NASCAR suit dropped

NASCAR suit dropped
Safety manufacturer Bill Simpson dropped a defamation lawsuit that accused NASCAR of wrongly blaming his former company's seat belt for Dale Earnhardt's death. The $8.5 million suit was filed last year in Indianapolis and was set for trial in September, but Simpson and NASCAR representatives resolved their differences.
NYC in running
New York, Paris and Rio de Janeiro are among nine cities formally in the running to host the 2012 Summer Games, the International Olympic Committee announced today. Also making official bids were: Havana, Cuba; Istanbul, Turkey; Leipzig, Germany; London; Madrid, Spain; and Moscow. The IOC still must review each city's potential to organize the event before they are officially deemed candidates to host. The IOC will announce which cities are candidates next May, with the final decision on July 6, 2005, during an IOC meeting in Singapore.