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Added several new pages to many to list!

Stop by and take a few minutes to see what has changed and new!!

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"Page of the Month"

Each month there will be a "Page of the Month". This page will have information regarding any Holiday or Event for the month. I will publish the page at the begining of the month and then will be hidden at the end of the month.

If there is a past page you would like to be able to view, please send me a note using the "Contact Me" page on the site and I will re-publish the page.

~~ September's Page of the Month is "September 11th, 2001 WTC". Be sure to check it out.

Thanks again to Milda for helping with research and creating this page!!!

Don't look for quick return to 'normal'

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Changes wrought by recession will linger, financial experts say

Sunday, August 30, 2009 3:34 AM

By Bill Toland

PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE

America is recalibrating. What might have been taken for granted two years ago seems altogether suspect now: Your home will retain its value. Your retirement savings will appreciate. You'll get a small raise next year. Your nearest bank and your neighborhood car dealership will continue to exist.

None of that was ever guaranteed, of course, and the biggest economic tumble since the Great Depression has reinforced just how ephemeral and slippery our stability is.

"Normal" is a combination of expectation and experience, and what we've experienced in the past two years has shaped our expectations of the years to come.

Even if you've kept your job, your home and your car -- and the majority of you have -- chances are, you've felt the effects of this recession secondhand.

Maybe your employer has imposed a hiring freeze, leaving you with more work. Your favorite restaurant might have closed. A friend, a relative, somebody you know, just got laid off. (When unemployment is nearly one in 10, those somebodies aren't too hard to find.)

Now that the economy seems to be stabilizing -- job losses are slowing, and many economists think the recession will be over by the end of 2009 or the first quarter of 2010 -- Americans have to adjust their bearings. The economy will, too: Will job numbers rebound fully? Will home values reverse course? What's the new American baseline?

What is the new normal?

"It's going to be a totally different economy than what we saw in the past," said Mark Hanna, the fund manager behind FundMyFund.com of Royal Oak, Mich.

"It's all perspective, from where you start. From here, there can be a rebound. But from where we were in 2007, it's going to take a while. We're not going to be where we used to be."

For years, we've been using our homes as three-bedroom, two-bath ATM machines, using equity to refinance and then using the cash to make purchases, pay off debts, send kids to college.

It's not going to work that way anymore, at least not for the many Americans who bought in the past five years.

The median home price at the beginning of 2007: $254,000. Two years later, the median sale price was less than $170,000. (By July 2009, it was up to $178,400, according to the National Association of Realtors.)

And because banks are conducting tighter appraisals, it's tougher to borrow against your home now. In some ways, that's good -- if we borrow less, we incur less debt. For an economy greased on home equity for a full decade, it's bad.

It could take months or years to rebound, thanks to overbuilding. There are 18 million empty homes in America. Certain areas will always finds themselves with scarce housing -- such as Washington, D.C., and New York -- but for much of the country, prices won't get back to 2007 levels until the inventory clears.

It's a good time to buy a home if you have good enough credit to secure a mortgage. Unit sales were up in July to 5.24 million units, the best since August 2007. But lenders are tightening on that end, too, requiring better credit scores and longer work histories.

The $8,000 federal first-time homebuyers' credit is acting as a counterweight to the tightened lending, said Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the Realtors association. Rising sales figures show "buyers are coming back to the market, to take advantage of the much lower prices," he said.

But while the market presents a bargain for newcomers, the rest of us are left holding the bag. "For people who bought at the peak, particularly in the coastal regions, it will take quite some time to see a positive equity," Yun said.

Even good, old-fashioned credit is tight, and may be for months or years to come. Credit banks are boosting interest rates in some cases and cutting off lines of credit in other cases to minimize their own default cases.

Each month, leading credit issuers announce their cardholders' default rates. Bank of America's rate grew from 12.5 percent in May to 13.8 percent in June, while Capital One's default rate grew from 9.4 percent in May to 9.7 percent in June.

Here's one side effect of all the job instability, lost savings and the credit crunch: The U.S. savings rate hit a 15-year high this summer. As of May, the savings rate was 6.2 percent, and dropped to 4.7 percent in June.

That's good for the savings account but bad for retailers.

Want to lease a car? That's going to be difficult, especially if you want an American car. Ford Motor Co. and General Motors have both drastically cut back on leasing and have increased leasing interest rates. Chrysler's financial unit stopped leasing altogether.

At least energy prices are low. Gasoline prices are remarkably level with summer 2007 prices -- back then, regular unleaded was about $2.75 a gallon. Today, it's $2.62 a gallon.

But energy prices can swing rapidly. In the span between July 2007 and August 2009, prices bottomed out at $1.61 and topped out at $4.12 a gallon.

Fuel prices have always spiked and bottomed from month to month, but never have they been so volatile as in the past two years, pushed up and down by changes in demand and, increasingly, traders of energy futures.

"My instincts are that it won't be more stable," said Tom Kloza, chief analyst for Oil Price Information Service. "The cycle for oil prices is bubble and break, bubble and break. I think we're getting a little bit bubbly on price."

If oil, diesel and gasoline prices climb through the end of the peak driving and traveling seasons, American consumers might get fidgety.

"That will be interesting. A little bit of a speed bump for the economy," Kloza said.

We can expect speed bumps on Wall Street, too.

Even with the creeping stock market success of the past few months, the Dow Jones industrial average has a long climb before it gets back to the 14,000 barrier, where it hovered through summer and autumn 2007. On Friday, the Dow cracked 9,500 for the first time since November 2008.

It could take years before investors see their 401(k)s restored to "normal" levels, and the epic wealth destruction of the past two years means some people will be putting off retirement, leaving fewer slots in the work force for college grads.

The low natural job churn, coupled with record layoffs, means that 2009 college graduates faced the toughest job market in years. By May, fewer than one in five college grads who applied for jobs had received an offer.

By comparison, 51 percent of 2007 college graduates had a job by the time they graduated.

For most people, the end of the recession will boil down to one simple, but vital, metric: Do I have a job?

There's been a lot of wonky debate about "normal" going forward, especially on the jobs front. Is it reasonable to expect that unemployment will drop to its historical average? Over the past two decades, from 1989 to 2007, the average unemployment rate was 5.4 percent.

As of July, the national rate was 9.4 percent.

It's going to take some serious job growth to get back to the "old" normal, and many economists are saying it's not going to happen anytime soon.

