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NEW YORK (Dec. 16) - Philadelphia TV news anchor Alycia Lane was arrested in New York early Sunday on a charge of punching a police officer in the face, authorities said. Lane, 35, hit a female officer in the face in Manhattan at about 2 a.m. Sunday, said police, who provided no information about what led up to the incident. The officer was treated at a hospital for a cut and was released. The Emmy Award-winning anchor was arraigned on a felony charge of assaulting a police officer and pleaded not guilty, said her lawyer, David Smith. Lane, a Long...

SEATTLE - A radio talk-show host said Saturday he has been fired for criticizing CBS newsman Dan Rather's handling of challenges to the authenticity of memos about President Bush's National Guard service. "On the talk show that I host, or hosted, I said I felt Rather should either retire or be forced out over this," said Brian Maloney, whose weekly "The Brian Maloney Show" aired for three years on KIRO-AM Radio, a CBS affiliate here. Maloney says he made that statement on his Sept. 12 program. He was fired Friday, he said. "What they have expressed is essentially that my...