Updated: 10:14 AM Notre Dame said a story that star Manti Te'o's girlfriend had died of leukemia — a loss he said inspired him all season and helped him lead the Irish to the BCS title game — turned out to be a hoax apparently perpetrated against the linebacker.
Updated: 8:59 AM HOUSTON (AP) - The Houston Grand Opera plans to present the futuristic Fura dels Baus productions of Wagner's four Ring Cycle operas over four consecutive seasons.
Updated: 8:57 AM LOS ANGELES (AP) - The 12th season of "American Idol" is under way with new judges Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj and Keith Urban.
Updated: 8:58 AM NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - "The Voice" winner Cassadee Pope has a new record deal.
Updated: 12:54 PM LONDON (AP) - Britain's media watchdog has fined Playboy 100,000 pounds ($160,000) for failing to protect children from accessing two of its U.K.-based pornographic websites.
Updated: 12:26 PM LIVERMORE, Calif. (AP) - Conrad Bain, who starred as the kindly white adoptive father of two young African-American brothers in the TV sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes," has died.
Updated: 9:03 AM LOS ANGELES (AP) - A misdemeanor case over allegations that Lindsay Lohan lied to police about a traffic accident is due back in a Los Angeles courtroom.
Updated: 1:20 PM AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Oprah Winfrey is confirming that Lance Armstrong came clean to her about his use of performance-enhancing drugs during their 2 1/2 hour interview Monday.
Updated: 8:48 AM NEW YORK (AP) - A new Dan Brown novel is coming in May, and the subject is Dante.
Posted: 3:20 PM President Barack Obama is joking that Jack Lew's nomination as treasury secretary nearly fell through because of Lew's loopy signature.
Updated: 9:45 AM BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - The Civil War saga "Lincoln" leads the Academy Awards with 12 nominations, including best picture, director for Steven Spielberg and acting honors for Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones.
Updated: 9:13 AM Here's the list of winners of the 2013 People's Choice Awards.
Updated: 9:07 AM NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Grammy-winning R&B singer Fantasia has joined the growing list of musical acts set to perform for New Orleans Super Bowl weekend.
Updated: 9:06 AM SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Even though he's been a Hollywood star for three decades, Tom Cruise says he still has fun making movies.
Posted: 4:48 PM The gig is almost up for one of the eight Monopoly tokens. But which will it be? Iron? Thimble? Top Hat?
Updated: 9:20 AM NEW YORK (AP) - A man accused of gunning down radio and TV personality DJ Megatron in New York City has pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter.
Updated: 9:15 AM LOS ANGELES (AP) - The "Twilight" finale had better reviews than the franchise's previous four movies, but you'd never know it from the Razzie nominations singling out Hollywood's worst of the year.
Updated: 9:18 AM LONDON (AP) - Historical biopic "Lincoln" leads the race for the British Academy Film Awards, with 10 nominations at the U.K. equivalent of the Oscars.
Updated: 9:19 AM NEW YORK (AP) - The musical based on the film "Diner" has postponed its Broadway opening.
Updated: 9:20 AM BEIJING (AP) - Brad Pitt is now on China's version of Twitter, and his mysterious first tweet has drawn thousands of comments.
Updated: 9:19 AM NEW YORK (AP) - Actress Lindsay Lohan is scheduled to appear in court to face assault charges in connection with a fight at a Manhattan nightclub.
Updated: 3:51 PM A 114-year-old South Carolina woman who was the oldest living U.S. citizen has died.
Updated: 9:12 AM Lawmakers are accusing the CIA of misleading the makers of the Osama bin Laden raid film, "Zero Dark Thirty," by telling them that harsh interrogation methods helped track down the terrorist mastermind.
Updated: 9:18 AM Hannah Storm was back on the air Tuesday, hosting the Rose Parade telecast three weeks after a propane gas grill accident left the ESPN anchor with first- and second-degree burns to her face, hands, chest and neck.
Updated: 10:04 AM LOS ANGELES (AP) - Police say a paparazzo was hit by a car and killed after taking photos of Justin Bieber's Ferrari sports car in Los Angeles.