Some jobs that disappeared, especially in the manufacturing sector, won't be coming back, and growth of the nation's gross domestic product is expected to stay below average, in the 2 percent to 4 percent range, for the next few years.

"The world has changed quite dramatically since the late '70s and early '80s," said Hanna, of FundMyFund. "We haven't created jobs in private industry in the last decade. We can't have all our jobs in government and health care."

And the tight credit atmosphere means that, even if there is a pent-up demand for goods and services, the purchasing power simply won't be there.

But others are saying the "new normal" will be short-lived, thanks to productivity gains, the lubricating effect of the financial stimulus and a reservoir of demand, especially export demand from Asia.

The Dow Jones industrial average has a long climb before it gets back to the 14,000 barrier, where it hovered in 2007.

'Guiding Light' earns Emmy before it leaves air

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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- "Guiding Light" earned one of its last trophies at the Daytime Emmys on Sunday night before it leaves the air after 72 years.

Jeff Branson, who plays Shayne Lewis on the CBS soap, tied for supporting actor in the first award presented on the live CW telecast.

"This is so bittersweet," Branson said backstage.

He tied with Vincent Irizarry of ABC's "All My Children," who got his soap start on "Guiding Light" in the early 1980s.

"I have such affection for that show. I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to be a part of television history," Irizarry said backstage. "What other medium is producing product that lasts 72 years? It has entertained not only generations, but employed generations of people."

Singing, dancing, comedy and a touch of pathos set against the glitzy backdrop of a historic theatre were part of the 36th annual Daytime Emmys in an attempt to lure an eroding audience for award shows.

Sunday's broadcast relocated to the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Los Angeles this year, leaving its recent home at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre. Opened in 1926, the venue has hosted everyone from Judy Garland and Jack Benny to Duke Ellington and Stevie Wonder.

"It's a smaller venue, which has that real glamorous look," executive producer David McKenzie said. "We want to call attention to the fact that downtown has these incredible theaters. I hope to restore a lot of the glamour to the awards and make it a really memorable event."

Early arrivals in sweltering heat on the red carpet included Big Bird and Susan Lucci of "All My Children" in a bejeweled coral gown. Stacy Haiduck of "The Young and the Restless" created a stir by carrying a stuffed cat, which she dressed up with a black ribbon and sparkling brooch. The cat is a favorite prop of her mentally unstable character Mary Jane Benson on the CBS soap.

Honoring everything from soaps to talk shows to game shows, it's the first time the awards weren't on one of the major three networks. They had alternated between ABC and CBS the last four years.

"We've tried to make it very fast-moving this year so it doesn't seem like two hours," McKenzie said.

He landed his self-described "dream hostess" in Vanessa Williams, who plays fashion diva Wilhelmina Slater on ABC's prime-time "Ugly Betty." Williams lost out as a daytime nominee for performer in an animated program, a category presented during Saturday's creative arts ceremony.

Williams' singing and dancing chops were on display in the show's opening number, a parody set to "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You" from the Broadway musical "Jersey Boys" in which she was comically inserted into scenes from the soaps and game shows.

"I never auditioned for any daytime," she said, recalling her show biz beginnings. "I used to watch `Days of Our Lives' way back in the day. I got caught up in the whole Luke-and-Laura scene back in high school in the late '70s and early '80s."

The Daytime Emmys were to pay tribute to "Guiding Light," which CBS canceled after a 72-year run that predates television. The low-rated soap will air its final episode in September, leaving just eight daytime dramas on the air. CBS and ABC will have three weekday soaps, with NBC having one.

Betty White will introduce the tribute, with more than 30 past and present "Guiding Light" actors participating, McKenzie said.

The lifetime achievement award goes to PBS' "Sesame Street" for 40 years of educating and entertaining children. Sandra Oh will help salute the show, joined by Big Bird, Elmo, Oscar the Grouch and Cookie Monster.

Kevin Clash, who portrays Elmo, won for performer in a children's series.

A "Daytime Gives Back" segment features a visit to Kenya by Lucci, Anthony Geary, Kelly Monaco and Montel Williams.

"If this part of the show doesn't make you cry a little bit, I'll give you your money back," McKenzie vowed.

Lucci will also be seen in a runway photo shoot, with actors modeling outfits from their shows.

Williams is taking a no-nonsense approach to her hosting role, a job she's handled previously at the TV Land Awards and the Essence Awards.

"It's live TV. I got a lot on my plate and I just want to make it through without any glitches and give people a good show," she said. "They'll be tuning in to see their favorites. The bottom line is they want to know who won."

PBS garnered the most network nominations with 56, followed by ABC with 50, syndicated programming with 49, CBS with 30 and NBC with 20.

Among programs, ABC's "All My Children" received a leading 19 nominations, although Lucci was not among them. PBS' "Sesame Street" had 15 nods, followed by NBC's "Days of Our Lives" with 13, Ellen DeGeneres' syndicated talk show with 12, NBC's "One Life to Live" with 11, and "The Young and the Restless" with 10.

"All My Children" will compete against "Days of Our Lives" and "The Young and the Restless" for drama series honors.

"The View" was overlooked in the talk show-entertainment category, though the ABC show's five panelists will compete against DeGeneres, Rachael Ray, and "Live!" co-hosts Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa for talk show host.

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D.A.R.E. cut back statewide

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City, county budget cuts to law enforcement taking a toll on anti-drug program in schools

Sunday, August 30, 2009 3:37 AM

By Dana Wilson

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Two deputies who taught anti-drug lessons in Knox County schools are absent this academic year because they've moved from the classroom to the road.

Sheriff David Barber wrote a letter to district superintendents this month, saying he regrets ending the D.A.R.E. program for the 2009-10 school year. Barber explained that he has reassigned Deputies Scott Baker and Chuck Statler because of unexpected budget cuts by county commissioners.

Mount Vernon Superintendent Steve Short received Barber's letter before classes resumed Aug. 21.

Fifth-graders in Short's district will miss out on anti-drug talks and getting to know a uniformed deputy, who used to break the ice by visiting the school playground.

"I think there's always disappointment when something that you're used to isn't there anymore," Short said. "The teachers are adapting, and I'm sure that some of the things that were taught (through D.A.R.E.) can be incorporated into what they do."

D.A.R.E -- Drug Abuse Resistance Education -- has been taught widely in Ohio classrooms since the late 1980s. But at least 30 of Ohio's 88 county sheriffs have ended their D.A.R.E. programs during the past few years, mainly because of funding cuts, said Bob Cornwell, director of the Buckeye State Sheriffs' Association.

Sheriffs in Ashland, Knox and Putnam counties recently announced that they can no longer afford to staff the program.

The poor economy also has some city police chiefs putting D.A.R.E. on the back burner this year, said Lloyd Bratz, a regional director for D.A.R.E. America. Others maintained the program by shrinking the number of D.A.R.E. officers or by offering the program only to elementary-age students.

Ashland County Sheriff E. Wayne Risner switched his only D.A.R.E. deputy to corrections after his operating budget was reduced this year by $712,000. And in Putnam County, the sheriff's lone D.A.R.E. deputy retired to avoid being laid off.

"We never like to see the program suspended and certainly not eliminated," Bratz said. "We always have that hope that they'll bring it back."

A Drug Use Prevention Grant offered by the Ohio attorney general's office might help. More than 200 law-enforcement agencies have applied for roughly $3.6 million in state funds generated mostly by license-reinstatement fees paid by those charged with drunken driving. The grant was expanded this year to include school-resource officers and covers half of the time that officers spend on drug-prevention work.

Budget problems made Morrow County Sheriff Steven R. Brenneman cut D.A.R.E. a few years ago. He said he would have liked to save it because it's a good prevention tool.

"There are studies out there that said that it didn't work, that kids still used drugs," Brenneman said. "What it doesn't measure is the relationships that are built between the kids and those officers."

Several research studies of D.A.R.E.'s effectiveness have concluded that the program, on its own, is not very effective in preventing substance abuse, said Dr. Kevin Conway, deputy division director at the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

"I think that these programs are done with the best of intentions, but the only way to really test those intentions is to do rigorous scientific evaluation," Conway said. "Because people want to do good, they believe that what they've done has a positive effect."

Cpl. Zach Scott, one of nine D.A.R.E. officers at the Franklin County sheriff's office, said most studies don't take into account the letters that students write or comments they share on how an officer's advice kept them out of trouble.

"If a cop is somewhat nurturing and able to give them some good direction," Scott said, "they don't ever forget that."

dwilson@dispatch.com

Residents ordered to flee as fire near L.A. grows

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Three people burned in canyon area near Los Angeles, 12,000 homes threatened

Sunday, August 30, 2009 4:00 AM

Updated: Sunday, August 30, 2009 03:57 PM

By Raquel Maria Dillon

ASSOCIATED PRESS

A man runs to gather his belongings as a fire in the San Gabriel Mountains threatens his home in the city of La Canada Flintridge, Calif.

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Philip Scott Andrews | Associated Press

A man runs to gather his belongings as a fire in the San Gabriel Mountains threatens his home in the city of La Canada Flintridge, Calif.

LOS ANGELES -- A growing wildfire in the mountains above Los Angeles surged north today, forcing more evacuations and threatening 12,000 homes.
Residents of the small town of Acton were ordered to evacuate as the 4-day-old blaze headed into the Antelope Valley. The fire spread in all directions, leaving three people burned, destroying at least three homes and forcing thousands to flee.
"The leading edge, the one they're really focused on, is that northern edge. It's moving pretty fast up in that direction," said U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Randi Jorgenson. "But the fire's growing in all directions. All fronts are going to be areas of concern today."
For the third straight day, humidity was very low, and temperatures were expected in the high 90s. About 2,000 firefighters were battling the blaze.
Mandatory evacuations were in effect for neighborhoods in Acton, Altadena, Glendale, Pasadena, La Crescenta and Big Tujunga Canyon.
More than 55 square miles of the western edge of the Angeles National Forest was scorched. The blaze was only 5 percent contained. The cause of the fire was under investigation.
At a news conference at the fire command post, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger praised firefighters for successfully protecting subdivisions in the foothills. The governor urged residents to get out when told to evacuate.
"There were people that did not listen, and there were three people that got burned and got critically injured because they did not listen," Schwarzenegger said.
The injuries occurred yesterday in the evacuation areas: two in the Big Tujunga Canyon area, and one off Rt. 2 near Mount Wilson, Jorgenson said. They were airlifted to local hospitals. Jorgenson had no further details on their injuries.
The flames moved swiftly along the slopes of the San Gabriel Mountains despite mild winds blowing predominantly in the other direction. The fire traveled 6 to 8 miles overnight and burned as actively during the night as it does during the day, according to Capt. Mike Dietrich, the incident commander for the Forest Service. Dietrich said he had never seen a fire grow so quickly without powerful Santa Ana winds to push it.
The fire line extended about 19 miles east to west.
At least three homes deep in the Angeles National Forest were confirmed as destroyed, but firefighters were likely to find others, Dietrich said.
Rob Driscoll and his wife, Beth Halaas, said they lost their house in Big Tujunga Canyon, where fire officials said homes were lost or damaged. By this morning, they were desperate for more information and went to the command post to get answers.
"Our neighbors sent us photos of all the other houses that are lost," Halaas said, her voice breaking as her young son nestled his sunburned face in her arms. "We've heard as many as 30 houses burned."
Fire officials assured them that their damage assessment teams were working hard to survey the damage.
Driscoll said 15 of his neighbors who live on private property within the forest were still waiting for word on their homes.
At least four evacuation centers were set up at schools and community centers in the area.
The fire, which broke out Wednesday afternoon, was the largest and most dangerous of several burning around southern and central California and in Yosemite National Park.
A massive plume of smoke could be seen for miles and bits of ash descended on cars as far away as downtown Los Angeles. The regional air quality agency issued a smoke advisory, warning all residents who live near the wildfire to remain indoors and avoid strenuous activity. Officials said air quality in the foothill communities around La Canada Flintridge was unhealthy, bordering on hazardous. People with heart or lung conditions, including asthma, were asked to consider leaving the area.
A major goal was to keep the fire from spreading up Mount Wilson, where many of the region's broadcast and communications antennas and the historic Mount Wilson Observatory are, officials said. Flames were within 2 miles of the towers yesterday, fire officials said.
A second fire in the Angeles National Forest was burning several miles to the east in a canyon above the city of Azusa. The 3.4-square-mile blaze, which started Tuesday afternoon, was 95 percent contained yesterday. No homes were threatened, and full containment was expected by Monday.
A wildfire on the Palos Verdes Peninsula on the south Los Angeles County coast was 100 percent contained, according to county fire officials.
Southeast of Los Angeles in Riverside County, a 3.8-square-mile fire in a rural area of the San Bernardino National Forest was 75 percent contained as it burned in steep, rocky terrain in Beeb Canyon. No structures were threatened.
To the north, in the state's coastal midsection, a 9.4-square-mile fire threatening Pinnacles National Monument kept 100 homes under evacuation orders near the Monterey County town of Soledad. The blaze, 60 percent contained, was started by agricultural fireworks used to scare animals away from crops. The fire destroyed one home.
In Mariposa County, a nearly 6.8-square-mile fire burned in Yosemite National Park. The blaze was 50 percent contained Sunday, said park spokeswoman Vickie Mates. Two people sustained minor injuries, she said.
Park officials closed a campground and a portion of Highway 120, anticipating that the fire would spread north toward Tioga Road, the highest elevation route through the Sierra.
About 100 residents from the towns of El Portal and Foresta were under evacuation orders, said Brad Aborn, chairman of Mariposa's Board of Supervisors.

