Reuters - Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi lost a
defamation suit he brought against The Economist magazine over
a 2001 cover story that accused him of being "unfit to lead
Italy," the British publication said on Friday.
Playbill - A second delay of the first preview of 9 to 5: The Musical has been announced by Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre, which will now launch the Dolly Parton-scored show at 8 PM Sept. 9, six days later than originally announced.
AFP - Former Colombian guerrilla hostage Ingrid Betancourt was named woman of the year Friday by the World Awards Association, headed by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
AP - The publisher that took on O.J. Simpson's "If I Did It" after it was dropped in the face of public outrage has signed up another rejected project: Sherry Jones' "The Jewel of Medina," a novel about a wife of the prophet Muhammad that Random House canceled out of concern that it would anger Muslims.