Originally published Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at 12:00 AM
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Paul McCartney divorce final in 6 weeks
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Paul McCartney and Heather Mills were granted a preliminary divorce Monday.

Paul McCartney and Heather Mills were granted a preliminary divorce Monday.
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Sometimes love isn't all you need. A judge in London granted a preliminary divorce Monday to former Beatle Paul McCartney and Heather Mills. If no one objects, the divorce will be final in six weeks. Mills, 40, will emerge from the rancorous divorce with a settlement of $47.5 million but a reputation damaged by her televised outbursts against McCartney. Mills will retain custody of the couple's 4-year-old daughter, Beatrice. McCartney will retain the bulk of his fortune, estimated by the court at $880 million.
Rapper arrested
Swedish police say the American rapper Spliff Star has been arrested on suspicion of drug possession. Police spokeswoman Lotta Larsson said Spliff Star — real name William Lewis — was taken into custody early Sunday after performing in Stockholm with Busta Rhymes. She says police found an unidentified substance in Lewis' hotel room. Larsson said Monday that Lewis was released after leaving a urine sample. Sweden's drug laws are stricter than in many other European countries. Drug possession is normally punished by a fine or up to six months in jail.
It's a record
Yoakam on "Tonight"
Dwight Yoakam will make his 24th appearance on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on Thursday, breaking the record for most musical performances by any artist. In addition to his appearances with Jay Leno, Yoakam also was on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" six times, beginning in 1986.
Graduates
Father, son get degrees
Tom McLelland was both proud papa and happy grad during commencement at an Ohio law school. McLelland, 58, and his son, Ryan, graduated together Sunday with law degrees from Ohio Northern University in Ada and may open a practice together at home in Utah.
"It's something we've talked about for the last five years," the elder McLelland, a former human-resources manager for the state Department of Corrections, said before the ceremony.
Ryan McLelland said he and his dad took almost every class together. "We could help each other a lot better," he said.
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Tom, who lived in West Jordan, Utah, before going back to school, is interested in labor and employment law, and Ryan, a father of three, is interested in family law.
Passages
Nuala O'Faolain, 68, an Irish journalist and feminist who gained international fame with her outspoken 1996 memoir "Are You Somebody?" died of lung cancer Friday at a Dublin hospice.
Today in History
1607: English colonists arrived by ship at the site of what became the Jamestown settlement in Virginia. (The colonists went ashore the next day.)
1918: The first U.S. airmail stamps, featuring a picture of a Curtiss JN-4 biplane, were introduced with a face value of 24 cents. (On a few of the stamps, the biplane was printed upside down; the "inverted Jenny," as it came to be called, instantly became a collector's item.)
1958: Vice President Richard Nixon and his wife, Pat, were spat upon and their limousine battered with rocks thrown by anti-U.S. demonstrators in Caracas, Venezuela.
1981: Pope John Paul II was shot and wounded in St. Peter's Square by Turkish assailant Mehmet Ali Agca.
2003: The government unveiled a new and more colorful version of the $20 bill.
Today's Birthdays
Actress Beatrice Arthur, 86. Actor Buck Taylor, 70. Actor Harvey Keitel, 69. Singer Stevie Wonder, 58. Basketball player Dennis Rodman, 47. Actor-comedian Stephen Colbert, 44. Actor Tom Verica, 44. Rock musician Mickey Madden (Maroon 5), 29.
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