Saturday, June 14, 2008
Monday, June 2, 2008
BULLETIN: In Case You Missed It...
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Dick Martin, the zany half of the comedy team whose "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" took television by storm in the 1960s, making stars of Goldie Hawn and Lily Tomlin and creating such national catch-phrases as "Sock it to me!" has died. He was 86. [ENTERTAINMENT]
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- The first grandchild of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born Sunday in Atlanta.
The girl, named Yolanda Renee King, is the daughter of Martin Luther King III and his wife, Arndrea Waters King, the family said in a statement.
The newborn weighed in at 7.5 pounds. Her birth comes two years and two days after her parents were married. [NATIONAL]
LONDON, England (AP) -- A British teenage actor playing a minor role in the upcoming "Harry Potter" film was stabbed to death during a brawl in London on Saturday, police said.
Rob Knox, 18, was stabbed after he got caught up in a fight outside a bar in southwest London early Saturday, London's Metropolitan Police said in a statement. [ENTERTAINMENT]
Academy Award-winning director Sydney Pollack, who achieved critical acclaim with the period drama "Out of Africa" and the romantic comedy "Tootsie," died of cancer Monday, his agent told CNN.
Pollack, 73, died at his home in Los Angeles. He was surrounded by his wife of nearly 50 years, Claire Griswold, their two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel, and his brother, Bernie, agent Leslee Dart said. the Pollacks' only son, Steven, died in a plane crash in 1993. [ENTERTAINMENT]
TUCSON, Arizona (AP) -- Fresh images sent back by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander during its first full day operating in the Martian northern polar region showed most of its science instruments in good health, mission scientists said. [SCIENCE]
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Gov. David Paterson of New York has told state agencies to recognize same-sex marriages performed in states and countries where they are legal, his spokeswoman said Wednesday. [NATIONAL]
DIX HILLS, New York (AP) -- A multimillion-dollar home at the center of a bitter dispute between 50 Cent and the mother of his son was destroyed by a suspicious fire early Friday. [ENTERTAINMENT]
MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Tropical Storm Arthur, the first named storm of the 2008 Atlantic season, formed Saturday near the coast of Belize but was already over land and was expected to weaken later in the day, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. [INTERNATIONAL]
UNIVERSAL CITY, California (AP) -- Firefighters patrolled fire-scarred Universal Studios early Monday guarding against flare-ups while authorities wondered if the blaze that gutted some of Hollywood's most famous backdrops was made worse because of low water pressure. [ENTERTAINMENT]
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Academy Award-winning actress Tatum O'Neal was arrested Sunday for buying crack cocaine in New York, police said. [ENTERTAINMENT]
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Benedict has announced that the Shroud of Turin -- revered by many Christians as Jesus Christ's burial cloth -- will go on rare public display in 2010. [INTERNATIONAL]
PARIS, France (AP) -- Legendary designer Yves Saint Laurent, who reworked the rules of fashion by putting women into elegant pantsuits that came to define how modern women dressed, died Sunday evening, a longtime friend and associate said. He was 71. [INTERNATIONAL]
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- The first grandchild of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born Sunday in Atlanta.
The girl, named Yolanda Renee King, is the daughter of Martin Luther King III and his wife, Arndrea Waters King, the family said in a statement.
The newborn weighed in at 7.5 pounds. Her birth comes two years and two days after her parents were married. [NATIONAL]
LONDON, England (AP) -- A British teenage actor playing a minor role in the upcoming "Harry Potter" film was stabbed to death during a brawl in London on Saturday, police said.
Rob Knox, 18, was stabbed after he got caught up in a fight outside a bar in southwest London early Saturday, London's Metropolitan Police said in a statement. [ENTERTAINMENT]
Academy Award-winning director Sydney Pollack, who achieved critical acclaim with the period drama "Out of Africa" and the romantic comedy "Tootsie," died of cancer Monday, his agent told CNN.
Pollack, 73, died at his home in Los Angeles. He was surrounded by his wife of nearly 50 years, Claire Griswold, their two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel, and his brother, Bernie, agent Leslee Dart said. the Pollacks' only son, Steven, died in a plane crash in 1993. [ENTERTAINMENT]
TUCSON, Arizona (AP) -- Fresh images sent back by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander during its first full day operating in the Martian northern polar region showed most of its science instruments in good health, mission scientists said. [SCIENCE]
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Gov. David Paterson of New York has told state agencies to recognize same-sex marriages performed in states and countries where they are legal, his spokeswoman said Wednesday. [NATIONAL]
DIX HILLS, New York (AP) -- A multimillion-dollar home at the center of a bitter dispute between 50 Cent and the mother of his son was destroyed by a suspicious fire early Friday. [ENTERTAINMENT]
MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Tropical Storm Arthur, the first named storm of the 2008 Atlantic season, formed Saturday near the coast of Belize but was already over land and was expected to weaken later in the day, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. [INTERNATIONAL]
UNIVERSAL CITY, California (AP) -- Firefighters patrolled fire-scarred Universal Studios early Monday guarding against flare-ups while authorities wondered if the blaze that gutted some of Hollywood's most famous backdrops was made worse because of low water pressure. [ENTERTAINMENT]
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Academy Award-winning actress Tatum O'Neal was arrested Sunday for buying crack cocaine in New York, police said. [ENTERTAINMENT]
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Benedict has announced that the Shroud of Turin -- revered by many Christians as Jesus Christ's burial cloth -- will go on rare public display in 2010. [INTERNATIONAL]
PARIS, France (AP) -- Legendary designer Yves Saint Laurent, who reworked the rules of fashion by putting women into elegant pantsuits that came to define how modern women dressed, died Sunday evening, a longtime friend and associate said. He was 71. [INTERNATIONAL]
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