AP - Rolf Peterson has watched a bleeding female wolf struggle to survive, helped by a turncoat male from the rival pack that had mauled and left her for dead.

AP - Adam Vinatieri arrived in Indianapolis with the usual expectations — kicking game-winners and winning championships.

AP - Republican Senate candidate Stephen Laffey once told a newspaper columnist that God wanted him to run for mayor of Cranston.

AP - The "American Idol" sing-off is down to 10.

Reuters - The amateur pop singers of "American Idol" hit another ratings high note on Tuesday as Fox television's talent-contest sensation scored its biggest audience yet for a performance episode of the show.

Reuters - The amateur pop singers of "American Idol" hit another ratings high note on Tuesday as Fox television's talent-contest sensation scored its biggest audience yet for a performance episode of the show.

AP - Fred Savage, perhaps best known for his role on ABC's "The Wonder Years," is going to be a father.

AP - It took two multiplatinum albums, several hits and a few Grammy nominations for people to realize that the Black Eyed Peas weren't just a silly, poppy, hip-hop gimmick (and to be fair, some people still aren't convinced).

AP - Sharon Stone, who returns as the seductive Catherine Tramell in "Basic Instinct 2," says she has no problem doing a nude scene — if it's right for the role.

AP - Britain's highest court ruled Wednesday that a school acted properly in refusing to allow a student to wear Muslim clothing of her choice rather than the attire permitted under school policy.

Reuters - The deadly bird flu virus may pose a fresh threat to endangered mammal species including big cats such as tigers and leopards, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) said on Wednesday.

Reuters - The capital of the movie industry may finally be gaining the respect it craves from fashion watchers this week, as it rolls out its home-grown talent in an eclectic series of runway shows.

AP - In spite of herself, Chloe O'Brian has charmed the "24" audience. Her job on the Fox thriller (which airs Mondays at 9 p.m. EST) is that of Senior Analyst at the Counter-Terrorist Unit, and she's a whiz, lording over her keyboard with data-slinging deftness as the nation's well-being hangs in the balance.

Reuters - During the half-dozen years it has taken Doug Atchison's "Akeelah and the Bee" to go from script to screen, that old schoolhouse standby known as the spelling bee suddenly became hot property, informing everything from the documentary "Spellbound" to the novel/film "Bee Season" to the hit Broadway musical "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee."

Reuters - You can slice and dice the various TV police procedurals by location, technology, types of crimes or even the degree to which solving them depends on messages from the Great Beyond. Still, the one thing they have in common is the presumption that cops are good and robbers are bad. With rare exception, the men and women with the shields are caring, dedicated and ethical, while the perps run the gamut from indifferent to psychotic.

AP - Ed Whitacre, the chief executive of AT&T Inc., dismissed criticism that its planned merger with BellSouth Corp. will form a near-monopoly for Internet access and give it the clout to dictate terms to Web sites if they want to remain reachable.

AP - In spite of herself, Chloe O'Brian has charmed the "24" audience.

USATODAY.com - Here's how nervous Hollywood is about you watching movies at home. Smack-dab in the middle of the Academy Awards on March 5, Sid Ganis, head of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, took the stage to disparage DVDs.

AFP - Humphrey, the black and white cat who saw at close quarters the comings and goings of three British leaders, has died, a spokesman for Prime Minister Tony Blair's London residence said Monday.

AP - Ned Beatty says he sees himself as a quintessential character actor.