News & Economy
President: George Bush
Vice President: Dan Quayle
Population: 246,819,230
Life expectancy: 75.1 years
Dow-Jones High: 2,791
Dow-Jones Low: 2,168
Cost of a new home: $148,800.00
Cost of a new car: $--
Median Household Income: $28,906.00
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.25
Cost of a gallon of gas: $1.12
 Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.96
Cost of a gallon of milk: $2.34
News Headlines
Alaskan Coast Hit With 11 Million Barrel Oil Spill From Exxon Tanker, "Valdez"
28 Year Old Investment Banker Raped In Central Park While Jogging
One Million Demonstrate For Democracy In Beijing, Students Take Lead
Soviets Complete troop Withdraw From Afghanistan
Oliver North Is Convicted In Iran "Contra" Affair
Khomeini Offers $5 million For murder Of "Blasphemous" Author Salman Rushdie
Hundreds Die In Tiananmem Square As Troops Open Fire On Demonstrators
5-4 Ruling By Supreme Court That Flag Burning Is Protected Free Speech
US Invades Panama
Earthquake Hits San Francisco Bay Area minutes before World Series Game
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Music
Billboard Top 10
1. When I See You Smile - Bad English
2. Eternal Flame - Bangles
3. Sowing The Seeds Of Love - Tears For Fears
4. Toy Soldiers - Martika
5. Heaven - Warrant
6. Don't Wanna Lose You - Gloria Estefan
7. Soldier Of Love - Donny Osmond
8. Hangin' Tough - New Kids On The Block
9. Right Here Waiting - Richard Marx
10. Lost In Your Eyes - Debbie Gibson
Top Albums
• Appetite for Destruction - Guns N' Roses
• Don't Be Cruel - Bobby Brown
• Forever Your Girl - Paula Abdul
• Hangin' Tough - New Kids on the Block
• New Jersey - Bon Jovi
• The Raw and the Cooked - Fine Young Cannibals
Grammy Awards
Album of the Year:
Nick of Time, Bonnie Raitt
Best Pop Duo or Group:
“Don't Know Much,” Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville
Best Pop Female Vocal:
“Nick of Time,” Bonnie Raitt
Best Pop Male Vocal:
“How Am I Supposed to Live Without You,” Michael Bolton
Best Rock Duo or Group:
Traveling Wilburys Volume One, Traveling Wilburys
Best Rock Female Vocal:
Nick of Time, Bonnie Raitt
Best Rock Male Vocal:
The End of the Innocence, Don Henley
Record of the Year:
“Wind Beneath My Wings,” Bette Midler
Song of the Year:
“Wind Beneath My Wings”
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Movies
Top 5 Movie Money Makers
Batman-$251,188,924
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade-$197,171,806
Lethal Weapon 2-$147,253,986
Look Who's Talking-$140,088,813
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids-$130,724,172
Academy Awards
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis: My Left Foot
Best Actress: Jessica Tandy: Driving Miss Daisy
Best Director: Oliver Stone: Born on the Fourth of July
Best Picture: Driving Miss Daisy
Best Supporting Actor: Denzel Washington: Glory
Best Supporting Actress: Brenda Fricker: My Left Foot
Television
Americas Top 10 TV Favorites
1. Roseanne
2. The Cosby Show
3. Cheers
4. A Different World
5. America's Funniest Home Videos
6. The Golden Girls
7. 60 Minutes
8. The Wonder Years
9. Empty Nest
10. Chicken Soup
Emmy Awards
Drama...
Best Drama - L.A. Law (NBC)
Best Actor - Peter Falk, Columbo
Best Actress - Patricia Wettig, thirtysomething
Comedy...
Best Comedy - Murphy Brown (CBS)
Best Actor - Ted Danson, Cheers
Best Actress - Candice Bergen, Murphy Brown
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Time Capsule: 1989
Nolan Ryan sets record with his 5,000 strike out at age 42