The Show: 11/19 - 2 Job Fairs Today/Killing Spree Suspect In Court/Nicholas Cage Meets with Pirates/Tattoo A Baby...Really?/Final Thought

-Local News:
"Killing Spree Suspect In Court"

*FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. - Prosecutors said Jacob Shaffer killed his estranged wife Tracie. Then he killed Tracie's teenage son, her father, her brother and her son's teenage friend.
Victims' Identities Released in Murder Case
The murders happened inside a Fayetteville home in July 2009, and now Shaffer has a preliminary hearing Thursday in Lincoln County.
The state asked for a mental evaluation for Shaffer in September 2009. They said it would help speed up the process of getting the case to trail.
If convicted, Shaffer could face the death penalty.
Also, police said Shaffer beat a man to death in Huntsville, Ala.

Families come together during the holiday season, but more teens are finding "family” in the most dangerous of places.
"I was involved in numerous shootings that I’m not proud of at all,” one teen told NewsChannel 5. "When I saw my brother killed, it left a lasting impression on me.”
The lucky ones escape and live to tell about it.
NewsChannel 5 reporter Rodney Dunigan investigates the deadly cycle of youth violence, Thursday night on NewsChannel 5 at 6 p.m.

"Nashville charter school advocates say director gets in way of mission"
*Relations between charter schools and Metro administrators used to be distant and chilly, but now some charter leaders are wondering if attempts to improve the bond have made it too close for comfort.
Advocates are concerned Metro's new charter school czar, Alan Coverstone, is overstepping his bounds and getting too involved in the schools, which are funded with public dollars but operated independently of the Board of Education. The idea is that these schools, purposefully freed from traditional education bureaucracy, will be able to succeed where traditional public schools have failed.
Coverstone said he is focused on making sure that new charter schools will thrive and that existing ones are living up to the promises made in their applications.
"I have a responsibility to make sure public tax money is spent for its intended outcome," he said. "The charter law is about promoting the best interest of students, and what I am doing is making sure we're promoting those goals."
Scrutiny over Coverstone's role increased this month after the Metro school board denied six new charter school applicants. Coverstone said it is unlikely any of the hopefuls will be approved during the appeal later this month, but expects several schools will be approved next year.
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"Woman's body, chemicals found in car near Natchez Trace Parkway"
*LEIPER'S FORK COMMUNITY — More answers are expected today into the death of a woman whose body was found in a parked car Wednesday morning with a sticker on the window warning of poisonous gas.
At 8:30 a.m., a park cleaning crew found a BMW with the body inside at the Garrison Creek picnic area off Natchez Trace Parkway.
It was nearly four hours before a hazmat team from the Franklin Fire Department removed the woman's body from the car and secured the scene.
Chemicals were found with the body, according to Franklin Fire Department Deputy Chief Mike Culberson, but he would not comment on exactly what those chemicals are. Tests are under way.
Investigators will use those results to help classify her death. Investigators would not reveal the woman's identity last night.
Ranger Daniel Kimes of the National Park Service, said the Garrison Creek turnoff is open 24 hours, unlike some picnic areas along Natchez Trace that are closed off after sunset.
That area is frequented by horseback riders who access nearby trails, joggers and students of local schools for hiking trips.

-HEADLINERS:
"OBAMA ACKNOWLEDGES GUANTANAMO DELAY"

*The president yesterday admitted that his pledge to empty the Cuban facility where America is housing more than 200 "enemy combatants" by January will not be met. Asked about it in Beijing, Obama told FOX News that he hoped the facility would be closed later next year. "People, I think understandably, are fearful after a lot of years where they were told that Guantanamo was critical to keep terrorists out," Obama said. But, he added, "We are on a path and a process where I would anticipate that Guantanamo will be closed next year...a lot of this is also going to depend on cooperation from Congress."

"KATRINA DISASTER BLAMED ON THE CORPS"

*A federal judge in Louisiana yesterday issued a scathing indictment of the Army Corps of Engineers, accusing the agency of "monumental negligence" in the operation and maintenance of a shipping channel which contributed to the flooding of two New Orleans parishes. Judge Stanwood Duval ordered the federal government -- his employer -- to pay more than 700-thousand dollars in damages to four people and a business whose residences were swamped in the 2005 disaster.

"WHY DO YOU THINK THEY CALL IT DOPE?"

*An Olympic runner lost his gold medal from Beijing 2008 yesterday because he tested positive for a blood-boosting drug. Rashid Ramzi of Bahrain won gold in the 1500-meter race, but that honor has now been passed to the second-place finisher, Asbel Kipruto Kiprop of Kenya. Earlier in the week, an Italian bicyclist was stripped of a silver medal for the same reason.

-TODAY IN BLACK HISTORY:
South Carolina citizens endorsed constitutional~November 19, 1867
*South Carolina citizens endorsed constitutional convention and selected delegates. Records indicated that 66,418 Blacks and 2350 whites voted for the convention and 2278 whites voted against holding a convention. The total vote cast was 71,046. Not a single Black voted against the convention.

