Quran confusion — It is hard to imagine an American news broadcast of four years ago including both the word "Quran," and the abbreviation "Gitmo"... let alone combining those words, along with references to the , in its coverage of an story that evidently will not go away. In 2002 and 2003, the Red Cross reported to the American military that terror detainees at Gitmo had complained that U.S. interrogators had desecrated the Quran — including putting it in a toilet. The organization also revealed today that to its knowledge, the American military responded correctly, and they haven't gotten any more complaints from the detainees. If only the Muslim world were so satisfied because the Newsweek retraction has done little to quell the .
Jackson — Presiding Judge in the Michael Jackson trial . While the jury wasn’t present at the time, King was called to impeach the testimony of the accuser's mother — saying he'd been told by attorney Larry Feldman she was quote, "whacko" and "in this for the money." (Note: the word "Whacko" finally came up on the record — only it's not used to precede the word "Jacko”). Feldman was approached by the family in 2003 — he previously represented Jackson's 1993 accuser — and testified earlier in this case, for the prosecution. Judge Melville ruled Larry King's testimony irrelevant, the attorney, he said, never directly quoted the accuser's mother. Buh-bye, Larry.
Hall of Fame: legends — We are nearly to the end of Countdown's Hall of Fame Week. We have already shown you the Wing Of Stupid Traditions, the Livestock and Other Animals Exhibit, and of course, the giant glowing tableau of Star Wars Geeks. Still to come, the Countdown Hall of Fame's Greatest Story Ever Told...And tonight — it's the Hall of Fame Pantheon of Legends, honoring those individuals whose singularity of achievement, or stupidity, or obscenity, has earned them newscast immortality.