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THE CROCKETT & WATERS WEEK IN REVIEW

THE WEEK IN REVIEW

Boeing unveiled its first fully assembled 787 on Sunday. 

John Edwards announced that he'll take a break from campaigning and go on a poverty tour.

The National Science Foundation on Tuesday chose a closed South Dakota gold mine as the site for a new underground physics lab to study the history and makeup of the universe.

A new study suggests older adults have a harder time getting jokes as they age.

Former first lady Lady Bird Johnson died Wednesday.

In Amsterdam, a judge tossed the case of Helene de Gier, who claimed she was traumatized by not winning her country's national lottery, which, by the way, she never entered.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has rejected a proposal by director Oliver Stone to make a film about him.

Researchers now say middle age women are having more strokes than middle age men, and they don't know why.

Bob Barker continues to remind people that he does not officially endorse Rosie O'Donnell as the new host of The Price is Right.

An empty can of gourmet dog food taken from Paris Hilton's trash fetched $305 in an eBay auction. 

A new study says the discomfort that airline passengers often feel when flying is due to incorrect air pressure settings.

Louisiana Sen. David Vitter apologized to anyone he disappointed after telephone records linked him to an escort service operated by the "D.C. Madam."

A report says nearly half of the pregnant teens in China's financial hub, Shanghai, met their partners on the Internet.

THE STORY OF THE WEEK:

Pennsylvania government offices shut down for a day due to a budget issue.