Hulk Hogan’s son sentenced to 8 months for crash

May 12th, 2008 at 12:05pm Under Celebrity News

The 17-year-old son of wrestling superstar Hulk Hogan was sentenced to eight months in jail Friday after he pleaded no contest to causing a crash that seriously injured his best friend.

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Person close to talks: NBC installing Fallon on ‘Late Night’

May 12th, 2008 at 12:05pm Under Celebrity News

Jimmy Fallon will officially be given the keys to NBC’s “Late Night” franchise following Conan O’Brien’s exit.

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Jury selection to start in R. Kelly’s trial

May 12th, 2008 at 12:05pm Under Celebrity News

Attorneys in R. Kelly’s child pornography trial are expected to begin questioning 150 potential jurors Monday, and it’s unlikely any of his fans will be chosen to hear the allegations against one of urban music’s biggest stars.

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Farina arrested for allegedly bringing gun to LAX

May 12th, 2008 at 12:05pm Under Celebrity News

Actor Dennis Farina apologized for his arrest at Los Angeles International Airport after a loaded gun was found in his carry-on luggage.

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NBC, ABC and CBS to tone down ‘upfront’ advertising sales events

May 12th, 2008 at 12:05pm Under Business

TV lineup presentations to advertisers are being scaled back because of the sluggish economy and lingering effects of the writers strike.

For decades, this has been the week for network television to strut its stuff. But not everyone is in the mood to party this year.

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Development centers offer guiding light to small companies

May 12th, 2008 at 12:05pm Under Business

Counselors offer valuable lessons as simple as how to use QuickBooks software to as complex as how to do business in China.

Nervously practicing her pitch for hours in her home office, the co-founder of educational toy maker Budding Brilliance Corp. tried not to think about the dollars at stake in her presentation to a group of Tech Coast Angels , an influential Southland organization of wealthy investors.

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In mortgage market, walkaway homeowners may be urban myth

May 12th, 2008 at 12:05pm Under Business

Bankers and housing analysts say many homeowners, owing more than their homes are worth, are defaulting on their loans even when they can afford payments. But no hard numbers back up their claims.

Bankers and housing market analysts are warning of a chilling new trend in the mortgage world: Homeowners voluntarily defaulting on their loans even though they can actually afford to make the payments.

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Some movies are entitled to do well

May 12th, 2008 at 12:05pm Under Business

What a project is called can make or break it at the box office. Studios mine experts’ brains in the quest.

When they met last year with executives at New Line Cinema, marketing consultants Seth Lockhart and Jamil Barrie pitched their 10 favorite alternative titles for “Pride and Glory,” a police drama starring Edward Norton and Colin Farrell. Then they passed around a report with dozens of others that didn’t make their cut.

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Your Money: A week of e-mail scams

May 12th, 2008 at 12:05pm Under Business


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Surgery options for enlarged prostate

May 12th, 2008 at 12:05pm Under Health

Surgery, sometimes, is needed to treat an enlarged prostate. That technology, too, is changing.

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