Sunday, August 28, 2011

CNN’s Aaron Brown, finding Sen-Sen in area businesses

Q: I’m wondering if you can find out for me what happened to Aaron Brown on CNN News. I miss his genuineness.

— Judy, Davenport


A: Aaron Brown, who had been hosting CNN’s “NewsNight,” has been replaced with Anderson Cooper and the show has been renamed to “Anderson Cooper 360.” Cooper’s old 7 p.m. time slot was filled by the three-hour “Situation Room” anchored by Wolf Blitzer. An ABC report on the switch quoted CNN’s U.S. president, Jon Klein, as saying the replacement was done “to build CNN’s schedule around what he considers its hottest personality, Cooper, and hottest new show, ‘The Situation Room.’ ” Cooper had been gathering notoriety through his reports on recent disasters. beginning with the Asian tsunami and most recently Hurricane Katrina.

Brown came to CNN from ABC in 2001 and was immediately put into a major role after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

Q: I would like to know if anyone knows where you can get Sen-Sen. It was used as a breath freshener in chip form and placed under the tongue.

— Howard, Quad-Cities

A: Several area businesses that I found still selling Sen-Sen are Lagomarcino’s Confectionary, 1422 5th Ave., Moline, and 2132 E. 11th St., Davenport; and Meme’s Candy Store, 2101 E. 12th St., Davenport.

— Joanne Phillips