Report: Astor's will leaves bulk to son
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After a long life in the public eye, philanthropist Brooke Astor has written her own epitaph: "I had a wonderful life."
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By Max B. Baker, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Jun.
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A final decision will be made by the companyâs controlling family, the Bancrofts, which could seek to scuttle the sale.
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VANCOUVER : A top ally of Conrad Black savaged a report into alleged looting of the tycoon&#39;s media empire, as the Canadian newspaper world feasted on the downfall of a man it once feared.
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The father of Australian actor Heath Ledger was due to arrive in New York on Friday to claim the body of the 28-year-old actor whose sudden death this week remains a mystery, the New York Daily News reported.
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Barron Hilton may have put a crimp in the party lifestyle of his famous granddaughter when he announced that he would donate nearly all of his fortune to the Hilton family foundation.
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By MATT SEDENSKY FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Anna Nicole Smith's estranged mother told a judge Wednesday she wants to exhume her grandson in the Bahamas and bring his body to Texas to be buried along with his starlet-mother in her native state. Smith's longtime companion, Howard K.
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GALVESTON, Texas  - Shortly before his release  from a Texas jail, New York real estate heir Robert Durst was  taken into custody by U.S. marshals on Thursday to face federal  weapons charges in Pennsylvania.
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A very large and valuable pile of assets now stands to change hands, possibly quite soon.
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Hotel heiress Paris Hiltonâs potential inheritance dramatically diminished after her grandfather Barron Hilton announced plans on Wednesday to donate 97 percent of his $2.3 billion fortune to charity.  That wealth includes $1.2 billion Barron Hilton ...
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Leona Helmsley, the hotel magnate who died last month, showed her enduring love for her dog, Trouble, by leaving the dog $12 million in her will.
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NEW YORK - Conrad Black, the former CEO of Hollinger International Inc., conspired with associates to systematically loot the newspaper publishing company of more than $400 million - nearly all of its profits from 1997 through 2003, an internal investigation found.    The report, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday, was prepared by a special committee of Hollinger's board which was formed last year to examine concerns from shareholders about payments made to Black and others...
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida  - In a will signed on July 30, 2001, former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith left her estate to her late son, Daniel, and appointed her lawyer and boyfriend, Howard K. Stern, as the trustee.
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A New York judge has ordered immediate   improvements in the life of 104-year-old billionaire dowager   Brooke Astor, and cut off her son from his $2.3 billion salary   after allegations he kept her in squalid, abusive conditions,   newly unsealed court documents show.
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Luciano Pavarotti left half his estate to his second wife and half to his four daughters, including three from his first marriage, an attorney said Tuesday.
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explanation of market-timing, further attorney comment. Picks up last graf. Also moving on general news wires. DENVER  _ The former chief executive of Invesco Funds Group has agreed to pay $500,000 to
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The New York Post reported Wednesday that Maurice R. Greenberg had been buying hundreds of thousands of The New York Times CompanyÂs shares.