The Show 11-12: Mike Tyson Arrested/Pam Murray Loses Council Seat/Purple Rain 25 Years Old/Hot Ghetto Mess of the Day

-Local News:
"Robber Smashes SUV Into Covenience Store"

*NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Police continued to search Friday morning for a suspected robber, following a smash-and-grab at a convenience store late Thursday night.
Police said around 11:30 p.m. a man rammed his Ford Explorer into the AM PM Express on Nolensville Pike at Bradford Hills Drive.
Then the robber ran into the store and stole some items before fleeing the scene.

*NASHVILLE, Tenn. - District 5 Councilwoman Pam Murray has unofficially lost her seat in a special election on Thursday to Jamie Hollin.
Murray has been the East Nashville district councilwoman since 2003, and she faced off against challenger and petition organizer Jamie Hollin.
The unofficial ballot total had Hollin with 541 votes and Murray with 538 votes. The four provisional ballots will be counted on Friday, and the official winner will be named Friday around 9:30 a.m.
More than 1,000 of Murray's constituents signed a petition calling for a recall election, claiming she didn't perform her duties. A NewsChannel 5 Investigation found Murray also held a job in Detroit, Mich.
Election officials said there are about 6,000 registered voters in District 5. Out of those 6,000, 295 people participated in early voting.
The Metro Election Commission said the historic election is costing tax payers $12,000.
The winner of the District 5 metro council seat will hold the office until September 2011.

"Nashville Goes Hollywood For McGraw Movie Premiere"
*NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Dozens of country stars attended the premiere of Tim McGraw's latest movie Thursday night in Green Hills. McGraw plays opposite Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side.
A red carpet covered the sidewalk outside the Regal Green Hills. One half of the country duo Brooks and Dunn walked that red carpet to support his friend.
"I think he's really made us proud, so far. He's doing great,” said Kix Brooks.
New CMA Vocal Group, Lady Antebellum, also came out for the premiere. They will tour next year with Tim McGraw. Charles Kelley talked about McGraw's progression as an actor. "It's awesome man. I tell you man, each movie he does you can tell he gets a little more comfortable and better each time, so I anxious to see this one,” said Kelley.
Along with McGraw and Bullock, Kathy Bates stars in The Blind Side.
The movie is based on the true story about Michael Oehr's life. He was a near homeless kid on the streets of Memphis eight years ago. The Tuohy family took him in and turned the teen's life around.
McGraw said this was a role he just could not pass up.
"How often do you read a story that's about real people that has that much heart and commitment? I just could not get it out of my mind,” said McGraw.
The film's director, John Lee Hancock, said the country superstar worked just as hard on the set as he does when he's on stage.
"He came in and said, ‘I'm here to work, I'm here to be good,’ you know, ‘direct me and I will stay all night if you want, until I get it right,’” said Hancock. "He's a really fine actor.”
The real-life Tuohy family made the trip from Memphis for the premiere. They are thrilled at how the movie tells Michael's story, a story they feel needed to be on the big screen.
"He was and is one the of the smartest kids we've ever met, but he would not have had the opportunity to show people,” said Sean Tuohy, one of the inspirations for the movie.
According to Tuohy's wife, Leigh Anne, Michael Oher really changed her family’s life for the positive. "Oh absolutely, I mean Michael had a much greater impact on our family then we had on him,” said Leigh Anne.
Michael Oher not only turned his life around, he went on to be a football great at Ole Miss and was a first round 2009 draft pick for the NFL. He was selected by the Baltimore Ravens.
The Blind Side opens in theaters on November 20.

"Metro Parks Announce Job Cuts Today"

*NASHVILLE, Tenn. - More can be learned about the Metro Parks Department's major cuts Friday.
Board members said they would reveal their final decisions about the number of jobs that will be cut and potential closings.
The department has a $1.7 million budget shortfall, and to balance the budget, 29 positions could be cut.
Other ideas include closing Shelby and Warner golf courses for the winter, as well as shutting down The Beaman Park Nature Center.
Community Centers like Cleveland, Kirkpatrick, Mcabe, West and Watkins could close, and hours could be cut at Fort Negley and the Two Rivers Mansion.

