NEWS LITE : FIDEL FIELDING TEAM; LATIN LEADERS PITCH CAMARADERIE, UNITY.Wild cheers and throbbing throb intr.v. throbbed, throb·bing, throbs 1. To beat rapidly or violently, as the heart; pound. 2. To vibrate, pulsate, or sound with a steady pronounced rhythm: salsa music Salsa music or "salsa" is a Latin music generic/umbrella term developed in New York City specifically during the 1970s that was used to describe mainly Afro-Cuban popular Latin dance music generally utilizing rhythms from Cuba, particularly son and guaracha. greeted Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Havana as he led a team of old-timers Thursday against a Cuban baseball squad managed by Fidel Castro Noun 1. Fidel Castro - Cuban socialist leader who overthrew a dictator in 1959 and established a Marxist socialist state in Cuba (born in 1927) Castro, Fidel Castro Ruz . Castro's team won the game, 5-4, but Chavez won plenty of hearts, playing all nine innings in the event that was the climax to a four-day festival of mutual admiration between Castro and the Venezuelan leader who took office in February. The visit was marked by jokes, embraces and praise from Chavez for Cuba. As starting pitcher Noun 1. starting pitcher - (baseball) a pitcher who starts in a baseball game baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; , the 45-year-old Chavez won thundering cheers from the crowd of 55,000 while he trotted around the track for a warmup. An even louder, shrieking cheer greeted Castro, 73, when he appeared in a red baseball cap, with a blue windbreaker over his usual military fatigues. As pitcher, Chavez gave up four runs on 10 hits and three walks. But he retired Cuban slugger Antonio Munoz
Antonio Munoz is a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate, representing the 1st District since 1999. three times - once on a strikeout. Munoz had earlier jokingly threatened to hit a home run off him. Evil Knievel to tie knot atop fountains Evil Knievel catapulted into the national spotlight by jumping a motorcycle over the fountains in front of Caesars Palace in Las Vegas more than three decades ago. Now the famous daredevil will jump into matrimony MATRIMONY. See Marriage. atop those same fountains. Knievel, 61, will marry 30-year-old Crystal Kennedy today on a stage erected above the fountains. ``I feel like I got a chance and new life, so Crystal and I decided to start a new life, right here, where it all began,'' Knievel said. Drudge leaves Fox TV show Fox News Channel and Matt Drudge have called it quits and the gossip columnist's TV program ``Drudge'' has been canceled, the network announced Thursday. Drudge's departure, which the network said was by mutual consent, followed his refusal to appear on his program on Saturday after the network barred him from showing a picture of a fetus undergoing surgery to correct a spinal defect. Fox executives didn't want Drudge to use the photo to support his anti-abortion views. They charged him with breach of contract for not appearing on the show. Drudge blasted Fox's claim that he might have misrepresented the photo as depicting an abortion. He accused the network of censorship. In Thursday's statement, Drudge admitted having made ``comments I regret,'' and added, ``I look forward to a continuing relationship with the Fox News Channel for years to come and may even make guest appearances on its programming from time to time.'' In the same statement, John Moody, the network's vice president for news editorial, accepted Drudge's apology and declared, ``We accept his desire to leave television.'' The photograph in question, which appeared in USA Today and the National Enquirer En`quir´er n. 1. See Inquirer. Noun 1. enquirer - someone who asks a question asker, inquirer, querier, questioner , shows a 21-week-old fetus with a tiny hand reaching out from the womb as it undergoes surgery for spina bifida, a spinal birth defect birth defect Genetic or trauma-induced abnormality present at birth. A more restrictive term than congenital disorder, it covers abnormalities that arise during the formation of an embryo's organs and tissues and does not include those caused by diseases (e.g. . Fox spokesman Robert Zimmerman noted that the network aired the photo Wednesday night on ``The Fox Report'' in connection with a story on surgical techniques for spina bifida. Drudge, the first cyberspace star to break into the mainstream, continues to post columns on his ``Drudge Report'' Web site, where allegations that President Clinton had an affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky first appeared. He also has a radio show on the ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. network. His weekly program on Fox News Channel began in June 1998. Bryant Gumbel's wife shares pain June Gumbel, Bryant's wife of 26 years who hasn't previously said much about it, cuts loose in next week's People magazine about their separation and his taking up with Hilary Quinlan, whom he met four years ago in Chicago. ``People just accept infidelity from celebrities like it's OK or fashionable,'' she notes. ``I think it's disgusting. I don't think you can have happiness with someone else on the pain you've caused your family.'' She adds: ``I'm a very devout Catholic. I find it difficult to dissolve a marriage. I am just as married as I was 26 years ago.'' June says she's not dating and still shares their homes in Manhattan and Westchester County, N.Y., with their two teen-agers. Cher buys a plot in Pere père n. 1. Used after a man's surname to distinguish a father from a son: Dumas père primarily wrote novels, while dramas occupied Dumas fils. 2. Lachaise Looking to the future, Cher coughed up this week $4,330 for a plot in Paris' celeb-filled Pere Lachaise cemetery. The remains of Jim Morrison, Sarah Bernhardt, Chopin, Moliere and Edith Piaf repose there. ``She did buy a plot,'' her rep said. ``But 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. who it was for.'' Cher, 53, previously checked out a Palm Springs grave site next to one-time husband Sonny Bono. Dolls, card line due from Jesse More stuff is on the way from Gov. Jesse Ventura. Christmas cards and dolls depicting governor in a fringed buckskin buckskin body coat color in horses, varies from yellow to almost brown; the points, including mane, tail, lower limbs are brown to black. jacket and Navy SEAL T-shirt will hit stores soon. One Christmas card shows Ventura in a Santa suit and reads, ``It's Christmas A holiday for weak-minded people. Have a good one.'' Another card shows Ventura from the back, dressed in a bunny suit and draped drape v. draped, drap·ing, drapes v.tr. 1. To cover, dress, or hang with or as if with cloth in loose folds: draped the coffin with a flag; a robe that draped her figure. in a pink boa. It reads, ``It's your birthday! Play, Boy.'' News Lite is compiled by Karen Duffy from Daily News staff and wire reports CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- 2) Fidel Castro talks with Cuban players before Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez starts pitching. Greg Bull/Associated Press (3) AWAITING THE STORK stork, common name for members of a family of long-legged wading birds. The storks are related to the herons and ibises and are found in most of the warmer parts of the world. Britain's prime minister, Tony Blair, and his wife, Cherie, are expecting a child, a spokesman confirmed Thursday. |
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