The boxing world was still buzzing Sunday over news that Oscar De La Hoya had checked himself into a California rehabilitation clinic.
When former Sen. John Ensign resigned from Congress this month, he became eligible to take home a parting taxpayer gift — an estimated $27,000 in annual retirement pay.
Rammstein’s show Saturday night at the Thomas & Mack Center was as fun as it was fierce-sounding, with enough explosions, flames and things going bang to rival the Battle of Verdun.
Rihanna and Taylor Swift were two of the key winners at the Billboard Music Awards, which returned after a five-year hiatus with a major dose of star power, featuring Beyonce, U2, the Black Eyed Peas — even First Lady Michelle Obama.
Lance Armstrong’s former teammate, Tyler Hamilton, says Armstrong and others took part in a doping program, according to “60 Minutes.” The report airs at 7 p.m. on Channel 8.
Auction site eBay says a bidder has paid 81,100 pounds ($131,648) for the silk bow hat worn by Princess Beatrice to last month’s royal wedding. The 22-year-old granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II put the Philip Treacy creation on sale to raise money for UNICEF and Children in Crisis.
Joseph Brooks, the Academy Award-winning songwriter of “You Light Up My Life” who was awaiting trial on charges of sexually assaulting more than a dozen women, was found dead Sunday of an apparent suicide in his Manhattan apartment, police said.
American director Terrence Malick’s expansive drama “The Tree of Life” won the top honor at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday in France, while Kirsten Dunst took the best-actress prize for the apocalyptic saga “Melancholia.”
George Maloof has been working marathon hours. Most days begin with lengthy 5 a.m. conference calls with the NBA, Sacramento and Anaheim officials, because of the three-hour time difference between the Pacific time zone and the NBA’s New York City headquarters.
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