By LISA LEFF, Associated Press Writer SAN FRANCISCO – Miss California Carrie Prejean, who became the bombshell of the Miss USA pageant by saying gay couples should not be allowed to marry, said Sunday that her state sponsors urged her to apologize afterward but she rejected the advice. Prejean, 21, said officials from the Miss .
NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana State Police say Casey Aldridge, the father of actress Jamie Lynn Spears’ baby, has been injured in an early morning one-vehicle crash. Master Trooper Billy Zeigler says Aldridge was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries after the 1:30 a.m. Sunday crash near the Mississippi-Louisiana state line. Zeigler says Aldridge .
By Dean Goodman Dean Goodman – LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Did someone say catfight? The prospect of a saucy smackdown between R&B singer Beyonce Knowles and teen-movie siren Ali Larter propelled the new “Fatal Attraction”-style thriller “Obsessed” to the top of the weekend box office in North America. According to studio estimates issued on Sunday, .
By LINDA STRAKER, Associated Press Writer ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Grenada has barred a Jamaican rapper from performing because of his raunchy lyrics, a government official said Sunday. Vybz Kartel, whose real name is Adija Palmer, was forced to cancel a May 2 concert planned to coincide with the local launch of his line of .
CHICAGO – Oscar and Grammy-winning singer Jennifer Hudson has given her first hometown concert since her mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew were murdered in Chicago last year. Hudson sang Saturday night at a theater in Chicago’s McCormick Place. She dedicated the song “You Pulled Me Through” to relatives in the audience and brought four cousins .
By TOM KRISHER, AP Auto Writer DETROIT – General Motors says it will announce details of its restructuring plan on Monday ahead of making an offer to bondholders to exchange debt for equity. The struggling automaker is expected to outline the fate of several of its brands and is likely to announce further cuts to .
TORONTO – Workers at Chrysler Canada have accepted a labor concession deal that their union reached with the automaker. The deal was approved by 87 percent of those who voted over the weekend. CAW President Ken Lewenza said Sunday the high acceptance rate is a recognition that everyone involved in the auto industry has an .
By Ellis Mnyandu Ellis Mnyandu NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks may run into some turbulence this week as the impending release of bank “stress test” results, a Federal Reserve meeting and a flood of earnings give investors reasons for caution. Fears of a global swine flu pandemic developed into another factor to watch over .
By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON – The World Bank on Sunday urged donor nations to speed up delivery of the money they’ve already pledged — and open their wallets wider — to help poor countries reeling from recessions rooted in rich nations. The economic nosedive is turning into a human and development “calamity,” .
By MARK JEWELL, AP Business Writer BOSTON – U.S. pork producers on Sunday, responding to a swine flu outbreak that has escalated into a public health emergency, said their product is safe and that consumers cannot catch the virus by eating properly cooked food. The industry-funded National Pork Board said it “wishes to reassure the .
