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...charges can carry a penalty of up to seven years. But Combs is unlikely to do time. Instead, he will probably plead to a lesser charge and agree to a financial settlement. Such a deal would come with a hefty price tag: Stoute could pocket a payment of anywhere from $1 million on up in exchange for agreeing not to file a civil suit. But even if Combs' legal problems are disposed of, there will be lingering questions: Why would one of hip-hop's smartest executives attack a rival and risk jail? What lit his fuse...
...esteem issues. I read nursery rhymes and Bible stories. When required, I employed a squeaky voice or spoke in one of my (two) accents. Some nights I would fall asleep on her bed with a storybook spread like a tent over my face, dreaming of dragons and rabbits with pocket watches. But reading aloud always made me feel like an actor in a play about good parenting. I looked forward to the time when my daughter could read to herself...
...with custom-made driving directions while stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic. I've looked up local movie listings, browsed synopses of techtrends on Slashdot.org (a website whose motto is "News for Nerds") and snagged up-to-the-minute Yankees scores. The Palm fits comfortably in my shirt pocket, runs for a month on a pair of AAA batteries, has an invitingly readable screen and a cute, clip-up antenna, just like a Star Trek communicator. It is perfect and adorable in every respect save one: it costs way, way too much...
...After wrapping up the Rolfe, Harvard punched its ticket to the expanded 64-team NCAA field when it picked Princeton's pocket in Game 3 of the Ivy League Championship Series, rallying for three runs in the top of the ninth for a 5-4 victory...
...POCKET CHANGE The Susan B. Anthony coin failed miserably in its mission to drive the dollar bill to extinction. But it has found a niche in recent years at stamp and vending machines and rail stations--so useful that the U.S. Mint has finally depleted reserves of the coin minted two decades ago. It will have to issue a final 1999 batch to meet demand before Susan B.'s replacement, the gold-colored Sacagawea, makes its debut early next year...