NEWS LITE : FERGIE NO HOMEBODY WHEN SHE'S DATING.As if living with your ``ex'' isn't tough enough: the Duchess of York Duchess of York is a title held by the wife of the Duke of York since the first Duke of York in 1384. The title is gained with matrimony alone and is forfeited on divorce. says she and ex-husband Prince Andrew have an informal arrangement to meet their dates away from home. ``If I'm going to have friends or go out to dinner, then we do it away from home,'' Sarah Ferguson told Jay Leno Jay Leno (born April 28, 1950) is an Emmy-winning American comedian, writer who is best known as the current host of NBC television's long-running variety and talk program The Tonight Show. Biography Leno was born in New Rochelle, New York. on Monday's ``The Tonight Show. ``And if he wants to enjoy . . . whatever you were just talking about, then that's fine. I'll move out.'' The 38-year-old duchess, who was given an apartment at Sunninghill by Prince Andrew after she got into debt, is on a publicity tour to promote her new cookbook, ``Dining with the Duchess.'' She is also the chief spokeswoman for Weight Watchers. ``I live on the bottom floor and he lives on the top floor, and it's great for the children,'' she said. ``We have breakfast together and spend weekends together.'' Leno pressed for details. ``(There's) none of this - oops, wrong bedroom. None of that?'' he asked. ``No, Jay, no, no,'' she replied. ``Moving on swiftly, about Weight Watchers . . .'' On Tuesday, the duchess spent the day pitching Weight Watchers food and philosophy, on television and off. Skeeters get under lawmakers' skin Why bother with pesky issues like needle exchanges and health-care programs when good old American know-how and enthusiasm can be harnessed to support something doable? Roll Call reports that Sens. John Warner, R-Va., and Robert Torricelli Robert Guy Torricelli (born August 27, 1951), nicknamed "the Torch," is an American politician from the U.S. state of New Jersey. Torricelli, a Democrat, served 14 years in the U.S. House of Representatives before being elected to the U.S. Senate. , D-N.J., have introduced a resolution calling for the establishment of National Mosquito Control Awareness Week, which would begin June 22 if the measure passes. Mosquitoes ``diminish enjoyment of the outdoors, public parks and playgrounds, hinder outdoor work, decrease lively productivity and reduce property values,'' say the outraged senators. This down-to-earth resolution does not propose the goal of mosquito control, which might be out of range; ``awareness'' is the simple demand. Reeve chronicles days after fall Christopher Reeve says he and his mother considered pulling the plug on him after his paralyzing fall from a horse. In his new memoir ``Still Me,'' which recounts how he battled back from the 1995 riding accident that severed his spinal cord spinal cord, the part of the nervous system occupying the hollow interior (vertebral canal) of the series of vertebrae that form the spinal column, technically known as the vertebral column. , Reeve said he first shared his thoughts with his wife, Dana. ``I mouthed my first lucid words to her: `Maybe we should let me go,' '' he recalled. But his wife, through tears, persuaded him to fight back, saying, ``I want you to know that I will be with you for the long haul Long distance. Long haul implies traversing a state or a country. Contrast with short haul. , no matter what. You're still you, and I love you.'' The ``Superman'' actor also credited his doctors for persuading his mother not to remove him from life support. ``They told her to calm down, to wait and see what would happen,'' he said. The actor remains paralyzed par·a·lyze tr.v. par·a·lyzed, par·a·lyz·ing, par·a·lyz·es 1. To affect with paralysis; cause to be paralytic. 2. To make unable to move or act: paralyzed by fear. from the shoulders down. Mitterand's good taste flew coop Dying of cancer, Francois Mitterrand Noun 1. Francois Mitterrand - French statesman and president of France from 1981 to 1985 (1916-1996) Francois Maurice Marie Mitterrand, Mitterrand ordered a last meal of oysters, foie gras foie gras (fwä grä) [Fr.,=fat liver], livers of artificially fattened geese. Ducks and chickens are also sometimes used in the making of foie gras. , capons and a tiny, yellow-throated songbird songbird Any oscine passerine (suborder Passere), all of which have a complex vocal organ, the syrinx. Some species (e.g., thrushes) produce melodious songs; others (e.g., crows) have a harsh voice; and some do little or no singing. See also birdsong. that is illegal to eat and said to embody the soul of France. Esquire writer Michael Paterniti provides a detailed account of the former French president's meal on New Year's Eve 1995 in the magazine's May issue. Mitterrand died eight days later. Two-ounce ortolan birds were roasted and served to 30 people - Mitterrand's friends and family - as he sat at a table wrapped in blankets, Paterniti reported. Paterniti said he flew to France after hearing the story of how Mitterrand ``had gorged himself on one last orgiastic or·gi·as·tic adj. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of an orgy. 2. Arousing or causing unrestrained emotion; frenzied. feast before he'd died.'' He interviewed some of the guests and found a chef willing to re-create the dinner, right down to the illegal birds, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the magazine's publicist. Dining on copious amounts of food, Mitterrand dozed off after each course. ``But what brought him to full attention was a commotion: Some of the guests were confused when a man brought in a large platter of tiny, cooked ortolans laid out in rows.'' Some guests refused to eat the birds but others joined Mitterrand for the special course. News Lite is compiled by Karen Duffy from Daily News staff and wire reports CAPTION(S): 3 Photos PHOTO (1) Short statement of support Sandra and Marion Rodabaugh of Ohio, winners of $1 million from Reader's Digest, take to the streets Tuesday 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 to defend the digest from claims of misleading contestants. Vincent Pugliese/Associated Press (2) John Warner: Stickin' it to 'em (3) Christopher Reeve, with wife Dana, considered pulling the plug. |
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