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The legal war between comic book art great Jack Kirby's heirs and Marvel Entertainment over the rights to Iron Man, Captain America and other superhero icons has ended, not with a climactic final battle but with a settlement announced Friday by both sides.

A U.S. judge on Friday sharply questioned provisions of a shareholder settlement that would release Hewlett-Packard Co (HPQ.N) executives from liability over the computing company's botched acquisition of Autonomy Plc.

Singer-songwriter Yusuf, who was Cat Stevens until he converted to Islam, said he had canceled a show scheduled for New York City because scalpers had driven up prices.