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Nerves of steel for 'Superman' premiere

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa, July 3 (UPI) -- A Florida woman who won a trip to Iowa to see a charity premiere of "Superman Returns" instead got "a comedy of errors," the Des Moines Register says.

"If I had known that's what it would be like, I would have stayed home," Kathleen Keleher of Fort Lauderdale said.

She and her companion, Ron Viars, won what was supposed to be a red-carpet trip to West Des Moines for the premiere, complete with a reception with the film's star, Iowa native Brandon Routh.

Their flight to Des Moines was overbooked, forcing Keleher and Viars into separate rows. A crated dog in the seat next to Keleher relieved itself.

In the Des Moines airport, they found their luggage had been broken into, her camera was stolen and the remaining contents soaked by rain. The transportation to the hotel didn't show, she told the newspaper.

The hotel desk clerk found no reservation for them, she said. Eventually getting a room, they dressed "business casual" for the premiere, following instructions from Warner Bros., only to find it was black-tie -- and they weren't on the guest list.

That night they didn't get to meet Routh because the actor was late, and they missed their dinner reservation. Keleher ended up spending her 47th birthday at a sports bar -- where she says she got food poisoning.

Then the hotel tried to bill them for the room, she said.

Warner Bros. declined to comment.

Gay bar names drink for baseball manager

CHICAGO, July 3 (UPI) -- A slur against a Chicago sports columnist has gotten White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen onto a gay bar's menu: It named a drink after him.

Guillen called Chicago Sun-Times columnist Jay Mariotti, who had been critical of Guillen, a "f--ing fag" during a pre-game interview last month.

Now the Kit Kat Lounge and Supper Club, a gay bar in Chicago that features female impersonators, has come up with "The Effen Ozzie GuillenTini," the Sun-Times reports.

The martini is made with assorted fresh fruits and vodka and served with a complimentary copy of the Sun-Times sports section.

"What (Guillen) said was no big deal, and we wanted people to know it's time to get over it," said John McCartney, the creator of the drink.

Added club owner Edward Gisigler, "We decided to put 'effen' in front of it because that's what he called Mariotti."

Gisigler said the club will sell the martini through the end of the baseball season.

Fireworks fight leaves at least one dead

INDIANAPOLIS, July 3 (UPI) -- One man was killed and another wounded in Indianapolis in a fight that apparently grew out of someone throwing fireworks at a relative of one of the victims.

Jazmine Rice, 30, and Kalin Kelly, 20, came out of a house about 3:20 a.m. Saturday, looking for whoever threw a firecracker, Indianapolis Police Department spokesman Sgt. Steve Staletovich told the Indianapolis Star.

In the altercation that followed, Rice was shot multiple times. A Marion County coroner's office report said Rice died at the scene.

Kelly was also shot. He was hospitalized in fair condition, the newspaper said.

Later in the day, police said Tori Daniels, 24, showed up at the hospital seeking treatment for a gunshot wound. Witnesses told investigators Daniels was responsible for shooting Rice and Kelly -- and Daniels was arrested after receiving medical treatment.

A new Indiana law allows setting off fireworks on private property from 9 a.m. until 11 p.m. -- or until midnight on certain holidays, including Independence Day.

Fireworks play second fiddle to real storm

MADISON, Wis., July 3 (UPI) -- Organizers had to postpone this year's Rhythm and Booms fireworks show in Madison, Wis., because the weather threatened to put on a show of its own.

A line of severe thunderstorms swept across southern Wisconsin late Saturday, forcing the Madison Fireworks Fund to put off the terrestrial fireworks until Sunday.

Terry Kelly, president of the fund, told the Wisconsin State Journal that postponing the event gave thousands of people a chance to clear out of Warner Park, where the fireworks were supposed to be set off. Everyone was safely evacuated by about 9 p.m., when lightning and wind gusts of 60 mph hit the area, Kelly told the newspaper.

Jean Albrecht said she was a little disappointed, but it is better to be safe than sorry.

"We just had a tornado two weeks ago," she said, "so I understand if it needs to be canceled."

Bob Kaiser of Madison might have been a little more disappointed than most. He had set up a canopy at the park at 5:20 a.m. Saturday to get the best possible view of the fireworks.