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WILLIAM MORRIS & ICM Rival talent agencies hope to fill breach after uber-agent Mike Ovitz defects to Disney...
...spared the ordeal of facing an Idaho jury that might well have awarded the Weavers even more money, to say nothing of what could have been weeks of squirming testimony on Court TV. At FBI headquarters, morale has tanked. Even during the darkest days of Watergate, says a morose agent, "we were in trouble for investigating the wrong people. We've never been accused of shooting women holding babies...
...Whitacre made a fateful decision. "I did not feel comfortable lying to the FBI," Whitacre said. Instead, he blurted the truth to special agent Brian Shepard, "a very trustworthy guy" who ran the Decatur office. Whitacre soon agreed to carry a recorder hooked to his inside coat pocket while working in the office and to tote a briefcase rigged with a taping device to sessions between ADM representatives and those of other companies. He also tipped the FBI to meetings where prices might be discussed with representatives of other companies so the agents could videotape the proceedings. "It's amazing...
...family of white separatist Randy Weaver was awarded a $3.1 million settlement by the Justice Department. Three years ago, Weaver's wife and 14-year-old son were killed by U.S. agents in a bloody standoff at his Ruby Ridge cabin in northern Idaho. Weaver-who is something of a hero to the militia movement-was accused of killing an agent in the shootout...
Alabama officials turned crimson Wednesday when the NCAA placed the school's storied football program on probation for three years. The most serious charge: the school provided "false and misleading information" about a player who was declared ineligible after signing with an agent. Among the penalties: a ban on postseason play for the coming year...