NEWS LITE : MADONNA'S PLACE NOT YET CHILDPROOF.Madonna's apartment might have great views of Central Park, but those windows could get her - and her daughter - in trouble. The Material Mom hasn't installed childproof child·proof adj. 1. Designed to resist tampering by young children: a childproof aspirin bottle. 2. guards in the window frames since the birth of daughter Lourdes. New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. requires that windows in homes with small children be protected with the steel, cagelike bars that block kids from crawling out. It's no joke in this city of high-rises. In 1995, 46 kids fell from apartment windows and five died. Guitarist Eric Clapton's 4-year-old son was killed in a fall from a 53rd-floor penthouse in 1991. City Councilman Kenneth Fisher noticed the lack of window guards in Madonna's fifth-floor apartment in a recent newspaper photo that showed 8-month-old Lourdes peering outside from her nanny's lap. ``I sent a letter to Madonna congratulating her on her beautiful baby and said that in no time at all she's going to be toddling around. It wasn't too soon to start thinking about putting up window guards,'' he said. The city's Health Department, which enforces the law, followed up with a letter Wednesday. Madonna, the landlord or the building management could face a fine up to $1,000 if the guards aren't installed. Madonna's publicist did not return a call for comment Wednesday. JFK Jr. attends IRA Ira, in the Bible Ira (ī`rə), in the Bible. 1 Chief officer of David. 2, 3 Two of David's guard. IRA, abbreviation IRA. funeral, gets flak 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 Jr.'s presence at last weekend's funeral for an IRA member convicted in a bomb plot against Princess Anne elicited a blast from Northern Ireland Northern Ireland: see Ireland, Northern. Northern Ireland Part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland occupying the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland. Area: 5,461 sq mi (14,144 sq km). Population (2001): 1,685,267. Protestant leader Ian Paisley
``It shows yet again the Kennedy clan are just gullible Americans when they involve themselves in very complex and dangerous situations for their romanticized ideals,'' he said. Patrick Kelly, 49, who died of skin cancer June 11, had a color guard of eight uniformed IRA volunteers Saturday at his grave site in Kilinarden, about 50 miles west of Dublin. Kennedy was among 600 mourners, who included Sinn Fein leaders Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness. However, Joe Mag Raollaigh, a reporter for Irish-language TV, said Kennedy was there supervising a story for his George magazine. ``He was accompanied by photographers and told me he was doing a story about the Irish peace process,'' Mag Raollaigh said. Kennedy's aunt, Jean Kennedy Smith Jean Kennedy Smith was born Jean Ann Kennedy on February 20, 1928 in Brookline, Massachusetts, the eighth of the nine children of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. , is U.S. ambassador to Ireland, and his uncle, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, is active in the peace process. JFK Jr. did not return calls on the matter. Next Fuhrman book won't be about O.J. Mark Fuhrman, whose O.J. Simpson book was shunned by the major publishers only to become a big seller with a minor one, is shopping a new non-O.J. proposal on the death of White House aide Vince Foster. ``He wants to go back to being what he is,'' said his agent, ``a darn good detective.'' Fuhrman's proposal says ``the investigation of Vince Foster's death has been taken over by zealots Zealots (zĕl`əts), Jewish faction traced back to the revolt of the Maccabees (2d cent. B.C.). The name was first recorded by the Jewish historian Josephus as a designation for the Jewish resistance fighters of the war of A.D. 66–73. playing Hardy Boys on the Internet. It's time to put a real homicide detective on the case.'' The ex-L.A. cop figures to make about a million off ``Murder in Brentwood.'' Illegal grounds? Coffee cart targeted by mail carrier Federal Express is really steamed. It's suing Federal Espresso, a coffee cart in a suburban Portland, Ore., grocery store operated by 23-year-old Greg Judish. Federal Express says the coffee cart is violating its trademark. Judish doesn't see anything wrong with the name or his winged coffee cup logo. ``I don't plan on changing the name or anything,'' Judish