NEWS LITE : TOWN READYING GALA FOR CARTER.Former President Carter will celebrate his 75th birthday by attending a show in his honor in a renovated old theater. A tribute to Carter is planned for Oct. 1 at the Rylander Theatre in Americus, Ga., which was built in 1921, three years before he was born in nearby Plains. Maxine Reese of Plains, an organizer of the tribute, said an elaborate production is planned inside the theater, with a birthday cake lighting outside on the street afterward. ``This is very exciting, and it is being organized by friends and neighbors,'' she said. ``That's the way Jimmy has always done things. This tribute is not just because we love him, but because we respect him as well.'' Many details of the production are secret. ``Some of it will be a surprise to him. Some, a surprise to us all. But I assure you, it will be a fabulous tribute to the Rylander and to Jimmy, both worthy historic figures,'' said Sen. Max Cleland, D-Ga. Barbie will sport sluggers' jerseys Barbie is getting called up to the big leagues. A new line of collector Barbie dolls will wear the home uniforms of the Los Angeles Dodgers "Dodgers" and "Brooklyn Dodgers" redirect here. For the American football team, see Brooklyn Dodgers (football). For the Eastern Basketball Association team, see Brooklyn Dodgers (basketball). , Chicago Cubs and New York Yankees  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. . Major League Baseball "MLB" and "Major Leagues" redirect here. For other uses, see MLB (disambiguation) and Major Leagues (disambiguation). Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball. Barbie will hit store shelves by mid-June, said Nancy Zwiers, senior vice president of Barbie Collectibles at Mattel Inc. in Los Angeles. Along with authentic logos, pants, jerseys, caps, jackets and athletic shoes, the dolls will include a miniature glove, bat and ball. The doll was designed to encourage girls to get involved in sports, said Tim Brosnan of Major League Baseball's licensing and sponsorship division. Barbie's 1999 collectible line also will include outfits featuring the Women's National Basketball Association The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is an organization governing a professional basketball league for women in the United States. The league was formed in 1996 as the women's counterpart to the NBA. , NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. auto racing and the Women's World Cup The Women's World Cup could refer to either the:
Brown's new bag? Gun safety locks James Brown donated $4,000 so that his hometown could buy 1,000 gun locks and give them away to gun owners. The Godfather of Soul wrote the check after being approached by Augusta, Ga., Mayor Bob Young, who said he got the idea after seeing the success of a gun lock giveaway in Hendersonville, Tenn. ``It was not a hard sell at all because Mr. Brown is concerned about kids and he loves this community,'' Young said Thursday. Gun owners in Augusta now will be able to pick up free locks for their firearms in what city officials say is the first program of its kind in the state. Royals reject ranking in roster of regal riches A magazine has ranked Britain's royal family as the third-richest in Europe, but Buckingham Palace on Thursday said the calculations were ``overblown.'' The article in the July issue of EuroBusiness puts the royals in tiny Liechtenstein at the top of the rich list, with $5.2 billion, followed by Luxembourg at $4.8 billion, then Britain at $4.2 billion. The British figure includes the vast properties of the Crown Estate and the Duchy of Cornwall. ``These simply cannot be counted as personal assets,'' a palace spokeswoman said with customary anonymity. ``The royal family gains no personal benefit from the Crown Estate whatsoever, and to include it in the calculation is misleading. ``Also, although the Prince of Wales Prince of Wales switches places with his double, poor boy Tom Canty. [Am. Lit.: The Prince and the Pauper] See : Doubles is entitled to revenues from the Duchy of Cornwall, he cannot sell its assets.'' The calculations are ``overblown and speculative,'' she said. The queen has said in the past that she regards much of the royal art collection - valued by EuroBusiness at $1.5 billion - as the property of the nation. It was not clear how researchers for the London-based magazine reached their figures on private bank accounts and stock holdings. Norway's royal family is listed as the poorest of Europe's 10 reigning families, with cash and assets totaling $144 million, according to the survey. Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands SICK SPIDER GETS TOP-NOTCH AID A CAT scan CAT scan (kăt) [computerized axial tomography], X-ray technique that allows relatively safe, painless, and rapid diagnosis in previously inaccessible areas of the body; also called CT scan. was done Friday on a patient with a habit of showing her fangs and shooting barbed hairs from her rump. The patient, Goliath tarantula tarantula (tərăn`chələ), name applied chiefly to several species of the large, hairy spiders of the families Theraphosidae and Dipluridae of North and South America. The body of a tarantula may be as much as 3 in. (7. No. 79011, is suffering from an infection. ``She has a robust, loose personality,'' said Sandy Barnett, senior herpetologist her·pe·tol·o·gy n. The branch of zoology that deals with reptiles and amphibians. [Greek herpeton, reptile (from herpein, to creep) + -logy. at The National Aquarium in Baltimore. ``I really hope we can help her out.'' Giving a CAT scan to a spider is not a regular event, but this spider is special and worthy of saving, say those who know her. Although not rare, her value is in what she can teach doctors about the medical care of tarantulas in captivity. A member of the largest spider species in the world, No. 79011 underwent a second CAT scan Friday to check on a nasty infection oozing oozing exudation of fluid. from her side. The prognosis wasn't good. Doctors are planning to perform a lifesaving operation next week to try to save the eight-legged creature. No. 79011, weighing in at a hefty 2-1/2 ounces, is the size of a salad plate, has dark brown hair and a turret of eyes atop a flat head. She also has an abscess abscess, localized inflamation associated with tissue necrosis. Abscesses are characterized by inflamation, which is due to the accumulation of pus in the local tissues, and often painful swelling. the size of a quarter that is causing her to lose fluid. Instead of walking on the tips of her toes like a ballerina, she's down at the heel - a sure sign of trouble. ``They use water pressure to keep their legs up,'' Barnett said. ``This one is walking a little flat-footed.'' An antibiotic ointment antibiotic ointment Any of a number of topical antibacterial ointments or creams had no effect, and another technique, punching a hole in her side to drain the infection, could kill her, said Dr. Brent Whitaker, the aquarium's director of animal health who is to perform the operation. Dr. David Herring, a veterinary radiologist who donated his expertise, said the images Friday looked worse than the ones taken last month. The abscess looks to be contained within the spider's body cavity, making it possible to perform surgery. During the procedure, the same artificial skin used in human surgery will be used to create a covering over the abscess. The abscess can then be drained and more artificial skin can be used to seal the drain hole, Whitaker said. Dr. Ian Walker, a veterinary intern at the aquarium who hopes to assist Whitaker, said his biggest fear is that he could break into the body cavity by mistake, causing her powder blue blood to leak out to be divulged gradually or clandestinely; to become public; as, the facts leaked out s>. See also: Leak uncontrollably. ``We will probably lose the animal anyway if we don't try,'' he said. The tarantula, which comes from a South American rain forest, is worth all the effort, Whitaker said. ``We don't discriminate,'' he said. ``All of our animals get top-notch care.'' News Lite is compiled by Karen Duffy from Daily News staff and wire reports. CAPTION(S): 3 Photos PHOTO (1) SPECIAL SWINE A 4-day-old Chacoan peccary infant, a critically endangered species Organisms with a conservation status of critically endangered have an extremely high risk of becoming extinct. IUCN Category The World Conservation Union (IUCN), widely considered to be the most objective and authoritative system for classifying species in terms of the , explores its habitat with its mother at the San Diego Zoo San Diego Zoo One of the world's largest collections of mammals, birds, and reptiles, located in San Diego, Calif., and administered by the Zoological Society of San Diego. The 100-acre (40. . (2) CARTER (3) Dr. David Herring examines the ailing Goliath tarantula No. 79011. 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