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NAMES IN THE NEWS

     PAUL TAGLIABUE and Patriots Owner BOB KRAFT dined together
at The Palm restaurant in Boston Sunday after the Patriots/Eagles
game (BOSTON GLOBE, 8/20)....During a DirectTV and NFL Sunday
Ticket conference call yesterday, DON SHULA hinted he may return
to coaching in the NFL: "I want to look back, enjoy life for a
year and, then, make some decisions after that...there could be
something in the future that might appeal to me" (TAMPA TRIBUNE,
8/21)....An usher at the Delta Center, LAVON ANKERS, has filed a
$750,000 lawsuit against DENNIS RODMAN for an alleged pinch she
claims Rodman "planted on her backside while...chasing a loose
ball out of bounds during" a '94 game (SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, 8/21).
RODMAN, while appearing on "Late Show" with David Letterman,
announced he's getting married at Rockefeller Center at 12:30
today to a "beautiful and talented woman" ("Late Show," CBS,
8/20)....MICHAEL JOHNSON made a guest appearance on "ET" and gave
the celebrity birthdays list ("Entertainment Tonight,"
8/20)....'96 Men's U.S. Figure Skating Champion RUDY GALINDO was
arrested in Los Gatos, CA, for DUI (S.F. CHRONICLE, 8/21).

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