News & Economy
President: Ronald W. Reagan
Vice President: George Bush
Population: 244,498,982
Life expectancy: 74.9 years
Dow-Jones High: 2,183
Dow-Jones Low: 1,879
Cost of a new home: $138,300.00
Cost of a new car: $--
Median Household Income: $27,225.00
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.25
Cost of a gallon of gas: $1.08
 Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.89
Cost of a gallon of milk: $2.30
News Headlines
USSR Plans To Withdraw From Afghanistan
Noriega Indited On Drug Charges
Aid To Contras Voted Down By House
Prostitute Reveals Liaison, TV Preacher Jimmy Swagggart Resigns
Vietnam Plans To Withdraw From Cambodia
Beaches Close As Record Heatwave Hits US Increasing Pollution
Junk Bond Dealer Micheal Milken Charged With Insider Dealing
US Accuses Iraq Of Mustered Gas Attacks On Kurds
Bush Wins Presidency
280 Die On Pan AM Flight 103 Over Scotland, Bomb Suspected
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Music
Billboard Top 10
1. Anything For You - Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
2. Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car - Billy Ocean
3. Flame, The - Cheap Trick
4. Don't Worry Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin
5. Wild, Wild West - The Escape Club
6. Seasons Change - Expose
7. Wishing Well - Terence Trent D'Arby
8. Baby, I Love Your Way - Will To Power / Freebird Medley
9. Hold On To The Nights - Richard Marx
10. Shattered Dreams - Johnny Hates Jazz
Top Albums
• Appetite for Destruction - Guns N' Roses
• Bad - Michael Jackson
• Dirty Dancing - Sound Track
• Faith - George Michael
• Hystrtia - Def Leppard
• Kick - INXS
• Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
Grammy Awards
Album of the Year:
Faith, George Michael
Best New Artist:Tracy Chapman
Best Pop Duo or Group:
Brasil, Manhattan Transfer
Best Pop Female Vocal:
“Fast Car,” Tracy Chapman
Best Pop Male Vocal:
"Don't Worry Be Happy,” Bobby McFerrin
Best Rock Duo or Group:
“Desire,” U2
Best Rock Female Vocal:
Tina Live in Europe, Tina Turner
Best Rock Male Vocal:
“Simply Irresistible,” Robert Palmer
Record of the Year:
“Don't Worry Be Happy,” Bobby McFerrin
Song of the Year:
“Don't Worry Be Happy"
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Movies
Top 5 Movie Money Makers
Rain Man-$172,825,435
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?-$154,112,492
Coming to America-$128,152,301
Big-$113,883,454
Twins-$111,784,821
Crocodile Dundee II=$109,306,210
Academy Awards
 Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman: Rain Man
Best Actress: Jodie Foster: The Accused
Best Director: Barry Levinson: Rain Man
Best Picture: Rain Man
Best Supporting Actor: Kevin Kline: A Fish Called Wanda
Best Supporting Actress: Geena Davis: The Accidental Tourist
Television
Americas Top 10 TV Favorites
1. Roseanne
2. The Cosby Show
3. A Different World
4. Cheers
5. 60 Minutes
6. The Golden Girls
7. Who's The Boss?
8. The Wonder Years
9. Murder She Wrote
10. Empty Nest
Emmy Awards
Drama...
Best Drama - L.A. Law (NBC)
Best Actor - Carroll O'Connor, In the Heat of the Night
Best Actress - Dana Delany, China Beach
Comedy...
Best Comedy - Cheers (NBC)
Best Actor - Richard Mulligan, Empty Nest
Best Actress - Candice Bergen, Murphy Brown
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Time Capsule: 1988
Suction cats like Garfield are showing up all over car windows.