More classes will fill up longer school days

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In Columbus district, periods extended, electives added

Sunday, August 30, 2009 3:41 AM

By Jennifer Smith Richards

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

With time added back to the school day, students in Columbus high schools could take psychology or anatomy, accounting or an art class.

Students in earlier grades could do more in math or science.

"We're not doing study halls," said Elaine Bell, the district's interim chief academic officer.

Since 2006, when Columbus City Schools cut about an hour a day and some classes to save money, most students have had about a six-hour school day, including lunch. (Columbus still met state requirements for minimum time spent in school.)

The district added the time back after voters passed a levy last November that will raise $77 million a year in property taxes.

As long as it's time well spent -- meaning students receive more high-quality instruction and attention -- Columbus' longer school day will make a difference for kids, said Chris Gabrieli, chairman of the National Center on Time and Learning in Boston, which advocates for more time in school.

"Anyone who has learned to sink a putt, shoot a free throw, do French vocabulary or do algebra knows that you get better when you do it more," he said. "All the great Ohio State quarterbacks practice a lot. More time is crucial to gaining skills."

It's even more important for high-poverty students, Gabrieli said, such as those in Columbus, where more than 81 percent of students are considered economically disadvantaged.

Since school started Wednesday, classes in elementary schools are 15 minutes longer; in middle schools, they are 10 minutes longer. The district's 19 high schools have time for another period in the day. The changes will add 92 hours this school year to middle and high schools and about 45 hours to elementary schools.

In the high schools, elective courses, including sociology and psychology, have been brought back for juniors. There are classes to learn computer programs, including PowerPoint and Excel.

Course offerings vary by school. At Beechcroft High School on the North Side, students can take African-American studies to help fill out their social studies requirements.

"We want to make sure the courses we offer at Beechcroft are preparing students to walk out to a job or competitively onto a college campus. You can't do that if you're just offering the basics," said Principal Anthony Alston.

The same year that the school day was cut back, the number of teachers was cut back, too. Alston said he hired a few new teachers at Beechcroft for this school year. Teachers were hired districtwide both to offer the new courses and to shrink class sizes for lower grades.

Middle- and high-school students now start at 7:30 a.m. and are dismissed at 2:30 p.m. Elementary schools begin at 9 a.m. and end at 3:30 p.m.

For the past three school years, there were three possible starting times -- as late as 9:30 a.m. for lower grades and nearly 9 a.m. for older students. This school year, two tiers of buses run to collect students; it's more efficient, Bell said, and saved the district $1.8 million.

jsmithrichards @dispatch.com

Check out Creative Poodle Grooming - Paw Nation

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Creative Poodle Grooming

by Paul Ciampanelli (Subscribe to Paul Ciampanelli's posts)
Aug 26th 2009 3:00PM

There are folks who put bandanas on their dogs, and folks who dress their dogs up for Halloween. Some folks put sweaters on their dogs in the winter. Some folks enter their dogs in dog shows. Depending on your outlook, these things might be cute, or they might stretch the boundaries of good taste. And then there's "creative poodle grooming," which surely stretches the boundaries of good taste, snaps those boundaries mercilessly, and then charges far, far beyond those boundaries.

Check out these pictures captured by photographer Ren Netherland from Creative Grooming Shows across the U.S.

DSW says profit slipped in second quarter but raises earnings outlook

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Wednesday, August 26, 2009 11:08 AM

By Tim Feran

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Shoe retailer DSW today reported its profit slipped in the second quarter, but the Columbus-based company revised its earnings outlook upward. Shares were up in morning trading.

DSW's net income was $7.6 million on net sales of $369.5 million for the quarter ended Aug. 1, compared with net income of $11 million on net sales of $357.2 million for same quarter last year.

Same-store sales were down 2.9 percent compared with a decrease of 6.9 percent in the same quarter last year.

Earnings per share were 17 cents for the second quarter of fiscal 2009 compared with 25 cents per share last year. But earnings beat analysts' estimates.

Based on the performance through the second quarter, annual 2009 earnings per share are now estimated to be in the range of 37 cents to 45 cents, up from the company's previously announced estimate of 30 cents to 35 cents. The news sent shares to $15.24, up $1.22 or nearly 9 percent in morning trading.

DSW, which operates 306 shoe stores in 39 states, is a subsidiary of Columbus-based holding company Retail Ventures Inc., which in April sold Filene's Basement.

Check out The Columbus Dispatch : $15,000 postal buyouts offered to help cut cost

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Wednesday, August 26, 2009 3:07 AM

By Ann Sanner

ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Postal Service is offering $15,000 buyouts to employees in an effort to cut costs at a time when the post office is being buffeted by the recession and the popularity of e-mail and electronic bill payment.

As many as 30,000 employees could take the offer, at a total cost of about $450 million, the agency said yesterday. The Postal Service said its two-year savings could reach $500 million.

The agency said it reached an agreement on the buyout offer with the American Postal Workers Union and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union.

The majority of those who could take the buyouts work in mail-processing facilities, the service said.

The offer is open to those eligible for retirement and early retirement. It also includes employees in select positions, such as retail clerks, distributors and mail handlers, who are willing to resign voluntarily.

Letter carriers, who are in different unions, weren't offered the buyouts because the number of addresses the agency must service is growing, Postal Service spokeswoman Yvonne Yoerger said.

"That's not an area where we need reduction," she said.

The workers have to decide by Sept. 25.

Employees who take the offer would be paid $10,000 total in October, November and December. They would get an additional $5,000 in October 2010.

The buyouts are part of a series of cost-saving efforts by the agency. A hiring freeze is also in place, and management salaries have been frozen. The service also has cut more than 100 million work hours since the fiscal year started Oct. 1. It has stopped construction of facilities and closed six district offices, among other steps.

The agency has lost $4.7 billion so far this year.

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They told me the big Lab's name was Reggie as I looked at him

lying in his pen. the shelter was clean, and the people really

friendly.

I'd only been in the area for six months, but everywhere I went

in the small college town, people were welcoming and open. Everyone

waves when you pass them on the street.

But something was still missing as I attempted to settle in to

my new life here, and I thought a dog couldn't hurt. Give me someone to

talk to.

And I had just seen Reggie's advertisement on the local news.

The shelter said they had received numerous calls right after, but they

said the people who had come down to see him just didn't look like "Lab

people," whatever that meant. They must've thought I did.

But at first, I thought the shelter had misjudged me in giving

me Reggie and his things, which consisted of a dog pad, bag of toys

almost all of which were brand new tennis balls, his dishes, and a

sealed letter from his previous owner. See, Reggie and I didn't really

hit it off when we got home. We struggled for two weeks (which is how

long the shelter told me to give him to adjust to his new home). Maybe

it was the fact that I was trying to adjust, too. Maybe we were too

much alike.

For some reason, his stuff (except for the tennis balls - he

wouldn't go anywhere without two stuffed in his mouth) got tossed in

with all of my other unpacked boxes. I guess I didn't really think he'd

need all his old stuff, that I'd get him new things once he settled in.

but it became pretty clear pretty soon that he wasn't going to.

I tried the normal commands the shelter told me he knew, ones

like "sit" and "stay" and "come" and "heel," and he'd follow them - when

he felt like it. He never really seemed to listen when I called his

name - sure, he'd look in my direction after the fourth of fifth time I

said it, but then he'd just go back to doing whatever. When I'd ask

again, you could almost see him sigh and then grudgingly obey.

This just wasn't going to work. He chewed a couple shoes and

some unpacked boxes. I was a little too stern with him and he resented

it, I could tell.

The friction got so bad that I couldn't wait for the two weeks

to be up, and when it was, I was in full-on search mode for my cell

phone amid all of my unpacked stuff. I remembered leaving it on the

stack of boxes for the guest room, but I also mumbled, rather cynically,

that the "damn dog probably hid it on me."

Finally I found it, but before I could punch up the shelter's

number, I also found his pad and other toys from the shelter.. I tossed

the pad in Reggie's direction and he snuffed it and wagged, some of the

most enthusiasm I'd seen since bringing him home. But then I called,

"Hey, Reggie, you like that Come here and I'll give you a treat."

Instead, he sort of glanced in my direction - maybe "glared" is more

accurate - and then gave a discontented sigh and flopped down. With his

back to me.

Well, that's not going to do it either, I thought. And I

punched the shelter phone number.

But I hung up when I saw the sealed envelope. I had completely

forgotten about that, too.

"Okay, Reggie," I said out loud, "let's see if your previous

owner has any advice.".........

"To Whoever Gets My Dog:

Well, I can't say that I'm happy you're reading this, a letter I

told the shelter could only be opened by Reggie's new owner.

I'm not even happy writing it. If you're reading this, it means

I just got back from my last car ride with my Lab after dropping him off

at the shelter. He knew something was different. I have packed up his

pad and toys before and set them by the back door before a trip, but

this time...

it's like he knew something was wrong. And something is wrong... which

is why I have to go to try to make it right.

So let me tell you about my Lab in the hopes that it will help

you bond with him and he with you.

First, he loves tennis balls... the more the merrier.

Sometimes I think he's part squirrel, the way he hordes them.

He usually always has two in his mouth, and he tries to get a

third in there. Hasn't done it yet.

Doesn't matter where you throw them, he'll bound after it, so be

careful - really don't do it by any roads. I made that mistake once,

and it almost cost him dearly.

Next, commands. Maybe the shelter staff already told you, but

I'll go over them again: Reggie knows the obvious ones - "sit," "stay,"

"come,"

"heel." He knows hand signals: "back" to turn around and go back when

you put your hand straight up; and "over" if you put your hand out right

or left. "Shake" for shaking water off, and "paw" for a high-five. He

does "down" when he feels like lying down - I bet you could work on that

with him some more. He knows "ball" and "food" and "bone" and "treat"

like nobody's business.

I trained Reggie with small food treats. Nothing opens his ears

like little pieces of hot dog.

Feeding schedule: twice a day, once about seven in the morning,

and again at six in the evening.

Regular store-bought stuff; the shelter has the brand.

He's up on his shots.

Call the clinic on 9th Street and update his info with yours;

they'll make sure to send you reminders for when he's due. Be

forewarned: Reggie hates the vet.

Good luck getting him in the car - I don't know how he knows

when it's time to go to the vet, but he knows.

Finally, give him some time.

I've never been married, so it's only been Reggie and me for his

whole life. He's gone everywhere with me, so please include him on your

daily car rides if you can. He sits well in the backseat, and he

doesn't bark or complain. He just loves to be around people, and me

most especially.

Which means that this transition is going to be hard, with him

going to live with someone new. And that's why I need to share one more

bit of info with you....

His name's not Reggie.

I don't know what made me do it, but when I dropped him off at

the shelter, I told them his name was Reggie. He's a smart dog, he'll

get used to it and will respond to it, of that I have no doubt. but I

just couldn't bear to give them his real name. For me to do that, it

seemed so final, that handing him over to the shelter was as good as me

admitting that I'd never see him again. And if I end up coming back,

getting him, and tearing up this letter, it means everything's fine.

But if someone else is reading it, well... well it means that his new

owner should know his real name.

It'll help you bond with him. Who knows, maybe you'll even notice a

change in his demeanor if he's been giving you problems.

His real name is Tank. Because that is what I drive.

Again, if you're reading this and you're from the area, maybe my

name has been on the news. I told the shelter that they couldn't make

"Reggie" available for adoption until they received word from my company

commander. See, my parents are gone, I have no siblings, no one I

could've left Tank with... and it was my only real request of the Army

upon my deployment to Iraq, that they make one phone call the shelter...

in the "event"... to tell them that Tank could be put up for adoption.

