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Zach Lund has grown. His hair has not. The two are related. This should be Lund's second Olympics as a member of the U.S. skeleton team. Instead, he's a rookie with a lot to prove. Four years ago, when he was at the top of his game -- ranked No. 1 in the world -- he was banned from the Turin Games for using finasteride, a drug that fights baldness but also was thought to be a steroid-masking agent. Its use was legal until 2005, then banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency, and Lund insisted he never knew about the switch.

Zach Lund has grown. His hair has not. The two are related. This should be Lund's second Olympics as a member of the U.S. skeleton team. Instead, he's a rookie with a lot to prove. Four years ago, when he was at the top of his game -- ranked No. 1 in the world -- he was banned from the Turin Games for using finasteride, a drug that fights baldness but also was thought to be a steroid-masking agent. Its use was legal until 2005, then banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency, and Lund insisted he never knew about the switch.

Peter A. Lund, president of CBS-owned television stations, resigned Thursday to become president of Multimedia Entertainment, the company that produces Phil Donahue's show. Lund, 46, had previously served as president of CBS Sports and has been in his current position for three months. "Yes, I'm going off to be in show biz," Lund said. "That's a big part of the reason--the opportunity to do something different in this business, to be in the programming end and do some of that."

Only hours before the opening ceremony, Zach Lund, the top U.S. skeleton racer, was ruled out of the 2006 Olympic Games on Friday because he had used an anti-baldness product with a substance that can be used to mask steroid use. The Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) issued a one-year ban. Lund, 26, of Salt Lake City, tested positive at a World Cup race in Calgary in November.

Verit Industries Chairman Lavere Lund has sold nearly all of his 40% stake in the struggling Sun Valley company to an English investment group based on the Isle of Man. Paradene Ltd. agreed last week to pay $2 million or about $6.94 a share for 288,000 shares owned by Lund, or about 38% of the company. Paradene is controlled by Raymond Davey and Patrick Rory Bland. Davey works for a London real estate company and lives in Chichester, England. Bland is a property consultant in Dublin.

Two key Toyota models, the flagship Camry sedan and the Prius v wagon, failed an important new crash test conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, an insurance industry group. Honda's newly redesigned Accord tied for the top safety rating with the Suzuki Kizashi, a car that will soon no longer be sold in the United States. The redesigned Ford Fusion also scored well. The results raise concerns that the Toyota models can't provide protection from serious injuries in common accidents.

CHAD EVERETT and his wife, Shelby Grant Everett, have put the Spanish-style, Chatsworth home they built in 1971 on the market for $2.85 million and are building a new residence for themselves in Chandler, Ariz. "I have a picture ('Heroes Stand Alone') coming out in June and (a pilot for) a series on ABC, so I'm not getting out of the business," the actor quickly noted about his move to Arizona. "Assuming the series goes, we'll be in Florida half the year, so it isn't necessary to live here."

You mean it wasn't Lund's intelligence, her training or her hard work that helped "to lead the station to a longstanding position of dominance"? It was her hair and eyes? Gosh. Makes you wonder how a mutt like Walter Cronkite ever got anywhere. HEATHER BURNS San Luis Obispo

TV viewers finally should get some relief from a major annoyance: excessively loud commercials. On Thursday, the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act, which limits the volume of TV commercials, goes into effect. The federal law, known as CALM, requires broadcasters to ensure that TV commercials maintain the same volume as the entertainment programming in which the ads are contained. Prompted by an outcry from irritated consumers, Congress more than a year ago passed the law, sponsored by Rep. Anna G. Eshoo (D-Menlo Park)

Sharon Disney Lund, Southland philanthropist and a daughter of Walt Disney, died Tuesday of complications of cancer at St. John's Medical Center in Santa Monica. She was 56. Mrs. Lund was an officer of Retlaw ( Walter spelled backward) Enterprises, a successor to the corporation originally organized by Walt Disney in 1952 to further his family's personal business interests. She also was a trustee for CalArts, the school in Valencia that was originally funded by her family.

The World Anti-Doping Agency has filed an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport over the Olympic eligibility of U.S. skeleton racer Zach Lund. Lund was publicly warned but not suspended by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency on Jan. 23 after testing positive for finasteride -- a banned steroid-masking agent -- in November. The USADA's warning made him eligible to compete at the Turin Games, which open Feb. 10.

Like many golfers looking to make a name for themselves, Bill Lunde circled the days June 12-15 on his calendar several months ago, but in the back of his mind he figured it might be wishful thinking. Lunde knew the U.S. Open would be played then at Olympia Fields Country Club near Chicago and it was his one chance to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the best golfers in the world. After his play Monday in sectional qualifying, he will.

Lucille Lund, who achieved minor cult status for her dual roles in "The Black Cat," a 1934 horror classic that paired Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi for the first time, has died. She was 89. Lund, who signed with Universal in 1933 after winning the studio's nationwide beauty and talent contest, died of natural causes Saturday in Torrance. She lived in Palos Verdes Estates.

After carrying the ball 29 times for a career-high 214 yards and five touchdowns, tailback Trevin Lund of Notre Dame High, an expert snowboarder, felt as if he were breathing more than rarefied air from a mountain high Friday night. "I was feeling it," he said. "Our offensive line was great. I'm taking them out to dinner. That's way better than snowboarding."

After carrying the ball an exhausting 29 times for a career-high 214 yards and five touchdowns, tailback Trevin Lund of Notre Dame High, an expert snowboarder, felt as if he were breathing more than rarefied air from a mountain high Friday night. "I was feeling it," he said. "Our offensive line was great. I'm taking them out to dinner. That's way better than snowboarding."

In a stroke of bad timing that could portend a brewing management shake-up at Westinghouse Electric Corp., Peter Lund is stepping down as president and chief executive of the company's CBS television and cable division on the eve of its annual meeting with more than 200 affiliate stations. Sources say Lund's resignation, which the company would neither confirm nor deny, results from a power struggle with Mel Karmazin, Westinghouse's single-largest shareholder and CBS Radio chief.

Mary Lund, the first woman to receive an artificial heart, has made dramatic progress since her surgery Dec. 18, but doctors said Friday that they were puzzled by the low level of clotting agent in her blood. Lund, 40, was reported in critical but stable condition at Abbott Northwestern Hospital. Doctors have upgraded her survival chance to "better than 50-50."

With its well-oiled press conferences and $19-billion price tag, the Walt Disney company's acquisition of Capital Cities/ABC has dazzled the media with its global possibilities. By contrast, the $5.4-billion acquisition of CBS by Westinghouse Electric Corp. has raised more questions than it has answered. Given CBS' problems, from ratings to distribution, some of its competitors are saying it can never regain its former luster.

Seeking to answer some of the many unanswered questions about his company's plans for CBS Inc., Westinghouse Chairman Michael Jordan on Tuesday outlined the new management structure for CBS and said that Westinghouse will make the financial investment necessary to turn CBS around. "CBS is a tremendous asset that is currently under-performing," Jordan said of the broadcasting company, which is a distant third in the ratings among the networks. "We have the team in place to rebuild CBS.