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New Orleans Radio Host Accused of Murder (Greg Williams) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2006 01:45:42 -0400 From: Greg Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Medianews] Howard Stern's 9-11 Shows on InDemand To: Media News <medianews@twiar.org> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Howard Stern's 9-11 Shows on InDemand http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6369783.html?title=Article&spacedesc=news By P.J Bednarski -- Broadcasting & Cable, 9/7/2006 8:05:00 PM InDemand is offering video from Howard Stern's radio shows on Sept. 11, 2001 and the day after on its Howard TV pay-video on-demand channel. It's already on the channel, which is available by subscription on Comcast, Time Warner, Cox, Cablevision, Adelphia, Patriot, Charter and Rogers cable systems. The tapes, made for Stern's old E! television show, but never aired, are an eerie snapshot of what happened on Stern's show just prior to news of the attack--Stern was talking about Pamela Anderson's breasts--and then shows the somber aftermath. Tom Chiusano, the general manager of WXRK-FM, the New York station where Stern worked, walked into the studio to tell the Stern crew about the crash.Not knowing much and supposing it was a small private plane, Stern and others first made light. But after realizing the enormity of the situation, Stern said, "This is another Pearl Harbor" and shortly thereafter, guessed that Al Qaeda was behind the attacks. The cut-down videos from both days--both about 90 minutes--include time coding so viewers know what Stern and his regulars were saying when. It also includes phone calls from shocked New Yorkers reacting to the news. -- Greg Williams K4HSM [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.twiar.org http://www.etskywarn.net ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2006 02:02:30 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Medianews] Boston Globe podcasts To: undisclosed-recipient:; Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" http://www.boston.com/news/podcasts/ ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2006 13:28:43 -0400 From: Greg Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Medianews] Liftoff! Space Shuttle Atlantis Launches on ISS Construction Mission To: Media News <medianews@twiar.org> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Liftoff! Space Shuttle Atlantis Launches on ISS Construction Mission By Tariq Malik Staff Writer posted: 09 September 2006 11:24 am ET http://space.com/missionlaunches/060909_sts115_launchday.html This story was updated at 12:05 a.m. EDT. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. ? Despite a beginning beleaguered by lightning, storms and a last minute glitches, NASA?s shuttle Atlantis rocketed spaceward Saturday with six astronauts and the future of the International Space Station (ISS) aboard. Atlantis launched at 11:14:55 a.m. EDT (1514:55 GMT) from Pad 39B here at NASA?s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on the last day of its launch window, which was stretched to the tilt. ?Well, Brent, it looks like you?re long wait is over,? NASA launch director Michael Leinbach told Atlantis commander Brent Jett just before liftoff. ?We wish you all the best luck in the world, Godspeed and we?ll see you in about two weeks.? ?Thanks Mike, we appreciate those words and the effort to make this launch window,? Jett said, adding that his crew has waited for four years and through two test missions for their chance to resume ISS construction. ?We?re ready to get to work.? Shuttle pilot Chris Ferguson and mission specialists Joseph Tanner, Daniel Burbank, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Steven MacLean ? of the Canadian Space Agency ? rode Atlantis into orbit with Jett. Atlantis? astronaut crew are hauling a 17.5-ton load of trusses and wing-like solar arrays to the ISS to mark NASA?s first ISS construction flight since the 2003 Columbia accident. "We're confident that over the next few weeks, and few years for that matter, NASA is going to prove to our nation, our partners and our friends around the worth that it was worth the wait and the sacrifice," Jett said of resuming ISS construction. Aboard the ISS, Expedition 13 commander Pavel Vinogradov and flight engineers Jeffrey Williams and Thomas Reiter are awaiting the shuttle?s arrival. The successful space shot marked the 116th shuttle launch for NASA and Atlantis? 