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David Letterman's show has been knocked off the air in seven southern and midwestern cities -- including Wichita, Mobile and Mason City -- this week because the stations' owner, Nick Evans (of Spartan Communications in Spartanburg, S.C.), had trouble getting tickets for people who wanted to see the "Late Show" taped in New York. Instead, viewers of Evans' stations are being treated to a mixture of infomercials, sitcoms such as "Mama's Family" and "Married With Children," and "Judge Judy." Evans concedes that a ticket dispute was behind his decision, but also says he's unhappy with Dave's low ratings...
Also included is a new ticket office on thebottom floor and a third floor loft, where sportsadministrators have sunny offices and a lounge...
Using a little ingenuity, Osnoss was able toattend a sold-out match, his first glimpse ofinternational soccer competition. "It's verydifficult to get a ticket, but I got one for aminor match," he says. Osnoss says he bought histicket from scalpers once the game had begun...
...weekend, far more than the $19.8 million by last week's No. 1 (and this week's No. 2), Eddie Murphy's "Dr. Dolittle." Rounding out the top five box office draws over the holiday weekend were "Mulan," "Out of Sight" and "The X-Files Movie." "Armageddon"'s ticket sales were considered less than Earth-shattering, considering its $160 million budget. In its first five days the film brought in $52.9 million, putting it right behind this summer's other top action flick, "Godzilla," which opened with $55.5 million over the four-day Memorial Day weekend yet proved...
...their low-end consumer goods, like shoes, toys and textiles, from China, which has replaced richer Asian nations as the cheapest supplier (which keeps U.S. inflation down). What America mainly sells to the Chinese is high-value-added items like machinery, aircraft and transportation equipment, a few big-ticket sales that don't begin to penetrate to China's exploding consumer class...