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Lady Gaga sends love to Indonesian fans

Lady Gaga told fans she was "devastated" at having to cancel her sold-out show in Indonesia following threats by Islamic hard-liners, who called her a "devil worshipper." Controversy over the concert is a blow to the predominantly Muslim country's reputation as a tolerant, pluralist society that respects freedom of expression. ...

Justin Bieber wanted for questioning in scuffle

Justin Bieber is wanted for questioning by Los Angeles County Sheriff's investigators after a photographer complained of being roughed up by the pop star at a shopping center. Sheriff's Lt. Robert Wiard (ward) says the photographer called 911 on Sunday and complained of pain to his chest. Wiard said the ...

Marco Andretti slides after making contact with the first turn wall during IndyCar's Indianapolis 500 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Sunday, May 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Joe Watts)

The Andretti curse lives on

Michael Andretti watched three of his cars dominate the first half of the Indianapolis 500. And by the end of Sunday's race, they were no factor at all. Again. "I don't believe in curses, but I don't know what it is," Andretti said after losing yet another opportunity to win ...

Dario Franchitti, of Scotland, leads teammate Scott Dixon, center, of New Zealand, and Takuma Sato, of Japan, into the first turn during IndyCar's Indianapolis 500 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Sunday, May 27, 2012. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

Franchitti wins 3rd Indy 500, gives nod to Wheldon

Dan Wheldon couldn't win his third Indianapolis 500. Dario Franchitti did it for him. And if it wasn't going to be Franchitti, then it would be Scott Dixon. Maybe even Tony Kanaan. No matter what, one of Wheldon's best buddies was going to Victory Lane. In the end, they celebrated ...

Andy Roddick of the U.S. throws his head back after missing a shot in his first round match against Nicolas Mahut of France at the French Open tennis tournament in Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Sunday May 27, 2012. Roddick lost to Mahut in four sets 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2. (AP Photo/David Vincent)

Roddick loses in French's 1st round; Williams wins

Easy to understand why Andy Roddick never enjoyed playing on red clay all that much. First and foremost, the footing is tricky as can be. The soft courts take his booming serves and forehands down a notch, too. Put simply, his game is built for hard or grass courts. As ...

5 major champions reach 2nd round at French Open

Five major champions successfully made their way through the first round of the French Open on Sunday's opening day. One didn't. Sam Stosur and Svetlana Kuznetsova were first up on the main two courts, and both won in straight sets. Juan Carlos Ferrero and Juan Martin del Potro soon followed ...

In this Friday May 25, 2012 photo provided by Parkwood Entertainment, Beyonce performs at Revel in Atlantic City, N.J., for the resort's premiere. It is the first of four scheduled shows for Memorial Day weekend. (AP Photo/Parkwood Entertainment, Robin Harper)

Michelle Obama, daughters attend Beyonce concert

Michelle Obama was with the single ladies this weekend, joining 5,500 fans at a Beyonce concert in Atlantic City. The first lady was with daughters Sasha and Malia at Revel Resorts, where Beyonce performed two dozen songs Saturday night. Obama's husband, President Barack Obama, did not attend. Gov. Chris Christie ...

Lavar Johnson, top, throws punches against Stefan Struve in the first round during a UFC 146 heavyweight bout, Saturday, May 26, 2012, in Las Vegas. Struve won by tap out on an arm bar. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Dos Santos stops Mir, keeps UFC heavyweight title

When a state athletic commission official asked Frank Mir where he was between rounds, he named the wrong casino. That's a pretty good indication Junior Dos Santos' punches already were doing their job. The UFC's heavyweight champion knew exactly where he was and what he was doing — and Dos ...

In this photo provided by Mast General Store, flowers adorn a statue of Arthel "Doc" Watson in downtown Boone, N.C., on Friday, May 25, 2012. The Grammy-winning folk musician Doc Watson is in critical condition but improving at a North Carolina hospital after colon surgery. (AP Photo/Mast General Store, Lynn Willis)

NC musician Doc Watson still in critical condition

Grammy-winning folk musician Doc Watson remains in critical condition at a North Carolina hospital after undergoing colon surgery this past week. A spokeswoman at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem said late Saturday night that Watson remained in critical condition. The 89-year-old Watson's daughter, Nancy, says the musician fell Monday. The blind ...

In this 2008 photo provided by the Turkana Basin Institute, paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey discusses the evidence for human evolution over a collection of hominin fossil casts at the Turkana Basin Institute's Ileret research facility in northern Kenya. Leakey predicts skepticism over evolution will soon be history sometime in the next 15 to 30 years. "If you get to the stage where you can persuade people on the evidence, that it's solid, that we are all African, that color is superficial, that stages of development of culture are all interactive," Leakey says, "then I think we have a chance of a world that will respond better to global challenges." (AP Photo/Turkana Basin Institute, Bob Campbell)

Scientist: Evolution debate will soon be history

Richard Leakey predicts skepticism over evolution will soon be history. Not that the avowed atheist has any doubts himself. Sometime in the next 15 to 30 years, the Kenyan-born paleoanthropologist expects scientific discoveries will have accelerated to the point that "even the skeptics can accept it." "If you get to ...