-HEADLINERS:
"Obama Comes to Japan Mulling Afghan War"
*(TOKYO) — President Barack Obama met with Japan's new leader Friday, hoping to shore up relations with a nation that vows to be more assertive with the United States, even as Obama also weighs whether to send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan.
While public remarks from Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama are expected to stress their countries' enduring alliance, Obama's visit comes at a time of uncertainty in relations. Hatoyama has promised to end Japan's Indian Ocean refueling mission that supports U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan and to review an agreement on relocating American troops in Japan that Washington thought was settled three years ago.
Obama arrived at Tokyo's Haneda Airport Friday beginning a four-nation Asia trip, his first to the region as president.
Weighing on Obama is a pending decision on Afghan war strategy. Stopping off at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska on his way to Asia, Obama told a military audience he will commit more forces to Afghanistan only if it is vital to U.S. interests and receives public support.
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"GOP chairman ends abortion insurance for employees"
*WASHINGTON — A chagrined GOP Chairman Michael Steele has told Republican National Committee staff to immediately stop providing RNC employees with insurance for elective abortions — an option that Republicans strongly oppose as Democrats try to pass a health care overhaul bill.
"Money from our loyal donors should not be used for this purpose," Steele said in a statement late Thursday after learning of the abortion coverage from a news report. "I don't know why this policy existed in the past, but it will not exist under my administration. Consider this issue settled."
Steele instructed staff to inform the insurance carrier that the RNC wanted to opt out of elective abortion coverage, RNC spokeswoman Gail Gitcho said. She said the policy has been in effect since 1991.
A memo earlier from RNC Chief of Staff Ken McKay to the organization's members said Steele was taking the matter very seriously and "has been engaged by phone on this issue."
The GOP platform traditionally includes strong anti-abortion language. All House Republicans, except one, voted for an amendment imposing restrictions of coverage for abortions in the health care bill that passed the House last Saturday. Inclusion of the abortion restrictions prompted an angry backlash from liberal House Democrats, and some are now threatening to vote against a final bill if the curbs stay in.
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"Lawyers: Colo. balloon boy parents to plead guilty"

*FORT COLLINS, Colo. — The Colorado couple accused of pulling a spectacular hoax by reporting their son was aboard a runaway balloon is set to avoid more spectacle — and a trial — by entering pleas to charges that could bring some jail time and probation.
Richard and Mayumi Heene were to appear in court Friday. Richard planned to plead guilty to a felony charge of attempting to influence a public servant and Mayumi to a misdemeanor charge of false reporting, according to Richard's attorney, David Lane.
The pleas would be part of an agreement to avoid possible deportation of Mayumi Heene to her native Japan should she be convicted in court of greater charges, Lane said. Sentencing will be at a later date.
The agreement would spare the Heenes maximum prison time. Richard Heene could get up to 90 days in jail and Mayumi up to 60, Lane said.
Without the deal, the charge against Richard Heene, 48, carries up to six years in state prison and a fine of up to $500,000. The charge against his 45-year-old wife carries a six-month jail term and a maximum $750 fine.
Mayumi Heene's attorney, Lee Christian, said he expects her to serve any jail time in a work-release program that would involve some detention and some time at home.
Lane said the Heenes' children, ages 6, 8 and 10, would remain in the parents' custody under what he called a "package deal" that was compelling his client to enter a plea. Richard Heene has denied any hoax, though Mayumi Heene allegedly confessed it was a stunt to drum up publicity for the family — and that the boys were told to lie about it all.
"He feels like he's got to do what he's got to do to save his wife from being deported," Lane said of his client.

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"Pictured: Battered and bruised photographer who claims he went a round with former boxing champ Mike Tyson"

*With his head encased in a bandage, and a grim look on his face photographer Tony Echevarria certainly looks just like a man who has gone one round with former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson.
The former heavyweight boxing champion was arrested at LAX airport after allegedly brawling with the photographer.
And there certainly is proof that the photographer was subject to a beating as a picture of him without a bandage shows the snapper's head with what looks like an imprint of fingers on his dome.

