NEWS LITE : POOCH PERFECTION? MYSTERY COUPLE TO CLONE BELOVED DOG.A couple who are convinced they have the perfect dog with the perfect bark and the perfect howl are giving $2.3 million to Texas A&M University to clone their beloved Missy. The mystery couple sent out requests for proposals from research institutions a year ago via the Internet. This summer, Texas A&M was chosen and a contract signed for what is being called the Missyplicity Project. Missy, a collie-husky mix who at 11 years old is getting up there, already has been flown to the university in College Station, 180 miles south of Dallas, to have tissue samples taken. ``I think it's extremely valuable (research),'' Dr. Mark Westhusin, co-director of the university's Reproductive Sciences Laboratory, said Tuesday. ``It goes beyond the impetus of cloning dogs.'' And it's no joke, said Lou Hawthorne, president of Bio Arts and Research Corp. The company served as the go-between for the dog-loving millionaire in his negotiations with Texas A&M. ``We have gone out of our way to make sure with this project that if the animals could talk, they would feel this was a positive project to be associated with,'' Hawthorne said. He said the dog's owners demanded anonymity because they just don't ``want to deal with a lot of disruptions'' from the news media. The only words from Missy's owners are on BARC's Web site, where they describe falling in love with their dog at first sight. ``At the pound, we met Missy, a stray. She was 4 months old, frisky frisk·y adj. frisk·i·er, frisk·i·est Energetic, lively, and playful: a frisky kitten. frisk , and oh so beautiful,'' they wrote. ``I offered a howl to her and she raised her nose and howled at the roof. I barked at her and she barked right back, a low rich-toned, businesslike bark. I whined, she whined.'' OFFBEAT off·beat n. Music An unaccented beat in a measure. adj. Slang Not conforming to an ordinary type or pattern; unconventional: offbeat humor. : Man going mole for mum's sake A British man will spend half a year entombed Entombed, or entomb, may refer to:
Geoff Smith For other persons named Geoff Smith, see Geoff Smith (disambiguation). Geoff Smith is a musical performer and composer from Brighton, England. He was previously a member of the group Attacco Decente. , 37, plans to enter a coffin-shape box Saturday that will be lowered into a hole near the Railway Inn pub in Mansfield in northern England Northern England, The North or North of England is a rather ill-defined term, with no universally accepted definition. Its extent may be subject to personal opinion and many companies or organisations have differing definitions as to what it constitutes. . He hopes to stay underground 180 days - long enough to beat the current world record-holder. In 1968, Smith's mother, Emma, spent 101 days buried alive in Skegness, setting a world record that stood until 1981, when an American reached the 141-day mark. Now, Smith wants to reclaim the record for his family, even though ``The Guinness Book of Records'' no longer recognizes the stunt due to safety concerns. The unemployed Smith, whose mother died in 1996, plans to attempt the stunt in a 7-foot-long box that has a TV, lighting and toilet facilities. Food and drink will be passed down to him through a small tube. DiCaprio loses killer title role Leonardo DiCaprio Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11 1974[1]) is a three-time Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor who garnered world wide fame for his role as Jack Dawson in Titanic. is out as the serial killer serial killer Forensic psychiatry A person who commits serial murders Prototypic SK White ♂ age 30; 97% are ♂; 80% are sociopaths. See Dahmer, Depraved heart murder, Ice Man. Cf Megan's law, Son of Sam law. in ``American Psycho American Psycho is a 1991 novel by Bret Easton Ellis. It is a first-person narrative of the life of a wealthy young Manhattanite and self-proclaimed serial killer. The graphic violence and sexual content was widely commented upon at the novel's release. .'' The ``Titanic'' star in search of an encore and the independent studio Lions Gate Films reportedly couldn't agree on a starting date. DiCaprio's spokeswoman, Cindy Guagenti, said only that the actor is scheduled to begin filming ``The Beach'' in January. The 23-year-old's interest in ``American Psycho,'' an adaptation of the Bret Easton Ellis Bret Easton Ellis (born March 7, 1964 in Los Angeles, California) is an American author. He is considered to be one of the major Generation X authors[1] and was regarded as one of the so-called literary Brat Pack,[2] novel, made headlines two months ago. Director Mary Harron (``I Shot Andy Warhol'') was ousted when DiCaprio got involved, but she has been asked to return. Alleged sex partner loses Presley suit Priscilla Presley Priscilla Beaulieu Presley (born Priscilla Ann Wagner on May 24, 1945 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American model, author and actress. She is the ex-wife of rock 'n' roll singer and musician Elvis Presley and mother of singer/songwriter Lisa Marie Presley. won $75,000 in a defamation lawsuit against a man who claimed they had an affair before she married Elvis Presley. Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. Superior Court Judge Daniel A. Curry ruled Aug. 19 that Lavern Currie Grant, a former Army buddy of Presley's, made false statements that were repeated and used as the source for the book ``Child Bride: The Untold Story of Priscilla Beaulieu Presley'' by Suzanne Finstad. Presley has long assured the world she was a virgin when she married The King. Grant was ordered to pay $75,000. Presley had sued for at least $10 million. Negative column puts Allen in snit Woody Allen says 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 Times columnist Maureen Dowd has it in for him. Dowd wrote a scathing review of ``Deconstructing Harry,'' prompting Allen to give a rare interview to Indie, a magazine about independent films. ``If the writer goes in not liking you, they can write negatively about you,'' Allen said. ``She's not a film critic. Why does she go to the movies to see my films? She goes only so she can write something nasty.'' Dowd dismissed the movie in a Jan. 11 column as ``a tiresome Manhattan whine'' told from the perspective of a ``weaselly, overcivilized, undermoralized, terminally psychoanalyzed terminator'' of a character. OVERHEARD ``A sign of a good executive is someone who doesn't return phone calls.'' --- Terry Semel Co-CEO of Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) ., quoted in Los Angeles magazine News Lite is compiled by Karen Duffy from Daily News staff and wire reports. CAPTION(S): 4 Photos PHOTO (1) Texas A&M University researchers have been selected to clone Missy. (2) DiCaprio (3) Dowd (4) Allen |
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