News & Economy
President: Ronald W. Reagan
Vice President: George Bush
Population: 242,288,918
Life expectancy: 74.9 years
Dow-Jones High: 2,722
Dow-Jones Low: 2,722
Cost of a new home: $127,200.00
Cost of a new car: $--
Median Household Income: $26,061.00
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.22
Cost of a gallon of gas: $0.95
 Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.78
Cost of a gallon of milk: $2.28
News Headlines
Evangelist Jim Baker Admits To Making Payments To Cover Sexual Infidelity
Iraqi Missile Hits SS "Stark" In Persian Gulf And Kills 37
19 Year Old German Flies Small Plane Into Moscow Square
Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker Is Replaced By Alan Greenspan
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Is Re-elected For Third Time
Oliver North Takes Fifth Amendment In Contra Investigation
Dow Suffers Worst One Day Fall In History, 508 Points
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Music
 Billboard Top 10
1. With Or Without You - U2
2. You Keep Me Hangin' On - Kim Wilde
3. C'est La Vie - Robbie Nevil
4. I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) - Aretha Franklin & George Michael
5. At This Moment - Billy Vera & The Beaters
6. I Heard A Rumour - Bananarama
7. Heaven Is A Place On Earth - Belinda Carlisle
8. Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House
9. Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship
10. Lady In Red, The - Chris De Burgh
Top Albums
• Control - Janet Jackson
• Fore! - Huey Lewis and the News
• Invisible Touch - Genesis
• Licensed to ill - Beastie Boys
• Slippery When Wet - Bon Jovi
• The Joshua Tree - U2
• The Way It Is - Bruce Hornsby and the Range
Grammy Awards
Album of the Year:
Joshua Tree, U2
Best New Artist: Jody Watley
Best Pop Duo or Group:
“(I've Had) The Time of My Life,” Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes
Best Pop Female Vocal:
“I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me),” Whitney Houston
Best Pop Male Vocal:
Bring on the Night, Sting
Best Rock Duo or Group:
The Joshua Tree, U2
Best Rock Solo:
Tunnel of Love, Bruce Springsteen
Record of the Year:
“Graceland,” Paul Simon
Song of the Year:
“Somewhere Out There”
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Movies
Top 5 Movie Money Makers
Three Men and a Baby-$167,780,960
Fatal Attraction-$156,645,693
Beverly Hills Cop 2-$153,665,036
Good Morning, Vietnam-$123,922,370
Moonstruck-$80,640,528
Academy Awards
Best Actor: Michael Douglas: Wall Street
Best Actress: Cher: Moonstruck
Best Director: Bernardo Bertolucci: The Last Emperor
Best Picture: The Last Emperor
Best Supporting Actor: Sean Connery: The Untouchables
Best Supporting Actress: Olympia Dukakis: Moonstruck
Television
Americas Top 10 TV Favorites
1. The Cosby Show
2. A Different World
3. Cheers
4. Growing Pains
5. Night Court
6. The Golden Girls
7. Who's The Boss?
8. 60 Minutes
9. Murder She Wrote
10. The Wonder Years
Emmy Awards
Drama...
Best Drama - thirtysomething (ABC)
Best Actor - Richard Kiley, A Year in the Life
Best Actress - Tyne Daly, Cagney and Lacey
 Comedy...
Best Comedy - The Wonder Years (ABC)
Best Actor - Michael J. Fox, Family Ties
Best Actress - Beatrice Arthur, The Golden Girls
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Time Capsule: 1987
Spuds Mackenzie and Max Headroom are in. 
Michael Jordan (Chicago) averages 37.1 ppg, the first since Wilt Chamberlain to score 3,000 points.