Luckily, my colonel is a dog guy, too, and he knew where my platoon was

headed. He said he'd do it personally. And if you're reading this,

then he made good on his word.

Well, this letter is getting to downright depressing, even

though, frankly, I'm just writing it for my dog. I couldn't imagine if

I was writing it for a wife and kids and family. but still, Tank has

been my family for the last six years, almost as long as the Army has

been my family.

And now I hope and pray that you make him part of your family

and that he will adjust and come to love you the same way he loved me.

That unconditional love from a dog is what I took with me to

Iraq as an inspiration to do something selfless, to protect innocent

people from those who would do terrible things... and to keep those

terrible people from coming over here. If I had to give up Tank in

order to do it, I am glad to have done so. He was my example of service

and of love. I hope I honored him by my service to my country and

comrades.

All right, that's enough.

I deploy this evening and have to drop this letter off at the

shelter.

I don't think I'll say another good-bye to Tank, though. I

cried too much the first time. Maybe I'll peek in on him and see if he

finally got that third tennis ball in his mouth.

Good luck with Tank.

Give him a good home, and give him an extra kiss goodnight -

every night - from me."

Thank you, Paul Mallory

I folded the letter and slipped it back in the envelope. Sure

I had heard of Paul Mallory, everyone in town knew him, even new people

like me. Local kid, killed in Iraq a few months ago and posthumously

earning the Silver Star when he gave his life to save three buddies.

Flags had been at half-mast all summer.

I leaned forward in my chair and rested my elbows on my knees,

staring at the dog.

"Hey, Tank," I said quietly.

The dog's head whipped up, his ears cocked and his eyes bright.

"C'mere boy."

He was instantly on his feet, his nails clicking on the hardwood

floor. He sat in front of me, his head tilted, searching for the name

he hadn't heard in months.

"Tank," I whispered. His tail swished.

I kept whispering his name, over and over, and each time, his

ears lowered, his eyes softened, and his posture relaxed as a wave of

contentment just seemed to flood him. I stroked his ears, rubbed his

shoulders, buried my face into his scruff and hugged him.

"It's me now, Tank, just you and me. Your old pal gave you to me."

Tank reached up and licked my cheek. "So whatdaya say we play some ball

His ears perked again.

"Yeah Ball... You like that Ball "

Tank tore from my hands and disappeared in the next room. And

when he came back......he had three tennis balls in his mouth.......

LIFE ISN'T ABOUT WAITING FOR THE STORM TO PASS.....

IT'S ABOUT LEARNING

TO DANCE IN THE RAIN!

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3,900 stimulus checks went to prison inmates

Government sent 3,900 economic stimulus checks to prison inmates -- 2,200 got to keep them

• By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press Writer
• On Wednesday August 26, 2009, 9:28 pm EDT

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The federal government sent about 3,900 economic stimulus payments of $250 each this spring to people who were in no position to use the money to help stimulate the economy: prison inmates.

The checks were part of the massive economic recovery package approved by Congress and President Barack Obama in February. About 52 million Social Security recipients, railroad retirees and those receiving Supplemental Security Income were eligible for the one-time checks.

Prison inmates are generally ineligible for federal benefits. However, 2,200 of the inmates who received checks got to keep them because, under the law, they were eligible, said Mark Lassiter, a spokesman for the Social Security Administration. They were eligible because they weren't incarcerated in any one of the three months before the recovery package was enacted.

"The law specified that any beneficiary eligible for a Social Security benefit during one of those months was eligible for the recovery payment," Lassiter said.

The other 1,700 checks? That was a mistake.

Checks were sent to those inmates because government records didn't accurately show they were in prison, Lassiter said. He said most of those checks were returned by the prisons.

"We are currently reviewing each of those cases to determine whether or not the recovery payment was due," Social Security Commissioner Michael J. Astrue said in a statement issued Wednesday evening. "Where we determine payment was not due, we will take aggressive action to recover each of these erroneous payments."

The Boston Herald first reported that the checks were sent to inmates.

The inspector general for the Social Security Administration is performing an audit to make sure no checks went to ineligible recipients, spokesman George E. Penn said.

The audit, which had already been planned, will examine whether checks incorrectly went to inmates, dead people, fugitive felons or people living outside the U.S., Penn said.

The $787 billion economic recovery package included $2 million for the inspector general to oversee the provisions handled by the Social Security Administration. The audit is part of those efforts, Penn said. There is no timetable for its conclusion.

The federal government processed $13 billion in stimulus payments. About $425,000 was incorrectly sent to inmates.

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Fall 2009 Primetime Schedule

August 2
Defying Gravity (ABC), 9:00 PM/ET [moves to 10:00 PM/ET August 9]

August 3
Jon and Kate Plus 8 (TLC), 9:00 PM/ET

August 5
Giuliana & Bill (Style), 9:00 PM/ET
Man Vs Food (Travel Channel), 10:00 PM/ET

August 6
Police Women of Broward County (TLC), 9:00 PM/ET

August 7
Monk (USA), 9:00 PM/ET
Psych (USA), 10:00 PM/ET

August 9
There Goes The Neighborhood (CBS), 9:00 PM/ET
Kourtney & Khloe (E!), 10:00 PM/ET
Reality Hell (E!), 10:30 PM/ET

August 12
Man Vs Wild (Discovery), 9:00 PM/ET
Dinner Impossible (Food Network), 10:00 PM/ET

August 16
Mad Men (AMC), 10:00 PM/ET

August 17
Flipping Out (Bravo), 10:00 PM/ET

August 20
Project Runway (Lifetime), 10:00 PM/ET

August 25
The Rachel Zoe Project (Bravo), 10:00 PM/ET

August 26
Crash Course (ABC), 9:00 PM/ET

August 31
Greek (ABC Family), 9:00 PM/ET

September 5
Saturday Night Football (ABC), 8:00 PM/ET

September 8
90210 (The CW), 8:00 PM/ET
Melrose Place (The CW), 9:00 PM/ET
Sons of Anarchy (FX), 10:00 PM/ET

September 9
America’s Next Top Model (The CW), 8:00 PM/ET
So You Think You Can Dance (Fox), 8:00 PM/ET
Destination Truth (SyFy), 9:00 PM/ET
Glee (Fox), 9:00 PM/ET

September 10
Vampire Diaries (The CW), 8:00 PM/ET
Supernatural (The CW), 9:00 PM/ET