27th trip into Earth orbit. Conquering delays Today?s liftoff comes after a series of delays for Atlantis, the last of which culminated in the failure Friday of one of four liquid hydrogen fuel gauge sensors in the orbiter?s external tank. That sensor worked perfectly during today?s liftoff, NASA officials said. Other delays were prompted by a lightning strike to the shuttle?s launch pad, weather threats from a tropical depression and a power glitch in a pump motor that helps cool one of the spacecraft?s three vital fuel cells. The fuel cell issue led shuttle officials to scrub a Sept. 6 launch attempt, but was not in violation of any flight rules. A busy mission lies ahead for STS-115 astronauts, beginning with orbital photography of Atlantis? external tank ? shed after reaching orbit ? as it fell back toward Earth. A heat shield inspection is set for tomorrow, followed by a Monday docking at the ISS and back-to-back spacewalks. ?This is probably one of the busiest first five days we?ve done in a very long time,? John McCullogh, the lead ISS flight director for Atlantis? mission, told SPACE.com. Orbital construction zone The $371.8 million cargo aboard Atlantis is the first of many elements ? among them additional power segments, Russian modules and international laboratories ? slated to launch toward the ISS. The first ISS module, Russia?s Zarya, launched in 1998, with the last major addition arriving during NASA?s STS-113 mission aboard Endeavour in late 2002. ?Clearly we are into the heart of the assembly of the International Space Station,? said Wayne Hale, NASA?s space shuttle program manager, of the STS-115 mission, adding that its refreshing to once more engage in orbital construction. ?We're flying the shuttle for a purpose, to carry a payload, to create this marvelous research outpost [so] that we have a toehold in space. It is really the purpose for what we are here for.? Once complete, the space station will sport four wing-like solar arrays, weigh a whopping one million pounds and rival a five-bedroom home in living space, NASA officials have said. Measured end to end, the orbital laboratory will run about 354 feet, making it the longest human-built structure ever to fly in space. ?Future expansion of the station hinges on the ability to power that expansion,? NASA astronaut Doug Wheelock, who will help deliver a critical connecting node for new ISS modules next year during Atlantis? STS-120 mission, told SPACE.com. ?So this is really a critical piece in the flow.? Completion of the $100 billion space station stalled as NASA made shuttle safety enhancements and launched two test flights to recover from the loss of Columbia and its seven-astronaut crew. NASA is now aiming to complete the station with 15 partner nations ? which include Canada ? by September 2010, when the three remaining shuttles are to be retired. ?We?re pleased to be where we are right now, ?said Beno?t Marcotte, station program director for the Canadian Space Agency which provided the ISS robotic arm, before today?s launch. ?We?re pleased to see the sequence starting again.? More than 140 spacewalks ? three of them planned for STS-115 ? will have been staged to complete the ISS, NASA officials said, adding that one-fourth of the agency?s shuttle flights will have been dedicated to building the orbital laboratory. ?Clearly these are the most complicated spacewalk and assembly tasks that have ever been done before,? Hale said. From NASA?s perspective, completing the ISS is vital to the U.S. goals of returning astronauts to the Moon and pushing human explorers further into space. ?What we?re doing in building the space station is really preparing ourselves for Mars, and of course the Moon,? NASA astronaut Michael Fincke, who served a six-month term aboard the ISS during 2004?s Expedition 9 ISS mission, told SPACE.com. ?I don?t think personally you can skip any of the steps along the way.? Fincke added that there is another benefit from the ISS construction effort aside from the exploration of space. With 16 countries working to complete the massive space station, the project has proved an object lesson in international cooperation. ?I always say that it?s great when human beings on this planet work constructively and not destructively,? Fincke said. -- Greg Williams K4HSM [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.twiar.org http://www.etskywarn.net ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2006 19:11:14 -0400 From: Greg Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Medianews] New Orleans Radio Host Accused of Murder To: Media News <medianews@twiar.org> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed New Orleans Radio Host Accused of Murder By MARY FOSTER Associated Press