MM> This rumor was started because CNN misquoted another publication.  The
MM> original report was simply that Spiner had not yet signed, because they
MM> were still working out some details.  CNN blew that up into a refusal to
MM> sign and an impasse in negotiations, mostly on salary.
MM> 
Well, it was not on CNN, which I think is the Crap News Network...It was on 
NBC's Entertainment....where I heard it, Spiner has been aboard since Late 
October....
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