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...gambling in Casablanca; there is corruption in Chinatown; and there may be something fishy on Survivor too. A suit filed in San Francisco County Superior Court by ex-Survivor contestant STACEY STILLMAN claims show producer Mark Burnett "improperly abused his relationships with the contestants" by persuading Sean Kenniff and Dirk Been to vote her, rather than ex-Navy SEAL Rudy Boesch, off the island. Similar charges were leveled last year in The Stingray, a book about the show by investigative reporter Peter Lance. Stillman, seeking unspecified damages, says a letter from Been to Burnett exists to support her claim. Less...
...needs a tag line, they can call it "Survivor 1.5." In an apparent effort to confirm yet another of America's stereotypes about lawyers, Stacey Stillman has reacted to losing the first "Survivor," months after the fact, by suing. Specifically, Stillman alleges that two other contestants - Sean Keniff and Dirk Been - were spoken to by producers, which led them to vote her off the island, which in turn meant the contest was rigged. (Keniff has denied the charge; Been neither confirms nor denies...
...Others who oppose Clinton's actions are not quite as interested in diplomatic equivocation. "Idaho will sue," Governor Dirk Kempthorne told the Times, calling the order "an absolutely flawed piece of public policy that has stiffed the states." Kempthorne, along with representatives of the energy and timber industries, claims the order would strangle domestic resources and jobs, and would necessitate costly importation of critical energy and building supplies...
...Suzanne McCarthy, co-master of Pforzheimer House and Allston Burr Senior Tutor Dirk M. Killen '82 were transported to the hospital by HUPD to be with Palmer-Sherman. More than a dozen of her friends also gathered in the intensive care unit waiting room...
...evening's end, Dirk Q. Roderick, 41, of Mattapan will be transferred to a Cambridge police holding cell and charged with one felony, larceny in a building, and two misdemeanors, receiving stolen property over $250 and trespassing. The Criminal Investigation Division will continue its investigation in the coming days and consider additional charges...