NEWS LITE : MANY PAY PRICE TO SEE LETTERMAN.Here's a stupid human trick for you: paying $300 for a ticket to David Letterman's show. The black market for the usually free tickets is thriving, the New York Post The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and the oldest to have been published continually as a daily.[3] Since 1976, it has been owned by Australian-born billionaire Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation and is one of the 10 reported Monday. Scalpers nationwide are charging up to $300 per seat for tickets. The wait is six months to a year for people who write the show or sign up at CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. Web sites. ``There's not much we can do if people get the tickets and then sell them,'' said the show's executive producer, Rob Burnett. The sale of the tickets may not be illegal because they have no face value and aren't sold by a box office, over which the New York Attorney General's Office would have jurisdiction. Falwell sees Y2K See Y2K problem and Y2K compliant. Y2K - Year 2000 as divine reckoning Jerry Falwell says the Y2K problem may be a warning from God. ``Y2K may be God's instrument to shake this nation, to humble this nation,'' the Christian broadcaster said in a video. The $28 video, ``A Christian's Guide to the Millennium Bug,'' has sold more than 1,900 copies since August, a Falwell spokeswoman said. Falwell, based in Lynchburg, Va., said on the tape he intends to stock up on food, sugar, gasoline and ammunition in case the computer bug causes a catastrophe. Such a catastrophe could start a worldwide religious revival leading to Christ's return to carry believers up to heaven, Falwell said. He said he wouldn't be surprised if Christ appeared in 2000. Some experts fear that when 2000 arrives, computers using two digits for the year will read 00 as 1900. Political twosome to hawk analgesic James Carville and Mary Matalin finally agree on something - Alka Seltzer. The ideologically opposed husband-and-wife pundits will push the fizzy remedy in commercials that begin Wednesday. ``When you're in that tight spot, it's nice to know there's some kind of relief in sight - even if it's only gastrointestinal,'' Carville says in the commercial. Matalin worked on President Bush's 1992 re-election campaign, while Carville worked for Bill Clinton. They married after that election, though she's an outspoken Republican and he's a stalwart defender of Clinton. ``There's one thing everyone in Washington will agree on these days,'' Carville says on camera. ``I doubt that,'' Matalin replies. Carville counters, ``There's more heartburn than ever.'' Rodman on the rebound - files for annulment annulment Legal invalidation of a marriage. It announces the invalidity of a marriage that was void from its inception. It is to be distinguished from dissolution or divorce. To justify annulment, the marriage contract must have a defect (e.g. National Basketball Association National Basketball Association (NBA) U.S. professional basketball league. It was formed in 1949 by the merger of two rival organizations, the National Basketball League (founded 1937) and the Basketball Association of America (1946). star Dennis Rodman wants to annul an·nul tr.v. an·nulled, an·nul·ling, an·nuls 1. To make or declare void or invalid, as a marriage or a law; nullify. 2. his recent marriage, citing an unsound mind and fraud, according to court documents. Rodman filed a petition in Orange County Superior Court to have his Nov. 14 marriage in Las Vegas to former ``Baywatch'' actress Carmen Electra, also known as Tara Patrick, annulled. The petition claims the marriage can be voided void·ed adj. Heraldry Having the central area cut out or left vacant, leaving an outline or narrow border: a voided lozenge. because of unsound mind Adj. 1. of unsound mind - not of sound mind, memory, or understanding; in law, not competent to go to trial non compos mentis insane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter" and fraud and that the separation began the day of the wedding. The filing doesn't elaborate on the claims. Rodman, a free agent who played with the NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= champion Chicago Bulls last season, couldn't be reached for comment, while Dwight Manley, Rodman's agent, declined to comment. Two days after the wedding, Manley said the 37-year-old Rodman was so intoxicated in·tox·i·cate v. in·tox·i·cat·ed, in·tox·i·cat·ing, in·tox·i·cates v.tr. 1. To stupefy or excite by the action of a chemical substance such as alcohol. 2. that he ``couldn't speak or stand'' during the marriage ceremony at a chapel on the Las Vegas Strip The Las Vegas Strip (also known as The Strip) is a 4 mi (6.7 km) section of Las Vegas Boulevard South, most of which has been designated an All-American Road. . Electra's publicist then released what she said was a hand-written note from Rodman that said he was in love with the 26-year-old Electra, who now appears on the ``Hyperion Bay'' television show, and that Manley's statements were false. Talk show possible from Kato Kaelin O.J. familiar Kato Kaelin is trying to peddle among syndicators a talk show called ``The 16th Minute,'' suggesting that he has more than the Andy Warhol-allotted 15 minutes of fame. America's premiere house guest recently appeared as a game-show host on TV's ``Unhappily Ever After Unhappily Ever After (often shortened to Unhappily... in promotional advertisements) was an American sitcom that aired for 100 episodes on The WB network from January 11, 1995 to May 23, 1999, for a total of four and a half seasons. .'' Kaelin now tours colleges as a lecturer. Revealing Fans' Faves: Twain, Dion and Smith top nominees Shania Twain, Celine Dion and Will Smith led the pack Monday in nominations for the American Music Awards. Twenty awards will be handed out Jan. 11 on 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. . Twain, who broke into country music with a sexy, video-oriented image, led with five nominations, including best female artist and best album (``Come on Over'') in both the pop/rock and country categories. Smith, who began his career as rapper Fresh Prince and went on to television and movies, got four nominations, for top male artist and album (``Big Willie Style'') in the pop/rock and soul/rhythm & blues categories. Dion had three nominations: top female artist and album (``Let's Talk About Love'') in the pop/rock category and favorite artist in the adult contemporary genre. Among other nominees: the Backstreet Boys, Brandy, Garth Brooks, the Dixie Chicks, K-Ci & JoJo, Brian McKnight, Next, Puff Daddy, George Strait and Third Eye Blind. The American Music Awards are selected by about 20,000 listeners. News Lite is compiled by Karen Duffy from Daily News staff and wire reports CAPTION(S): 3 photos PHOTO (1) The Dixie Chicks and Dick Clark meet with the media at the American Music Award nominations. (2) Falwell (3) Letterman |
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