A source told the Los Angeles Times Tyson told police the photographer struck him in an attempt to provoke him, while the paparazzo claimed the boxer punched him in the face and tried to take film from his camera. But LA police have yet to clarify the exact details of the incident.
'There's a lot of different versions to the story,' Los Angeles Airport Police Sergeant Jim Holcomb said.
'That's all going to come out later. But in this particular case, both individuals are going to be pressing charges for battery.'
'I've heard people were following him into the men's room and trying to take his picture there,' claimed Tyson's defence attorney, David Chesnoff.
'My advice to him is going to be to vigorously press charges against what everyone agrees are ridiculously aggressive photographers.'

"Celebrating 25 Years of Purple Rain"

*Introduction
*cue church organ*
"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today 2 get through this thing called life ...”
... and thus begins one of the greatest pop culture phenomena of our time.
Back in the summer of 1984, Purple Rain was more than just a movie: it was a genuine experience, a transcendent multi-media event that celebrated commercialism and creativity in equal measure, turning a mid-level R&B singer into an overnight superstar and international sex symbol. At one point during that year, Prince had not only the Number One movie in America, but also the Number One album and the Number One single. In fact, when Purple Rain entered the album chart at peak position on August 4th of 1984 (displacing Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the U.S.A., of all things), it wouldn’t vacate that spot until January 19th of the following year.
Yet all these accomplishments wind up leading us to one very simple question: why?
The truth of the matter is simple: Prince picked the perfect time to perfect his art. Though unfairly relegated as a straight-up R&B singer for his first few years, a few people could already pick out the fact that the barely 20-years-old Prince Rogers Nelson had talent that wasn’t exactly easy to classify: aside from the fact that he played every instrument on every album he ever produced, his mixture of genres was remarkably unconventional. 1979’s Prince had numerous hard-rock overtones, and the genre-busting 1980 disc Dirty Mind was a lo-fi explosion of new wave, classic rock, and synth-based soul experiments. With 1982’s 1999, however, Prince had finally found a way to meld his experimental pop tendencies with more "commercial” song structures, resulting in the first two major mainstream hits of his career (the title track and "Little Red Corvette”). Each become substantial radio staples at the expense of absolutely nothing: Prince’s sexually-charged lyrics—always a point of controversy—were still kept front and center, pushing the envelope of what was considered "acceptable” radio play without compromising Prince’s increasingly-insular artistic vision.

-A POSITIVE MOMENT:
"Vietnam POW Has Wedding Ring Returned"

*Retired Air Force Colonel James Hivner’s F-4 Phantom was shot down in Vietnam 44 years ago . Once captured, the Viet Cong stripped him of all personal items, including his wedding ring. For the next seven and-a-half years as a prisoner of war Hivner says his faith and thoughts of his family kept him hopeful."Before I went to sleep I tried to pray, and in the morning, because we were about 12 hours apart, and I'd be thinking 'When I'm going to bed they're just getting up.'"He was released in 1973, but he had to leave his wedding ring and dog tag behind. He never expected to see the items again, but last month was notified by the Air Force they had been retrieved. On Wednesday at the Cavanaugh Flight Museum in Addison, Texas, Hivner was given his wedding ring, and it still fit! "This is just a great day for me, for my wife, for my family… This ring made a full circle, from here to Vietnam, and eventually back.”Hivner's wife Phyllis was especially grateful, "I truly thank you so, so much for this. You've just blown my mind with this."
For more on this story: cbs11tv.com/local/James.hivner.Wedding.2.1307041

-HEALTHY MATTERS:
"Nashville schools begin clinics for H1N1 vaccines"
~Parents have option to be present
*The Metro Nashville Health Department began giving the H1N1 vaccine to schoolchildren on Thursday, about a month later than health officials had hoped to start.
Parents shouldn't expect that the process will move quickly to vaccinate the 34,000 students who returned parental consent forms to their schools. The health department doesn't have enough doses to vaccinate in all the schools at once.
Because the vaccine shipments arrive in unpredictable intervals and quantities, the health department will hold school clinics piecemeal. Thomas Edison Elementary and Lakeview Elementary in Antioch were the first two schools to get the vaccine this week. Clinics planned for next week include Henry Maxwell, Mt. View, A.Z. Kelley, J.E. Moss and Glencliff elementaries.
Only students with signed parent consent forms will be allowed to get the vaccine.
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