ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Outgoing Gov. Charlie Crist is looking to pardon long-dead rocker Jim Morrison, who was convicted of exposing himself at a raucous 1969 concert in Miami. Morrison was lead singer of The Doors and a Florida native. He was appealing the indecent exposure and profanity conviction when he died in 1971 in a Paris bathtub at age 27.
LOS ANGELES — A celebrity earned a perfect score for her Argentine tango on Monday’s “Dancing With the Stars,” only to learn Tuesday that it would be her final dance in the competition. She was eliminated from the hit ABC dance-off just before next week’s final showdown for the mirrorball trophy.
Statistics and notes for Mountain View and Pershing County, which meet for the Class 2A state title Saturday.
Statistics and notes for Moapa Valley and Truckee, which meet for the Class 3A state title Saturday.
Statistics and notes for Pahranagat Valley and Coleville, which meet for the Class 1A title on Saturday.
Authorities will not press charges against the parents of a toddler who died Sunday afternoon when an oven tipped over and crushed him, Las Vegas police said.
U.S. District Judge Kent Dawson on Tuesday appointed a receiver to oversee the assets of Howard Awand, a convicted former medical consultant.
ATLANTA — UPS says it will hire about 50,000 temporary workers to handle the crush of holiday shipments this year. United Parcel Service said Tuesday that it expects to deliver 430 million packages between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
SEATTLE — “Beatles for Sale” is finally for sale on iTunes – along with the rest of the Fab Four’s albums, from “Please Please Me” to “Revolver” to “Abbey Road.” The Beatles had been the most prominent holdout from iTunes and other online music services. On Tuesday, Apple Inc. said its iTunes store will start selling downloads of songs and albums from the group, in an agreement with the Beatles’ recording label, EMI Group Ltd., and its management company, Apple Corps Ltd.
