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Former 'Idol' Winner Carrie Underwood Invited to Join Grand Ole Opry.

Nashvlle, Tennessee - Carrie Underwood will become the newest member of the Grand Ole Opry after she was invited Saturday to join the long-running country music show.
Randy Travis extended the invitation as Underwood finished "I Told You So," a Travis song that Underwood recorded on her latest album. Her official induction will be May 10. The former "American Idol" winner sold 7 million copies of her debut album "Some Hearts" and shot to superstardom almost overnight with hits including "Before He Cheats" and "Jesus, Take the Wheel." read more -foxnews.com

Paris and Benji’s relationship is no hoax.

Paris Hilton’s relationship with Good Charlotte’s Benji Madden is not a faux-mance, the heiress said on Friday. During an interview with KIIS-FM’s morning show, “On Air with Ryan Seacrest,” Hilton told Secrest she is not pulling a prank and definitely dating Madden, the twin brother of Nicole Richie’s boyfriend and baby-daddy, Joel Madden. “No, it’s not a hoax. We’re really happy,” Hilton said. read more - msnbc.com

Jackson wants to refinance or sell Neverland .

‘We expect to have this matter resolved well before May 14,’ says lawyer.
LOS ANGELES - There could be a new owner riding the merry-go-round at Michael Jackson’s fabled Neverland Ranch this summer. A public auction of the 2,500-acre spread in central California’s wine country had been scheduled for next week after Jackson went into default on the $24.5 million he owes on the property. However, the auction was postponed until May 14 by “mutual agreement” of Jackson and his creditors, said Julie Wagner of Financial Title Co. of San Francisco, the firm that filed the default papers. read more - msnbc.com

Tornado trashes Atlanta.

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Waves of severe thunderstorms streaked through downtown Atlanta on Saturday, hours after a tornado left a trail of destruction through the heart of the city. A swath of uprooted and broken trees, downed utility lines, peeled-off roofs and collapsed brick walls marked the path of the tornado that struck around 9:40 p.m. Friday. "This was clearly a tornado," Lans Rothfusz of the National Weather Service's Peachtree City, Georgia, office said. He rated the storm an EF-2 on the Enhanced Fujita scale, meaning it packed top winds of 130 miles per hour. read more -cnn.com

Astronauts head out to build 12-foot, 3,400-pound robot.

FANS HOUSTON, Texas (AP) -- With Dextre the robot's power problem solved, astronauts on Saturday ventured outside the international space station to put together the bulk of the gigantic walking and working machine. The robot's hands were attached to its 11-foot arms during the first spacewalk of Endeavour's space station trip. This time, astronauts aimed to connect the arms to the shoulders. First, though, the robot was going to sit up on its transport bed -- rising like Frankenstein's monster, as one astronaut put it. read more -cnn.com

2 Doctors Cleared of Negligence in Death of Actor John Ritter.

GLENDALE, Calif. — Two doctors were not negligent in the diagnosis and treatment of John Ritter, who died from a torn aorta in 2003, a jury found Friday in a wrongful death lawsuit by the actor's widow and children.
The lawsuit claimed that a radiologist failed to spot a purported enlargement of the aorta in a body scan conducted two years before Ritter's death and that there was malpractice by the cardiologist summoned to treat the actor at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center, where he was diagnosed with a heart attack. The jury voted 9-3 to clear Dr. Joseph Lee, the cardiologist, and Dr. Matthew Lotysch, the radiologist, of the negligence claims. read more -foxnews.com

Queen opens new $8.6B airport terminal.

LONDON, England (CNN) -- Queen Elizabeth helped launch Heathrow's $8.6 billion new Terminal 5 on Friday as part of the British airport's rejuvenation plan to maintain its status as one of the world's most important transport hubs. The British monarch, who also opened Heathrow's first passenger terminal in 1955, was present under strict security a day after a man carrying a backpack was arrested for running onto a runway at the airport. The first flights from the new terminal are scheduled for March 27. read more -cnn.com

Hospital Employees Fired for Snooping Through Britney Spears' Psychiatric Medical Records.

LOS ANGELES - UCLA Medical Center will fire some employees and discipline others for snooping at the confidential medical records of Britney Spears while she was hospitalized in its psychiatric ward, a hospital official told The Associated Press. Jeri Simpson, the hospital's director of human resources who was involved in the investigations of the confidentiality breach, confirmed the action but could not say how many employees were affected. The Los Angeles Times reported on its Website Friday that more than 13 employees were facing firing and another six will be disciplined. The paper said a half dozen doctors are also facing disciplinary action for looking at her computerized records. read more -foxnews.com

Hit Jackie Chan with your questions.

