PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland police evicted nearly a dozen squatters who had been living in a vacated home they mistakenly thought was owned by Bank of America. The squatters were members of Occupy Portland, and they had been in the two-story home since September before they were forced to leave Friday. The protesters had started receiving mail at the North Portland address, signed up for the Internet and one of them even...

LeBron James and David Letterman, all smiles on Tuesday's 'Late Show.' (Photo provided by CBS, via AP) After maintaining a pretty low profile during the postseason — well, as low a profile as a 6-foot-9, 270-pound, most-scrutinized-player-in-the-world can, anyway — LeBron James has re-emerged since his Miami Heat won the 2011-12 NBA championship....

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- The state police captain who provided security for former Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino may have broken the law when he accepted tickets and a Sugar Bowl ring from the football program, according to the Arkansas Ethics Commission. The panel said there was probable cause that Capt. Jeffrey Lance King violated the law by receiving gifts intended to reward him for doing his job, according...

Calling all "True Blood" fanatics! Get ready to dork out about a vampy (get it?) makeup line inspired by the fantasy series. Famed nail polish artist Deborah Lippmann (Lady Gaga, Rachel McAdams and Kate Hudson have all lacquered their nails with her polishes) has partnered with HSN to create a very spooky "True Blood"-inspired beauty collection. The sultry set includes nail polishes,...

Norman Mailer The AmericanJune 19, 2012 Alan W. Petrucelli, Pittsburgh Stage and Screen Examiner Alan W. Petrucelli has been an Entertainment Czar since 1980, when he wrote his first national story---an obit of David Janssen. His work has been published in numerous publications, including The...

Kim Kardashian's pubic preference is no secret. If you've watched her home movies with ex-boyfriend Ray J, you're fully aware that the middle Kardashian sister likes to keep things virtually hairless. However, it wasn't until earlier today that Kim's preferred method of personal grooming was brought to light. According to TMZ, she and rapper boyfriend Kanye West were spotted at a Los Angeles-area hair-removal...

Does Lolo Jones use Tim Tebow's name for her own marketing and self-promotion reasons? Let's be honest here. Jones, a 29-year-old track and field athlete who will be competing for Team USA at the 2012 London Olympics, wasn't a household name until she revealed to HBO's Real Sports that she is a virgin, dates online and struggles to maintain her virginity. That revelation instantly caused fans to link her name to Tebow, who...

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In a bid to be the first oil company to destroy Santa's home Royal Dutch (NYSE:RDS.A) announced it will begin test drilling north of Alaska in July. A venture that Royal thinks will be a hydrocarbon bonanza comes with plenty of risk both for the company and for cute little Coca-Cola polar bear cubs. This is mostly uncharted territory for...

The Memphis Grizzlies needed to find a good scorer to replace O.J. Mayo with the No. 25 pick. They found a nifty guy in Tony Wroten. The Grizzlies will be looking for production early from Wroten, but it's hard to say that he'll give Mayo's numbers quickly.Wroten has the aggression and the motor to be a strong scorer right away for the Grizzlies. He averaged 12.8 field-goal attempts and 7.5 free-throw attempts per...

STONEHENGE, England — Rain-sodden crowds welcomed a spectacularly wet summer solstice at Stonehenge in true British fashion Thursday: With stoicism and wit. So bad was the downpour that even one of Britain's latter-day druids –...

RIALTO, Calif. (KTLA) -- The Reverends Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson will be speaking at a public memorial for Rodney King on Saturday.King, who became a symbol for civil rights after his beating by L.A. police officers in 1991, was found dead in the swimming pool of his Rialto home on...

CHERRY HILL, N.J., June 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Multiple Sclerosis Association of America (MSAA) is proud to mark the 10-year anniversary of one of its most sought after programs — the MRI Institute. This program is designed to help people who have been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) and lack health insurance coverage, acquire an MRI scan. The Institute has been supported by the pharmaceutical companies EMD Serono,...

Last week, Sony previewed some early footage of their new 3D animated feature, Hotel Transylvania. (Though, the footage we saw was not in 3D.) Slated for a September release, Adam Sandler voices Dracula - who, in this incarnation, runs a hotel for ghouls while, at the same time, tries to be a loving father to his young, 118-year-old...

The formula for feeling Cristiano Ronaldo's pain—the pain of watching your team lose a penalty shootout, before it ever reaches your turn, in the semis of Euro 2012—involves a lot of math and reaching far back into the files of your memory. Or at least that's how I, for a brief moment, did it. When Cesc Fabregas—who else?—netted the game winner, the Spaniard in me was elated. Heart pounding louder than a...

Here is my first off-the-cuff listing of the Top 125 overall players in standard-scoring leagues.Obviously, a lot can change over the summer with injured players and certain stars currently embroiled in contract disputes.But right now, this should serve as a fairly accurate profile of my thinking heading into the July training camps.One last thing: These rankings will remain capped at 125 for two reasons:a) Any listings beyond...