NEWS LITE : MCLACHLAN SAYS CHICKS NOT BIASED.Sarah McLachlan thinks that something unfair is happening to the otherwise highly successful Lilith Fair Lilith Fair was a concert tour and traveling music festival, founded by musician Sarah McLachlan, that consisted solely of female solo artists and female-led bands; it ran from 1997 to 1999. music festival series. There's a stereotyped view ``that it's a white chick folk fest,'' she said. ``We invited artists who play all different kinds of music, but because of who said yes, it became this white chick with an acoustic guitar thing,'' she was quoted in Spin magazine. One of the artists at last year's fair was rapper Missy ``Misdemeanor'' Elliott. McLachlan said Elliott was the biggest diva of the festival. ``She was actually very sweet, but her whole production was kind of closed off. Backstage, I approach everyone and try to talk to them a bit, but it just didn't happen.'' McLachlan said this year's Lilith Fair tour, which will begin next week, will be the last. Besides McLachlan, acts include Sheryl Crow, Monica and the Dixie Chicks. 141 colleges award degrees to 1 priest Sometimes, life is a matter of degrees. The Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh has collected his 140th and 141st honorary degrees. If that sounds like some sort of record, it is. Hesburgh has received more degrees than any other person, 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 Guinness Book of Records. The latest two in his collection were awarded by the Utica/Rome campus of the State University of New York (body) State University of New York - (SUNY) The public university system of New York State, USA, with campuses throughout the state. and by Connecticut College Connecticut College is a coeducational private liberal arts college located in New London, Connecticut. It is located on the Thames River, on which the College's crew and sailing teams practice. . Why do so many prestigious places want his name on their diplomas? Hesburgh, 82, was Notre Dame's president from 1952 to 1987. Woman skips job to collect lottery A 21-year-old woman who makes $9 an hour at a mortgage company in Roseville, Minn., called her boss to say she wouldn't be in because of a death in the family For the Batman graphic novel/storyline, see . A Death in the Family is an autobiographical novel by author James Agee, set in LaFollette, Tennessee. He began writing it in 1948, but it was not quite complete when he died in 1955. , then stepped forward Thursday to claim $78.8 million in the Powerball lottery. Farrah Slad beat 80 million-to-1 odds to win the third-biggest prize ever in the multistate lottery - $150 million if she had chosen to take it in installments over 25 years - and one of the richest jackpots anywhere for an individual. Slad said she bought $5 worth of tickets at a store on the spur of the moment Adv. 1. on the spur of the moment - on impulse; without premeditation; "he decided to go to Chicago on the spur of the moment"; "he made up his mind suddenly" suddenly after stopping because her 1991 Acura Integra was running low on gas. She was on the way to her parents' house for dinner and hadn't bought any tickets since last summer. ``I thank my parents and my car for this,'' the single young woman said with a big smile at lottery headquarters in a suburb of St. Paul St. Paul as a missionary he fearlessly confronts the “perils of waters, of robbers, in the city, in the wilderness.” [N.T.: II Cor. 11:26] See : Bravery , Minn. Diana products to benefit charity Look for Princess Diana Noun 1. Princess Diana - English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles; her death in an automobile accident in Paris produced intense national mourning (1961-1997) Diana, Lady Diana Frances Spencer, Princess of Wales on calendars planned by her memorial fund. The wall calendars for 2000, one for the American market and one for Europe and Australia, will go on sale this fall.The fund also announced another new product Thursday - a purple teddy bear with a white floral emblem In a number of countries, plants have been chosen as symbols to represent specific geographic areas. Some countries have a country-wide floral emblem; others in addition have symbols representing subdivisions. . Called the Princess Beanie Buddy, it follows the Princess Beanie Baby, which raised $21 million in 18 months. DiCaprio to play rich, gay Hughes Heartthrob Leonardo DiCaprio as a paranoid bisexual recluse who carries on scandalous gay affairs with some of Hollywood's most famous men? DiCaprio is poised to star in director Michael Mann's flick on that mogul from another era, Howard Hughes. The screenplay is to be based on ``Howard Hughes: The Untold Story'' by celebrity biographer Charles Higham. That best-seller dropped the bombshell that Hughes had been involved in tax-evasion schemes and homosexual affairs. Hughes, the billionaire aviator who squired Hollywood actresses before tailspinning into a germ-fearing hermit hermit [Gr.,=desert], one who lives in solitude, especially from ascetic motives. Hermits are known in many cultures. Permanent solitude was common in ancient Christian asceticism; St. Anthony of Egypt and St. Simeon Stylites were noted hermits. , died from kidney failure kidney failure or renal failure Partial or complete loss of kidney function. Acute failure causes reduced urine output and blood chemical imbalance, including uremia. Most patients recover within six weeks. in 1976. Higham says the planned film will prominently feature Hughes' gay bent, including a tryst with a big-name star. ``I very extensively documented the fact that Hughes had an affair with Cary Grant,'' Higham told 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 . ``I also found evidence that Hughes was arrested and charged with molesting a young man in Santa Monica - but spent a million dollars getting the charges dropped and his record cleared,'' Higham says, adding that such sexual exploits will figure prominently in DiCaprio's role. And Higham thinks DiCaprio is just the man for the part: ``There is something in DiCaprio's personality which is very singular and concentrated, and I think he'll do well at conveying a self-obsessed, self-concerned personality.'' News Lite is compiled by Karen Duffy from Daily News staff and wire reports. CAPTION(S): 4 Photos Photo: (1--3) Show biz to his bones When actor Del Close, above left, died in March, his will requested his skull, above, be given to the Goodman Theater in Chicago for use in its productions of Shakespeare's ``Hamlet.'' At left, Goodman Theater artistic director Robert Falls cradles the skull during a ceremony Thursday making good on Close's wish. Associated Press (4) FARRAH SLAD |
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