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The Strib notes that one of the people sueing them, has already been sued by the Strib.

Paragraph One:

An executive with a firm that accused the Star Tribune of dumping unsold papers in order to inflate circulation numbers was sued by the newspaper in April for not paying his bills.

Paragraphs Seven and Eight:

At least one analyst said the existence of a prior legal claim against one of the parties in the case raises doubts about the credibility of his claims.

"It does make you wonder about his motive," said William Bird, a media analyst with Smith Barney Citigroup.

Graf thirteen of fifteen:

Hendrickson said Star Tribune circulation incentive programs encouraged distributors to dump extra newspapers or give them away rather than return them to the newspaper. The practice, he said, boosted the Star Tribune's official circulation numbers because the unread papers were counted as paid circulation.

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