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NEW YORK--Simon Schuster has been sold to the private equity firm KKR, months after a federal judge blocked its purchase by rival publisher Penguin Random House because of concerns that competition would shrink the book market.... An executive for KKR is calling the deal a chance to work with “ one of the most effective ” book publishers. The private equity giant will buy Simon Schuster for$ 1.62 billion in cash, said Paramount Global, the parent company of the storied publishing house.... " W

He relocated to the East Coast in 2018, paying$ 16.7 million for a penthouse in Brooklyn.At 13, 500 square feet on two-thirds of an acre, his place in the Palisades has a bit more space.... Topped by palm trees, the resort-style space also adds a spa, waterfall, koi pond and playground. Damon, 51, ranks as one of the highest-grossing actors of all time.... Santiago Arana and Laura Finley, also with the Agency, represented the buyer....

Keith Fahrney was driving home from his trigonometry class at Rock Valley College Wednesday afternoon when he saw a commotion outside his neighbor's home." She kind of turned towards me, and her face was just bright red with blood," Fahrney told ABC News. Fahrney didn't know it at the time, but he had happened upon a brutal stabbing spree in his neighborhood in southeast Rockford, Illinois, that police said left four people dead and several others, including his neighbor, injured. Fahrney said h