Broadcast Time: 17:00-19:00, 2008-10-24
 
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- The spreading of the financial problems have hit consumer confidence, leaving the luxury industry another victim of the ebbing tide.
- The mother of a toddler who was refused admission to a kindergarten because she is infected with the hepatitis B virus has appealed for support from the State Council.
- Half of the adult men in a small village blocked by mountains cannot find wives, prompting officials to move everyone to a location more conducive to social harmony.
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Shields stymied the slumping Philadelphia Phillies, rookie David Price got the final seven outs and the plucky Tampa Bay Rays rebounded from a rare home loss with a 4-2 victory that tied the World Series at 1-1.
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Ron Artest scored 19 points against his former Sacramento teammates to help the Rockets beat the Kings 110-97 on Thursday night in the final preseason game for both teams.
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Amare Stoudemire scored 17 points before dislocating his left pinky and the Phoenix Suns, with their regulars together for the first time, beat the short-handed Oklahoma City Thunder 102-93 on Thursday night.
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BARCELONA put one foot in the Champions League last 16 with a 5-0 away drubbing of Basel on Wednesday which left the Spaniards as the only team with a 100 percent record halfway through the group stage.
Your Childhood Toys
Do you still remember those toys that accompanied you through your childhood years and brought you lots of laughter? What are your favorite toys? And why do you like them?
Stylish Spacesuits
The advent of private space tourism has resulted in a new demand for stylish and safe space wear. A Los Angeles based company is now meeting that demand by producing the first commercially available space suits for civilians.
Huaxi Graduates
With its rocketing economic growth, Huaxi village is never short of talented people who want to move there from all over China to become part of the village's success story. And in recent times, homegrown talent has also been nurtured. Our host Mark chatted with some graduates in Huaxi village and asked about their life and work.
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- BANKS will face a narrowing interest spread after the Chinese central bank announced a cut in the minimum down payment for first-time home purchases in an attempt to breathe life into the country's sluggish property market, analysts said yesterday.
- OPEC ministers are expected to reach agreement today to slash crude production by more than a million barrels a day, despite complaints from leading consumer countries that such a move would be a blow to an already weakened global economy.
- Microsoft Corp. reported a 2 percent rise in quarterly profit, driven by sales of new computer server software, and lowered its full-year earnings forecasts to account for a toughening economy.
Train stops for seven Japanese
Seven Japanese travellers asked a train to make an unplanned stop because it was running late and they might miss their plane. The train No.2220 from Qiqiha'er to Dalian agreed to the request by stopping for a minute so they could climb into a police car to get to the airport on time. The seven passengers wrote a letter of thanks to the Chinese railway after their successful return to Japan.
- The African Culture in Focus 2008, a series of China-Africa exchange programs featuring African culture and art, officially opened in Shenzhen last night.
- "My So-Called Love", starring Taiwanese actress and singer Barbie Hsu will screen its movie trailer tomorrow.
- For his next directing effort, Steven Soderbergh is plotting a 3-D live-action rock & roll musical about Cleopatra.
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