Tuesday, April 19, 2011

KGT-NewsBlog (Week of 4/18)

KGT-NEWS:WATCHING THE WORLD ONLINE AND ON-AIR
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WEEKEND: SEVERAL KILLED IN SYRIAN CLASHES

VIDEO EXTRA: Report from the Al-Jazeera news service.
-At least nine people were killed as Syrian forces fired on a crowd during a funeral.
-THE ROYAL WEDDING/SUPERSTAR GUEST LIST: David and Victoria Beckham, Elton John among the many superstars invited to the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.
-AMERICAN MIDWEST/ST.LOUIS SLAMMED BY TORNADO: The National Weather Service confirmed a EF 3 tornado socked St. Louis.

FRIDAY'S NEWS:
-FIRED QURAN BURNER GETS JOB BACK: A transit worker in New Jersey got his job back after burning a Quran.
-BABY SAVED AFTER FALL: A British woman saved a toddler who fell from a 4 story Florida hotel.

THURSDAY'S NEWS:
-OBAMA SAYS HE UNDERSTANDS PUBLIC'S FRUSTRATIONS: Moving closer into re-election campaign mode, U.S. President Barack Obama told a group of supporters he understands their frustration with stunted economic growth and recovery.
-MAN INDICTED IN RUTGER'S SEX VIDEO SUICIDE: Former Rutger's University student Dharun Ravi was indicted on 15 charges after allegedly spying on his roommate during a homosexual encounter using a webcam. That roommate later committed suicide.

WEDNESDAY'S NEWS:
-FED'S INVESTIGATE FIRST LADY'S FLIGHT SCARE

-The National Transportation and Safety Board is investigating the events that caused an aborted landing of U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama's plane.
-MAJOR AIR TRAVEL CHANGES: The U.S. Secretary of Transportation has announced major changes to air-travel after several air traffic controllers have fallen asleep on the job.
-GULF OIL SPILL/1-YEAR-LATER: A look back at the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
-JOURNALIST KILLED IN LIBYA: Oscar-nominated journalist Tim Hetherington died Wednesday in Libya.

TUESDAY'S NEWS:
-SYRIA LIFTS STATE OF EMERGENCY: Syrian officials work to remove the country's decades-old state of emergency, amid several clashes.
-UK MILITARY LEADERS TO VISIT LIBYA: Military leaders from the United Kingdom will meet with rebels in Benghazi to provide education on intelligence training and logistics.
-TRUMP STUMPED ON ABORTION: Donald Trump fumbles answer to question on abortion.
-UK/CAMERON TO BLOCK BROWN'S IMF BID: UK Prime Minister David Cameron indicated he would move to block former PM Gordon Brown's bid to become director of the International Monetary Fund.

MONDAY'S NEWS:
-US TREASURY CHIEF SAYS CONGRESS WILL RAISE DEBT LIMIT: U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner says he's confident Congress will raise the current debt limit past the current $14.3 trillion.
-STOCKS TANK AFTER S&P WARNING: U.S. stock prices slide after Standard & Poor's warning about current debt levels.

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