BRIEFLY BING, KERKORIAN END $1 BILLION SUIT.Real estate heir and entertainment producer Steve Bing resolved his dispute with Kirk Kerkorian, ending a $1 billion-plus invasion of privacy invasion of privacy n. the intrusion into the personal life of another, without just cause, which can give the person whose privacy has been invaded a right to bring a lawsuit for damages against the person or entity that intruded. and trespassing lawsuit against the MGM MGM in full Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. U.S. corporation and film studio. It was formed when the film distributor Marcus Loew, who bought Metro Pictures in 1920, merged it with the Goldwyn production company in 1924 and with Louis B. Mayer Pictures in 1925. studio mogul, Bing's representatives said Wednesday. Bing had sought more than $1 billion in his lawsuit against Kerkorian, claiming the 84-year-old Kerkorian was behind an effort to root through Bing's trash for dental floss dental floss n. A waxed or unwaxed thread used to remove food particles and plaque from the teeth. in an effort to prove - through DNA analysis DNA analysis Any technique used to analyze genes and DNA. See Chromosome walking, DNA fingerprinting, Footprinting, In situ hybridization, Jeffries' probe, Jumping libraries, PCR, RFLP analysis, Southern blot hybridization. - that Bing fathered the 4-year-old daughter of Kerkorian's ex-wife. Lisa Bonder Kerkorian, 37, has gone to court to get $320,000 a month from Kirk Kerkorian to support daughter Kira. It was recently confirmed that the 37-year-old Bing is the biological father of actress Elizabeth Hurley's newborn child. - Associated Press Suspect shot after chase identified PACOIMA - An 18-year-old man fatally shot by California Highway Patrol officers after a police pursuit on the Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. was identified Wednesday as Michael Bilderrian, 18, of East Los Angeles East Los Angeles, uninc. city (1990 pop. 126,379), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles, in an industrial area. It has a large Mexican-American population. There is a performing arts center and a cultural center. A junior college is there. . Highway Patrol officers said Bilderrian was shot Tuesday night when he pointed a loaded gun at them. The pursuit ended after a GMC GMC See: Guaranteed Mortgage Certificate truck with four robbery suspects lost a tire and burst into flames in the northbound lanes of the Golden State Freeway near the Ronald Reagan Freeway (118). Three other people in the GMC truck were taken into custody and identified as Richard Gutierrez, 21, and two juvenile males ages 15 and 17, all from Pico Rivera. - Daily News Missing woman sought by police Authorities stepped up their search Wednesday for a 66-year-old Pasadena woman who is prone to blackouts and fainting and who planned to drive to Central California for a family vacation. Elizabeth Whiting was last seen Saturday at a La Canada sporting goods store, said Janet Pope of the Pasadena Police Department The Pasadena Police Department is the police department serving Pasadena, California The headquarters of the Pasadena Police Department is located at 207 North Garfield Avenue in Pasadena, just a few blocks from the Pasadena City Hall and Paseo Colorado. . She was apparently preparing for a trip to Shaver Lake, in Fresno County. - City News Service Brown finishes 180-day jail term Former football great Jim Brown was released from jail in Ventura on Wednesday after serving a 180-day sentence for a 1999 misdemeanor vandalism conviction for smashing the windows of his wife's car. The 67-year-old Brown chose jail instead of domestic abuse counseling, because he was not convicted of that crime and said he refused to ``take a deal'' to avoid serving time. - City News Service Southland water may taste musty People in portions of four Southern California counties may now or soon notice a musty taste and odor in their tap water, but it is an aesthetic problem and not a health hazard health hazard Occupational safety Any agent or activity posing a potential hazard to health. Cf Physical hazard. , officials said Wednesday. Jill T. Wicke, the Metropolitan Water District's manager of water system operations, stressed that the unpleasant taste and odor affecting tap water in eastern Los Angeles, western Riverside, western San Bernardino and Orange counties is not related to the nationwide security alert or potential terrorist activities. - City News Service |
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