U.S. — Pilot, crew become ill on flight from D.C. to Boston
BOSTON — Five crew members on a US Airways flight from Washington, D.C., to Boston all became sick today, but the pilot was able to land the plane safely.
http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view.bg?articleid=1042738
World — Musharraf declares state of emergency in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Police with tear gas and batons battled protesting lawyers in major cities today, and the number of political and human rights activists arrested in a police sweep climbed into the thousands.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-pakistan6nov06,1,7818703.story?coll=la-headlines-world&track=crosspromo
Local — Pepperdine newspaper sees 1400% jump in hits following the fire
MALIBU, Calif. — National media swarmed to Southern California a couple of weeks ago to cover their raging wildfires. Through the thick smoke, Pepperdine University’s newspaper emerged as a reliable source of information.
http://media.www.thequindecim.com/media/storage/paper618/news/
2007/11/02/News/Pepperdine.Newspaper.Sees.1400.Spike.In.Online.
Traffic.After.Wildfires-3076101.shtml
Entertainment — Writer’s guild strike hits Hollywood
LOS ANGELES — After an 11th-hour 11-hour-long (go figure) meeting between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers flamed out Sunday, the pens that power Hollywood are taking to the pickets.
http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=3b1113ca-7b0f-4aca-bce2-5e044ddaa2d7&sid=fd-hot1-txt
Sports — Patriots defeat Colts in Super Bowl XLI ½
INDIANAPOLIS — Returning to the RCA Dome, the scene of one of the most heartrending losses in franchise history, the Patriots rallied from a 20-10 fourth-quarter deficit to hand the Indianapolis Colts a 24-20 loss and reclaim their position as the pre-eminent football power in the AFC.
http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/articles/2007/11/05/
by_a_nose/
