Roanoke Times
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DATE: THURSDAY, February 10, 1994 TAG: 9402100056
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NBC said Tuesday the figure skater will be on stage for the March 12 episode of the comedy show, which will feature Aretha Franklin as the musical guest.
Kerrigan was hit in the leg last month with a metal rod in a plot to knock her out of the Olympics.
She will compete in Lillehammer, Norway, this month. The ex-husband of her skating rival Tonya Harding has pleaded guilty to a charge of racketeering in the attack.
Donald Trump considers his marriage to Marla Maples a key to his financial comeback.
Vanity Fair reports that Trump, who is on the verge of erasing his debt by taking his casinos public, felt he could no longer afford the stigma of being seen as an unfaithful husband and the father of an illegitimate child.
"There's a level of brutality in boxing," Trump said of his marital and financial troubles in the magazine's March issue. "It's hard to take 300 punches in the face and come back for another round."
According to the article, "bruising" negotiations ended with Marla signing a pre-nuptial agreement that expires in five years.
It's dangerous to play with . . . Michael Jackson's lawyers.
Jackson's lawyers on Tuesday gave a blistering cross-examination of an expert witness in the copyright trial in which songwriter Crystal Cartier accuses Jackson of stealing his 1992 hit "Dangerous" from her.
"I think the most important similarity is in the choruses of the songs," said Denver musician Kris Farris. "And the most obvious similarity is the use of the word `dangerous.' "
Jackson lawyer Rick Gabriel challenged each likeness Farris cited between the two songs, including the drumbeat, key and theme of dangerous love.
"Are you aware, sir, there are over 200 songs copyrighted since the mid-1930s under the title, `Dangerous?' " he asked. Farris said he wasn't.
"The concept of dangerous is not unique or original to either Ms. Cartier or Mr. Jackson," said Gabriel. Farris agreed.
by CNB