(CNN) -- Now is your chance to quiz Jackie Chan. The superstar of martial arts blockbusters hits Talk Asia in full force next month, and we'd like to know what question you'd like him to answer. Part of the show will be an online exclusive Q&A with host Anjali Rao putting your questions to the kung fu maestro. The chopsocky movie hero has been at the heart of the Hong Kong film industry for over 30 years and fostered a knock-about on-screen image that has seen him appear in almost 100 films. After training at drama school Chan started out as a stuntman in the Hong Kong. He now has nearly a century of films under his belt as an actor that has seen him show off his martial arts skills and comic timing in Hollywood blockbusters such as "Rumble in the Bronx"and "Shanghai Noon." read more -cnn.com

Hard times making 'Horton Hears a Who'.

THE job seems like it should have been a cakewalk for three of America's most gifted comedians: a couple of weeks in a recording booth voicing laughable yet lovable characters for a big-budget, computer-generated animation adaptation of the beloved children's book "Horton Hears a Who!" So it was reasonable for Jim Carrey, Carol Burnett and Steve Carell to expect the project to be one of those windfall gigs that accompany a certain strata of Hollywood stardom: fat paychecks and critical props from every kid in the world for what is essentially a performance they could give wearing sweatpants and no makeup. read more -latimes.com

Four die when New York City crane collapses.

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Emergency workers were searching for at least one person who might be trapped in a building damaged when a crane collapsed in Manhattan on Saturday, killing four construction workers, and injuring 17, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said. Three of the injured were in critical condition, authorities said. Five firefighters had minor injuries. Ten neighborhood residents were among those hurt, three of them critically, when a portion of the crane detached and "completely destroyed" a four-story townhouse, New York's mayor said at a news conference. ...read more cnn.com

Call Girl in Spitzer Scandal to Dad: I'm in 'a Little Bit of Trouble'.

NEW YORK — The day after federal prosecutors pulled the covers off the high-priced prostitution ring that would soon bring down Gov. Eliot Spitzer, the call girl at the center of the scandal told her father she was in a little trouble, he said. But Ashley Alexandra Dupre didn't explain what that trouble was, William Youmans told the New York Post Friday from his hometown of Kill Devil Hills, N.C. "Everyone makes mistakes, and this was a very large mistake," the stonemason said. "I love her tremendously and support her, but I am just in so much shock right now." read more -foxnews.com

Mexican Cops Find 36 Bodies in Border City Backyard.

MEXICO CITY — Mexican officials said Saturday that 36 bodies were found buried in the backyard of a house in a city across the border from El Paso, Texas, and they believe that number represents the final tally.
Mexican federal agents began digging behind a Ciudad Juarez house allegedly used by the Juarez drug cartal two weeks ago after receiving an anonymous tip, officials said. n the raid, investigators found 3,740 pounds of marijuana in the house. They initially found six dismembered bodies, but as excavations proceeded the tally rose. On Saturday, the Attorney General's office said in a statement that a total of 36 bodies had been found in 16 pits in the house's yard. The previous estimate had been 33. Officials did not provide details on the three new bodies. read more -foxnews.com

Ricin-exposed man out of coma.

(CNN) -- A man believed to have been exposed to the deadly poison ricin in a hotel room in Las Vegas, Nevada, is out of his coma and is being questioned by authorities, FBI Special Agent David Staretz said Friday. Staretz would not comment further on Roger Bergendorff, 57, who authorities said was taken to a hospital February 14 after complaining of breathing difficulties. He is listed in critical condition, said Naomi Jones, spokeswoman for Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center in Las Vegas. read more -cnn .com

Tapes Show Hawaiian Airline Pilots Possibly Asleep.

HONOLULU — The pilots of an inter-island flight from Honolulu to Hilo failed to respond to air traffic controllers 11 times as it overshot its destination by 15 miles while flying at an altitude of 21,000 feet.
According to air traffic control tapes obtained by TV station KGMB, a controller monitoring airspace around Maui repeatedly tried to raise the two pilots of the go! flight on Feb. 13. They are being investigated for possibly falling asleep during the 214-mile flight. The controller was initially unable to contact the pilots of Flight 1002 when she tried to call them about 15 minutes after the plane left Honolulu. read more - foxnews.com

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