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Apr 17 2008 12:00am EDT

Idle Chatter: 'Harry Potter,' Ashlee Simpson, more

-The judge in the Harry Potter Lexicon case really doesn't want to have to make a ruling. [AP]

-Joe Simpson is trying to get a tabloid to pay him $1 million for photos of his pregnant daughter, Ashlee, and of the baby, when it arrives. [P6]

-Thomson, which officially takes over Reuters, is putting a big marketing push behind its rebranding as -- wait for it -- Thomson Reuters. [NYT]

-An appeals court judge said he won't dismiss Clear Channel's lawsuit against the banks that are trying to back out of financing its $20 billion sale to two private equity firms. [Reuters]. □

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