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n “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” 6 p.m. on USA. Globe-trotting archaeologist Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) races the Nazis for possession of a legendary religious artifact. “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” follows at 8:30 p.m.
n “Charlotte’s Web,” 7:30 p.m. on Showtime. E.B. White’s timeless children’s story of friendship, life and death shows the joy in the simple things. Wilbur the pig (voice of Dominic Scott Kay) and his spider friend, Charlotte (voice of Julia Roberts), concoct a plan to save his hide in a season where pigs are usually on the menu. Dakota Fanning provides live-action cuteness, and additional voices include Robert Redford and Oprah Winfrey.
n “Good Morning America,”7 a.m., ABC: Cyndi Lauper performs; chef Cat Cora.
n “Today,”7 a.m., NBC: Kenny Chesney performs; work attire; actress Jane Krakowski.
n “The Early Show,”7 a.m., CBS: Actor Mark Wahlberg; the cast of “Xanadu” performs.
n “Live with Regis and Kelly,”9 a.m., ABC: Actress Liv Tyler (”The Incredible Hulk”); actress Miranda Cosgrove (”iCarly”); Broadway Week concludes with a performance by Taylor Hicks and the cast of “Grease”; Trisha Yearwood on Grilling with the Stars.
n “The View,” 10 a.m., ABC: Chevy Chase; author Tina Brown (”The Diana Chronicles”); tea.
n “Ellen DeGeneres,”11 a.m., NBC: TV-show host Maria Bartiromo; the Plain White T’s perform; 11-year-old Michala Riggle discusses raising money for autism research.
n “Rachael Ray,”3 p.m., CBS: Actor Bryan Cranston; a music legend makes a surprise appearance.
n “Oprah,” 4 p.m., NBC: Oprah and her fitness trainer, Bob Greene, travel to Mississippi to launch the Best Life Challenge to help people control weight problems.

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(WCCO) Two young women, both named Susan, were found murdered in St. Paul on the same date in May, two years apart. The similarities don’t stop there. No one has ever been caught for the crimes which police have long suspected were the work of a serial killer who targeted victims named Susan.
These cases will get a fresh look in June by detectives in the new cold case unit at the St. Paul police homicide office.
Recently retired homicide investigator Rich Munoz has looked into the murders of Susan Petersen and Susan Rheineck in the past. He hopes to focus on the cases again if he comes out of retirement next month for the assignment. (The police union has challenged the assignment of retirees to the cold case unit.)
“The similarities are really striking,” said Munoz, who was a patrol officer in the 1980s when the two Susans disappeared from a poor part of University Avenue. “When you actually see the items of evidence, it really takes you back.”
Susan Petersen was 28. Dressed in a trench coat, she was last seen on May 16, 1983. Early the next morning, she was found strangled and sexually assaulted in an alley in the predominately upscale Highland Park neighborhood.
On that same day, in 1985, the body of Susan Rheineck was found tied to a tree several blocks away. The street-smart 16-year-old was also sexually assaulted and wore a similar coat.
Although some details of their crimes were different, Munoz said, “You almost assume there’s got to be a connection. We actually think these two Susans may have crossed paths.”
After the second murder, police feared a serial killer was targeting women named Susan. For the next several years, on May 16 and 17, detectives staked out University Avenue and the Highland Park neighborhood, prepared for a killer to strike again.

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If the Swords of the Ploughsharers who successfully deflated one of Waihopai's Dolly Partons had still been incarcerated on Wednesday night, they might have been tempted to turn their cell TV knobs to TV2 at 9.30pm and tune into the first episode of Terminator - The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
For those unacquainted with the Terminator films, the guts of the story is man versus the monstrous machine when the computers take over the world and terminate all mankind on Judgement Day 2011.
The Swords of the Ploughsharers, who take their name from Isaiah 2:4 "They will beat their swords into ploughshares and their spears into pruning hooks", would in all probability be rock solid behind Sarah Connor, a feisty solo mother trying to protect her son John from being destroyed by the machines.
John is the putative leader of a revolutionary force destined to lead the charge against the tyranny of the machines. But wait a minute. Wasn't John's mother Sarah wiped out in one of the last Terminator films?
Here the TV series plays it as if this is an alternate reality, at least I think that's what it's trying to do, as we miss the muscular presence of actress Linda Hamilton (from the film) and come to accept British actress Lena Headley as the new female fugitive on the block.
She's a damn sight more plausible as a fleeing, fleet-footed athlete than the babe currently trying to pass herself off as the new Bionic Woman (they have just canned this series in the States).
Headley's face has the prerequisite angular masculine features that made Hamilton so attractive when girls were first being encouraged to beef up their upper arm strength back in the nineties.
Like Hamilton, Headley favours tank tops and when she's briefly playing happy families with her fiance, she graces the bedroom with ensembles that look like they're out of the current Sussan catalogue for nightwear.

stuff.co.nz

In 1984 Ira Epstein & Company was founded by Ira Epstein. Ira was a highly successful retail futures broker, having mastered TV to showcase his talents, which in turned helped Ira develop and create a very large customer following. Many of you may remember his TV show "Stocks, Options and Futures", which was one of the most popular Finance Television shows on what was then called The Financial News Network, which is now known as CNBC. Ira showcased his talents in many other TV markets as well, including Los Angeles where he was a regular guest on KWHY-TV as well as WCIU-TV in Chicago, where he was on the air for nearly 20 years.
Ira Epstein…the man behind Ira Epstein & Company
Ira's background…written by Ira
I was born in Chicago in the mid-forties. A War Baby. Graduated High School in Park Ridge, Ill and went on to college. I obtained my Bachelor of Science Degree from Arizona State University, majoring in Marketing and Economics. I completed courses toward a Masters Degree and attended John Marshall Law School in Chicago.
When in Law School, I needed a part-time job. While my family helped with my schooling costs, they simply could not carry the continuing financial burden of Law School. I needed a job.
Ira discovers the Futures Market
One day I found myself looking for a job on the Law School's Bulletin Board. I noticed a job offer for a "Runner". I had no idea what that meant, but I was thin and in good shape. Ready to run. Few people outside of Chicago knew at that time, 1969, knew much about the Futures Markets, including me. I applied for the job and was hired at G.H. Miller & Company. They were a clearing firm at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange(CME), specializing in the trading of Eggs and Broilers…chickens. Turns out they were pretty good at what they did.

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By KATE HAIROPOULOS / The Dallas Morning News
A wild final weekend of conference tournaments left the NCAA Tournament selection committee juggling eight contingency plans. The group finished the much-awaited bracket – the one that might dictate much of your life over the next three weeks – just 20 minutes before it was revealed on national television Sunday afternoon.
"This weekend was just a crazy weekend in a lot of ways," said Tom O’Connor, chairman of the 10-person selection committee, during a conference call following the bracket’s unveiling.
But for six Big 12 teams – and even an area team – the bracket held their tickets to the best Madness of the year. It all culminates April 5 and 7 at the Final Four in San Antonio.
UT-Arlington earned its first tournament berth by beating Northwestern State in the Southland Conference tournament final Sunday afternoon. Second-year coach Scott Cross has the Mavericks in just 10 years after he was a player at UTA. But here’s the reality: As a No. 16 seed, the Mavericks face a brutal first-round game against No. 1 seed Memphis.
Texas was in contention for a No. 1 seed, but despite losing it and the Big 12 final to Kansas, the Longhorns are in a desirable position as a No. 2 seed. If Texas, which meets Austin Peay in the first round, advances to the Sweet Sixteen, it will play in front of a sure-to-be-friendly Houston crowd.

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