Hoffman backs marrow donor plea for ill New York student
Oscar winner Dustin Hoffman launches a six figure donation and public drive to find a bone marrow donor for Allison Atlas a 20 year old New York University business major from Bethesda Md diagnosed with leukemia Atlas given three to six months without transplant Hoffman urged donors and pledged a vacation as a reward for a match Bio notes Atlas and 9 000 others await marrow transplants with about 25 dying monthly before a donor is found
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Bethesda, Md
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Actress sues Miss USA officials over car fueling assault claim
Tracy Scoggins sues Miss Universe Inc and Miss USA pageant directors for 14 million dollars alleging a car marked Miss Universe lured an attacker who pulled down her dress in an El Paso elevator during the 1988 Miss USA pageant run.
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Screenwriter sues Eddie Murphy over Harlem Nights ideas
Michael Greene, 35, files a 35 million lawsuit in Uniondale alleging Harlem Nights borrows elements from his screenplay A Halloween to Remember. He cites similarities in 1930s underworld setting, orphans, and characters, naming Murphy and Paramount as defendants.
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