'Young and Restless' star Jeanne Cooper dies at 84
LOS ANGELES — Jeanne Cooper, the enduring soap opera star who played grande dame Katherine Chancellor for nearly four decades on “The Young and the Restless,” has died. She was 84.
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Colorado teacher accused of taping students' mouths
AURORA, Colo. — A Denver area second-grade teacher is accused of taping her students’ mouths shut when they wouldn’t be quiet.
Lindsay Lohan checks into rehab facility
LOS ANGELES — Lindsay Lohan has checked into a rehab facility to comply with her sentence in a misdemeanor driving case, but her arrival there was not without drama.
Witherspoon: I lied about pregnancy during arrest
ATLANTA — Reese Witherspoon recalled that she panicked, said some “crazy things” and even claimed to be pregnant the night she was arrested in Atlanta on a disorderly conduct charge.
Pink Floyd poser arrested for theft by swindle
ST. CLOUD, Minn. — A man is accused of pretending to be a member of rock band Pink Floyd at a Minnesota hospital — and racking up as much as $100,000 in unpaid medical bills.
Montana hospital says woman posed as nurse
BILLINGS, Mont. — A woman posing as a health care worker at a Billings hospital accompanied doctors on multiple patient checks, leading Montana health officials to warn employees at other facilities to be on the lookout for an impostor wearing scrubs or a lab coat.
Country star Jason Aldean files for divorce
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Jason Aldean has filed for divorce.
Country singer Billy Currington charged with threats to Georgia man
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Country singer Billy Currington has been indicted on felony charges in Georgia after a 70-year-old tour boat captain says he was chased by the “People Are Crazy” singer from a waterfront home to a dock where Currington threatened him while shouting profanities.
Swedish police find drugs on Bieber tour bus
STOCKHOLM — The latest chapter in Justin Bieber’s European tour escapade was added Thursday when Swedish police said they had found drugs and a stun gun on the pop singer’s bus.
California families want chance at 9/11 scholarships
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Many of the relatives of Californians killed in the Sept. 11 attacks never knew that millions of dollars were raised in their name for college scholarships, and now lawmakers want to give them another chance to apply for money that an Associated Press investigation and subsequent audit found was poorly administered.
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Click here to take our surveyFacebook leads to ID of driver in girl's 1968 hit-and-run death
FULTON, N.Y. — Carolee Sadie Ashby’s family has spent the past 45 years wondering who was driving the car that fatally struck the 4-year-old girl as she crossed a street in her upstate New York hometown on Halloween night.
Death prompts review of West Virginia Tough Mudder event
GLENGARY, W.Va. — Organizers are reviewing a Tough Mudder endurance event held in West Virginia following the death of a competitor.
Paltrow named People's Most Beautiful Woman
NEW YORK — People magazine has named Gwyneth Paltrow as the World’s Most Beautiful Woman for 2013.
Hackers compromise AP Twitter account
NEW YORK -- Hackers compromised Twitter accounts of The Associated Press on Tuesday, sending out a false tweet about an attack at the White House.
Couple on probation in child's death has another die after prayer used instead of doctor
PHILADELPHIA — A couple serving probation for the 2009 death of their toddler after they turned to prayer instead of a doctor could face new charges now that another son has died.
Vietnam police seize 53 king cobras from car
HANOI, Vietnam -- Vietnamese police say they have seized 53 king cobras from a car in Hanoi and arrested the driver.
Richie Havens, who opened Woodstock Music Festival, dies at 72
Richie Havens, the New York City folk singer thrust by circumstance onto center stage as the opening act of Woodstock, the legendary 1969 music festival, has died. He was 72.
Doctors: Taking cinnamon challenge dangerous
CHICAGO — Don’t take the cinnamon challenge. That’s the advice from doctors in a new report about a dangerous prank depicted in popular YouTube videos but which has led to hospitalizations and a surge in calls to U.S. poison centers.
Witherspoon 'deeply embarrassed' about Atlanta arrest
Reese Witherspoon is “deeply embarrassed” about what she said to police officers during her husband’s arrest in Atlanta.
Cruise film obliterates competition at box office
Movie fans slipped into “Oblivion” as the Tom Cruise sci-fi thriller led Hollywood with a $38.2 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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