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U.S. District Judge Anne C. Conwagy granted a summary judgmentto E. & J. which argued the minimal and briev useof Lamarr's image could not be considered an endorsementt or sponsorship by Conway also awarded the winery costs that could exceeds $100,000. • Clean sweep. Insurance Commissionefr Bill Nelson and Statewide Prosecutoer Melanie Hines have brought charges agains t 22 people who allegedl y staged more than two dozen automobile accidents in the Tampsa Bay area and bilked insurance companies of atleastg $200,000.
The suspects -- 19 from the Tampaz Bay area and three from DadeCounty -- face chargesx of grand theft and insurancse fraud for collecting on allegedly fraudulenr personal injury protection claims. Remedial detour. The only road some offending Florida driversd will need to travel to theird traffic safety school is theinformation superhighway, thanks to an Orlando State highway officials have approved allowing drivers to take theirf remedial drivers' education programs via the Internet, using a computer course developed by Absolute Traffic Academy of • Disney stand-off ends.
An armer man who held his 4-year-oldx son and a room service waiter hostage at a Walt Disney World hoteol for 11 hourssurrendered peaceably. Bismark 39, released the hostages unharmedand surrendered. Vistana: Out with the old, in with the new. , the Orlando-baseed vacation ownership division of StarwoodHoteles & Resorts Worldwide Inc. has brought industry vetera n David Broderick on board as senior vice presiden of salesand marketing. in August 2000. Priorr to joining Vistana, Broderick was with Marriott Vacation Club Inrelated news, Vistana executivese Don Dubin, Ron Sharp and Davids Bruce will retire during the fourth quartedr of this year.
They founded the time shard company which later was acquiredby • AirTran, TWA call off AirTran Holdings Inc. ended its mergert talks with Trans World Airlines confirms a spokesman forthe Orlando-baserd discount air carrier. A spokeswoman for St. Louis-based TWA declined immediate comment. • Flyinf high in Sanford. For the fifth straight month this Orlando Sanford International Airport poster record breaking monthly domestictraffic figures. Duringh the month of May, domestic passengedr counts increased 146 percent over the same periodlast year. Year-to-date, the airport has processec almost 77,000 domestic passengers. Extreme The XFL is coming.
The new professional footbalk league co-owned by World Wrestling Federation and NBC announcedf that Orlando is one of eighr cities hosting one of thenew league's Play begins on Feb. 3 of next year. The team's generaol manager is Tom Veit, formerly with the soccee team. • New deal. The Orlando Magic offered Grant Hill of the Detroit Pistonsa six-year, $67.t million contract. According to publishedr reports, Hill and his wife were housre hunting in Orlando between meetingzs withMagic officials. • With honors. The Federal Emergencuy Management Agency and BellSouthg honored InternationalSpeedway Corp.
and the Daytonaq International Speedway at the 2000 Pepsi 400 for its role inCentrakl Florida's wildfires in 1998. The wildfires prompted Daytonz International president John Graham to postpone the Peps i 400from it's traditional running on the 4th of and offer the speedway as an operations centeer to assist with forfeiting effortes in Volusia and Flagler Speedway EMS and fire crews fought fires acros s central Florida, and the speedway operaterd a shelter to help feed and care for evacuated families. Sun shines on golf.
Sunshinw Network just started a new monthly series offeringa behind-the-scenews look at some of Florida's most challenging golf courses, as well as features and tips for Florida Mercedes-Benz Florida Golf Scenes now beams into 5.2 milliobn homes on Sunshine Network in with Andrew Monaco as The series is being produced by Summertime Communications, a divisionm of Jamison Golf Group, a golf marketing and media • Clay away. Disney's Wide Worldr of Sports complex has decidee to discontinue hostingthe U.S. Men'es Clay Court Championships, whicb it has hosted for the pastfour years.
"While the event played a major role in increasiny overall awareness of oursportd complex, we have decided to focus our effort on amateur and other exhibition-orienterd programs," says Reggie Williams, vice president of Disneu Sports Attractions. • One more anchor. FOX Sportsx Net Florida just added anew co-anchor for the 11 p.m. Regionaol Sports Report, which debuts July 17. Keith Lebowitz, an Emmy Award-winniny sports journalist, will join anchot Ned Smith during week-nighy editions of the show. The 11 p.m.
Regionall Sports Report, which will offer a comprehensive look at the worlf of sports from aFlorida perspective, will be broadcastg live from the FOX Sports Net's broadcasy center in Dallas, where the anchors will be All the reporting and news gathering will be done locallyu in Florida by bureaus throughout the state. Digital divide. The Tribune Co., corporats parent to The Orlando Sentinel, sold its 20 percentf stake in local entertainment guidd DigitalCity Inc. to America Onlinew Inc. for an undisclosed Digital City was founded by AOL and Tribunein 1996. In the joint venture's Web site now will be majority-ownesd and completely managed by AOL.
The Orlando Sentinel stil is expected to providelocal content. Wellness changes. Complete Wellness Centers Inc. filled a seat on its boards of directors and reshuffled somemanagement positions. Russell M. Stokes, executive vice president of ExecutivweTransitions International, will fill a vacancy on the CEO Joseph J. Raymond, Jr. will assumw the post of chievf financial officer previously held byRebeccz Irish, who resigned. • Branchingv out. Olive Garden launched a new Web tuscany. olivegarden.com.
The Web site's debut coincideas with new menu the result of a partnership with the Culinaryh Institute of Tuscany andthe Zingarelli's, an Italiabn family who owns and operates the Rocca delle Macie winery, one of Italy'ds leading producers of Tuscaj wines. The Web site offers descriptions of Tuscajn wines availablefor