Writer http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/H/HOSTS_WIFE_SLAIN?SITE=7219&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2006-09-08-17-36-55 NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- To friends and listeners, radio talk show host Vince Marinello was "Vinnie" - a racetrack regular straight out of "Guys and Dolls," a New Orleans native with an almost Brooklynesque accent, a guy who liked to imply he had mob ties. Now, Marinello stands accused of donning a disguise and shooting his estranged wife to death gangland-style in a suburban parking lot. And the listeners who enjoyed his fan talk or found comfort in his post-Katrina broadcasts are wondering what went wrong. Marinello, 69, surrendered to authorities and was jailed Thursday on murder charges. Mary Elizabeth Marinello, a 45-year-old respiratory therapist, died Sept. 1, a day after she was shot twice in the face as she stood in a parking lot. The attack was first described as a botched robbery, but Jefferson Parish Sheriff Harry Lee said Wednesday that it was being treated as a "hit" based on surveillance tapes. "I think that before Katrina they had some problems," said Bertha Norman, the victim's mother. "But after Katrina, all that stress brought on a lot of things. I think Katrina made everything worse." So much worse that in July, Mary Elizabeth filed for a divorce. That was when she learned that her husband of less than two years was still married when they wed. "The lawyer called and told her, `You don't need a divorce; you need an annulment,'" Norman said. Marinello "had told her so many lies - that's why she was divorcing him. But this was the one he didn't want known." Marinello was put on a suicide watch after turning himself in Thursday. The charges carry a mandatory life sentence. Detectives said that on Aug. 31, Marinello put on a fake mustache and beard, rode a bicycle to a parking lot he knew his wife used regularly, lay in ambush and shot her before pedaling away. Marinello's lawyer, Donald Foret, said he was trying to help his client post $250,000 and get out of jail. Other than that, he had no comment. Authorities initially thought the shooting was a robbery gone bad, until they were able to take a closer look at surveillance tape. Late Wednesday, authorities searched Marinello's Katrina-damaged house, the FEMA trailer he lived in, and the home of a friend. In the trailer, the sheriff said, they found a handwritten checklist of the alleged plans for the attack. "It was almost as good as a confession," Lee said. Initially, Marinello had said he was in Jackson, Miss., at the time of the shooting, but Lee said his alibi unraveled and "things started to fall into place." Marinello grew up in the close-knit Italian community in the French Quarter. He was a New Orleans sportscaster for a quarter of a century and also did a handicapping show from the Fair Grounds Race Track that was televised to betting establishments nationwide. After Hurricane Katrina hit, he switched his WWL talk show's focus from sports to hurricane relief. "He was everybody's idea of a New Orleans guy," said Michael Diliberto, who worked with Marinello at the Fair Grounds for 15 years. "He'd do anything for anybody." Marinello knew everyone, Diliberto said, including the sheriff, who acknowledged that the arrest pained him. Marinello was not above dropping hints that he was mob-connected. "I know from his life in the news media that he knew a lot of people that were known as bad guys," Diliberto said. "Working at the racetrack, in Chicago, around boxing, he came in contact with all kinds." Despite that, Diliberto said he has a hard time thinking of Marinello as a bad guy himself. "I can think he might think he would know somebody that would do it," Diliberto said. "But I can't believe he would do it himself. He is such a kind man. I just can't picture him pulling the trigger." Bob Mitchell, who co-hosted the show with Marinello, said during Thursday night's broadcast that he is still trying to make sense of what has happened. "If my friend is innocent, then I hope God will lead investigators to the guilty person or person. If he's not, and he did the crime, then he should pay the price whatever it is," Mitchell said. "This is a tragedy for all of us." -- Greg Williams K4HSM [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.twiar.org http://www.etskywarn.net ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Medianews mailing list Medianews@twiar.org http://twiar.org/mailman/listinfo/medianews_twiar.org End of Medianews Digest, Vol 26, Issue 1 ****************************************