Script of Tnt

Hello and welcome to another superb episode of TNT. I'm James Owens and I shall be your chauffeur. We have a great show for you today with Josh telling us about Norman North's Spud Week, Jordan has some info on bleeching your teeth which may very well save your life, Kylie has some great ideas for spring break, Brandon got the 411 on paintballling, Mark will be filling us in on telling us what we need to wear over spring break according to the weather, Max and Wes will be giving us a review of the 78th Academy Awards, and Corey went to a sooner baseball game to see what was going on in that hizzie. But first I'll be giving you the national headlines. So don't touch that dial, we'll be right back.

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Welcome back, In your national news: A small, single-engine plane crashed in the median of Interstate 75 near Holly, Michigan Tuesday afternoon. The Piper model PA-28-180 aircraft crashed in the median during mid-afternoon local time, and slowed traffic when police and rescue teams were en route to the scene. According to local television station WEYI, two passengers were aboard the plane, and did not sustain any large injuries.

According to researchers the population of the Bonobo, or Pygmy Chimpanzee, which are best known for resloving squabbles through sex rather than violence, is in danger. The current population in the wild is estamated to be around 5,000 while just 20 years ago it was around 100,000. Hunting the Bonobo is illegal, but the meat of the pygmy chimp is considered quite tasty and there is a black market for the sale of its meat to high-end restaurants of the Congo.

Environmental scientists say they have concrete evidence that the planet is undergoing the "largest mass extinction in 65 million years". Leading environmental scientist Professor Norman Myers says the Earth is experiencing its "Sixth Extinction."

Scientists forecast that up to five million species will be lost this century. "We are well into the opening phase of a mass extinction of species. There are about 10 million species on earth. If we carry on as we are, we could lose half of all those 10 million species," Myers said.

If we do not do more, Myers says, the planet will continue to lose around 50 species per day compared to the natural extinction rate of one species every five years. He projected this rate in the late 1980s to much criticism, but the figure is now widely accepted by scientists. "The whole thing is taking place in what you might call a flickering of an evolutionary eye," said Myers. "It's hard to keep up with unless we damp down on some of the causes of the evolution."

A survey by SonicWALL, a Sunnyvale, CA, based company, reports that 10% of worldwide telecommuters are nude while working, finding 12% for men and 7% for women, respectively.

A gender gap also exists for showering on work-at-home days, with 44% of women showering, while only 30% of men did. The survey also found that 39% of both sexes wear sweats while working from home.

Also in some more somber news, Dana Reeve, the widow of the late Christopher Reeve and lifetime non-smoker, this last monday over a very short battle with lung cancer. She was only diagnosed this summer with the nearly always fatal disease. She was only 44. We are going to take a quick break, so stick around, you won't regret it.

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Have you ever wanted to get involved and help out someone who was less fortunete than yourself. I know I always have, but there are so many options in what you could do, I know I often feel lost. Well Josh here has some great info on one of those options, Josh

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Thanks Josh. We'll be back with Jordan right after this.

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If you feel that maybe you teeth aren't quite a white and bright as they could be and you've been looking for way to brighten your smile, you may have some interest in what Jordan found out before

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