NEWS LITE : BROTHERS COME TO ROSIE'S RESCUE.What do you do when you spy a damsel in distress? For two Miami brothers, it meant jumping into the sea to rescue talk-show host Rosie O'Donnell when her boat conked out in the ocean off South Beach. O'Donnell will thank her good Samaritans, Mario Rivera Mario Rivera (July 22, 1939 - August 10, 2007) was a musician, composer and arranger. He was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Although best known as a saxophonist, Rivera doubled on all saxophones family (soprano, alto, tenor and baritone), but he lived as a , 29, a Miami-Dade schoolteacher, and his brother Rick, 30, a Miami accountant, on ``The Rosie O'Donnell Show'' airing today. Rosie's rented boat went adrift this summer when she and friends stopped to watch a dolphin. The craft refused to start up again. The Riveras, who were on South Beach when they saw the vessel drifting near the shore, swam out to the boat, lifted the anchor and pulled it to safety. O'Donnell invited the brothers onto the boat for cocktails but didn't get their names. On her show Sept. 7, O'Donnell announced, ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. the names of these two fellows, but if you're watching, I want to have you on the show.'' When NBC's Miami affiliate ran the story, the men came forward and Rosie immediately booked them for the show. She serenades the guys with ``I Need a Hero'' and presents them with an oh-so-secret reward on the show. Greece is the word for Rolling Stones Rolling Stones, English rock music group that rose to prominence in the mid-1960s and continues to exert great influence. Members have included singer Mick Jagger (Michael Phillip Jagger), 1943–; guitarists Brian Jones It took a generation for Rolling Stones fans in Greece to get some satisfaction: an encore performance from the British rockers 30 years after they were hustled off the stage by military rulers. More than 60,000 fans, including some top members of the government, welcomed back the Stones on Wednesday in Athens on the final leg of their ``Bridges to Babylon'' tour. It was quite a different reception during the Stones' last performance in Greece in 1967, just months after a coup that began a seven-year military dictatorship in Greece. The Stones' lead singer, Mick Jagger, was dragged off the stage by police when he tried to toss red carnations to the audience. The ultra-right military junta interpreted the color of the flowers as a pro-Communist gesture. Justice runs into legal technicality Her rulings can shift the course of U.S. history, but Ruth Bader Ginsburg Ruth Joan Bader Ginsburg (born March 15 1933, Brooklyn, New York) is an Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. Having spent 13 years as a federal judge, but not being a career jurist, she is unique as a Supreme Court justice, having spent the majority of her career as an needed a little help marrying a couple in Florida. Ginsburg thought that being a U.S. Supreme Court Justice might be enough to perform the ceremony. Nope. Under state law, only Florida's ``judicial officers'' are authorized to officiate of·fi·ci·ate v. of·fi·ci·at·ed, of·fi·ci·at·ing, of·fi·ci·ates v.intr. 1. To perform the duties and functions of an office or a position of authority. 2. To serve as an officiant. at nuptials. Ginsburg got word of the technicality the day before the Sept. 6 wedding in Coral Gables and informed the bride's family, saying ``I have a bit of a problem.'' Some quick research revealed that Ginsburg could marry Jason Wiesenfeld and Carrie Berkowitz - if a Florida notary notary or notary public Public officer who certifies and attests to the authenticity of writings (e.g., deeds) and takes affidavits, depositions, and protests of negotiable instruments. co-officiated as a witness and signed the marriage certificate. Ginsburg, 65, has known the groom since he was a baby and once represented his father in a Social Security benefits case. Diaz-Dillon split due to `mom thing' Now it can be told about the Cameron Diaz-Matt Dillon breakup: Dillon's reluctance to move to the West Coast, where Diaz lives, is the result of what a source described as the 34-year-old actor's ``mother thing.''Dillon's mother lives in 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 , and while her son doesn't live with her, he chooses not to be too far from her. MAMA MIA MIA n. A member of the armed services who is reported missing following a combat mission and whose status as to injury, capture, or death is unknown. [m(issing) i(n) a(ction). Reed rocks the house at dinner for Havel Nothing like a little rock 'n' roll rock 'n' roll: see rock music. to blast away the blues. Rocker Lou Reed rattled the White House on Wednesday as the special-request entertainment at a state dinner honoring Czech President Vaclav Havel. Havel popped in at an afternoon East Room sound check to meet Reed, a founding member of the former rock group Velvet Underground who helped inspire Havel's leadership of the ``Velvet Revolution'' that brought democracy to the Czech Republic. In halting English, Havel told about getting his first earful ear·ful n. 1. An abundant or excessive amount of something heard, such as talk or music. 2. Gossip, especially of an intimate or scandalous nature. 3. A scolding or reprimand. of Reed's music during a visit to Greenwich Village in 1968. ``I've been listening to it for 30 years,'' he said. Havel expanded on that thought in a statement printed in the dinner program, calling Reed ``one of the fathers of the American underground.'' He credited Reed for helping create a ``new type of American self-realization'' that affected Czech people as well. 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
On the guest list for dinner were actress Mia Farrow farrow see farrowing. , musician Stevie Wonder and writer Kurt Vonnegut. Other notable names on the guest list: supermodel Paulina Porizkova; her musician husband, Ric Ocasek; and Pittsburgh Penguins forward Jaromir Jagr. ``The opportunity to be here is not one to turn down easily,'' Farrow said, volunteering a defense of Clinton during Havel's arrival ceremony on the South Lawn. ``He's been a wonderful president. He's apologized; he's renewed his commitment to his family. I hope we allow him to continue.'' Compiled by Karen Duffy from Daily News staff and wire reports. CAPTION(S): 4 Photos Photo: (1) Making the fur fly Queen Elizabeth's dogs deplane de·plane intr.v. de·planed, de·plan·ing, de·planes To disembark from an airplane. Verb 1. deplane - get off an airplane after a flight from Scotland. Tim Ockenden/Associated Press (2) Mia Farrow and her son, Seamus, 10, leave the White House after attending a ceremony for Czech President Vaclav Havel. (3) O'DONNELL (4) GINSBURG |
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