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Thursday, February 10, 2011
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Newsmakers Celebrity scoop ■ By The Associated Press
Jude Law, Sienna Miller split up again Sienna Miller’s spokeswoman said the actress and Jude Law have split up for a second time. Publicist Tori Cook said Wednesday that 29-year-old Miller and the 38-yearold “SherJude Law lock Holmes” star are no longer in a relationship. The couple met on the set of “Alfie” in 2003 and later became engaged but separated after Law admitted a fling with his children’s nanny in 2005. They resumed their relationship in 2009 and had been living together in London. Law has three children with his ex-wife, actress and designer Sadie Frost. He also fathered a child in 2009 during a brief relationship with model Samantha Burke.
reality show. Ryan O’Neal and his daughter, Tatum, are filming such a show for Oprah O’Neal Winfrey’s OWN network with the hope of further mending a relationship that was in tatters for years. In a recent interview with the Associated Press, O’Neal said the series “was Tatum’s idea. She sold it to me.” They’ve filmed about a half-dozen episodes so far. “She’s wonderful to have back in my life,” he said. Their estrangement was at its worst when Tatum wrote about her father’s alleged drug abuse and being a bad father in her autobiography Paper Life in 2004. The healing began at the funeral of O’Neal’s longtime companion, Farrah Fawcett, in 2009.
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Ashlee Simpson-Wentz and her husband, Pete Wentz, arrive for a screening of “Runaway” in L.A. in October 2010.
“After careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to file for divorce,” the former couple said in a joint statement. “We remain friends and deeply committed and loving parents to our son, Bronx, whose happiness and well-being remains our No. 1 priority.” Simpson married Wentz in May 2008, and her court filing does not indicate when the couple broke up. She is the sister of perDivorce in L.A. former Jessica Simpson Ashlee Simpson and and has released three Pete Wentz are falling out albums and appeared in of marriage. the reboot of the television Simpson filed for divorce series “Melrose Place.” from the Fall Out Boy Wentz’s band, Fall Out bassist Wednesday in Los O’Neals mend Boy, said in early 2010 that Angeles, citing irreconcilit was taking a break, In a time when celebriable differences, court though the 31-year-old said ties bare their souls in pub- records show. The singer at the time that the group’s lic every day, love means and actress is seeking breakup had been blown never having to say you’re physical custody of their 2-year-old son. sorry, unless it’s said on a out of proportion.
Peninsula Daily News PENINSULA POLL TUESDAY’S QUESTION: How charitable do you think the North Olympic Peninsula is?
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30.4%
23.8%
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Passings By The Associated Press
Miltiades Evert, 71, a conservative former opposition leader and Athens mayor, died in a hospital in the Greek capital Wednesday. Officials said Mr. Evert had been treated for weeks in intensive care for breathing problems. Mr. Evert His death was announced in Parliament by Health Minister Andreas Loverdos. Mr. Evert was chairman of Greece’s New Democracy party from 1993 until its fall from power in 1997. He held a number of Cabinet positions — including the finance portfolio. An economist and animal lover who kept several dogs and a pet monkey, Mr. Evert was first elected to Parliament in 1974, after the collapse of the 19671974 military dictatorship. He served as mayor of Athens from 1987-1989, founding Greece’s first municipal radio station. Mr. Evert is survived by his widow, photographer Liza Evert, and their two daughters.
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Leroy Hassell Sr., 55, who became Virginia’s first black chief justice, has died in Richmond, Va. The court disclosed his death in a brief statement Wednesday that didn’t include cause of death or
other details. Mr. Hassell was appointed to the Supreme Court by then-Gov. Mr. Hassell Gerald L. in 2003 Baliles in 1989. In 2003, he became the court’s first black chief justice and the 24th overall. He held the post until the end of last month. A Norfolk native, Mr. Hassell graduated from the University of Virginia and Harvard Law School, then returned to Richmond, where he became a partner in the politically muscular McGuire Woods law firm. When he joined the Supreme Court at age 34, he became only the second black justice on the court after John Charles Thomas.
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Brian Jacques, 71, author of the best-selling “Redwall” adventures for children, has died in London.
Seen Around Peninsula snapshots CARDBOARD CUTOUT VAMPIRES in downtown Port Angeles corner store window fading from the sunlight. Vampires hate the sun . . . WANTED! “Seen Around” items. Send them to PDN News Desk, P.O. Box 1330, Port Angeles, WA 98362; fax 360-417-3521; or e-mail news@peninsuladaily news.com.
