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Friday • May 1, 1998 NBC network recreates Long Island incident NEW YORK (AP) — Barbra Streisand was on the line. She was producing a TV movie about Carolyn McCarthy, whose husband was shot to death on the Long Island Rail Road, and she didn’t like the way it was turning out. Streisand, one of Hollywood’s most notorious nitpickers, complained about the movie’s thematic flow. She didn’t think it had much. McCarthy didn’t want to hear about it. “I said, ‘Go listen to some music. The flow will be fine,”' McCarthy recalled several months later. Entertainment royalty obviously means little to McCarthy. She didn’t evolve from a grieving housewife to a dogged anti-gun activist to Congresswoman by meekly accepting anything whatever she was told. So you can be certain that when NBC airs ‘‘The Long Island Incident” Sunday at 9 p.m. EDT, the Carolyn McCarthy story it tells is Carolyn McCarthy’s story. Her life changed forever on Dec. 7, 1993, when Colin Ferguson opened fire with a semi-automatic handgun aboard the commuter train. McCarthy’s husband, Dennis, was one of six people killed. Her son, Kevin, was seriously wounded. Reluctant at first to get politically involved, McCarthy was finally prodded into lob bying Congress for gun con trol. She was so angry when her congressman, Daniel Frisa, voted to repeal a gun law that she took him on in the 1996 election and won. Dozens of people contact ed McCarthy about a movie. She rejected them all because she wanted no depiction of the pivotal event — Ferguson striding down a train aisle, methodically shooting people. McCarthy threatened to sue when NBC decided it was going ahead anyway. But she was heartened by Streisand’s participation, figuring the celebrity would be sensitive to privacy concerns. McCarthy relented when producers offered her a chance to con sult on the script. “When they said they were looking for an inspirational story, I became a lot more comfortable with it,” said McCarthy. She says she is so pleased with the finished product that she is giving interviews to promote it. Sk@feh By Quatro IUTTER HAVOC WAS SURE TO ENSUE WHENEVER: FARMER lebowitz whippep OUT h/s CONTROVERSIAL, AMP QUITE EFFECTIVE,"Cma< MAMET." Simel & Lewis By Mell Father charged with murdering daughter after Internet confession BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Pleas for help and con fessions of wrongdoing aren’t out of the ordinary in an online support group for problem drinkers. But these messages stood out. They contained a detailed confession from a man who said he got ‘‘wickedly drunk” and killed his 5-year-old daughter by setting fire to his house, then acted like the sorrowful father who bravely tried to save her. To some, the reaction of other support group members — many of whom did not notify police and criticized those who eventually had the man arrested — was even more disturbing than the con fession. The case has set off a debate about the con fidentiality of online support groups, where some members may assume that the intimate stories they send over the Internet are private. Police arrested Larrry Froistad, a San Diego computer programmer, on March 27 and charged him with murdering his daughter in 1995 in Bowman, N.D., where Froistad had lived. Police said Froistad, 29, called and confessed after learning that support group members had notified authorities about his postings. The message that started it all was a rambling note from a user known as ‘‘Ifroistl.” The posting, sent at 6:09 a.m. on March 22, was about people he had lost in his life. ‘‘Amanda I murdered because her mother stood between us,” it said. The ladies of Chi Omega are very proud of their 1998 May graduates and wish them the best of luck. We love you! Jenny Acklam Rachel Lewis Sarah Arnau Faye Little Julie Bowman Ashley McQuaid Binky Campbell Casey Meyer Jennifer Cantwell Abby Mudroch Courtney Clements Alison Parigi Anne Coleman Hicole Parker Cristy Cox Roseanne Petricca Kimberly Crissey Lynsey Pritchard Missy Davila Pam Richardson Kasey DeBusk Casey Sanford Kelley Denney Kelly Shoemake Melissa Fall Carrie Smith Amy Faulkner Katy Steffes Suzanne Foshee Molly Stinson Lindsay Harris Stephanie Tuffly Kelsey Heien Tara VanHouten Mary Heldebrandt Jenny Vrnak Shelly Henke Christi Wann Misti Hill Julie Weldner Ceci Hudson Carrie Wickiser Leigh Jones mmsmiSlSISlSIS!SiaMSMSm3SSmiSmS!SmQSSMS!SI3!BMSSS!3IS!Bm!3mSSmS!SISmS!SISMS!BmslSIQEmMS!S!313iSMSStSSSSSS[^ Special Menu Featuring Everything Under rr Dine in only. $5 menu no# valid wi#h any other offer. Valid May 1-5 only. Post Oak Moll, 764-0900 0201 Freedom Blvd @ Briorcrest, 776-0994