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Friends and supporters o f
U niting to Understand Racism
are in vite d to a Salsa Party
fundraiser fo r the organization
on Friday, Dee. I from 6 p.m. to
8:30 p.m. at the W edding House
2 7 15 S.E. 39th Ave.
The event w ill include appe
tizers, desserts, soft drinks, cham­
pagne and w ine and a beginning
level Salsa class taught by a pro
fcssional dance instructor. There
w ill be other Latin dance perfor­
mances, a music DJ, a silent auc­
tion and door prize drawings.
Tickets, $25 for singles and
$40 fo r couples, can be ordered
by sending a check made out to
UUR-Salsa Part II at P.O. Box
1089, Portland, OR 07202-1089.
For more inform ation, call
Macceo Pettis al 5( 13-284-3818 or
visit understandingracism.org.
November 22. 2006
Simpson ‘Tell Tale’ Murder Story Destructs
’If I Did It' book, interview
had big Fox-TV money trail
( AP) - The (). J. Simpson txx>k
saga took another tw ist Tuesday
when his fo rm e r s is te r-in -la w ,
Denise Brown, accused the media
company behind the project o f try ­
ing to buy her fam ily's silence for
"m illio n s o l dollars."
tions w ith representatives o f Nicole
B ro w n S im p s o n 's and Ron
Goldman's fam ilies over the past
week and that the fam ilies were
offered all profits from the planned
Simpson book and television show,
but he denied that it was hush
Simpson's book, " I f I did it." was money.
a sequel few had dared conceive,
"T h e re w ere no s trin g s a t­
w ith Simpson — acquitted o f mur- tached," News Corp, spokesman
deri ng his ex-w i I'e and her friend but Andrew Butcher said.
later found liable in c iv il court —
Denise Brown told N BC 's "To­
describing how he would have killed day" show Tuesday that her fam ily's
them.
response was "A bsolutely not."
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A spokesman fo r News Corp.,
"They wanted to o ffe r us m il­ O.J. Simpson and Nicole Brown are pictured in this 1993 file
owner o f Fox Broadcasting and lions o f dollars. M illio n s o f dollars photo.
publisher HarperCollins, confirmed for, like. Oh, I'm sorry' money. But Brown said. "W e ju st thought, oh
canceled the w hole thing, less than
that the company had conversa­ they were still going toairthe show," my god.’ What they're tryin g to do
a week after it was announced.
is tryin g to keep us quiet, tryin g to
"I and senior management agree
make this like hush money, trying w ith the Am erican public that this
to go around the c iv il verdict, g iv ­ was an ill-co n sid e re d p ro je ct,"
ing us this money to keep our M urdoch said. "We are sorry fo r
mouths shut.”
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A ny fascination w ith Simpson's
shocking return to public life was
overcome by revulsion and disbe­
lie f from much o f the public.
Even N e w s C o rp ’s R u p e rt
Murdoch, a media king w ith a fa­
mous taste fo r scandal, couldn't
stand it anymore. On M onday, he
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fam iliesof Ron Goldman and N ¡cole
Brown Simpson."
" I f I D id It" had been scheduled
to a ir as a tw o-part interview Nov.
27 and N ov. 29 on Fox, w ith the
b o o k to f o llo w on N o v . 30.
H arperC ollins spokeswoman Erin
Crum said some copies had already
been shipped to stores but w ould
be recalled, and all copies w ould be
destroyed.
Simpson's attorney, Y a le i ialantcr.
told The Associated Press: "W e had
known for three or four days that this
was a possibility."
"There are o nly three possible
reactions: anger, happiness o r in ­
difference. He’s totally indifferent
about the fact that it's been can­
celed," Galanter said.
He said he didn't know i f Simpson
was paid upfront.
Simpson was acquitted o f m ur­
der in 1995 but was later found
liable fo r the deaths in a w rongful-
death suit file d by the Goldman
fam ily. Simpson has failed to pay
the $33.5 m illio n judgm ent against
him in the c iv il case. His N F L pen­
sion and his Florida home cannot
legally be seized. He and the fa m i­
lies o f the victim s have wrangled
over the money in court fo r years.
The cancellation was a stunning
rebuke to ReganBooks — a high-
profile im print o f H arperC ollins—
and Judith Regan, who had labeled
the book and interview Simpson's
"confession." She insisted that
she had done it not fo r m oney,
but as a v ic tim o f dom estic v io ­
lence anxious to face dow n a man
she believed got aw ay, lite ra lly ,
w ith murder.
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Council on American Islamic Relations spokespersons Mohammed AbuHannoud (left) and Bushra,
answer questions during a news conference regarding the removal o f six imams from a US
Airways flight. (AP photo)
Muslim Scholars Kicked Off Plane
Airline behavior
called outrageous
( A P ) — The C o u n cil on A m e ri­
can-Islam ic Relations called Tues­
day fo r an in ve stig a tio n in to the
behavior o f a irlin e s ta ff and a ir­
port security in the rem oval o f six
M u s lim scholars fro m a US A ir ­
ways flig h t a day e a rlie r.
A passenger raised concerns
about the imams — three o f w hom
said th e ir norm al evening prayers
in the a irp o rt te rm in a l before
b o a rd in g the P h o e n ix -b o u n d
plane — through a note passed
NEW SEASONS
to a flig h t attendant, according to
Andrea Rader, a spokeswom an
fo r US A irw a y s .
“ We are concerned that crew
members, passengers and secu­
r ity personnel may have suc­
cum bed to fear and p re ju d ice
based on stereotyping o f M u s­
lim s and Islam ,” said N ihad Awad,
the c o u n c il’ s executive d ire cto r.
The six were re tu rn in g fro m a
conference in M in n e a p o lis o f the
N o rth A m e rica n Im am s Federa­
tio n , said O m a r Shahin o f Phoe­
n ix, president o f the group.
“ They to o k us o f f the plane,
h u m iliated us in a very disrespect­
fu l w a y,” Shahin said a fte r the
in cid e n t.
P olice were ca lle d a fte r the
captain and a irp o rt security w o rk ­
ers asked the men to leave the
plane and the men refused, Rader
said.
Shahin said no one asked the
six to leave u n til p o lice arrived,
when the group co m p lie d .
The other passengers on the
flig h t, w hich was carrying 141 pas­
sengers and fiv e cre w members,
were re-screened fo r boarding.
Rader said. The plane to o k o f f
about three hours a fte r the men
were rem oved.
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