The Liverpool Echo newspaper said Tuesday that Mr. Jacques died Saturday in a hospital where he was being treated for an aneurism on his aorta. Mr. Jacques was a milk delivery man when he wrote the first Redwall story for children at the Royal Wavertree School for the Blind in Liverpool, one of the stops on his route. The book’s hero was a timid mouse named Matthias who found the courage to protect his home, Redwall Abbey. The first of 21 Redwall books appeared in 1986. He said he chose animals as his characters because they were more popular with his target audience, kids ages 9 to 15. His inspirations included the books he read as a child, such as the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Did You Win? State lottery results
Wednesday’s Daily Game: 4-6-6 Wednesday’s Hit 5: 06-16-23-33-34 Wednesday’s Keno: 01-06-08-09-10-15-22-2325-31-32-37-40-46-47-4954-62-69-75 Wednesday’s Lotto: 10-14-29-33-42-45 Wednesday’s Match 4: 11-17-18-23 Wednesday’s Powerball: 07-11-39-42-51, Powerball: 30, Power Play: 4
Setting it Straight Corrections and clarifications The Peninsula Daily News strives at all times for accuracy and fairness in articles, headlines and photographs. To correct an error or to clarify a news story, phone Executive Editor Rex Wilson at 360-4173530 or e-mail rex.wilson@peninsuladailynews.com.
Peninsula Lookback
From the pages of the Peninsula Daily News
1936 (75 years ago) Willard Brumfield, 75, first mayor to be elected in Port Angeles and a town pioneer, died of age-related causes yesterday, Feb. 9. After graduating from the University of Michigan, he joined the Army and was assigned in the Signal Corps to Port Angeles in 1885. He helped established the weather station. After discharge from the Army, he was elected mayor in 1890. Brumfield was the first elected mayor of Port Angeles; John Dyke was the first mayor by appointment after city incorporation in 1890. Brumfield was a leader the successful effort in 1891 to move the Clallam County seat from Dungeness to Port Angeles, setting up county government temporarily in the Greenleaf Hotel at Second and Valley streets.
1961 (50 years ago) The Forks Junior Chamber of Commerce will host the state winter executive board meeting tomorrow. Attending will be state Jaycee President Ken Johnson and officers of all districts in the state. The business meeting
and noon luncheon will be held in the Forks Congregational Church fellowship hall, and a dinner-dance will be held at the Sportsman’s Clubhouse.
1986 (25 years ago) Fairholme store would be relocated and the west end of Lake Crescent opened to more day use as part of a development plan adopted by Olympic National Park. But actual changes at Fairholme may be delayed because of uncertainties about park funding, said Assistant Park Superintendent John Teichert. Earlier plans to close the store wre avoided by pressure from West End residents because it’s the only place on a 36-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 101 to buy gasoline and groceries.
Laugh Lines Chevrolet is coming out with a new feature on their cars that will let drivers update their Facebook status in the car. Great news — I was getting so bored talking on the phone and texting while driving. Jay Leno
Looking Back From the files of The Associated Press
TODAY IS THURSDAY, Feb. 10, the 41st day of 2011. There are 324 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: ■ On Feb. 10, 1949, Arthur Miller’s play “Death of a Salesman” opened at Broadway’s Morosco Theater with Lee J. Cobb as Willy Loman. On this date: ■ In 1763, Britain, Spain and France signed the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years’ War. ■ In 1840, Britain’s Queen Victoria married Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. ■ In 1841, Upper Canada and Lower Canada were proclaimed united under an Act of Union passed by the British Parliament. ■ In 1942, the former French
liner Normandie capsized in New York Harbor a day after it caught fire while being refitted for the U.S. Navy. ■ In 1959, a major tornado tore through the St. Louis area, killing 21 people and causing heavy damage. ■ In 1962, the Soviet Union exchanged captured American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers for Rudolf Abel, a Soviet spy held by the United States. ■ In 1967, the 25th Amendment to the Constitution, dealing with presidential disability and succession, was ratified as Minnesota and Nevada adopted it. ■ In 1968, U.S. figure skater Peggy Fleming won America’s only gold medal of the Winter Olympic Games in Grenoble, France.
■ In 1981, eight people were killed when a fire set by a busboy broke out at the Las Vegas Hilton hotel-casino. ■ In 2005, playwright Arthur Miller died in Roxbury, Conn., at age 89 on the 56th anniversary of the Broadway opening of his “Death of a Salesman.” ■ Ten years ago: The space shuttle Atlantis’ astronauts installed the $1.4 billion Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station. Former New York City Mayor Abraham D. Beame died at age 94. ■ Five years ago: Former federal disaster chief Michael Brown told a Senate committee he had alerted the White House to how bad things were in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and agreed
with senators who said he’d been made a scapegoat for government failures. The Winter Olympics opened in Turin, Italy, with cross-country skier and gold medalist Stefania Belmondo lighting the caldron. Dr. Norman Shumway, who’d performed the first successful U.S. heart transplant, died in Palo Alto, Calif., at age 83. ■ One year ago: Shuttle Endeavour arrived to a warm welcome at the International Space Station, delivering a new room and observation deck. Former Texas Congressman Charlie Wilson, whose funding of Afghanistan’s resistance to the Soviet Union was chronicled in the movie and book Charlie Wilson’s War, died in Dallas at age 76.