Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) — Michael Pickens, son of billionaire investor Boone Pickens, was sentenced to probation and continued drug and alcohol treatment for using fake stock tips to dupe investors out of $1.2 million.

With his father watching from the courtroom gallery, the younger Pickens avoided as much as 71 months in prison after making what a Manhattan federal judge said were “tremendous strides” in a New Jersey program he just completed. Continue Reading »

In what has somehow become a major event in the life of only the loneliest and saddest, Katharine Hope McPhee has gotten engaged to Nick Cokas, also known as Grandpa Nick. Cokas, just a mere 80% older than McPhee hopes to avoid the pitfalls of Social Security dependability by attaching himself to McPhee. Continue Reading »

LOS ANGELES - Striking Hollywood writers resumed talks with the television and film industry Tuesday, one month after walking off the job over payments for new media use of their work, an official told AFP.

Asked if talks between the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and the Writers Guild of America would restart Tuesday, AMPTP spokesman Jesse Hiestand said: “Yes, resuming at an undisclosed location at 10 a.m. PDT (Pacific Daylight Time)” or 1800 GMT. Continue Reading »

Evel Knievel, the hard-living motorcycle daredevil whose exploits made him an international icon in the 1970s, died Friday. He was 69.Knievel’s death was confirmed by his granddaughter, Krysten Knievel. He had been in failing health for years, suffering from diabetes and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, an incurable condition that scarred his lungs. Continue Reading »

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) - Rodney King, whose videotaped police beating in 1991 led to deadly rioting when the officers involved were acquitted, was shot on a street corner, but his wounds were not life-threatening, police said.

King, 42, was shot two or three times from a distance by birdshot fired from a shotgun. He then bicycled about 1 1/2 miles back to his home in neighboring Rialto and called police. King was hit in the face, arms, back and torso, police said. Continue Reading »

It’s been nearly 30 years but there is finally an answer to the popular question Terry Bollea asked as Hulk Hogan  ”Whatcha gonna do when Hulkamania runs wild on you?”  The answer is going to be a little upsetting to some, but the answer is “Ask for half.” Continue Reading »

Barry Bonds, baseball’s record home run hitter, was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury on perjury and obstruction of justice charges.

The indictment charges Barry Bonds with lying when he said he didn’t knowingly take steroids.
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Despite their radical difference in size, these two dogs have something in common - Gibson the Great Dane and Boo Boo the toy Chihuahua are both world record holders.

Measuring a whopping 42 inches, gentle giant Gibson was named tallest dog back in 2004. Joining him in the hall of fame for 2007 is tiny Boo Boo who only measures 4 inches tall and is smaller than Gibson’s head.

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - U.S. television magnate Oprah Winfrey said on Monday she was “cleaning house” at her exclusive all-girl academy in South Africa after a dormitory matron was charged with abusing students at the facility.

Describing the charges — including soliciting under-age girls to perform indecent acts — as one of the most devastating experiences in her life, Oprah said she had not renewed the head mistress’s contract and was taking other tough measures. Continue Reading »

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP)–Paul Tibbets, the pilot and commander of the B-29 that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, died Thursday. He was 92.

Tibbets died at his Columbus home, said Gerry Newhouse, a longtime friend. Tibbets suffered from a variety of health problems and had been in decline for two months.
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