For the first time ever, actor Charlie Sheen is keeping it real–in a credit sequence, that is. The Hollywood veteran best known for Two and a Half Men and perennial personal-life mayhem will be credited as “Carlos Estevez,” his birth
(AP) Britain braces for possible copycat attacksBy PAISLEY DODDS and GREGORY KATZAssociated PressLONDONBritain is bracing for clashes with right-wing activists and possible copycat terror attacks by Islamic extremists after the savage slaying of a young soldier, whose grieving family spoke
(AP) UK-bound Pakistan plane diverted, 2 men arrestedBy CASSANDRA VINOGRAD and DANICA KIRKAAssociated PressLONDONBritain scrambled fighter jets Friday to intercept a commercial airliner carrying more than 300 people from Pakistan, diverting it to an isolated runway at an airport on
By ROB GILLIESAssociated PressTORONTOToronto Mayor Rob Ford denied Friday that he smokes crack cocaine and said he is not an addict after a video purported to show him using the drug. The mayor of Canada’s largest city did not say
(AP) MANILA, PhilippinesAt least seven Filipino marines and four Abu Sayyaf militants were killed in a clash Saturday as the military launched an offensive against al-Qaida-linked gunmen who have been blamed for recent kidnappings and of trying to sabotage a road
By BARRY SCHWEID and BRETT ZONGKERAssociated PressWASHINGTONWhen Haynes Johnson visited Selma, Ala., months after a civil rights crisis there gripped the nation, he wrote in The Washington Evening Star that he’d found “no discernible change in the racial climate of
A Japanese politician who drew fire for calling “comfort women” a wartime necessity has been forced to apologise for suggesting US soldiers in Okinawa visit brothels to vent their violent frustrations. Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto had suggested that US servicemen
The drug-related murders that plagued Mexico for six years have decreased in the past six months, while fewer people have disappeared than previously thought, the interior minister said Friday. Mexico’s top security official, Miguel Angel Osorio Chong, said deaths linked
A top Indian industry body has called for legalising sports betting amid a spot-fixing scandal in which cricketers were allegedly paid tens of thousands of dollars by bookmakers in underhand deals. In a proposal submitted to the Indian sports ministry,
(AP) Actor Tyler Perry donates $100K to Ohio schoolsCOLUMBUS, OhioFilmmaker and actor Tyler Perry has surprised middle school students in Ohio by showing up at a musical concert and donating $100,000 to help student athletes in the city’s South-Western schools.
By LYNN ELBERAP Television WriterLOS ANGELESTavis Smiley has stood out in 20 years in broadcasting, and he has no intention of changing his style or substance. He’s the rare black host with national TV and radio platforms, one who sees
James Neal scored a hat-trick and delivered an assist as the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Ottawa Senators 6-2 to advance in the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs. The Penguins on Friday wrapped up a 4-1 victory in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference
By HAGGAG SALAMAAssociated PressLUXOR, Egypt An Egyptian security official says 10 male relatives have killed a mother and her two daughters on suspicion of moral offenses–so-called “honor killings.” The official said Friday the men suspected the three women of having
(AP) Snooki: NJ Gov Christie ‘just doesn’t like us’SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J.New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was never a fan of MTV’s “Jersey Shore,” saying it unfairly cast the state in a negative light. So when Nicole Polizzi, otherwise known as
Late on Friday, the New Yorker‘s Ryan Lizza reported that the Obama administration did not merely greenlight a search warrant on Fox News reporter James Rosen’s email account – it “fought” to prevent Rosen from learning about it. Ronald C.
(AP) Indy 500 security tightened after Boston attackBy CHARLES WILSONAssociated PressINDIANAPOLISIndianapolis 500 fans will have to leave their big coolers of beer at home and pay to park in a once-free lot as part of tighter security measures at Sunday’s
(AP) Atlas of Indianapolis: Carpenter on pole at IndyBy DAVE SKRETTAAP Sports WriterINDIANAPOLISEd Carpenter will lead the field to the green flag in Sunday’s Indianapolis 500, the local boy on the pole for the biggest race of the season. But
A new book, John F. Kennedy – Among the Germans, reveals that in the pre-World War II era, when young John F. Kennedy Jr. tooled around Europe, there was one leader and one governmental system he particularly admired: Germany and
(AP) – Actress Amanda Bynes was charged with reckless endangerment after police say she heaved a marijuana bong out of an apartment window in New York City. She appeared in Manhattan court Friday wearing sweats and a long, disheveled blonde
A federal audit released Friday reveals that President Obama’s vaunted stimulus package funds, designed to help Baltimore City Schools, was completely wasted on non-educational priorities. According to the audit, federal stimulus and Title I bucks were used for makeovers and
(AP) Nadal favored, but not seeded No. 1 at French OpenBy HOWARD FENDRICHAP Tennis WriterPARISUsed to be the French Open was the scene for clay-court specialists and surprise champions. Scan the list of past winners and runners-up. There’s Gaston Gaudio
(AP) 10 things to know for the French OpenBy HOWARD FENDRICHAP Tennis WriterPARISA look at 10 of the top topics at the French Open, the clay-court Grand Slam tennis tournament that begins Sunday and ends June 9: 1. WHY STOP
(AP) Andretti heads into Indy 500 trying to shake curseBy JENNA FRYERAP Auto Racing WriterINDIANAPOLISShortly before he left home for Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Marco Andretti watched a documentary that showed his grandfather, Mario, at the famed track. Five different drivers
(AP) Record-tying 4 women in the field for Indy 500By DAVE SKRETTAAP Sports WriterINDIANAPOLISKatherine Legge didn’t know she’d have a shot at the Indianapolis 500 until it was time to qualify, when Schmidt Peterson Motorsports decided to put her in
Washington Post’s Erik Wemple: As big a move as it is for the New York Times, it may be double for Politico, for Martin offers the sort of reporting that the site badly needs. In its short time on the
