SAN JOSE -- A state appeals court rejected a discrimination suit Wednesday by a white man who was replaced by an African American as a news anchor at Bay Area NBC affiliate KNTV, saying station managers were concerned about his on-the-air style, not his race. Brad Hicks, one of several anchors whose contracts were not renewed in 2003 after NBC brought in new management, said in his suit that he was more qualified than his successor and that KNTV had bowed to pressure to hire more minorities. But the Sixth District Court of Appeal in San Jose, upholding a judge's...