September 11
20/20 (ABC), 10:00 PM/ET

September 12
COPS (Fox), 8:00 PM/ET
America’s Most Wanted (Fox), 9:00 PM/ET

September 13
Football Night in America (NBC), 7:00 PM/ET
NBC Sunday Night Football (NBC), 8:15 PM/ET

September 14
Gossip Girl (The CW), 8:00 PM/ET
Lincoln Heights (ABC Family), 9:00 PM/ET
One Tree Hill (The CW), 9:00 PM/ET
The Jay Leno Show (NBC), 10:00 PM/ET

September 15
The Biggest Loser (NBC), 8:00 PM/ET

September 16
The Beautiful Life (The CW), 9:00 PM/ET

September 17
Survivor: Samoa (CBS), 8:00 PM/ET
Bones (Fox), 8:00 PM/ET
Saturday Night Live Weekend Update (NBC), 8:00 PM/ET
Parks and Recreation (NBC), 8:30 PM/ET
The Office (NBC), 9:00 PM/ET
Fringe (Fox), 9:00 PM/ET
Community [moves to 8:00 PM/ET October 8] (NBC), 9:30 PM/ET
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (FX), 10:00 PM/ET

September 21
Heroes (NBC), 8:00 PM/ET
Dancing with the Stars (ABC), 8:00 PM/ET
House [2 hour premiere] (Fox), 8:00 PM/ET
How I Met Your Mother (CBS), 8:00 PM/ET
Accidentally On Purpose (CBS), 8:30 PM/ET
Two and a Half Men (CBS), 9:00 PM/ET
The Big Bang Theory (CBS), 9:30 PM/ET
CSI: Miami (CBS), 10:00 PM/ET
Castle (ABC), 10:00 PM/ET

September 22
NCIS (CBS), 8:00 PM/ET
NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS), 9:00 PM/ET
The Good Wife (CBS), 10:00 PM/ET
The Forgotten (ABC), 10:00 PM/ET

September 23
Mercy (NBC), 8:00 PM/ET
The New Adventures of Old Christine (CBS), 8:00 PM/ET
Gary Unmarried (CBS), 8:30 PM/ET
Criminal Minds (CBS), 9:00 PM/ET
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC), 9:00 PM/ET
Modern Family (ABC), 9:00 PM/ET
Cougar Town (ABC), 9:30 PM/ET
CSI: NY (CBS), 10:00 PM/ET
Eastwick (ABC), 10:00 PM/ET

September 24
Flash Forward (ABC), 8:00 PM/ET
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC), 9:00 PM/ET
CSI (CBS), 9:00 PM/ET
The Mentalist (CBS), 10:00 PM/ET

September 25
Brothers (Fox), 8:00 PM/ET
Law and Order (NBC), 8:00 PM/ET
Smallville (The CW), 8:00 PM/ET
America’s Next Top Model [repeats] (The CW), 8:00 PM/ET
Ghost Whisperer (CBS), 8:00 PM/ET
Dollhouse (Fox), 9:00 PM/ET
Medium (CBS), 9:00 PM/ET
Numbers (CBS), 10:00 PM/ET

September 26
Crimetime Saturday (CBS), 8:00 PM/ET
Dateline NBC (NBC), 8:00 PM/ET
Trauma [repeat] (NBC), 9:00 PM/ET
48 Hours Mystery (CBS), 10:00 PM/ET
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit [repeat] (NBC), 10:00 PM/ET
Saturday Night Live (NBC), 11:30 PM/ET

September 27
60 Minutes (CBS), 7:00 PM/ET
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC), 7:00 PM/ET
The Amazing Race (CBS), 8:00 PM/ET
The Simpsons (Fox), 8:00 PM/ET
The Cleveland Show (Fox), 8:30 PM/ET
Desperate Housewives (ABC), 9:00 PM/ET
Dexter (Showtime), 9:00 PM/ET
Family Guy (Fox), 9:00 PM/ET
American Dad (Fox), 9:30 PM/ET
Brothers and Sisters (ABC), 10:00 PM/ET
Cold Case (CBS), 10:00 PM/ET

September 28
Lie To Me (Fox), 8:00 PM/ET
Trauma (NBC), 9:00 PM/ET

September 29
Hell’s Kitchen (Fox), 8:00 PM/ET
Shark Tank (ABC), 8:00 PM/ET

September 30
Hank (ABC), 8:00 PM/ET
The Middle (ABC), 8:30 PM/ET

October 1
Private Practice (ABC), 10:00 PM/ET

October 2
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Cartoon Network), 8:00 PM/ET
Til Death (Fox), 8:30 PM/ET
Stargate Universe (SyFy), 9:00 PM/ET

October 4
America’s Funniest Home Videos (ABC), 7:00 PM/ET
Three Rivers (CBS), 9:00 PM/ET

