The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said Saturday a state trooper shot and killed a man who was involved in a fight with two troopers who were trying to rescue him and another man from floodwaters. The troopers responded to a report of a stranded vehicle in Okmulgee County at about 9:30 …

PARIS – The French government is expecting the Vatican to decide within days whether to approve the nomination of a respected diplomat who is said to be gay as French ambassador to the Holy See. Paris is hoping that Laurent Stefanini wins approval five months after the French presidential palace …

With the folks angry and fearful about the economy, Barack Obama and the Democrats are looking good in the polls with just eight days remaining before we vote. But if Americans simply vote on emotion, we are heading for disaster. Electing unqualified people simply because you are angry with the …

LOS ANGELES – Reports have been running rampant all week that David Duchovny cheated on wife Tea Leoni with a tennis instructor, but according to the actor it is all “salacious and sensational gossip” that has caused him “substantial harm.” Duchovny filed a lawsuit in the Los Angeles Superior Court …

LOS ANGELES – Jenna Jameson Wants Porn Name Made Official | Britney Pulls Out Of Virgin Mary Role In Upcoming Film | Britney And Justin Duet With Madonna – Separately | Criss Angel Show Bombing In Vegas Jenna Jameson Wants Porn Name Made Official She may have retired from starring …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Talking Turkey A traditional Thanksgiving meal between two elementary schools in Claremont, California, has parents in an uproar over costumes. The kindergarteners have long celebrated the holiday by dressing up as pilgrims and Native Americans and taking turns visiting the other school …

So Kathy Hilton, the creepy creature who spawned Paris, has slammed John McCain for his ad featuring her daughter, even though it might be the only film Paris has been in without an engorged organ dangling in her face. Now, I might agree with mom that the ad was a …

The Toyota Prius may reign supreme as mileage king in the car world, but in the land of pickups, the gentle giant from Japan has to settle for second place. The Tacoma comes powered by a puny-on-paper 159-horsepower 2.7-liter 4-cylinder engine that churns out 20 mpg city/25 highway, but don’t …

LOS ANGELES – Eva Mendes plays the “other woman” in Jada Pinkett Smith‘s steamy on-screen lesbian relationship in Diane English‘s all-female film “The Women,” and gets down and dirty with former model-turned-actress Natasha Alam. “It was a lot of fun, not awkward at all,” Alam told Pop Tarts at last …

So right now Obama supporters are say that the election has become less about issues, and more about personalities. This is hilarious, given that the latest Obama attack ad paints John McCain as a dithering, odd-smelling coot who won’t use e-mail, still uses a land line and thinks the Samoan …