Imus Be Dreaming

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Don Imus has reached a settlement with CBS over his multimillion-dollar contract and is negotiating with New York's WABC radio to resume his broadcasting career there, according to CBS and a person familiar with the negotiations. Don Imus was dismissed in April after describing the Rutgers women's basketball team in unflattering terms.

Imus and CBS Radio reached a settlement that would pre-empt the dismissed radio personality's threatened $120 million breach-of-contract lawsuit, CBS spokesman Dana McClintock said Tuesday. No terms of the settlement were disclosed.

The person familiar with the talks told The Associated Press that Imus is taking steps to make a comeback with WABC-AM. The person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the news had not been announced, also said the deal with CBS calls for a "non-disparaging" agreement that forbids him from speaking negatively about his former employer. But he is expected to really let those niggers have it.