NEWS LITE : NAMES IN THE NEWS BUZZ IS BALDWIN BOUND FOR HOUSE.The Washington newspaper Roll Call cites ``Democratic operatives'' in D.C. ``buzzing over the possibility'' that actor Alec Baldwin will run for Congress. Baldwin, a liberal Democrat Liberal Democrat Noun a member or supporter of the Liberal Democrats, a British centrist political party that advocates proportional representation Liberal Democrat n (BRIT) → , is president of the Creative Coalition, which was in Washington last week lobbying for the National Endowment for the Arts National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Independent agency of the U.S. government that supports the creation, dissemination, and performance of the arts. It was created by the U.S. . He is being mentioned for 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 seat occupied by Republican Rep. Michael Forbes Michael Patrick Forbes (b. July 16 1952, Riverhead, New York) is a politician from the state of New York. Forbes graduated from the SUNY Albany. Forbes worked as an assistant for Sen. Al D'Amato and U.S. Rep. Connie Mack. . When John McLaughlin John McLaughlin is the name of:
Odd items up for sale at stars' junk auction Chris Jehle is planning to visit the Celebrity Junk Auction at the House of Blues House of Blues (HOB) is a chain of music halls and restaurants founded in 1992 by Hard Rock Cafe founder Isaac Tigrett and his friend and investor Dan Aykroyd. It is a home for live music and southern-inspired cuisine, whose clubs celebrate African-American culture, specifically in Los Angeles this weekend, so he's been checking out its Web site in preparation. Most of the items are autographed pictures and posters, but Cybill Shepherd's bra is going for $60, and Steven Segal's joystick is $42. NYC NYC abbr. New York City NYC New York City to get sweet musical about Cline A musical about Patsy Cline is heading for New York. ``Always . . . Patsy Cline'' will open off-Broadway June 24 at the Variety Arts Theatre, Gaylord Entertainment Co. said Wednesday. The show, which is the first production of a new Gaylord subsidiary, Opryland Theatricals Inc., ran for two years in Nashville at The Ryman Auditorium, former home of the Grand Ole Opry Grand Ole Opry, weekly American radio program featuring live country and western music. The nation's oldest continuous radio show, it was first broadcast in 1925 on Nashville's WSM as an amateur showcase. . Cline died in a 1963 plane crash. Her hits include ``Crazy'' and ``Sweet Dreams.'' A 1985 movie starring Jessica Lange, ``Sweet Dreams,'' was based on her life. Mandy Barnett, who parlayed her portrayal of Cline in the original run into a record contract, will not play the part in New York. Casting is under way. New magazines aim at women, disabled Lear's used to position itself as the magazine for the woman ``who wasn't born yesterday.'' Three years after the shutdown of Lear's, More is trying again. The new magazine targets women 45 and older. Published by Meredith Corp. (a media company whose resources dwarf those of the late Frances Lear) More is edited by Myrna Blyth, who also continues as editor in chief of the Meredith-owned Ladies' Home Journal Ladies' Home Journal U.S. monthly magazine, one of the oldest in the country and long the trendsetter among women's magazines. Founded in 1883 as a supplement to the Tribune and Farmer (1879–85), it began an independent publication in 1884. . Actress Lauren Hutton, 53, is the first cover. Another new mag, We, is aimed at 50 million Americans with disabilities Americans with disabilities comprise one of the largest minority groups in the United States. According to the Disability Status: 2000 - Census 2000 Brief [1], approximately 20% of Americans have one or more diagnosed psycho-physical disability. , and offers advice and nonsleaze articles on love, sex and intimacy. Judy Kuriansky and Ruth Westheimer are among the writers. Bear wanders NYC suburbs A black bear with a taste for Italian food rambled through the suburbs of 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. for nearly a week before being captured at a country club golf course Friday. The young bear had been spotted five times since May 4. On Tuesday it was seen taking food out of a trash bin outside the Venetian Delight on Central Avenue in Yonkers, just five miles from the Big Apple. State Department of Environmental Conservation biologists Richard Henry and David Cree were holding a news conference on the bear Friday when word arrived that it had been spotted again, this time in White Plains. They took off in hot pursuit. ``It must have seemed like a Keystone comedy to some people,'' Henry said about the bear chase and media frenzy. ``An entourage of reporters followed us.'' They caught up with the bear at the Ridgeway A ridgeway is a road or path that follows the highest part of the landscape. Roads and pathways
The bear, estimated to be 1 to 2-1/2 years old, was to be taken upstate to a park in the Catskills on Saturday and released. New York state is home to an estimated 4,000 to 5,000 bears, and officials say they may wander nearly 100 miles in search of a mate or new territory. But Henry said this was the first time in 25 years that he'd heard of a bear being caught in Westchester County, a heavily populated suburban area just north of New York City. Marijuana lab needs users Wanted: about 20 regular marijuana users to get high in a laboratory setting for a scientific study. Bowman Gray School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, N.C., is conducting a $50,000 project backed by the federal government, part of a campaign to find out more about the effects of marijuana and curb its use among teen-agers. Volunteers will be given free, federally certified marijuana cigarettes and will be protected from prosecution. They'll earn $200 for four sessions, and be shuttled to and from the lab by taxi. The study is needed because data on marijuana's dangers is inconclusive, said David P. Friedman, associate dean for research development. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1) BALDWIN (2) Taking a load off Tundi the elephant sits back at the Burnet Park Zoo in Syracuse, N.Y. The pachyderm, who was born in Syracuse, will soon leave for a new home at the London Zoo. Associated Press |
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