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...California bankruptcy court last week awarded ANNA NICOLE SMITH, she of the breasts, $449.7 million, an amount the judge said was the former Playboy Playmate's rightful inheritance from a blink-and-you-missed-it marriage to the late oil baron Howard Marshall. The two met in a Houston topless bar, where Smith was working as a stripper. When they married in 1994, she was a nubile 26 and he was 89--but a young 89. Marshall died one year later, leaving two sons to fight with their stepmother over an estimated $1.6 billion fortune. The court ruled that Pierce...
...team already loaded with perimeter players, including Allan Houston and Latrell Sprewell, his addition seems strange, at best. "Just Add Rice" may be a successful recipe for Harvard University Dining Services on alternate days, but it does nothing for these Knicks...
...rash of Net fraud cases has done little to deter online investors from their passion, nor should it if they stick to investing in what they know. "Sure, there's a lot of garbage out there," says Bob Smith, a Houston oil executive. He upgraded his computer five years ago specifically to dump his broker and trade online. He checks the financial Web postings and tunes in to chat sessions on the market. But he also does his own research and notes that the hype-and-con element of Wall Street isn't just online. "Highly paid analysts hype Internet...
...beginning of the year, Carl Everett was tearing up opposing pitchers. He was considered a viable Most Valuable Player candidate. People wondered how General Manager Dan Duquette could possibly have acquired him so cheaply from the Houston Astros. They soon found out--Everett was suspended for 10 games when he threw a tantrum after an umpire asked that he stand inside the batters...
...Stone says Gebeyehu-Houston and Johnson--and other writers who share their concerns--might be right to leave their posts...