Associated Press Writer

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Elvis impersonator Matt Lewis got lots of publicity last month: his picture graced the cover of two glossy magazines. The problem was that both misidentified him as another impersonator.

"When I saw the first one I actually laughed," said Lewis, 34, a performer with "Legends in Concert" at the Imperial Palace. "With the second one, I thought, 'Aw, come on guys."'

"What is it, all Elvis impersonators look alike?" he said.

In biweekly "What's On: The Las Vegas Guide," Lewis is pictured singing in a bespangled jumpsuit with the headline, "Return of the King: Trent Carlini." Carlini, "The Dream King," works at the Sahara casino-hotel.

On the cover of "up!," the in-flight magazine for Canadian airline WestJet, Lewis croons beside the blurb: "Faking it in Vegas: Seeking the Truth Behind Sin City's Impersonator Culture." The article is about Steve Connolly, who works the showroom at Fitzgeralds casino downtown.

Imperial Palace public relations manager Pat Getter said the covers were flattering, if misplaced.

"It's always nice to get your picture on the cover of a magazine," she said. But when the story is about someone else, "it's kind of hard to measure whether you get any benefit off that," she said.

"What's On" publisher Rick Becker said staffers mistakenly put Lewis on the cover in place of Carlini because the shot looked better. After realizing the mistake, the magazine put Carlini back on the cover for the last part of its print run.

"up!" publisher Gary Davies, of Redpoint Media Group Inc., said an apology will be run in the March issue.

"Ninety-nine percent of the population wouldn't know the difference," Davies said. "But it is kind of bad for the person on the cover who didn't get properly mentioned."

Lewis, an Elvis impersonator for 16 years, acknowledges some people can get Elvis performers confused.

Just don't be cruel by saying they're all the same.

"It's not that they're not good," he said of Carlini and Connolly. "It's just that we're all unique."

Smith's companion, daughter staying at disputed Bahamas mansion

NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) -- Anna Nicole Smith's 5-month-old daughter and the baby's purported father have reclaimed the Bahamas mansion where they lived before the former Playboy Playmate died last week, her lawyer said.

Not only is the paternity of Smith's baby -- who could inherit a fortune from Smith's late husband -- in dispute, but so is the Bahamas mansion where Smith had been living.

Smith, who died in Florida on Thursday, had claimed that a U.S. developer and former boyfriend, G. Ben Thompson, gave her the house. But Thompson said he had only loaned it to Smith -- and on Friday had the locks changed.

Smith's lawyer and companion, Howard K. Stern -- one of three men who claims to be the baby's father -- had the locks changed again and on Sunday was once again at the gated waterfront estate, known as "Horizons."

The baby girl, Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern, was also there, attorney Wayne Munroe told The Associated Press. An AP Television News reporter saw Stern's mother enter the white house, as well. Another AP reporter saw Smith's mother, Vergie Arthur, at the gates, but she did not go inside.

Munroe said he has filed a robbery complaint with police over computer equipment, drawings and paintings allegedly taken from the home, and authorities interviewed the housekeeper. Police said Sunday they are investigating.

Munroe said the house now belongs to Stern, Smith's companion.

"Right now, Howard is very happy to be reunited with Dannielynn but extremely angry that somebody had the gall to break into Anna's residence," Stern's spokesman, Ron Rale, said Sunday by telephone from Los Angeles.

Smith's ownership of the mansion was the basis of her claim to residency in the Bahamas. In a lawsuit, Smith asked a court to recognize her as the owner and reject Thompson's claim on the house in the exclusive neighborhood. The island chain's Supreme Court has scheduled a Feb. 26 hearing on the matter, Munroe said.

Munroe said the process of authenticating Smith's will could take from a year to 18 months and he declined to name the executor. He said he has not been advised of funeral plans, but that he expected Smith would be buried in the Bahamas alongside Daniel Smith, her 20-year-old son who died here in September.

It was not clear who would get custody of Smith's baby girl, but Munroe said Sunday that she cannot be taken out of the Bahamas without Stern's permission.

Munroe said Stern, who is listed on a birth certificate as Dannielynn's father, was due custody. But two other men have challenged for paternity.

A former boyfriend, Larry Birkhead, has filed a lawsuit claiming he is the father. On Friday, Prince Frederic von Anhalt, the husband of actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, announced that he had a decade-long affair with Smith and he may be the girl's father.

