THE SHOW: 02/03/2010-MACKENZIE PHILLIPS PAST / CONAN WRAPING IT UP / NATO / HAMBURGULAR IN JAIL / NO SIDE HUSTLE FOR THE ROAD SIDE SALE OF ANIMALS

Local Buzz:
"Sale Of Animals On Side Of Roads Is Now Illegal"

*NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Selling dogs, cats and other domestic animals on the side of the road has now been made illegal in Nashville.
The practice has been common in places like Gallatin Road in Rivergate and Nolensville Road.
Wednesday night, the Metro council voted unanimously to ban the outdoor sale of animals as well as even giving them away with some exceptions.
Those exceptions include people selling or giving away pets at their homes or businesses and nonprofit organizations whose main purpose is the care and adoption of animals. Along with dogs and cats, the law is designed to protect chickens, rabbits, hamsters and many other animals.
Councilwoman Karen Bennett said sometimes people who take accept pets informally don't know if they have been properly vaccinated or treated.

"Tennessee Nursing Homes Rank Low"

"Mayor Karl Dean To Add Volunteers Into Metro Schools"

"Ex-Con In Jail For Fast Food Robberies"

Top Stories:
" Obama Says Senate May Drop Cap and Trade, Pass Energy-Only Bill"

*President Obama acknowledged yesterday that the Senate may pass an energy bill this year without the cap-and-trade component he has long put at the center of his environmental agenda. Speaking at a town hall meeting in Nashua, N.H., Obama repeated his call for a price on greenhouse gas emissions but said he recognized that such an approach may not have the votes to make it into law. "The only thing I would say about it is this: We may be able to separate these things out," Obama said. "And it's conceivable that that's where the Senate ends up. But the concept of incentivizing clean energy so that it's the cheaper, more effective kind of energy is one that is proven to work and is actually a market-based approach." Senate moderates from both parties are pushing Obama to accept an energy-only approach without putting a price on carbon emissions the way the House-passed bill (H.R. 2454 (pdf)) does, including Agriculture Chairwoman Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.), Budget Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), and Sens. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) and Judd Gregg (R-N.H.).

"Blast in NW Pakistan Kills 7, Including 3 US Troops"

*A roadside bomb in northwest Pakistan has killed three U.S. soldiers and four others traveling to the reopening ceremony of a girls school recently renovated with U.S. assistance. Pakistani officials say at least three children died in the attack and more than 60 people were wounded.
The bomb exploded in a village in the Lower Dir district near Swat Valley, a region the Pakistani military says was largely cleared of militants in an offensive a year ago. A statement from the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad said the American military personnel were part of an ongoing training program with paramilitary troops in the northwest. It said the soldiers had traveled to Lower Dir to attend the inauguration ceremony for the girls' school. Pakistani and U.S. officials have condemned the attack. No American combat troops are officially stationed in Pakistan. U.S. aid initiatives in northwest Pakistan are aimed in part at strengthening paramilitary forces and improving local civilian governments to better counter Taliban and al Qaida influence in the region. On Tuesday, suspected U.S. drones fired missiles at several suspected militant hideouts in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region, killing at least 16 people. North Waziristan is known as a base for the Taliban-allied Haqqani group, which is blamed for cross-border attacks against U.S., NATO and Afghan troops in Afghanistan. U.S. officials do not publicly comment on the drone strikes, which have raised tensions between Pakistan and the United States in the past. Meanwhile, the death toll from four days of violence in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi has reached at least 26, after at least six more people were killed Tuesday. The clashes appeared to be between activists from rival political parties - the Muttahida Qaumi Movement and the Awami National Party - which traditionally gather support from different ethnic groups.

"Russia, UK welcome Iran readiness for nuclear swap "

*Russia and Britain said Wednesday that they would welcome Iran's readiness to accept a proposal aimed at ending the standoff over its nuclear program as a "positive sign." "If Iran is ready to come back to the original agreement we can only welcome it," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters at a Wednesday news conference. The UK's Foreign Office said in a statement that "if Iran is willing to take up the IAEA's proposed offer, it would be a positive sign of their willingness to engage with the international community on nuclear issues." On Tuesday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that Tehran would welcome "honest nuclear cooperation with other countries, indicating that Iran was prepared to participate in a nuclear swap. "We have said that if you (the West) act honestly, we will cooperate with you, said the Iranian president. However, Ahmadinejad warned that if the other side failed to deliver the higher-enriched uranium based on the UN-drafted agreement, Iran would be left with no choice but to continue its enrichment program. Under a UN-brokered proposal, which was hammered out in Geneva in October, Iran would be required to send most of its domestically-produced low-enriched uranium abroad for further processing.
The other party would then be obliged to send the higher-enriched fuel back to Iran for use at the Tehran research reactor, which produces radioisotopes for medical purposes.

Celeb News:
"MEL GIBSON DROPS THE A-BOMB IN TV INTERVIEW"

*Mad Mel is back!- Mel Gibson was on W-G-N T-V in Chicago yesterday to promote his movie Edge of Darkness when the interviewer asked whether the public will see him differently after his drunken ant-semitic rant a few years back. Mel didn't appreciate the question. He suggested the interviewer move on, then ended the interview by calling the guy an A-hole.

