WIRELESS FLASH BRIEFS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

WIRELESS FLASH BRIEFS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

CHICAGO -- Hugh Hefner has found a unique way to keep vandals from stealing a sign that marks "Hugh Hefner Way," a Chicago street named in his honor. The Playboy mogul is auctioning an autographed double of the sign, and so far, bids are soaring at the auctions.playboy.com website. -- SAN DIEGO (Wireless Flash) -- Now that Prince has dumped that unpronounceable symbol he's used as a name since 1993, who do you think should adopt it? Bill Clinton, Jennifer Lopez, Kathie Lee Gifford or A.J. McLean of the Backstreet Boys? Cast your vote in the latest Wireless Flash/E-Poll.com survey by logging on to www.epoll.com. -- NEW YORK -- Ted Kennedy Jr. is getting caught up in the rat race -- literally. Next Tuesday (May 23), he'll be firing the starting pistol for a 2.5-mile charity run called "The Rat Race." About 1200 business types are expected to trot down Wall Street wearing suits and ties, including corporate drones from American Express, Ford and Dell computers.