Country's George Jones released from hospital

Country music star George Jones has been released from the hospital. In a news release from Jones' publicist on Saturday, Jones says he is improving, and "I look forward to seeing everyone soon." Jones, regarded as the greatest voice in country music history, was hospitalized for the second time this ...

Kia LaBracke holds up a picture of her son in her home Friday, May 18, 2012, in Oconomowoc, Wis. LaBracke is concerned about her kids playing football in the wake of NFL concussions. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Parents' dilemma: Let children play football?

Already uneasy about the idea of letting her 7-year-old son Jason start playing tackle football, Elizabeth Giancarli made up her mind when former NFL star Junior Seau committed suicide. While many of her son's friends are moving on to tackle, he'll be playing another year of flag football. "I just ...

FILE - In this Tues., March 6, 2012 file photo, actress Katie Finneran poses for a portrait in New York. The two-time Tony Award® winning actress ("Promises, Promises," "Noises Off") will star as Miss Hannigan in the new production of ANNIE, the Tony Award-winning classic musical. ANNIE opens November 8, 2012, at the Palace Theatre in New York. (AP Photo/Carlo Allegri, File)

Katie Finneran to join cast of Broadway's 'Annie'

Katie Finneran is about to get evil — playing Miss Hannigan in the new production of "Annie" on Broadway. Producers said Friday that the two-time Tony Award winner has been cast as the cruel head of Annie's orphanage in the show that begins reviews Oct. 3 at the Palace Theatre. ...

AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT

In risky business of running for president, Romney, Obama largely playing it safe WASHINGTON (AP) — In the risky business of running for president, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are largely playing it safe. For all the small daily dramas of the 2012 campaign, there's a risk-averse dynamic playing out: ...

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens, right, with a member of his legal team, leaves federal court in Washington, Friday, May 25, 2012. A forensic scientist testified Friday that two cotton balls and a syringe needle allegedly saved after a steroids injection, tested positive for Roger Clemens' DNA, a key moment as the government tries to prove the former pitcher used performance-enhancing drugs. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Govt witness links medical waste to Clemens DNA

A prosecution witness told jurors that Roger Clemens DNA' showed up on two cotton balls and one needle allegedly used for a steroids injection of the famed pitcher. He then spent almost the entire day fielding questions from lawyers for both sides and from jurors. The jury seemed to realize ...

US singer Lenny Kravitz performs on stage during the Mawazine Festival in Rabat, Morocco, Friday May 25, 2012. The Morocco's biggest music festival also highlights Morocco's contradictions, as well-paid international performers sing on stages while dissident Moroccan musicians are imprisoned for their anti-establishment lyrics. (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar)

Morocco hosts world's artists, imprisons its own

Morocco's glittering Mawazine international music festival wraps up this weekend with performances by Mariah Carey and Lenny Kravitz, after nine days of showcasing the North African kingdom's cool factor — even as dissident Moroccan musicians are imprisoned for their anti-establishment lyrics. The 11-year-old "Rhythms of the World" festival in the ...

FILE - This photo provided by Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady, is one of the photographs submitted to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in Washington on Feb. 7, 2008, by Brian McNamee, former personal trainer for pitcher Roger Clemens, showing evidence of alleged use of steroids by Clemens. A forensic scientist has testified, Friday, May 25, 2012 in Washington, that two cotton balls and a syringe needle allegedly saved after a steroids injection tested positive for Roger Clemens' DNA _ in a key moment as the government tries to prove the former pitcher used performance-enhancing drugs. McNamee, Clemens' former strength coach, earlier testified he collected the medical waste after injecting the pitcher with steroids. (AP Photo/Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady, Senna Riahi) **NO SALES**

DNA on beer can needle 'likely' belongs to Clemens

A needle stored with a beer can appeared to contain an extremely tiny amount of Roger Clemens' DNA, which turned out to be good news and bad news for both sides in the perjury trial of the seven-time Cy Young Award winner. A forensic scientist on Friday linked Clemens to ...

Calif. activist guilty in Vietnamese singer attack

A California activist faces up to three years and eight months behind bars for spraying an irritant at a pop singer from Vietnam to protest communism. A Santa Clara County jury found Ly Tong, of San Jose, guilty Thursday of misdemeanor assault and felony use of tear gas in connection ...

Madonna in holy land to kick off world tour

Israelis are gearing up to get down at Madonna's show as the pop diva landed in the holy land ahead of her world tour which kicks off here next week. The Material girl's motorcade entered the Tel Avi Dan hotel parking lot Friday as guards shielded the superstar from the ...

FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2011 file photo, singer Gregg Allman arrives at the 45th Annual CMA Awards in Nashville, Tenn. Allman has told several interviewers this week that he's engaged to his 24-year-old girlfriend, Shannon Williams, and Allman's publicist and manager confirmed the news Friday morning. This will be his seventh marriage. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)

Gregg Allman engaged to 24-year-old girlfriend

Gregg Allman is getting married for the seventh time. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member has told several interviewers this week that he's engaged to his 24-year-old girlfriend, Shannon Williams, and Allman's publicist and manager confirmed the news Friday morning. Allman talked about the unexpected love he felt ...

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