October 6
Scare Tactics (SyFy), 9:00 PM/ET

October 9
Ugly Betty (ABC), 8:00 PM/ET
Sanctuary (SyFy), 10:00 PM/ET

October 15
30 Rock (NBC), 9:30 PM/ET

October 16
Supernanny (ABC), 8:00 PM/ET

October 23
Southland (NBC), 9:00 PM/ET

November 3
V (ABC), 8:00 PM/ET

November 7
The Wanda Sykes Show (Fox), 11:00 PM/ET

Fall 2009 Primetime Schedule By Title

20/20 (ABC), September 11 10:00 PM/ET
30 Rock (NBC), October 15 9:30 PM/ET
48 Hours Mystery (CBS), September 26 10:00 PM/ET
60 Minutes (CBS), September 27 7:00 PM/ET
90210 (The CW), September 8 8:00 PM/ET
Accidentally On Purpose (CBS), September 21 8:30 PM/ET
Amazing Race, The (CBS), September 27 8:00 PM/ET
America’s Funniest Home Videos (ABC), October 4 7:00 PM/ET
America’s Most Wanted (Fox), September 12 9:00 PM/ET
America’s Next Top Model (The CW), September 9 8:00 PM/ET
American Dad (Fox), September 27 9:30 PM/ET
Beautiful Life, The (The CW), September 16 9:00 PM/ET
Big Bang Theory, The (CBS), September 21 9:30 PM/ET
Biggest Loser, The (NBC), September 15 8:00 PM/ET
Bones (Fox), September 17 8:00 PM/ET
Brothers (Fox), September 25 8:00 PM/ET
Brothers and Sisters (ABC), September 27 10:00 PM/ET
Californication (Showtime), September 27 10:00 PM/ET
Castle (ABC), September 21 10:00 PM/ET
Cleveland Show, The (Fox), September 278:30 PM/ET
Cold Case (CBS), September 27 10:00 PM/ET
Community [moves to 8:00 PM/ET October 8] (NBC), September 17 9:30 PM/ET
COPS (Fox), September 12 8:00 PM/ET
Cougar Town (ABC), September 23 9:30 PM/ET
Crash Course (ABC), August 26 9:00 PM/ET
Crimetime Saturday (CBS), September 26 8:00 PM/ET
Criminal Minds (CBS), September 23 9:00 PM/ET
CSI (CBS), September 24 9:00 PM/ET
CSI: Miami (CBS), September 21 10:00 PM/ET
CSI: NY (CBS), September 23 10:00 PM/ET
Dancing with the Stars (ABC), September 21 8:00 PM/ET
Dateline NBC (NBC), September 26 8:00 PM/ET
Defying Gravity (ABC), August 2 9:00 PM/ET [moves to 10:00 PM/ET August 9]
Desperate Housewives (ABC), September 27 9:00 PM/ET
Destination Truth (SyFy), September 9 9:00 PM/ET
Dexter (Showtime), September 27 9:00 PM/ET
Dinner Impossible (Food Network), August 12 10:00 PM/ET
Dollhouse (Fox), September 25 9:00 PM/ET
Eastwick (ABC), September 23 10:00 PM/ET
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC), September 27 7:00 PM/ET
Family Guy (Fox), September 279:00 PM/ET
Flash Forward (ABC), September 24 8:00 PM/ET
Flipping Out (Bravo), August 17 10:00 PM/ET
Football Night in America (NBC), September 13 7:00 PM/ET
Forgotten, The (ABC), September 22 10:00 PM/ET
Fringe (Fox), September 17 9:00 PM/ET
Gary Unmarried (CBS), September 23 8:30 PM/ET
Ghost Whisperer (CBS), September 25 8:00 PM/ET
Glee (Fox), September 9 9:00 PM/ET
Good Wife, The (CBS), September 22 10:00 PM/ET
Gossip Girl (The CW), September 14 8:00 PM/ET
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC), September 24 9:00 PM/ET
Giuliana & Bill (Style), August 5 9:00 PM/ET
Greek (ABC Family), August 31 9:00 PM/ET
Hank (ABC), September 30 8:00 PM/ET
Hell’s Kitchen (Fox), September 29 8:00 PM/ET
Heroes (NBC), September 21 8:00 PM/ET
House [2 hour premiere] (Fox), September 21 8:00 PM/ET
How I Met Your Mother (CBS), September 21 8:00 PM/ET
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (FX), September 17 10:00 PM/ET
Jay Leno Show, The (NBC), September 14 10:00 PM/ET
Jon and Kate Plus 8 (TLC), August 3 9:00 PM/ET
Kourtney & Khloe (E!), August 9 10:00 PM/ET
Law and Order (NBC), September 25 8:00 PM/ET
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC), September 23 9:00 PM/ET
Lie To Me (Fox), September 28 8:00 PM/ET
Lincoln Heights (ABC Family), September 14 9:00 PM/ET
Mad Men (AMC), August 16 10:00 PM/ET
Man Vs Food (Travel Channel), August 5 10:00 PM/ET
Man Vs Wild (Discovery), August 12 9:00 PM/ET
Medium (CBS), September 25 9:00 PM/ET
Melrose Place (The CW), September 8 9:00 PM/ET
Mentalist, The (CBS), September 24 10:00 PM/ET
Mercy (NBC), September 23 8:00 PM/ET
Middle, The (ABC), September 30 8:30 PM/ET
Modern Family (ABC), September 23 9:00 PM/ET
Monk (USA), August 7 9:00 PM/ET
NBC Sunday Night Football (NBC), September 13 8:15 PM/ET
NCIS (CBS), September 22 8:00 PM/ET
NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS), September 22 9:00 PM/ET
New Adventures of Old Christine, The (CBS), September 23 8:00 PM/ET
Numbers (CBS), September 25 10:00 PM/ET
Office, The (NBC), September 17 9:00 PM/ET
One Tree Hill (The CW), September 14 9:00 PM/ET
Parks and Recreation (NBC), September 17 8:30 PM/ET
Police Women of Broward County (TLC), August 6 9:00 PM/ET
Private Practice (ABC), October 1 10:00 PM/ET
Project Runway (Lifetime), August 10:00 PM/ET
Psych (USA), August 7 10:00 PM/ET
Rachel Zoe Project, The (Bravo), August 25 10:00 PM/ET
Reality Hell (E!), August 9 10:30 PM/ET
Sanctuary (SyFy), October 9 10:00 PM/ET
Saturday Night Football (ABC), September 5 8:00 PM/ET
Saturday Night Live (NBC), September 26 11:30 PM/ET
Saturday Night Live Weekend Update (NBC), September 17 8:00 PM/ET
Scare Tactics (SyFy), October 6 9:00 PM/ET
Shark Tank (ABC), September 29 8:00 PM/ET
Simpsons, The (Fox), September 27 8:00 PM/ET
Smallville (The CW), September 25 8:00 PM/ET
So You Think You Can Dance (Fox), September 9 8:00 PM/ET
Sons of Anarchy (FX), September 8 10:00 PM/ET
Southland (NBC), October 23 9:00 PM/ET
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Cartoon Network), October 2 8:00 PM/ET
Stargate Universe (SyFy), October 2 9:00 PM/ET
Supernanny (ABC), October 16 8:00 PM/ET
Supernatural (The CW), September 10 9:00 PM/ET
Survivor: Samoa (CBS), September 17 8:00 PM/ET
There Goes The Neighborhood (CBS), August 9 9:00 PM/ET
Three Rivers (CBS), October 4 9:00 PM/ET
Til Death (Fox), October 2 8:30 PM/ET
Trauma (NBC), September 28 9:00 PM/ET
Two and a Half Men (CBS), September 21 9:00 PM/ET
Ugly Betty (ABC), October 9 8:00 PM/ET
V (ABC), November 3 8:00 PM/ET
Vampire Diaries (The CW), September 10 8:00 PM/ET
Wanda Sykes Show, The (Fox), November 7 11:00 PM/ET

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