Authorities have charged motivational speaker James Arthur Ray with three counts of manslaughter for deaths that happened after a sweat lodge ceremony he led in northern Arizona last year.

An out-of-this world rock has become the center of a down-to-earth dispute over who its rightful owner should be.

Serena Williams withstood a determined challenger before securing her fifth Australian Open title overall and 12th Grand Slam singles championships, tying Billie Jean King's Grand Slam record.

The high court will hear arguments Wednesday from a former NFL apparel maker seeking to overturn rulings that the National Football League is one business, not 32 separate teams working together, and therefore immune to an antitrust complaint.

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's arraignment in federal court Friday took less than five minutes and a not guilty plea was entered on his behalf. The 23-year-old said little, telling the judge simply that he understood the six-count indictment he faces and the maximum penalty of life in prison.

A young Nigerian man, wearing a white T-shirt and tennis shoes, did not speak much Friday during his first public court hearing to face charges of trying to ignite a chemical-laden explosive on a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day.

Author Dominick Dunne, who told stories of shocking crimes among the rich and famous through his magazine articles and best-selling novels such as "The Two Mrs. Grenvilles," died Wednesday in his home at age 83.

The nation's first double hand transplant patient can wriggle his new fingers a litte bit now and grab a tennis ball, but what he really wants to do is be able to feel his wife's hands when he holds them.

Roger Federer hoisted the trophy and celebrated making Grand Slam history, a year removed from an epic five-set final when he left Wimbledon a broken man, his title ripped away and his aura of invincibility shattered.

The Umpqua Valley Open Tennis Championships wrapped up Sunday with some outstanding players battling for the championship in the 51st annual tennis tournament at the Hoffman Tennis Center at Stewart Park.

"It's a great, exhilarating feeling," he said after he was removed from his harness. "I don't feel a day over 84."

Former President George H.W. Bush marked his 85th birthday on Friday the same way he did his 75th and 80th birthdays: He leaped from a plane and zoomed downward at more than 100 mph in freefall before parachuting safely to a spot near his oceanfront home.

The Canyonville Christian boys tennis team dominated singles play, but lost all four doubles matches during the Pilots dual with Henley Friday afternoon in Klamath Falls.

It took a while, but the Canyonville Christian Academy's boys tennis team finally hit the court for its first match of the 2009 season.