TO LETTERS HE'S RECEIVED FROM FANS SINCE HE BEGAN HIS PRISON STINT LASTMONTH.

WAYNE WILL BE SERVING A YEAR IN JAIL IN NEW YORK CITY'S RIKER'S ISLAND PRISON ON WEAPONS CHARGES. HE'S BEEN IN JAIL SINCE MARCH 8.

JOHNSON: BOX OFFICE RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS WEEKEND, AS DOMESTICMOVIEGOERS BOUGHT A RECORD $183 MILLION IN MOVI TICKETS OVER EASTER WEEKEND. WARNER BROTHERS 3-D ACTION ADVENTURE 'CLASH OF THE TITANS' RAKED IN $64 MILLION DOLLARS OVER 4 DAYS, THE SECOND LARGEST

APRIL OPENING IN HOLLYWOOD HISTORY.

DREAMWORKS ANIMATIONS 'HOW TO TRAIN YOURK DRAGON,'CAME IN SECOND, IN ITSSECOND WEEK AT THE BOX OFFICE, MAKING$29 MILLION, A DROP FROM IT'S DEBUTWEEKEND WITH $43.7 MILLION. 'ALICE AND WONDERLAND ROUNDED OUT THE TOP THREE,MAKING $8 MILLION IN IT'S 5TH WEEK, BRINGINGITS TOTAT TO $310 MILLION. TYLER PERRY'S"WHY DID I GET MARRIED TOO?" GROSSED $30MILLION, THE SECOND

HIGHEST OPENING WEEKEND OF ALL NINE FILMS IN THE TYLER PERRY FRANCHISE,DISTRIBUTED BY LIONSGATE.

JOHNSON: COLLEGE STUDENTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM ARE GETTING A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY. WARNER BROTHERS ISLOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD SNITCHES. THE FILM STUDIO WILL PAY UPWARDS OF $27,000 IN US DOLLARS A YEAR TO STUDENTS TO HELPTHE FILM STUDIO TO HELP WITH IT'S ANTI-

PIRACY EFFORTS. THE QUALIFYING CANDIDATE WILL HAVE TO POSSESS A BIT OF IT KNOW-

HOW.

WE HAVE A LINK ON WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION:http://hothardware.com/News/Warner -Bros-Paying-Students-to-Rat-Out-Their -Friends-for -Piracy/

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JOHNSON: IN SPORTS, WORLD-FAMOUSGOLFER TIGER WOODS OF THE UNITED STATESHAS MET WITH THE PRESS AHEAD OF HIS FIRSTTOURNAMENT SINCE LAST YEAR'S CAR CRASH,REPORTS OF MARITAL INFIDELITY AND TIME IN

A REHABILITATION FACILITY.

AT A 35-MINUTE NEWS CONFERENCE BEFORE THE MASTERS TOURNAMENT AT AUGUSTANATIONAL GOLF CLUB IN GEORGIA, WOODSSAID HE TOOK FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PERSONAL FAILINGS THAT LED TO ADULTEROUS AFFAIRS WITH MORE THAN ADOZEN WOMEN. HE SAID HE MADE "SOME INCREDIBLY BAD DECISIONS" AND THAT HE "HURT SO MANY PEOPLE."

TALKING ABOUT THE NOVEMBER 27 CARACCIDENT AT HIS FLORIDA ESTATE THATSPARKED THE SCANDAL, WOODS SAID HISINJURY REQUIRED FIVE STITCHES IN HISMOUTH. HE DENIED BEING ADDICTED TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

JOHNSON: AS SOUTH AFRICA PREPARES TO HOST THE FOOTBALL (SOCCER) WORLD CUP,ORGANIZERS HAVE RECRUITED THOUSANDS OFVOLUNTEERS TO HELP THE HUNDREDS OFTHOUSANDS OF FANS WHO WILL BE

ATTENDING.

SOME 2,000 WORLD CUP VOLUNTEERSGATHERED AT A CONVENTION HALL IN JOHANNESBURG RECENTLY FOR THREE DAYSOF TRAINING.

THEY WERE AMONG A TOTAL OF 18,000VOLUNTEERS WHOWERE CHOSEN FROM NEARLY 70,000 APPLICANTS FROM 170COUNTRIES. THEIR JOB WILL BE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION, DIRECTIONS AND

TRANSLATIONS TO 400,000 FOREIGN FANS WHO ARE EXPECTED FOR FOOTBALL'S WORLD CUP.

THIS GROUP IS TO WORK AT JOHANNESBURG'SSOCCER CITY STADIUM. THE 90,000-SEATARENA IS HOSTING SEVEN MATCHES,INCLUDING THE OPENING AND FINAL GAMES, ASWELL AS A STAR-STUDDED MUSIC CONCERTTHE NIGHT BEFORE KICK-OFF ON JUNE 11.

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JORDANIAN NEWSPAPER GIVES A TOWN ASCARE WITH AN APRIL FOOL¶S PRANK.

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JOHNSON: HERE'S WHY APRIL FOOLS AND JOURNALISM CAN BE A DANGEROUS

COMBINATION; THE ASSOCIATED PRESSREPORTS THAT A JORDANIAN NEWSPAPER'SREPORT THAT DETAILS A LATE NIGHT VISIT BY10 FOOT TALL ALIENS IN FLYING SAUCERSSPARKED A PUBLIC PANIC AND ALMOST LED TO THE TOWN'S EMERGENCY EVACUATION.

THE AL GHAD NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED A FRONTPAGE ARTICLE ABOUT THE FAKE UFO LANDINGNEAR THE DESERT TOWN OF JAFR, ABOUT 185MILES FROM THE CAPITAL OF JORDAN, AMMAN. THE JOKE, WHICH WENT TOO FAR HAD THE

MAYOR OF JAFR SENDING OUT POLICE OFFICERS TO FIND THE ALIENS. THE PAPERALSO REPORTED THAT THE UFO LIT UP THE WHOLE TOWN, INTERRUPTINGCOMMUNICATIONS AND SENT RESIDENTS INTO THE STREETS.

ORSON WELLES CAUSED SIMILAR PANIC IN 1938 WITH HIS INFAMOUS "WAR OF THE WORLDS" RADIO BROADCAST. THE LIVE DRAMA'S FAKE NEWS REPORTS ABOUT AMARTIAN INVASION SPARKED HYSTERIA AMONG

LISTENERS WHO THOUGHT ITS PORTRAYAL OFTHE ATTACK WAS TRUE.

DAVID IS BACK FOR A FINAL LOOK AT THE WEEKEND WEATHER.

KOELLER: (FINAL WEATHER RECAP)

JOHNSON: WE THANK YOU FOR JOINING USTHIS WEEK. FOLLOW US ON ONLINE AT SLUTV-DOT-SLU-DOT-EDU AND ON TWITTER.

ALSO KEEP UP WITH NEWS FROM OURCONTENT PARTNER THE UNIVERSITY NEWS ATUNEWSONLINE-DOT-COM.

THIS IS SLU NEWS 22.

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