DENVER (AP) — As he waited for the bus on a searingly hot day in Denver, Chaz Aguinaldo leaned back and listened to the syncopated beat and Spanish lyrics coming through his headphones. No Beck for Aguinaldo, no Black Eyed Peas — he was tuned in to KMGG-FM and a new format the radio chain…

NEW YORK (AP) — CNN suspended commentator Robert Novak indefinitely after he swore and walked off the set Thursday during a debate with Democratic operative James Carville. The exchange during CNN’s “Inside Politics” came during a discussion of Florida’s Senate campaign. CNN correspondent Ed Henry noted when it was through that he had been about…

NEW YORK (AP) — When “Dateline NBC” reporter Josh Mankiewicz asked television news division chiefs to talk about disproportionate coverage of attractive white females who go missing, only his boss agreed. His report on the trend is scheduled to air on Friday’s edition of “Dateline NBC.” Chandra Levy, Laci Peterson, JonBenet Ramsey, Elizabeth Smart and…

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Things are not what they seem to be at the Playboy Mansion. The blonde sidling up for a pat turns out to be Archie, a male mutt living the good life at Hugh Hefner’s estate. A bubbly woman clad in a T-shirt (tight), shorts (very short) and heels (very, very…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans’ approval of President Bush’s handling of Iraq is at its lowest level yet, according to an AP-Ipsos poll that also found fewer than half now think he’s honest. A solid majority still see Bush as a strong and likable leader, though the president’s confidence is seen as arrogance by a growing…

NASHVILLE (AP) — If anyone seems born to write and sing songs, it’s Holly Williams. Her grandfather is American music icon Hank Williams, her father the country outlaw Hank Williams Jr. She released her debut album last year in the long shadow of her family’s honky tonk history. “People do compare, but on a healthy…

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — Al-Qaida’s No. 2 embraced the London suicide bombings Thursday, warned Britain that more destruction lies ahead and promised tens of thousands of U.S. casualties in Iraq in a brazen assertion of the terror group’s global reach. Ayman al-Zawahri also renewed terror threats to other countries with troops in Iraq and Afghanistan,…

Actor Johnny Knoxville is photographed at the Drake Hotel in New York, July 25, 2005. Knoxville co-stars in the new film “Dukes of Hazzard.” (AP Photo/Jim Cooper) NEW YORK (AP) — During a recent interview with Johnny Knoxville, the “Dukes of Hazzard” star suggests drinking a round of tequila shots “stuntman”-style, which entails snorting the…

CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) — President Bush, facing a grim and growing death toll in Iraq, said Thursday that threats of more violence by al-Qaida’s second-in-command would not intimidate the United States into retreat. At the same time, the U.S. military said in Iraq that four more service members had been killed in action but also…

NASHVILLE (AP) — Air quality is expected to reach unhealthy levels Friday in the Nashville area and throughout much of East Tennessee. An ozone-level warning for Nashville, Knoxville and the Smoky Mountains is the result of lingering high pressure and stagnant air, meteorologists said. Winds or rain are needed to lower temperatures, which would in…