NEWS LITE : IVINS' TIME TICKED AWAY ON `60 MINUTES'.Molly Ivins Mary Tyler "Molly" Ivins (August 30 1944 – January 31 2007) was a liberal American newspaper columnist, political commentator, and best-selling author from Austin, Texas. says she knew the clock was ticking on her ``60 Minutes'' commentaries, but nobody did anything to improve the segments until she and her fellow pundits got their walking papers this week. Ivins, a liberal columnist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram The Fort Worth Star-Telegram is a major U.S. daily newspaper serving Fort Worth and the western half of the North Texas area known as the Metroplex. Its area of domination is checked by its main rival, The Dallas Morning News , was matched with conservative commentators Stanley Crouch and P.J. O'Rourke for less than two months before their part of the show was discontinued. The final segment aired June 16. ``I didn't think it was going well,'' Ivins said in Friday's Austin American-Statesman The Austin American-Statesman is the major daily newspaper for Austin, the capital city of Texas. It is an award-winning publication owned by Cox Enterprises and edited by Richard Oppel, who led his previous newspaper, the Charlotte Observer to multiple Pulitzers. . ``All three of us had talked about ways to improve it, but somehow nothing ever got done.'' Producer Don Hewitt Don S. Hewitt (born Donald Hewitt, December 14 1922) is an American television news producer and executive, best known for creating 60 Minutes, the CBS news magazine in 1968, currently the longest-running prime time broadcast on American television. said the segment was not catching on with viewers. Critics agreed, saying that since each commentator's segments were produced separately and spliced together, their ``exchanges'' rang hollow. `Tool Time Girl' making home improvement Debbe Dunning Debbe Dunning, sometimes credited as Debra Dunning, (born July 11, 1966 in Burbank, California) is an American actress. She graduated from John Burroughs High School, the same school her parents graduated from exactly twenty years earlier. , the ``Tool Time Girl'' on ``Home Improvement'' is planning an addition to her home: a husband. She will marry former Olympic and professional volleyball player Steve Timmons Steve Dennis Timmons (born November 29, 1958 in Newport Beach, California) is a former volleyball player form the United States, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. in May. ``How lucky am I?'' Timmons said on ``Entertainment Tonight'' in an interview broadcast Friday. ``Most guys get to rent an airplane and put up their `Will you marry me?' and I get to say on `ET' that she's mine and she said yes.'' Wife shows her love in big way Nancy Steiner expresses her feelings in a big way. When husband Gene turned 50, she surprised him with a hot-air balloon moored on the roof of their Covina home and trimmed in lights spelling ``Happy Birthday.'' It didn't seem she could top that stunt. Until now. For the next month, a 14-by-48-foot billboard along the Foothill Freeway will celebrate the couple's 40th wedding anniversary with the greeting ``Nancy (loves) Gene'' with giant hearts. ``That wife of mine - she's a wild one,'' Gene Steiner said. ``I wanted to give him a giant anniversary card,'' Nancy Steiner said. The advertising company, 3M Media, ``thought it was nuts, but I've always been nuts. I love to do fun things.'' Although renting a freeway billboard for a year is relatively inexpensive, a one-month ad usually costs no less than $5,000, 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. Dina Slowski, 3M Media sales representative. ``It cost a lot of money, but to me memories are worth more than diamonds,'' Nancy Steiner said. Kate's little angel, Charles Kate Jackson __forcetoc__ For the lead singer of the UK indie band The Long Blondes, see . Catherine Elise Jackson (born October 29, 1948 in Birmingham, Alabama) is a Golden Globe-nominated American actress, known primarily for her role as Sabrina Duncan , of TV's ``Charlie's Angels'' fame, has adopted Charles, 10 months. He's her first kid. The actress credits Rosie O'Donnell, also an adoptive parent Noun 1. adoptive parent - a person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child adopter parent - a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian , with counseling and putting her in touch with an agency specializing in placing kids with singles. ``I've become a different person,'' said Jackson, 47. ``I never knew I could be so patient. I'm the happiest I've ever been.'' JFK boat sails into history Before he skippered the ill-fated PT-109, John F. Kennedy "John Kennedy" and "JFK" redirect here. For other uses, see John Kennedy (disambiguation) and JFK (disambiguation). John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917–November 22, 1963), was the thirty-fifth President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in had smoother sailing with a boat that soon will go on the auction block. According to yachting records, John Kennedy won an Atlantic Coast race with the 22-foot sailboat in 1936, when he was 19. He sold the boat in 1942, and it went through at least three more owners before Don Ehler of Monticello, Fla., bought it. Ehler died two months ago. The boat and the rest of his estate are being auctioned June 29. Ehler didn't know the boat had belonged to Kennedy when he bought it in 1963 for $300, said Mark Manley, who is handling the auction. A year after the purchase, Ehler wrote to the International Star Class Yacht Racing Yacht racing is the sport of competitive sailing. There is a broad variety of kinds of races and sailboats used for racing. Much racing is done around buoys or similar marks in protected waters, while some longer offshore races cross open water. Association and learned that the boat belonged to Kennedy and his brother Joseph in the 1930s and '40s. Manley said the boat has been unused since 1972 and is in poor shape. ``My understanding is that as far as a sailing craft, it has very little value,'' he said. ``But the historical value . . .'' Queen of mean has her ups and downsLeona Helmsley is still queen, still mean. When she showed up at the Empire State Building on Wednesday for a meeting with her lawyers, she demanded that an elevator be at her disposal during her stay. That meant a lift with operator was stalled on the 79th floor for the entire four-hour meeting, leaving hundreds of workers between the 66th and 80th floors inconvenienced, especially at lunchtime. ``It was a real mess,'' said one. ``. . . Long lines, long waits and overcrowded o·ver·crowd v. o·ver·crowd·ed, o·ver·crowd·ing, o·ver·crowds v.tr. To cause to be excessively crowded: a system of consolidation that only overcrowded the classrooms. cars.'' Helmsley also insisted that a ladies room toilet seat be changed for her and that its fixtures be polished. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Puppy love Sporting a face that only bulldog fans cou ld love, swaggering Samson gets smooched by owner Trish Bohard at the Plaza Palomino Palomino Colour type of horse distinguished by its cream, yellow, or gold coat and a white or silver mane. It is popular in pleasure and parade classes. Palominos may conform to the breed types of several light breeds, including the Arabian horse and the American Quarter Horse. Pet Fiesta in Tucson, Ariz., on Thursday. Samson won several awards in the event held as a fund-raiser for the Humane Society of Tucson. Associated Press |
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