JEFF KAROUBThe Associated PressDETROITCharlie Sheen was heckled, booed and eventually abandoned by the crowd at his inaugural stage show, with many of the audience members chanting refund and heading for the exits even before the show abruptly ended . Winning? Not on opening night . Read More →

DAVID GERMAINThe Associated PressLOS ANGELESThe Easter bunny has hopped into the top spot at the weekend box office . Russell Brand s family comedy Hop debuted at No . Read More →

RAPHAEL G . SATTERThe Associated PressLONDONHe s been filmed trekking through the Arctic, gives a smoldering look from the cover of a men s magazine and is being targeted by legions of young women who only a few years ago would have been lusting after his older brother . Read More →

By The Associated PressNORRIDGE, Ill . A 3-year-old boy died at an indoor family amusement park in suburban Chicago after falling out of a roller coaster, authorities said Sunday . Read More →

By GREG BLUESTEINThe Associated PressATLANTAThe federal health care overhaul s core requirement to make virtually all citizens buy health insurance or face tax penalties is constitutional because Congress has the authority to regulate interstate business, the Justice Department said in its appeal of a ruling that struck down the Obama administration s signature legislation . The government s 62-page motion filed Friday to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals argued that Congress had the power to enact the overhaul s minimum coverage requirements because it is a rational means of regulating the way participants in the health care market pay for their services . Read More →

The rear section of an Air France jet that crashed off Brazil s coast in 2009 remains relatively intact on the ocean floor, raising hopes the plane s black boxes may still be attached to the wreckage, family of some victims said Tuesday after being briefed by officials . Experts have said that without retrieving the voice and data recorders, located at the rear of the jetliner, there would be almost no chance of determing what caused the crash that killed all 228 people aboard . Read More →

Uruguay s senate debated Tuesday whether to annul an amnesty for crimes against humanity committed during the 1973-85 dictatorship, with a narrow majority expected to overrule voters who upheld the law in two referendums . Backed by leftist President Jose Mujica, the measure would then return to the lower house for minor changes and could become law by May 20 the day Uruguay honors the political prisoners who were kidnapped and killed during the military junta s crackdown on leftists . Read More →

MALIBU, CaliforniaBarbra Streisand says she understands that California has to sell her donated 22-acre Malibu ranch to help balance the state budget but hopes the buyer will preserve its special habitat . The singer released a statement last week about Gov . Read More →

EUREKA, Calif . Actress Irene Gilbert, who ran the Stella Adler Academy of Acting and Theatre in Los Angeles for 20 years after persuading her mentor to open it in 1985, has died . Read More →

NEW YORK Tribeca Film and ESPN are establishing a video-on-demand sports film festival . Tribeca and ESPN announced Tuesday that the Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival will debut June 23 and run through Aug . Read More →

DALLAS A Texas man is suing comedian Andy Dick over his December performance at a Dallas nightclub . Robert Tucker claims he suffered emotional distress and defamation as a result of an alleged incident in which Dick exposed his genitals while walking through the audience . Read More →

WASHINGTON As the lights went out, Placido Domingo ducked his head underneath the descending curtain as if to soak in the applause a little longer . You could excuse the legendary Spanish tenor for seeking to revel as long as possible in the afterglow of a night when he scaled walls, rolled around like an actor in his prime and projected his honey-colored voice across an overflowing opera house . Read More →

DES MOINES, Iowa A back injury has forced actor Michael J . Fox to withdraw from the Principal Charity Classic pro-am golf event in West Des Moines this week . Read More →

Summing up a career as long as Franco de Vita s takes great effort, according to the popular Venezuelan pop singer . When it came time to make his double CD and DVD, Primera Fila, he chose 40 of his favorite songs . Read More →

The play Agüeybaná El Bravo (Agüeybaná the Warrior) by Ricardo Magriñá Vélez will premiere Friday as part of the Ateneo Puertorriqueño s Second Festival of Young Puerto Rican Playwrights . The festival, being held in the Ateneo Theater, is part of the Ateneo s 34th Theater Festival . Read More →