“These Boots Are Made for Walkin'” singer Nancy Sinatra testified Wednesday on Capitol Hill that performers should be paid when their songs are played on the radio. “When most people are asked how much you think artists are paid on radio, [they] usually say a few cents, but … we …

LOS ANGELES – Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television. Some People Are Stupid. Stuff. People I Can Do Without. George Carlin, who died of heart failure Sunday at 71, leaves behind not only a series of memorable routines, but a legal legacy: His most celebrated monologue, a frantic, …

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Police may have ignored a warning years ago that a woman with five dead spouses was trying to hire a hit man to kill one of the men, investigators in North Carolina said Monday. Authorities charged 76-year-old Betty Neumar last month with one count of solicitation of …

Natalee Holloway might still be alive if Joran van der Sloot had called for help instead of allegedly dumping her unconscious body into the Caribbean, the teen’s mother, Beth Twitty, believes, the New York Post reports. Van der Sloot, 20, revealed in a hidden camera “confession” that Holloway had passed …

NEW YORK – “Long Island Lolita” Amy Fisher says she feels “no sympathy” for Mary Jo Buttafuoco, the woman she shot as a teenager when she was sleeping with her husband — even though she still has the bullet in her brain. “Mary Jo is a nonentity. People are angry …

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday she has seen progress in Afghanistan during the past few years, despite a determined Taliban insurgency that has disrupted security and prompted concerns that the NATO-led military campaign is failing. “Can we all expect the security situation will still …

The Food and Drug Administration is warning denture users to be careful after one person died and at least 72 others were sickened by allergic reactions to denture cleaners, it is reported by Bloomberg News. The death and some of the illnesses are due to misuse of the cleaners, most …

A hungry, jobless man allegedly stole his landlord’s pet Chihuahua on Monday and tried to cook it in a Seoul, South Korea, boarding house, the Korea Times reported. The 52-year-old, identified only as “Park,” grabbed the dog while his landlord was in the bathroom, killed it and attempted to cook …

LONDON – British Olympic athletes must sign a new clause in their contracts prohibiting politically sensitive remarks or gestures during the Beijing Games. “The reality is, given the level of political scrutiny of the world’s media on these games and the way China will handle them, the BOA felt it …

SAN FRANCISCO – Google, already the world’s most popular spot for finding Web sites, is aiming to become the go-to place for creating Web sites too. The Mountain View-based company is taking its first step toward that goal Thursday with the debut of a free service designed for high-tech neophytes …