NEWS LITE : NATION'S ATTIC GETS BUZZ FROM BUGS.Last year brought 325,000 new items to the Smithsonian Institution's 16 museums, including 13,441 adult mosquitoes, two barber poles and a Stradivarius cello. The Smithsonian, sometimes called the nation's attic, reported in September that up to the beginning of 1998 it had acquired 141,149,152 items - more or less - in over 150 years of its history. ``That doesn't include every last bug in every jar,'' noted Mary Combs, the employee in charge of counting. N.J. governor's leg broken on ski slope New Jersey Gov. Christie Whitman was hospitalized Sunday after breaking a leg in a skiing accident in Switzerland, her spokesman said. Whitman was attending the World Economic Forum in Davos and was skiing in a conference-organized event when she took a hard, twisting fall on an intermediate slope, spokesman Pete McDonough Peter P. McDonough (b. 1872 died July, 1947) - Wealthy and influential Irish-Catholic San Francisco Bailbondsmen. According to the San Francisco News and the SF Chronicle, Pete and his brother Tom founded the first modern Bail Bonds business in the United States, the system by said. She suffered a fracture to the lower bones of one leg. The governor was feeling fine after surgery and would only need crutches, not a cast, during her recovery, McDonough said. ``She's very athletic, and it comes with the territory,'' he said. Dad of 6 Gibson just kid at heart Mel Gibson Noun 1. Mel Gibson - Australian actor (born in the United States in 1956) Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson, Gibson U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. is a 43-year-old little kid. The actor who won the Academy Award for best director The Academy Award for Best Director is one of the awards given to directors working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Nominations are made by Academy members in the Directing branch, while the winners are chosen by the Academy (``Braveheart'') jokes that his wife has seven children, their six and him. ``I'm the eldest child,'' Gibson says in Sunday's New York Daily News New York Daily News Morning daily tabloid newspaper published in New York City. It was founded in 1919 by Joseph Medill Patterson and his cousin Robert McCormick as a subsidiary of the Tribune Co. of Chicago. The first successful tabloid-format newspaper in the U.S. . Preparing to send his actual eldest child, 18-year-old Nell, to college, Gibson is also awaiting the birth in a few months of a new child with wife Robyn. ``I didn't see it coming. It's a surprise, but it's a pleasant one,'' Gibson said. ``It certainly will keep me occupied. The other kids are fascinated by the whole procedure. They're asking every conceivable question, if you'll pardon the pun.'' The movie star with a reputation among his peers for constant kidding around stars in ``Payback,'' the upcoming remake of the 1967 Lee Marvin film ``Point Blank.'' His many credits include the ``Lethal Weapon'' and ``Mad Max'' series, ``Conspiracy Theory conspiracy theory n. A theory seeking to explain a disputed case or matter as a plot by a secret group or alliance rather than an individual or isolated act. conspiracy theorist n. ,'' ``Ransom,'' ``Maverick'' and ``Hamlet.'' Hill doesn't spend time shining kudos Lauryn Hill has already won two Grammys with the Fugees and stands nominated for 10 more as a solo singer-songwriter. She also has won a slew of other honors. So where does she keep all her awards? ``I have about 30 plaques that stay in one closet,'' Hill says in the Feb. 18 issue of Rolling Stone rolling stone Noun a restless or wandering person . ``If you saw where the Grammys were, you'd be like, `This is a travesty!' But I can't look at that stuff all the time, because I don't ever want to become complacent like that.'' Hill lives in New Jersey with boyfriend Rohan Marley Rohan Anthony Marley (born May 19, 1972, Jamaica) is the son of late reggae artist Bob Marley and Janet Hunt. He is a member of the Rastafari movement. A 1991 graduate of Miami Palmetto Senior High School, he later played linebacker at the University of Miami. , a former college and professional football player and son of late reggae legend Bob Marley, and their two children. ``This is not a museum, and I'm not in any rush to impress anybody,'' Hill said. ``I don't feel like my money or my success defines me. I've always been very happy just being me.'' Hill received eight Grammy nominations for her debut solo album ``The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill'' and two more for her work on Aretha Franklin's ``A Rose is a Rose.'' News Lite is compiled by Karen Duffy Karen Duffy (born May 23, 1962) is an American model, television personality, and actress. Born in New York City, she attended Park Ridge High School in Park Ridge, New Jersey, graduating in 1979. from Daily News staff and wire reports CAPTION(S): 4 photos PHOTO (1 -- 3) Glitterati glit·te·ra·ti pl.n. Informal Highly fashionable celebrities; the smart set: "private parties on Park Avenue and Central Park West, where the literati mingled with glitterati" grace gridiron President Carter, left, with his wife, Rosalyn, gives the thumbs up to football fans, while actors James Woods and Cameron Diaz, above, await the kickoff of Super Bowl XXXIII Super Bowl XXXIII was the 33rd championship game of the modern National Football League (NFL). The game was played on January 31, 1999 at Pro Player Stadium in Miami, Florida following the 1998 regular season. on Sunday at Pro Player Stadium in Miami. Cher, below left, belts out the national anthem. (4) Gibson |
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