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<ul> <li> <I>CSI: Crime Scene Investigation</I> executive producer <font color=yellow>Naren Shankar</font> is an "aspiring vegetarian" who hasn't had turkey for several years, according to his wife <font color=yellow>Cheri</font>. The pair dined at the vegan restaurant Madeleine Bistro in the San Fernando Valley on Thanksgiving. In the past, Cheri would make her husband watch a video from a turkey processing plant before he ate the traditional bird for Thanksgiving. "I was really pushing him -- he was eating meat, everything," Shankar said. "I felt like, 'What kind of animal advocate am I if I can't get my husband to be a vegetarian?' Then one day he said, 'Guess what, honey? I'm off pork and beef.'"<p>The original article is from the <A class="link" HREF="http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-me-vegan27-2008nov27,0,972695.story">LA Times</a>.<p><li> Purdue University held a <A class="link" HREF="http://www.lafayette-online.com/purdue-news/2008/11/viewing-party-csi-miami-purdue-ties/">viewing party</a> for the latest episode of <I>CSI: Miami</I>, <A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/miami/season7/power_trip.shtml">"Power Trip"</a>, which <A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/news/151108_04.shtml">featured technology</a> developed by Professor <font color=yellow>R Graham Cooks</font>. "The College of Science wants to support the researchers involved and share in the excitement as this technology makes its prime-time debut," said interim dean <font color=yellow>Jonathan Habor</font>. "<I>CSI: Miami</I> engages a broad audience and presents science as a powerful tool to solve mysteries. We hope it inspires future Purdue students to pursue an education and career in science, technology or forensics."<p><li> The <I>CSI: New York</I> season three episode <A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/newyork/season3/what_schemes_may_come.shtml">"What Schemes May Come"</a> featured <A class="link" HREF="http://www.dna11.com/">DNA Art</a>, custom portraits made using a person's unique genetic information. The company behind DNA Art has unveiled a smaller, more affordable version called a DNA Mini Portrait in time for the holidays. (Source: <A class="link" HREF="http://www.prweb.com/releases/dna-art/holiday-gift-idea/prweb1674214.htm">PR Web</a>)<p><li> Economic troubles lead TV viewers to choose more gritty fare like the <I>CSI</I> series over reality TV and shows about extremely wealthy characters, according to <font color=yellow>Paul Kagan</font> of the media research firm PK. "During a time of great problems, people like to see problems solved," Kagan told <A class="link" HREF="http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSTRE4AP85A20081126">Reuters</a>. "That's why I think these crime mystery programs are so popular and will continue to be popular. Everything is always solved by the end of the hour."<p><li> <b>Spoiler alert!</b><p>According to <A class="link" HREF="http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2008/11/ask-ausiello--3.html">Ausiello</a>, Calleigh Duquesne (<font color=yellow>Emily Procter</font>) will have a "brush with death" in a February episode of <I>Miami</I>.<center></center>