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Thursday April 13,2000
HOROSCOPES
Today's Birthday:
Handle your relationship issues this year so you can get on with making your fortune. Love clouds your thinking in a positive way this month. Try not to get too distracted in May or money could slip through your fingers. Home is where your heart is in July, but travel with children would be nice in August. An old friend brings a new surprise around December.
Aries: Today is a 9.
You'd like to buy new toys, but you can't afford them. Not a problem. Instead of worrying, look around for ways to increase your income. You could be a wealthy person.
Taurus: Today is a 4.
Gemini: Today is an 8.
There's a lot of activity, that's for sure. People may drop by at inconvenient times, which may include a few noisy kids. You may try to be a good sport, but don't let them push you around. If you want peace and quiet, ask them politely to leave.
You're going to be in a talkative, playful mood. You're teaching others, and they're teaching you. But you may have to learn about a few more rules and regulations. No problem, right? Make them into a game, and they might be fun.
Cancer: Todav is a 5.
Waiting until this evening to ask for the money might be a good idea. Timing is a delicate science. You need to use your intelligence and intuition. If in doubt, wait.
Leo: Today is a 10.
How about a romantic excursion this evening?
Most of the hassles should be out of the way early, leaving plenty of fun and games. Being a week night could complicate matters, but on the other hand, why not? Take your good times when you can get them.
Virgo: Today is a 5.
Travel will be much easier later in the week, maybe as soon as tomorrow. Before you go, take care of something that's been bothering you closer to home. You may not want to talk much about it yet, but if you can get it off your mind, you'll feel much better.
Libra: Today is a 9.
This could be a playful day for you. Get together with a favorite partner and good friends, but don't spend too much money. Your companionship is extremely valuable. Savor that and take care not to overdraw an account.
Scorpio; Today is a 5.
Aquarius: Today is an 8.
You know somebody who sees things differently than you do, but this is good. Today the opposite could get you going. He or she won't agree with you but stimulates you to take creative action. Don't worry; the overall outcome is good.
A bonus you've counted on may not come yet. Don't spend the money until you're sure the check has cleared your bank account. Your luck gets bet ter as the day goes on, but it's spotty nonetheless. Best not to take a big risk now. Stick with a familiar routine.
Pisces: Today is a 6.
You're creative and powerful now. You're probably getting to where you're making a pretty good income, too. Today's not going to be easy, but don't let that slow you down. Your hard work could bring in even more money.
Capricorn: Today is a 5.
Saqittarius: Today is a 10.
Changes are still going on at your place. Something you try may not go as planned, but don't despair. Just keep putting in the corrections and try again. That's your secret formula for success, anyway.
Note: Horoscopes have no basis in scientific fact and should be read for entertainment purposes only.
You have a winning hand! You might do well in love this evening. Your work could get in the way of romance and travel this morning, but don't despair. You will be more than rewarded for your patience later on. Be in the right place with the right person.
In a highball glass, pour a 2 ounce shot of vodka over ice. Combine with equal parts of orange juice and cranberry juice.
Nonalcoholic alternative: The Busboy Special Combine equal parts of orange juice and 7-Up over ice. Add a splash of grenadine.
Crossword
ACROSS
1 Damage
4 ___ salts
9 Sore-throat symptom
10 Ostrich kin
15 Plant life
16 Hawaiian island
17 Male swan
18 Invigorating medicine
20 Oscar-winner Gooding
22 Desk compartment
24 Type of stage
24 Military unit
27 Latvan capital
28 Mi, Pierre
29 Hourglass filler
34 Blue or Cross
38 Lancelot's lady
38 Melville novel
39 Person in question
41 Moment
43 Crazy
44 Layers
46 Singer Brenda
47 Invites
48 Golf gadget
49 Lift one's voice
51 Fashion by cutting
53 Distributed the cards
58 Expression of love
61 Moslem prince
62 City southwest of York
63 Band leader Shaw
65 "Maria"
