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Dan Rather wants to amend CBS suit

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Dan Rather speaks during the Access Intelligence and CableFAX Magazine luncheon ceremony to honor recipients of the FAXIE Awards at the National Press Club in Washington on May 6, 2008. The FAXIE Awards honor the year's best communications initiatives in the cable industry. (UPI Photo/Patrick D. McDermott) 
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Published: Oct. 8, 2008 at 2:26 PM

NEW YORK, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. newsman Dan Rather reportedly has requested the chance to amend his $70 million lawsuit against his former employer CBS.

The New York Post said the former "CBS Evening News" anchor wants a judge to let him include a new fraud claim in the breach-of-contract lawsuit he brought against the network, in which he claimed he was made a scapegoat regarding an erroneous report about President George W. Bush's military service.

Rather alleges his departure from CBS cost him the opportunity to make $4 million a year at CNN, the Post said.

"There's nothing new here," CBS attorney Jim Quinn told the newspaper.

Topics: Dan Rather, George Bush
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