NEWS LITE : SCHOOL TRAGEDY DISARMS STONE.Sharon Stone, who played a quick-draw artist in the fictional town of Redemption in the film ``The Quick and the Dead,'' has packed in her real-life guns, Los Angeles police said Thursday. The actress was moved by the tragedy that occurred at Columbine High School Columbine High School is a secondary school in unincorporated Jefferson County, Colorado. The school is located at 6201 South Pierce Street, one mile west of the Littleton city limits and half a mile south of the Denver city/county line. in April, Officer Ed Funes said. Another high school shooting occurred Thursday in Conyers, Ga. A half-dozen students suffered non-life-threatening wounds, and a 15-year-old sophomore is now in custody. Stone turned in her shotgun and three handguns to the LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. last week, Funes said. The Meadeville, Pa., native said, ``One of the greatest things my father taught me was respect for my country and gratitude for the rights that we as Americans hold dear. My mother taught me the dignity to follow my heart. ``Our world has changed, and our children are in danger. I choose to surrender my right to bear arms The right to bear arms refers to the right that individuals have to weapons. This right is often presented in the context of military service and the broader right of self defense. , in exchange for the peace of mind of doing the right thing. ``I urge you to trust and believe in your local law enforcement officers and to trust and believe in the courage of following your heart and surrendering your fear and anger. ``We as a nation are in pain. And we as a nation, as always, have the opportunity to change our world into a safer, more loving, more thoughtful environment for our children because they are our future and they depend on us.'' Gun flap won't end Rosie's Kmart deal Kmart does not plan to fire celebrity spokeswoman Rosie O'Donnell, despite more than 200 angry phone calls from National Rifle Association National Rifle Association (NRA) Governing organization for the sport of shooting with rifles and pistols. It was founded in Britain in 1860. The U.S. organization, formed in 1871, has a membership of some four million. Both the British and the U.S. supporters who were enraged en·rage tr.v. en·raged, en·rag·ing, en·rag·es To put into a rage; infuriate. [Middle English *enragen, from Old French enrager : en-, causative pref. by her political views and treatment of actor Tom Selleck. The popular talk show host and vocal proponent of gun control since the Columbine High School shooting sharply questioned Selleck's decision to make a commercial for the NRA NRA (National Rifle Association of America) organization that encourages sharpshooting and use of firearms for hunting. [Am. Pop. Culture: NCE, 1895] See : Hunting when he was a guest on her show Wednesday. After some tense television moments, Selleck said he wasn't there to debate or speak for the NRA. O'Donnell apologized to Selleck. On Thursday's show she apologized again, saying that she didn't mean to embarrass him and explaining that she gets very emotional about the subject. That didn't keep viewers from calling the discount stores on Thursday, said Steve Pagnani, a Kmart spokesman. Survey will track raccoon raccoon, nocturnal New World mammal of the genus Procyon. The common raccoon of North America, Procyon lotor, also called coon, is found from S Canada to South America, except in parts of the Rocky Mts. and in deserts. potty use Owners of homes in Carmel, Pebble Beach and Pacific Grove are being asked to volunteer for a raccoon latrine la·trine n. A communal toilet of a type often used in a camp or barracks. [From French latrines, privies, from Old French, from Latin l site survey, says the Carmel Pine Cone. Residents who would like to find out if raccoons have turned their outdoors into outhouses OUTHOUSES. Buildings adjoining to or belonging to dwelling-houses. 2. It is not easy to say what comes within and what is excluded from the meaning of out-house. should call the raccoon latrine site study hotline at San Jose State University. William Murray says he's hoping to be able to survey as many as 500 properties; the cost of this study is around $40,000. Aniston may join Pitt co-star list Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston, still unwed but very much attached, are vacationing in Europe and might do a flick together. They took private wings to Granada and plan a drive-through of the Spanish mountains. The possible movie is ``Waking Up in Reno,'' about two couples headed from Arkansas to Reno for a monster car rally. Pitt does movies with girlfriends - Juliette Lewis and Gwyneth Paltrow. Paula should check hotline about future career plans Paula Jones has lent her name to a psychic hot line while she ponders a career as a country singer. She might want to stick to Patsy Cline. The woman whose lawsuit triggered events that nearly toppled a president isn't enticing many to fork out money to dial their destiny. ``If this were a horse race, we'd be off to a slow start,'' said David Felger, president of the Zodiac Group Inc., the Boca Raton, Fla., company that runs the Paula Jones Celebrity Psychic Network. She signed a contract in February for a 90-day trial as a spokeswoman for the hot line. If the calls start coming - at $3.49 a minute - Jones could extend her contract for five years, said Felger, who refused to say how much Jones is being paid. Jones was made famous for accusing President Clinton of luring her to an Arkansas hotel suite in 1991. A sexual harassment sexual harassment, in law, verbal or physical behavior of a sexual nature, aimed at a particular person or group of people, especially in the workplace or in academic or other institutional settings, that is actionable, as in tort or under equal-opportunity statutes. lawsuit, which Clinton settled for $850,000, revealed his affair with Monica Lewinsky and led to his impeachment impeachment, formal accusation issued by a legislature against a public official charged with crime or other serious misconduct. In a looser sense the term is sometimes applied also to the trial by the legislature that may follow. trial. News Lite is compiled by Karen Duffy from Daily News staff and wire reports CAPTION(S): 2 photos PHOTO (1) UP AND OVER Motorcycle daredevil Robbie Knievel zooms over the Grand Canyon on Thursday while making a record-setting 228-foot jump. Fireworks fireworks: see pyrotechnics. fireworks Explosives or combustibles used for display. Of ancient Chinese origin, fireworks evidently developed out of military rockets and explosive missiles and accompanied the spread of military explosives westward to erupted as Knievel soared 55 feet into the air over the 200-foot-wide gorge on a 500cc motorcycle. Laura Rauch/Associated Press (2) Stone |
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