said. Open nearly a year, Judish serves 100 cups of coffee on a good day, along with tea, biscotti Biscotti (plural of Italian biscotto, roughly meaning "twice baked") are crisp Italian cookies often containing nuts or flavored with anise. Traditionally, biscotti are made by baking cookie dough in two long slabs, cutting these into slices, and reheating them to dry and other snacks. He's the only employee. Federal Express, with 127,200 employees, carries 2.5 million packages a day to 211 countries around the world. In its lawsuit, the company says Federal Espresso is improperly and unfairly cashing in on its name. Judish hasn't hired a lawyer, although he said an attorney friend would help him write a reply. Federal Express spokesman Jess Bunn declined to comment while the federal lawsuit is pending. Pregnancy no ploy, Teri Hatcher says Teri Hatcher shoves talk that she got preggers to save her marriage to actor Jon Tenney. ``The truth is I've had two weeks off in five years,'' says the actress, whose baby is due in December. ``This is a good time to refuel re·fu·el v. re·fu·eled also re·fu·elled, re·fu·el·ing also re·fu·el·ling, re·fu·els also re·fu·els v.tr. To supply again with fuel. v.intr. myself. To move to a different stage. To nest, to read.'' Hatcher, 32, is finishing up work on the next James Bond movie in which she plays, well, a Bond girl. Jackson CD a chart sinker Sinker A bond whose payments are provided by the issuer's sinking fund. Notes: A portion of these bonds are retired by the issuer each year. See also: Sinking Fund, Super Sinker Sinker Perhaps the Thriller's thrill is really gone. Or maybe all those tawdry tabloid headlines have caught up with Michael Jackson - or people may have grown weary of watching a grown man who doesn't seem to know what to do with his hands. But what's clear is that the ostensible Apparent; visible; exhibited. Ostensible authority is power that a principal, either by design or through the absence of ordinary care, permits others to believe his or her agent possesses. King of Pop's new album is sinking down the charts past dozens of hotter stars. The numbers aren't pretty. ``Blood on the Dance Floor,'' which was released May 20, debuted at No. 24 on the album chart and sank to No. 43 its second week. This week, it's at No. 65. The album has sold 79,000 copies in the United States, according to Soundscan, a 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 company that tracks record sales. The singer's quasi-new album contains five new songs and eight remixed songs that first appeared on the 1995 disc, ``HIStory: Past, Present and Future - Book 1.'' And the first single, ``Blood on the Dance Floor,'' was only Jackson's second song in the past 15 years not to make the Top 40. It's a long tumble from ``Thriller,'' the album that sold 24 million copies in the United States and made Jackson's moonwalk moon·walk n. A walk on the surface of the moon by an astronaut. intr.v. moon·walked, moon·walk·ing, moon·walks To walk on the surface of the moon. and sequined se·quin n. 1. A small shiny ornamental disk, often sewn on cloth; a spangle. 2. A gold coin of the Venetian Republic. Also called zecchino. tr.v. glove cultural touchstones of the 1980s. Jackson, who's a lot more successful overseas these days, blames radio stations and MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. for abandoning him and not giving his new music a chance, said his spokesman, Kevin McLin. ``It frustrates an artist, as far as not being able to exhibit his talent,'' McLin said. Compare Jackson's slump with the successes of his contemporaries, like the Wu-Tang Clan, the Staten Island rappers whose double album sold 612,000 copies in one week earlier this month. Jackson trails the Spice Girls, teen-age Jackson 5 imitators Hanson, the Bee Gees and Squirrel Nut Zippers The Squirrel Nut Zippers are a Chapel Hill, North Carolina based Jazz band formed in 1993, who applied punk's DIY aesthetic to early 20th century American popular music. The band's name comes from the Squirrel Brand's Nut Zippers, a peanut and caramel candy for sale since the on the charts. Even Paul McCartney, Jackson's former duet partner on ``The Girl is Mine,'' has been in the Top Ten for two straight weeks with his new album. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1) Michael Jackson performs in Milan, Italy. Associated Press (2) Madonna |
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