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...settlement kept alive a season of lively pennant races and record-breaking performances. But it did not go very far toward solving baseball's most critical financial problem: the growing gap between the rich clubs and the poor ones. Unlike pro football, which divides a pot of national televison money equally among its 28 teams, baseball relies more on local television revenue. The owners in big media markets, such as George Steinbrenner of the New York Yankees and Peter O'Malley of the Los Angeles Dodgers, understandably are not eager to share their advantages with less well-endowed clubs, like...
...settlement, which Judge Harvey must approve, remains secret. But sources indicated that Walker, 48, will probably be sentenced to life in prison, while his son, as part of the deal, will get a lighter sentence. The elder Walker is expected to testify against Jerry Whitworth, a former Navy chief radioman accused of supplying him with communications secrets for sale. Whitworth pleaded innocent last week to the charges. Walker's older brother Arthur, a retired Navy lieutenant commander, was convicted in August on similar charges and is awaiting sentencing. DEFENSE A Not-So-Hard...
...Palestinian town of Nablus, a terrorist hotbed. A little more than a year ago, it was home to just nine families and two young bachelors. But since Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon announced plans to evacuate the residents of Sa-Nur this summer, new residents have flooded into the settlement. Now 150 people live here. At the synagogue, Yossi Dagan, the 24-year-old organizing the fight to resist Sharon's orders, fields requests from friends who want to be in Sa-Nur when the army comes to evacuate it. "Sa-Nur was basically abandoned for a while," says Dagan...
Each party recently announced a settlement of both suits. While the terms were not disclosed, EarthRights said Unocal will compensate the plaintiff villagers and pay to help them establish improvement programs in the region...
...project,” Unocal said in a statement posted on its website. The company also stated that all workers on the pipeline project were voluntarily employed and compensated for their work and that no villages were relocated. On April 4, two weeks after Unocal announced the settlement, ChevronTexaco Corp.—the second-largest American oil company after ExxonMobil—revealed its plans to purchase Unocal for about $16.8 billion...