"DR. CONRAD MURRAY EXPECTED TO BE CHARGED THIS WEEK"

*Doctor Conrad Murray is expected to be charged in the death of Michael Jackson this week. T-M-Z is reporting that Murray, who's expected to be charged with involuntary manslaughter, will surrender to police today in an L-A courtroom. Jackson died June 25th from an overdose of the anesthetic Propofol, which was administered by Murray.

"BIRTH WAS A BREEZE FOR GISELE BUNDCHEN"

*If you didn't hate the beautiful, famous, wealthy Gisele Bundchen before, maybe this will tip the scales. The Brazilian beauty with the N-F-L quarterback for a husband says giving birth didn't hurt in the least.
In an interview with a Brazilian T-V show, she says, "[It] wasn't painful, not even a little bit. The whole time, my head was so focused -- every contraction, the baby is closer, the baby is closer. So, it wasn't like, 'Oh, what pain.' It was, 'With every contraction, he is getting closer to me.'"
Gisele, who gave birth in a bathtub, also says she didn't use serious pain medication. "I didn't want to be anesthetized," she says. "I wanted to feel." And one other thing, she's said to be back in great shape only six weeks after the birth.

"CONAN O'BRIEN PAYS LAID-OFF STAFFERS"

*Conan O'Brien couldn't dethrone Jay Leno as the King of Late Night, but maybe he can best him in the good guy department.
Conan is reportedly reaching into his own pocket to pay staffers who didn't get part of that severance package from N-B-C. His nearly 50-member stagehand crew wasn't part of the deal, so Conan has agreed to shell out at least six weeks pay to each of them.

"MACKENZIE PHILLIPS SAYS SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH DAD WAS NOT CONSENSUAL"

*Mackenzie Phillips now says her sexual relationship with her father was not consensual.
Mackenzie wrote about the incestuous relationship with John Philllips in the memor High on Arrival, and said that it had become consensual. On "The Joy Behar Show," which aired last night, Mackenzie corrected herself, saying, "I'd like to reframe my word, 'consensual.' As I was writing the book, I thought, this word, it kept sitting wrong with me, but I used it for lack of a better word, and since then I've been schooled by thousands of incest survivors all across the world that there really is no such thing as consensual incest due to the inherent power a parent has over a child. So, I wouldn't necessarily call it a consensual relationship at this time."

Good News:
"Department Of Children's Services Accredited"

*NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Department of Children's Services has been accredited by the Council on Accreditation.
Evaluators studied administration and management, ethics, finances, client rights, adoption services, child protective services, foster care, group living services, residential treatment services, case management and other areas. The governor's office it's the seventh state-administered agency in the country to receive such accreditation.The council studies how an agency operates, makes decisions and treats its clients.
Onsite peer reviews began in 2008 and were conducted in the DCS central office and across the state.
The council is an international child and family service and behavioral health care accrediting organization.

Relationship:
"THE FINAL STRAW"

*A lot of things lead up to the "last straw" in a relationship -- but when you get there, to that fateful moment, it's pretty much over. The last straw is the breaking point -- the point of no return ... Glamour magazine asked random guys: "What was the final straw in your last relationship?"
"She got drunk -- again -- and kicked her butt and legs in the air while we were driving home in a convertible. It occurred to me then that I'd never be able to take her home to meet my parents." --Shawn, 30
"When she insulted my mother. It was like asking to be dumped." --Luis, 28
"We were out with some friends one night while I was getting over a broken collarbone. Eventually my shoulder really bothered me, and I told her I needed to leave. Instead of saying, 'Of course, let me say goodbye to my friends,' she said, Oh, well, here are the keys. I'll just find my own way home." --Benjamin, 27
"When she said she hated my dog." --Nick, 28
Question???: What was the final straw in your last relationship?

Health note:
"The Straight Hair Pill"
*Although natural styles have grown more mainstream over the years, hair straightening has and will likely always be a staple of the African-American community. Now instead of hours of pressing and relaxing, scientist claim you can get straight hair from a pill.
Researchers in Australia identified the trichohyalin gene as being mainly responsible for creating curls.
Professor Nick Martin, author of the research, says a variation in the gene determines the straightness or curliness of hair. Thus, it may be possible to come up with treatments to make hair straighter rather than relying on heated hair straighteners.

Today in Black History:
"Black Mother and Sons Condemned to Death"

*February 3, 1948~Rosa Ingram and her fourteen-and sixteen -year-old sons condemned to death for the alleged murder of a white Georgian. Mrs. Ingram said she acted in self-defense.

Read more: http://www.atlantadailyworld.com/articles/2009/11/03/adw_news/doc4a...

Mess of the Day:
"Always Strapped"

It's unfortunate that the one strap that is actually working is the one keeping your hair in place.~ Arizona

Verse of the day:

"And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. (Isaiah 65:24)"