The New York Times - New York NY, 28 minutes ago/ The Nets charged to a 17-3 lead in the first quarter and led by as many as 18 points in the first half.
The San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego CA, 41 minutes ago/ Michael "Big Mike" Lynche made Kara DioGuardi cry and turned the rest of the "American Idol" judges giddy with a moving performance of "This Woman's Work." Lynche, a mountain of a guy who lives up to his nickname, performed last among the eight male semifinalists Wednesday and emerged as the star of the Fox TV show.
The News & Observer - Raleigh NC, 4 hours 1 minute ago/ I'm not saying you should — you better pull for N.C. State and North Carolina to win their games Thursday.
Sun Sentinel, 1 hour 8 minutes ago/ Two off-duty Pennsylvania law enforcement officers were with Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger at the Georgia nightclub where a woman accused him of sexual assault, and the two men didn't see anything inappropriate, an attorney for one of them said Wednesday.
The Kansas City Star - Kansas City MO, 34 minutes ago/ A teen talent who discovered drugs as he tasted his first success and whose personal problems increased as his star-power faded.Haim died Wednesday at 38, another chapter in Hollywood's tragic history of careers ravaged by drugs.Brittany Murphy's career was rebounding when she died at 31 in December from pneumonia and prescription drugs.River Phoenix was 16 when he starred in "Stand By Me" and 23 when he died of a drug overdose outside a Hollywood nightclub.Haim died at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, His mother called paramedics after he collapsed while getting out of bed at his apartment.Haim started working in TV commercials at 10 and was a big-screen heartthrob at 15.