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Yao Tops Forbes’ List Of Richest Chinese Celebrities

Dodgers Owners FRANK and JAMIE MCCOURT donated one-fifth of an acre of Boston waterfront land to the city’s CHILDREN’S MUSEUM to “be used for a park” (BOSTON GLOBE, 3/13)....Around 15,000 people attended last night’s memorial service at the Metrodome for late Baseball HOFer KIRBY PUCKETT (ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS, 3/13)....Former ACC Commissioner GENE CORRIGAN received the Atlantic Coast Media Association’s MARVIN “SKEETER” FRANCIS AWARD in recognition of notable achievement and service to the media (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 3/12)....Rockets C YAO MING ranked first on FORBES’ list of China’s 100 richest celebrities with an ’05 income of $21.1M (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, 3/13)....Indianapolis Star columnist BOB KRAVITZ is recovering from a procedure conducted last Thursday to clear a heart blockage and will not file his column “for a couple of weeks during his recovery” (INDIANAPOLIS STAR, 3/11).

IN MEMORY: Swedish snowboarder JONATAN JOHANSSON died from injuries sustained in a fall yesterday at Whiteface Mountain in New York. Johansson finished 12th in the snowboard cross event at the Turin Games (Mult., 3/13)....AEG and the MLS Galaxy have established the AEDAN HAMILTON FUND in honor of the late Doug Hamilton, which will benefit his son. In lieu of flowers, donations should be made payable and sent to (Galaxy):
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