NEWS LITE : DICAPRIO'S SEA DIP NOT IN `BEACH' SCRIPT.``Titanic'' star Leonardo DiCaprio Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11 1974[1]) is a three-time Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor who garnered world wide fame for his role as Jack Dawson in Titanic. landed in the drink again when a boat he was aboard during filming of his latest movie was swamped by high seas high seas In maritime law, the waters lying outside the territorial waters of any and all states. In the Middle Ages, a number of maritime states asserted sovereignty over large portions of the high seas. in southern Thailand Southern Thailand is a distinct region of Thailand, connected with the Central region by the narrow Kra Isthmus. Geography Southern Thailand is located on the Malay Peninsula, with an area around 70,713 km², bounded to the north by Kra Isthmus as the narrowest part of . In a clear case of life imitating art Life imitating art is the reverse of the normal process whereby art is made to resemble life. The concept derives from an Oscar Wilde aphorism, "Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life. , the American star had to leap overboard Friday after a monsoon whipped up high waves off the island of Phuket, flooding the boat and dragging it out to sea. Publicists for ``The Beach,'' the movie DiCaprio has been filming, said he and his British co-star Tilda Swinton and other members of the film crew were quickly picked up by boats and taken to shore. They said no one was injured, but film equipment was lost and a day's filming had to be abandoned. They said all had been wearing life jackets. A spokeswoman for the production said the incident happened in the Andaman Sea Andaman Sea Sea, eastern extension of the Bay of Bengal. Bounded by the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Myanmar, the Malay Peninsula, and the Strait of Malacca and Sumatra, it covers some 308,000 sq mi (798,000 sq km). Trading vessels have plied the sea since ancient times. about a quarter-mile off Phuket and denied a report in Britain's Sun newspaper that the waters were shark-infested. Fortunately, too, the tropical waters around Phuket are rather warmer than those of the icy north Atlantic in which DiCaprio's character expires in ``Titanic.'' President to deliver 3 graduation talks The White House announced Tuesday the schools where President Clinton will make graduation speeches. Clinton will travel to Grambling, La., for the May 23 graduation ceremonies at Grambling State; to the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, city (1990 pop. 281,140), seat of El Paso co., central Colo., on Monument and Fountain creeks, at the foot of Pikes Peak; inc. 1886. It is a year-round resort and a booming military, technological, and commercial city. , Colo., on June 2; and to the University of Chicago on June 12. By tradition, the president annually delivers commencement addresses to one of the nation's military academies, one private school and one public school. Cash lending voice to the Scriptures Johnny Cash Noun 1. Johnny Cash - United States country music singer and songwriter (1932-2003) John Cash, Cash has recorded more than 400 of his favorite Scriptures for a soon-to-be-released line of electronic Bibles. Cash will narrate the desktop version of Franklin Electronics' King James Bible due out in July. He has been a spokesman for the Burlington, N.J.-based company for six years. Lotto winner must share $10 million A former Waffle House Waffle House is a restaurant chain with over 1700 stores found in 25 states in the United States.[1] The "low-rent roadside cafe featuring waffles"[2] waitress who won a $10 million jackpot after being given a lottery ticket as a tip was ordered Tuesday to share the money with four co-workers. A Mobile, Ala., jury took 45 minutes to decide against Tonda Dickerson, 28, who denied that she had agreed to split any winnings. Her lawyer described the co-workers as rats coming out of the woodwork. The four co-workers had also received lottery tickets as tips and testified that they and Dickerson had a share-the-wealth plan. A couple who regularly dine at the Waffle House in Grand Bay testified that Dickerson told them of the deal. Dickerson, who had turned down a settlement offer that would have given her $3 million of the Florida jackpot, left court without comment. Her former co-workers were jubilant. ``I have a 5-year-old girl and she's going to get a new collection of toys,'' said Jackie Fairley, 21. ``I want a new wardrobe and a new car.'' A beaming Sandra Deno, 45, said: ``I might work two days a week. I don't really have any hard feelings toward Tonda.'' Judge Robert Kendall said he will decide how the money will be divided after consulting with attorneys and Florida lottery The Florida Lottery is one of the most lucrative single-state lottery systems in the United States with numerous On-line and Scratch-Off games offering players a wide variety of prize levels. The minimum age to purchase a Florida Lottery ticket, regardless of game, is 18. officials. Dickerson's attorney, Dwight Reid, said he expects the five will share equally. Dickerson was given the lottery ticket on March 7 by a breakfast regular at the Waffle House, Edward Seward Jr., who said he wanted only a new pickup truck if the ticket won. The co-workers all testified that Seward regularly gave them lottery tickets. HONOR: Rosa Parks will receive gold medal Rosa Parks, who stoked stoked adj. Slang 1. Exhilarated or excited. 2. Being or feeling high or intoxicated, especially from a drug. the civil rights movement by refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus, would receive Congress' most prestigious civilian honor under legislation sent to the White House on Tuesday. President Clinton said he would sign it, calling the award ``a fitting honor for a true American hero, whose act of courage helped to change the lives of so mSany people.'' The House voted 424-1 to award the 86-year-old Alabama native the Congressional Gold Medal
U.S. bestows highest civilian award on Kohl President Clinton awarded Helmut Kohl the United States' highest civilian award Tuesday with a salute to his 16 years as German chancellor and to the personal ``chemistry'' the two leaders shared. ``Future historians will say Europe's 21st century began on his watch,'' Clinton said in an East Room ceremony before the Presidential Medal of Freedom Medal of Freedom highest award given a U.S. citizen; established 1963. [Am. Hist.: Misc.] See : Prize was presented. News Lite is compiled by Audrey Ramsay Prest from Daily News staff and wire reports. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1) Britain's Duke of Edinburgh Noun 1. Duke of Edinburgh - Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921) Philip, Prince Philip , right, and South Korean President Kim Dae-jung rest their eyes during Queen Elizabeth II's speech at the banquet in her honor in Seoul, South Korea, on Tuesday. Fiona Hanson/Associated Press (2) SPRUNG FOR SPRING Three of the Brookfield, Ill., zoo's giraffes, Mithra, rear, Franny and Samburu, front, take their first steps outside in their enclosed yard Tuesday after spending the winter indoors. Jim Schultz/Brookfield Zoo |
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