The New York Daily News also reported Saturday that a manuscript it obtained by Smith's half-sister, Donna Hogan, says Smith froze the sperm of her late 90-year-old husband, Texas oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II, before his death and may have used it to become pregnant.

Since Marshall's death in 1995, Smith had been waging a court battle at her death over his estate. A federal court in California awarded Smith $474 million, but that was later overturned. But in May, the U.S. Supreme Court revived her case, ruling that she deserved another day in court.

Experts say the decision of who receives custody could determine the child's inheritance.

Smith gave birth to Dannielynn on Sept. 7 in a Nassau hospital. Three days later, Daniel Smith died while visiting her in the hospital. A medical examiner hired by the family concluded that he died from an accidental combination of methadone and antidepressants, but results of an official autopsy have not been released. An inquest into his death is scheduled to begin March 27.

Associated Press writers Adrian Sainz in Miami and Jason Bronis in Miami Beach, Fla., contributed to this report.

Odds and Ends

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) - About 40 tons of cow intestines and bones spilled onto a major highway after a truck driver became distracted by his digital music player and his semitrailer tipped over, officials said.

Authorities closed parts of Interstate 43 for about two hours Thursday while the beef byproduct was cleaned up, said sheriff's Sgt. Blaine Spicer.

The accident happened in the town of Mosel when 25-year-old Ryan Engle's truck veered off the road as he adjusted his MP3 player, Spicer said.

Engle, of Kenosha, was cited for inattentive driving and taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries, Spicer said.

The truck had to be towed from the scene. It is owned by Birchwood Transport of Kenosha.

HEBRON, Ky. (AP) - A warehouse worker has been accused of pilfering high-end lingerie worth nearly $15,000 after his ex-girlfriend snitched on him, a newspaper reported.

Investigators say a manager stole Victoria's Secret lingerie from a warehouse where he worked near Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, the Kentucky Enquirer reported.

Christopher L. Perry, 24, of Villa Hills, Ky., has not been seen since he was charged with one count of receiving stolen property, authorities said. He did not return to work and his phone has been disconnected.

His estranged girlfriend, Elizabeth Gibbs, called police Jan. 31 to report that Perry was lifting lingerie from Advanced Distributions Services in Hebron, court records show.

She led detectives to a hotel room where the lingerie was stashed, the records show. The merchandise, now sitting in a police evidence locker, was of almost every style and size carried by the store.

"We believe he was just approaching people on the street" to sell the items, Kenton County Commonwealth's Attorney Rob Sanders said. "These are the kind of cases that keep this job amusing."

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WHITEFISH, Mont. (AP) - A 19th-century roulette wheel and other old gambling equipment were seized by state agents from an antique store under a law prohibiting the possession of unlicensed gambling equipment, authorities said.

"Some of these things are over 100 years old," said Ron Turner, owner of the Cowboy Cabin. "These are not gambling devices. These are antiques. It's a historical collection."

Those arguments failed to persuade three agents with the state Department of Justice Gambling Control Division who showed up at the store on Jan. 31.

The agents seized two roulette wheels, two early 20th century punchboards and a chuck-a-luck - a small, hourglass-shaped cage that spins with three dice inside.

The agents marked as evidence and said they would return for a craps table, a blackjack table, a roulette table and a smaller craps table top - all 19th century items. Turner said the items are worth an estimated $77,000.

The state has not filed charges against Ron or Eila Turner, who recently moved to Whitefish from California, where they also sold antiques. The couple opened the Cowboy Cabin in December.

Gene Huntington, administrator of the state's Gambling Control Division, said the most likely charge would be misdemeanor possession of illegal gambling equipment.

Huntington said the state could destroy the equipment, use it for training or give it to a museum.

ABINGTON, Mass. (AP) - Trying to get something done at town hall can be a pain, one local woman says for her it was literally.

Joanne Harding broke a tooth on a Tootsie Roll she took from a candy jar in the town clerk's office in Abington Town Hall last month during a visit to get a license for her dog.

Now, Harding wants the town to help pay her $4,000-$5,000 dental bill.

"I took the candy, so it's partially my fault," the 40-year-old Harding told the Patriot Ledger of Quincy. "I wouldn't have taken it if it wasn't there."

Town Manager Phillip Warren Jr. forwarded Harding's request for financial assistance to the town's insurance carrier.

"We'll wait to see what the insurance company says," he said.

Meanwhile, the candy jars are still there at the clerk's office.