KHBS newscaster exits; veteran to replace her
Leslee Wright, co-anchor of the 5 p. m. and 6 p. m. newscasts on KHBS / KHOG-TV channels 40 and 29, is leaving the ABC affiliate after 10 years for personal reasons, the station said Wednesday.
Donna Bragg, a 12-year veteran and the current 10 p. m. news anchor, will join Craig Cannon as co-anchor at 5 p. m. and 6 p. m. Bragg had moved to a part-time role in 2002 for family reasons, the station said.
“Leslee has made significant contributions to our news operation,” station news director Mike Courington said in a news release. “We wish her all the best.”
The station, owned by Hearst-Argyle Television Inc., serves the Fort Smith-Fayetteville market. Judge: Wal-Mart to face Adidas footwear claim
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s biggest retailer, must face a claim by Adidas AG that footwear bearing two-stripe patterns violates the shoemaker’s three-stripe trademark, a U. S. judge ruled.
Wal-Mart, accused of selling Adidas knockoffs for the past six years, sought dismissal of the claim, arguing that no jury would find a two-stripe pattern infringed. U. S. District Judge Anna Brown rejected the retailer’s argument Tuesday after a hearing in Portland, Ore.
Adidas, which sued Wal-Mart in 2005, has filed similar claims against about three dozen retailers since 1999 to keep what it considers knockoffs from diluting the brand.
Wal-Mart spokesman Daphne Moore didn’t immediately return a call for comment Wednesday.
Brown will issue a decision later on whether to keep or reject five other claims in the case before a jury trial begins Oct. 6. They include Wal-Mart’s use of four-stripe designs and a claim by the world’s second-largest sporting-goods maker that Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart uses false advertising.
Wal-Mart may have to forfeit its profit from the shoes and pay punitive damages if a jury sides with Adidas, based in Herzogenaurach, Germany. The shoemaker claims Wal-Mart made revenue of $ 58 million selling dozens of infringing models.
Wal-Mart fell 97 cents to $ 58. 09 in New York Stock Exchange composite trading. Arkansas 20 falls 3. 20; USA Truck up 10. 4 %
The Arkansas 20, a priceweighted index that tracks public companies based in the state, fell 3. 20 to 189. 49 on Wednesday.
“The Arkansas 20 pulled back despite having more winners than losers on the day,” said John Blackwell, senior vice president and managing director of equity trading at Stephens Inc. in Little Rock.
USA Truck Inc. jumped 10. 4 percent on almost six times its normal volume.
Murphy Oil Corp. lost 4. 8 percent in light trading.
The index was developed by Bloomberg News and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette with a base value of 100 as of Dec. 30, 1997.
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