-A POSITIVE MOMENT:
"Military Job Fair Held At LP Field"

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A job fair designed for veterans and military service members will be held at Nashville's LP Field Thursday.
The Recruit Military Expo will run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event is open to veterans, active military service members and their spouses.Organizers said they expect more then 300 veterans to attend.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Nashville's Hard Rock Café is hiring. Hundreds of job seekers are expected to line up at the Musicians Hall of Fame on Thursday for the company's final job fair.
Jim McGonagle, general manager of Nashville's Café on Lower Broadway, admits the Florida based company is not exactly targeting a conservative workforce.
"Our brand is one that we are irreverent, we are out there," said McGonagle. "We do things that are different than most companies, and that we've lasted 38 years doing the same thing."
An estimated 400 people lined up for the bigger part of the day Wednesday, though only 35 positions exist. The restaurant is looking to hire servers, cooks, retail workers, hosts and hostesses, bus boys and dishwashers.
Hard Rock Cafe's final job fair will be held Thursday, from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Applicants should not go to the actual restaurant; rather go to the Musicians Hall of Fame on Sixth Avenue South, right behind the Sommet Center.

*55 percent of American adults don't want the H-1-N-1 vaccine, according to a C-N-N - Opinion Research Corporation poll. There are two main reasons -- fear of side effects and wanting the available vaccine to go to those in high-risk groups. Some other findings:
-One in five say they want the shot but haven't done anything about getting one.
-14 percent say they want the shot but have been unable to get one, either because it wasn't available or because they didn't know where to go.
-Just seven percent of U-S adults have actually been inoculated against H-1-N-1.
Question: What's keeping you from getting the H-1-N-1 vaccine?

-CELEBS:
"JOHNNY DEPP IS THE SEXIEST MAN ALIVE"

*Johnny Depp has been named the Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine.
This is the second time Depp has taken the title, joining George Clooney and Brad Pitt in the elite club of two-time honorees. People says, "At 46, the father of two still reigns as Hollywood's most irresistible iconoclast; as one-of-a-kind as his beloved 15-year-old boots and as smoldering as his favorite Cuban cigars." Hugh Jackman was 2008's Sexiest Man Alive. Depp also scored the title in 2003.

"NICOLE RICHIE HAS PNEUMONIA"

*Nicole Richie has been hospitalized for pneumonia. Her rep, who denied rumors last week that Nicole had been suffering from swine flu, tells X-17 that the reality star has "checked into Cedars-Sinai" and "is doing well."

"NICOLAS CAGE MEETS WITH SOMALI PIRATES"

*We don't know how he paid for the trip, but cash-strapped Nicolas Cage headed to Kenya this week to visit suspected pirates in prison.
Cage, a U-N Goodwill Ambassador on Drugs and Crime, toured the Shimo La Tewa prison in the coastal town of Mombasa. He told the A-P that he wanted to meet the suspected Somali pirates so he could hear their stories and understand what's fueling piracy off the Somali coast. "Then I'm in a position where I can actually make some sense and talk about it when I go back to the States where I go talk to different U-N councils and discuss the matter."

*Pamela Anderson finally had The Talk with her young sons -- no, not the birds and bees...the one about why mommy and daddy made a very popular sex tape.
In an interview airing today on British T-V, the 42-year-old says she came clean to sons Brandon, 12, and Dylan, 11, because of her appearance in Borat. "I knew kids were going to watch the film and there was a reference to the tape in the movie and they're that age and, you know, people are going start saying things." So Pam sat the boys down and said, "Look, mummy and daddy were massively in love, we videotaped everything, everything was videotaped, and you're probably going hear about something at school."

" GETS FAN TO STRIP"

*When Robert Pattinson tells a fan to do something, it gets done. Even if that means disrobing in public.
The New Moon star tells Ellen DeGeneres that he got burned out during a long autograph-signing session. Then, a female fan asked him, "How can I get your attention?" So, Pattinson flippantly said, "Just take your clothes off." His wish was her command. Pattinson says, "She stood there and frantically started taking her clothes off and got dragged out of the room by security. I never felt more terrible... I sound like I'm actually just abusing my position."

"MICHAEL JACKSON: Glove Could Go for 200 K"

*The white glove Michael Jackson wore the night he debuted the moonwalk dance on T-V is the highlight of a memorabilia auction taking place Saturday at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York. Darren Julien, whose firm will run the sale, expects the iconic glove to go for well into six figures. He tells Reuters that the item is "the Holy Grail of Michael Jackson," adding that he's "talked to more than 20 very interested serious clients all over the world who will be bidding on the piece and all have expressed interests over 200-thousand dollars."
Also up for bid at the Hard Rock will be a variety of other Jackson-related collectibles, an Elvis Presley ring, suits worn by James Brown and a set of Kurt Cobain's fingerprints, which were taken by police in 1986 when the future Nirvana front man was arrested for trespassing at the age of 19. --Mike McCann