News & Economy
President: Ronald W. Reagan
Vice President: George Bush
Population: 235,824,902
Life expectancy: 74.7 years
Dow-Jones High: 1287
Dow-Jones Low: 1086
Cost of a new home: $97,600.00
Cost of a new car: $--
Median Household Income: $22,415.00
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.20
Cost of a gallon of gas: $1.21
 Cost of a dozen eggs: $1.01
Cost of a gallon of milk: $2.26
News Headlines
Jesse Jackson Gains Release Of Navy Pilot From Syria
$180 Billion Deficit Is Projected
US Diplomat William Buckley Is Kidnapped In Beirut
Gunman Kills 22 In San Ysido CA McDonalds
FBI Agent Richard Miller Is Arrested For Spying
Indira Gandi, Indian PM , Is Assassinated By Sikh Bodyguards
NYC Subway "Vigilante" Bernhard Goetz Surrenders In Shooting Of 4 Youths
Russia Announces Boycott of Los Angeles games
Challenger astranaughts make two free-flying space walks
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Music
Billboard Top 10
1. Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes
2. Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr.
3. Talking In Your Sleep - Romantics
4. Jump (For My Love) - Pointer Sisters
5. Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run) - Billy Ocean
6. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go - Wham!
7. Let's Hear It For The Boy - Deniece Williams
8. Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
9. Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins
10. What's Love Got To Do With It - Tina Turner
Top Albums
• 1984 - Van Halen
• An Innocent Man - Billy Joel
• Colour by Numbers - Culture Club
• Purple Rain - Prince and the Revolution
• Seven and the Ragged Tiger - Duran Duran
• She's So Unusual - Cindy Lauper
• Sports - Huey Lewis and the News
Grammy Awards
Album of the Year:
Can't Slow Down, Lionel Richie
Best New Artist: Cyndi Lauper
Best Pop Duo or Group:
“Jump (For My Love),” Pointer Sisters
 Best Pop Female Vocal:
“What's Love Got to Do With It,” Tina Turner
Best Pop Male Vocal:
“Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now),” Phil Collins
Best Rock Duo or Group:
Purple Rain— the Motion Picture, Prince and the Revolution
Best Rock Female Vocal:
“Better Be Good to Me,” Tina Turner
Best Rock Male Vocal:
“Dancing in the Dark,” Bruce Springsteen
Record of the Year:
“What's Love Got to Do With It,” Tina Turner
Song of the Year:
“What's Love Got to Do With It”
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Movies
Top 5 Movie Money Makers
Beverly Hills Cop-$234,760,478
Ghostbusters-$220,855,490
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom-$179,870,271
Gremlins-$148,168,459
The Karate Kid-$90,800,000
Academy Awards
Best Actor: F. Murray Abraham: Amadeus
Best Actress: Sally Field: Places in the Heart
Best Director: Milos Forman: Amadeus
Best Picture: Amadeus
Best Supporting Actor: Haing S. Ngor: The Killing Fields
Best Supporting Actress: Peggy Ashcroft: A Passage to India
Television
Americas Top 10 TV Favorites
1. Dynasty
2. Dallas
3. The Cosby Show
4. 60 Minutes
5. Family Ties
6. The A-Team
7. Simon & Simon
8. Knots Landing
9. Muder She Wrote
10. Falcon Crest
Emmy Awards
Drama...
Best Drama - Cagney and Lacey (CBS)
Best Actor - William Daniels, St. Elsewhere
Best Actress - Tyne Daly, Cagney and Lacey
Comedy...
Best Comedy - The Cosby Show (NBC)
Best Actor - Robert Guillaume, Benson
Best Actress - Jane Curtin, Kate and Allie
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Time Capsule: 1984
NBA Championship: