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Release date set for Amanda Knox book

NEW YORK

Amanda Knox’s upcoming memoir has a title, a cover design and a new publication date.

HarperCollins announced Wednesday the book is titled “Waiting to be Heard.” It will come out April 30, two months later than originally scheduled. The date was changed out of deference to a court in Italy that scheduled a March 25 hearing for the prosecution’s appeal of the former exchange student’s acquittal in the 2007 murder of her British roommate.

The 25-year-old Knox returned to her native Seattle last year after spending four years in a jail in Perugia, Italy. Her ordeal made international headlines. Her book deal was announced in February and reportedly was worth $4 million.

The cover features a close-up of an intense, unsmiling Knox. The picture was taken earlier this year.

Vegas dealmaker Wishna found dead

LAS VEGAS

A dealmaker who helped bring Donald Trump to Sin City and attempted to install Michael Jackson as the headline act at a themed casino has died at his Las Vegas-area home.

Jack Wishna was found Tuesday at his Henderson home, Clark County Coroner Mike Murphy said.

The circumstances surrounding the 54-year-old’s death were unknown. Foul play wasn’t suspected, police spokesman Keith Paul said.

The well-known wheeler and dealer will be remembered for orchestrating a multimillion-dollar agreement between performer Wayne Newton and the Stardust casino, said Dan Wilinsky, a spokesman for Wishna’s latest project.

Vindicator wire services