66 Restrict
67 Rows of seats
68 Afternoon affair
69 Long cuts
70 To you!
71 Winter hours in N.Y.
DOWN
1 Holy city of Islam
2 Love affair
3 Look like a tourist?
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14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33
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4 Newt
5 Drop heavily
6 Type of boom
7 Artifical paper-
folding
8 Balkan republic
9 Genetic duplicate
10 Vow
11 Do-others
    separator
12 Highlander
13 Employ
14 Black cuckoo
15 Positions
    appropriately
16 A Death in the
    Family' author
18 Top player
20 Bar fly
21 Combine
22 Not any
23 Overdo TLC
24 Gaucho's
    weapon
25 Adam's grandson
26 Consequence
27 Distress letters
42 Uttered
45 Daydream
50 Born in Paris
51 Throws
52 Penetrate
54 Resides
55 Pick up the tab
Solutions
56 Comerning pipes
57 "Blixxi Blues"
playwright Simon
58 Actress Moore
59 Become weary
60 Become weary
61 Double curve
Angry driver peels off after throwing banana
KENOSHA, Wis. — Police are looking for an irate motorist who allegedly hurled a half-feeed banana at another car's windshield, then sped away.
The Kenosha County Sheriff's Department said the incident happened about 8 a.m. April 10 as a 35-year-old Kenosha woman was being tailged. The offending driver
allegedly made an obscene gesture after the woman tapped her brakes. When she stopped for traffic several blocks later, the car drove onto the gravel shoulder along the right side, and the angry driver called deed his user
Oddities
and threw the banana at her car,
striking the windshield.
Charges could range from disorderly conduct to a ticket for throwing a foreign object from a moving vehicle.
The car then turned and fled the scene.
Opera poster reveals public display of parts
PHILADELPHIA — The Opera Company of Philadelphia has put a racy poster advertising the opera "Salome" under wraps to appease outraged patrons and board members who say it's pompographic.
posed image of the dismembered head of John the Baptist. The Richard Strauss opera tells the story of the biblical temptress and John the Baptist, her love interest.
The poster depicts a scantily dressed Salome and a superim-
The picture, created by Polish-born artist Rafal Olbinski, was distributed last year inside 700,000 season brochures. It prompted calls, letters and e-mails from longtime opera aficionados threatening to boycott the opera and cancel their subscriptions.
"Some were threatening not to come to what they called a porno show," said Robert D. Driver, the Opera Company's general director, who commissioned the artwork. In an attempt to calm the clamor, the troupe's costume designer stained four red chiffon veils over Salome's private parts last week. But the criticism had the poster's artist laughing.
"Who would expect something like this in the 21st century? It's like going back to the Middle Ages," Olbinski said Monday.
SAN FRANCISCO — Some San Francisco Bay area schools offer class credit for smoking cessation programs, the latest among several aggressive steps educators are taking to keep students away from cigarettes.
Class credit may help students stop smoking
*You need to involve kids during the day and provide incentives for
them", said Margo Leathers Sidener,
executive director of the American
Santa Clara-San Benito counties.
"A lot of schools just focus on prevention and ignore the kids who already smoke."
When the program was tested
in Santa Barbara last year, 21 percent of the teens stopped smoking after 2 1/2 months. Schools in San Joaquin give teens the patch and offer in-school, for-credit cessation programs.
Soiled penguins sport knitted wool sweaters
SEQUIM, Wash. — Knitting sweaters for penguins?
It's no joke, say members of the North Olympic Shuttle and Spindle Guild, who are cranking out tiny wool sweaters as part of an international relief effort for penguins affected by an Australian oil spill.
The spill soiled the penguins' home on Philip Island, southeast of Melbourne, I in early January. The oil is thought to have been dumped by an unidentified ship at sea,
according to the Australian government.
The oil has rendered ineffective the penguins' natural insulation. In addition, they are ingesting toxic material as they preen, making the sweaters useful for both warmth and protection from poisoning.
"They look so cute," said guild member Pat Gallup.
Orange-clad teenagers escape in latest fashion
JONESBORO, Ark. — Hold the phone: That person in prison orange may not be a jail escape, just a teenager in the latest fashion.
A pair of Jonesboro stores have been selling orange jail-style clothes, down to stenciled phrases such as "County Inmate," "Correctional Facility," and "Escaped Convict."
The shirts look so much like real prison garb in Craighead County that authorities have received several calls the past few weeks about escapees roaming the city.
Last week, police spent 30 minutes searching a neighborhood after a report of a county inmate jumping fences. Inside the county jail, guards counted heads to make sure they still had everyone.
"Apparently, the person was wearing one of the shirts sold at the mall," said Craighead County Deputy Eric Erwin. "We was about 30 minutes. It is something we had to check out, though."
— The Associated Press
— Compiled by Clay McCuistion