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Originally published Monday, October 6, 2008 at 12:00 AM

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Tina Fey is not a real politician

Celebrity gossip, famous birthdays and other tidbits, compiled from Seattle Times news services.

Art vs. life

It's starting to feel like Tina Fey is running for vice president. Fey again returned to "Saturday Night Live" to play Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin as the sketch comedy show continued to pull out all the stops this election-year season. Queen Latifah dropped by to portray Thursday's debate moderator, PBS' Gwen Ifill, and cast member Jason Sudeikis played Democratic vice-presidential candidate Joseph Biden. Helped by the sketches, the show has enjoyed higher ratings and increased traffic on its Web site.

Transition

Thanks for the calories

The original Carvel shop served its last cones Sunday, more than seven decades after becoming the birthplace of an ice-cream empire. Customers flocked to Hartsdale, about 25 miles north of Manhattan, snapping photos and lamenting the coming shutdown, owner Abdol Faghihi said. The shop, which the owner said had struggled with rising taxes and other expenses, was closing to make way for a new restaurant. Tom Carvel's ice- cream truck got a flat tire on Central Avenue in 1934. He was forced to pull over and did such brisk business that he opened an ice-cream stand on the spot two years later. The Atlanta-based company's products are sold in more than 500 Carvel stores and 8,500 supermarkets nationwide.

Box office

Barking up the right tree

"Beverly Hills Chihuahua" was top dog with moviegoers, who put the Disney comedy at No. 1 for the weekend with a $29 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday. The previous weekend's No. 1 movie, "Eagle Eye," slipped to second place with $17.7 million. "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist," starring Michael Cera and Kat Dennings as teens who fall for each other on a wild New York City night, had a No. 3 debut of $12 million.

Passages

Ted Briggs, 85, the last survivor of the World War II sinking of British battle cruiser HMS Hood, died Saturday in Portsmouth, England. He was one of only three seamen among the crew of more than 1,000 to survive the attack by the German battleship Bismarck in the Denmark Strait on May 24, 1941.

Today in History

1683: Thirteen families from Krefeld, Germany, arrived in Philadelphia to begin Germantown, one of America's oldest settlements.

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1973: War erupted in the Middle East as Egypt and Syria attacked Israel during the Yom Kippur holiday.

1981: Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was shot to death by extremists while reviewing a military parade.

Today's Birthdays

Rock singer-musician David Hidalgo (Los Lobos), 54. Actress Elisabeth Shue, 45. Singer Matthew Sweet, 44. Actress Emily Mortimer, 37. Actor Jeremy Sisto, 34.

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