NEWS LITE : ACCUSATIONS FLY IN DIVORCE OF GINGRICHES.Newt Gingrich is back to bomb-throwing again. Frustrated by his estranged es·trange tr.v. es·tranged, es·trang·ing, es·trang·es 1. To make hostile, unsympathetic, or indifferent; alienate. 2. To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations. wife's attempts to probe his finances, business dealings and relationship with a Washington congressional aide, the former U.S. House speaker has unleashed his divorce lawyers. Gingrich, who rose to power by aggressively attacking Democrats in Congress, will now put the same energy toward proving that his wife shares the blame for the marriage's collapse, one of his attorneys said Tuesday. In pleadings released in Cobb County Superior Court, Gingrich, 56, is demanding that Marianne Gingrich sit for a videotaped deposition on Oct. 19 - just as she has demanded a videotaped interrogation interrogation In criminal law, process of formally and systematically questioning a suspect in order to elicit incriminating responses. The process is largely outside the governance of law, though in the U.S. of Callista Bisek, a House Agriculture Committee aide. Gingrich also is asking that Marianne Gingrich be ordered to account for all of the couple's cash and stocks. Although the couple's accountant says otherwise, Gingrich's attorney, Randy Evans, said Marianne Gingrich has not complied with a Sept. 10 agreement that requires both to dump whatever money they have into a joint account managed by an independent accountant. The arrangement temporarily secures the couple's assets until their divorce is final. Evans said he'll file another motion today asking a judge to hold Marianne Gingrich in contempt. Barrymore endorses good eating habits Drew Barrymore wants teen girls to know that it's OK to eat. So the actress has insisted that her forthcoming ``Charlie's Angels'' flick include scenes of the crime-fighting femmes chowing down. ``She wants scenes of the girls eating and eating healthfully health·ful adj. 1. Conducive to good health; salutary. 2. Healthy. See Usage Note at healthy. health - to combat those (unhealthy) images,'' a Hollywood insider tells New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of magazine. House leader dares first lady to back team House Majority Leader Dick Armey, whose relations with the White House have often been unfriendly, challenged first lady Hillary Rodham Rodham is an English surname which may refer to a number of persons or places. People Family of Hillary Rodham Clinton
 Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. and the Texas Rangers Texas Rangers, mounted fighting force organized (1835) during the Texas Revolution. During the republic they became established as the guardians of the Texas frontier, particularly against Native Americans. . Armey, R-Texas, who is fond of quoting from country-and-western songs, said he would sing Frank Sinatra's ``New York, New York'' if the Yankees win the American League playoff series. If the Rangers win, the first lady has to sing Sinatra's ``Chicago.'' Republicans have made much of the fact that Hillary Clinton, who is considering a run for the Senate from New York, is an Illinois native who has not lived in New York. ``Many wonder if she has actually ever read a Yankees box score. That's why I'm inviting the first lady to take up this wager,'' he said. Armey's frequent criticisms of Hillary Clinton - he once called her a Marxist - led to a shouting match with President Clinton during the 1996 budget talks. Hillary Clinton is traveling in Poland, and there was no immediate response to Armey's offer. Dole keeps 1950s pledge to sorority sorority: see fraternity. Elizabeth Dole, who was in Delta Delta Delta when she was a student at Duke University in the 1950s, has kept up her sorority ties. The latest issue of Washingtonian magazine includes a picture of the presidential candidate doing the cancan cancan (kăn`kăn), a lively French dance marked chiefly by high kicking. It was developed in Paris in the 1830s and became a popular social dance there. By the mid-19th cent. it was incorporated into dance revues and stage productions. with Tri Delt sorority sisters in Iowa. The sorority's slogan is ``Let us steadfastly love one another.'' Among famous Tri Deltians: Doris Kearns Goodwin Doris Kearns Goodwin (born January 4, 1943) is an award-winning author and historian. She won the Pulitzer Prize in 1995, but her reputation was later damaged by her admission of plagiarism. , Katie Couric, Farrah Fawcett, Leeza Gibbons and Deborah Norville. Washingtonian suggests that they could hold a sorority-style rush for the Cabinet if Dole won. Country star sings blues on marriage Award-winning country star Trisha Yearwood and her husband said Tuesday they are divorcing after five years of marriage. Yearwood and Robert Reynolds, a member of The Mavericks country group, said they have irreconcilable differences The existence of significant differences between a married couple that are so great and beyond resolution as to make the marriage unworkable, and for which the law permits a Divorce. . They were married in 1994 at the Ryman Auditorium, a Nashville, Tenn., concert hall that is the former home of the Grand Ole Opry Grand Ole Opry, weekly American radio program featuring live country and western music. The nation's oldest continuous radio show, it was first broadcast in 1925 on Nashville's WSM as an amateur showcase. country show. They have no children. Yearwood, the Country Music Association's Female Vocalist of the Year for 1997 and 1998, first got attention with her 1991 hit ``She's in Love With the Boy.'' Fans see Oprah in Oval Office She's a multimillionaire mul·ti·mil·lion·aire n. One whose financial assets are worth several million dollars. multimillionaire Noun a person who has money or property worth several million pounds, dollars, etc. talk-show host, actress and - most recently - college professor. Now some Reform Party members are talking about President Oprah Winfrey. Party members from Minnesota have created a Web site to draft Winfrey for the 2000 presidential race. ``It is Jesse Ventura times 100,'' said Paul Larsen, chairman of the Winfrey draft committee and a party leader from suburban Minneapolis. ``She's got a thousand times as much money, 100 times the name recognition. She has a sterling reputation for honesty.'' The queen of talk is not interested, a spokeswoman said. But Larsen said he is not giving up and hopes Ventura, Minnesota's governor and the nation's highest elected Reform Party official, will help persuade her to run. Ventura spokesman Doug Friedline said the whole situation ``has gotten kind of weird. . . . It's almost like we have celebrityitis in the Reform Party.'' News Lite is compiled by Karen Duffy from Daily News staff and wire reports CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Rockiest Billy Crystal performs this week in a Rockettes costume at the newly restored Radio City Music Hall Radio City Music Hall New York City’s famous cinema; home of the Rockettes. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 2338] See : Theater in New York. (2) Finding humor in politics Former Vice President Dan Quayle, left, talks with David Letterman on ``The Late Show'' on Tuesday. |
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