NEW YORK - Baseball star Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees and his wife, Cynthia, have broken up, according to the New York Daily News, amid media speculation that he has been seeing pop star Madonna. Cynthia Rodriguez, 34, has gone to the Paris apartment of rock star Lenny Kravitz, 44, the Daily News said, but Mr. Kravitz released a statement saying the two are just friends. "There is absolutely no affair between Cynthia Rodriguez and myself," Mr. Kravitz said.Madonna and her husband, British film director Guy Ritchie, at the;2006 Brit awards. Celebrity magazines are reporting that the...
Doubt cast on Corby dad drug ties
The Australian
The Australian
DOUBT has been cast on allegations that convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby's father was also involved in drug trafficking. Queensland police informant and former heroin addict Kim Moore, three weeks before Schapelle...
Spread 'the opera ain't over till the fat lady sings'
Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
SAN ANTONIO -- Dan Cook, the longtime San Antonio sportswriter who popularized the phrase ''the opera ain't over till the fat lady sings,'' has died. He was 81. The San Antonio Express-News, where Mr. Cook worked for 51...
2-year-old boy shot at liquor store
Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
A 2-year-old boy was shot at a south suburban liquor store early Friday...
Flipping and flopping
Toledo Blade
Toledo Blade
IT'S A good thing many of Barack Obama's supporters don't care much about issues, because their candidate has been changing his position on them with dizzying speed. "Barack Obama aligned himself with welfare reform on...
When Jay walks
Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
Don't pity Jay Leno. ''The Tonight Show'' host is losing his home of 17 years, but Leno finds himself in an enviable position. Still packing the ratings punch that delivers the lion's share of NBC's estimated $300...
Gonna leave a mark
Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
It's true, it's true: I don't really bookmark things in my browsers. This admission is similar in scope to having a car but not making any right turns in it, or getting your picture taken with the J. Lo figure at Madam...
Canadian military policeman dies at Persian Gulf base
Canada Dot Com
Canada Dot Com
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan - Military officials have launched an investigation into the death of a Canadian soldier in the living quarters at Camp Mirage - a base in the Persian Gulf that supports airlifts in and out...
HOCKEY Europeans, NHL, NHLPA to discuss transfer deal
Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail
The NHL and the International Ice Hockey Federation's European teams are going to take another shot at finding a player transfer agreement that works for all sides. Representatives from the NHL, the NHL Players'...
PAPERBACKS
Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail
BECOMING HUMAN By Jean Vanier, Anansi, 163 pages, $18.95 Vanier's Massey Lectures expound his proposition that opening ourselves to other people could radically change our communities, our relationships and ourselves....
