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LITTLE ROCK — The latest act in a nine-year battle involving Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, and a high-end contractor played out before the Idaho Supreme Court on Friday. The case revolves around the couple's sprawling Sun Valley-area home, built by Storey Construction starting in 2000. Hanks and Wilson say the company's shoddy workmanship left them out more than $2 million. The company contends the couple is just out for revenge because they lost an earlier arbitration over the work. The case began in 2000, when the couple hired Storey Construction to build a high-end villa in the remote but tony central Idaho resort town. But there was a dispute over payment, and in 2002 Storey Construction filed a demand for arbitration. Hanks and Wilson, meanwhile, filed a counterclaim, contending the company did substandard and defective work on the complex.Storey won the arbitration in 2004, and the counterclaim was tossed. Hanks and Wilson paid the company $1.85 million for their contract balance, interest and legal fees. But in 2007, the couple filed a demand for a second arbitration, saying they had discovered latent construction defects totaling $2.5 million in damages. Storey Construction responded by suing in district court, contending the couple was abusing the process and that the previous arbitration award barred Hanks and Wilson from bringing another claim . Fifth District Judge Robert Elgee agreed with the construction company and said the arbitration had effectively dealt with the matter.

Grammywinning country music star LeAnn Rimes was involved in a traffic collision in West Los Angeles, authorities said Friday. No injuries werereported. The 26-year-old singer was questioned by officers as part of an investigation into the Thursday evening accident, police officer Norma Eisenman said. No one was injured and Rimes was not arrested, she said. No further details were provided. The investigation was continuing. Susan Novak, a spokesman for Rimes, said a police report had been filed and she was confident Rimes will be cleared. Rimes, a Mississippi native, snagged two Grammy trophies in 1996.