Article: With millions at stake, couple battles for control of company.

Byline: Jack Naudi

Mar. 27--Deanna and Ray Vinson see eye-to-eye on almost nothing these days. That's what happens when couples head to divorce court.

But they do agree on one thing: Their child is strong and has made them fabulously rich. And that child is at the center of a custody battle royale.

The Vinsons' pride and joy isn't flesh and blood. It's American Equity Mortgage Inc., the lender made famous by Ray's West Virginia-tinged "nahndee-nahn, nahndee-nahn" -- the last four digits of the company's phone number -- heard on radio stations all over the country.

But Vinson's voice has been silent for nearly four months -- one of ...

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