NEW YORK (AP) — Jeanne Meserve is haunted by voices in the dark pleading for help. John Roberts won’t forget the woman whose husband of 53 years died at her feet. Shepard Smith remembers seeing bodies on highway ramps around the stadium where he had often driven to football games. Campbell Brown never wants to…

BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — The sunlight was bright as Shaun Cassidy drove a golf cart across the Warner Bros. studio lot. “For a long time I’ve wanted to do a suspense thriller in the bright sunlight,” said Cassidy, creator and executive producer of ABC’s new drama “Invasion.” “‘The X-Files’ set a tone for a long…

By LYNN ELBER / AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES — TV experts have tracked, stacked and analyzed Internet buzz about the new fall network series, issuing impressive-sounding reports on potential winners and losers. One company’s approach, the “PropheSEE Fan Engagement Index,” involves a “propriety metric that combines online discussion” about shows and stars to rank…

FRANKLIN (AP) — Country singer Mindy McCready said she tried to kill herself this summer after she found out she was pregnant. McCready, 29, testified in a Williamson County court Monday that the pregnancy also was the reason she broke her probation on a drug conviction by going to Florida. The singer was in court…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The latest post-Sept. 11 security change for commercial planes may be cameras in the cabin and wireless devices for flight attendants to alert the cockpit crew to an emergency. The Federal Aviation Administration plans to propose those ideas Wednesday and then take public comment before deciding whether to mandate the changes, The…

NEW YORK (AP) — Less than a week after Renee Zellweger filed for an annulment from Kenny Chesney, the country music star assured fans, “I’ll be OK.” “I’m all right. I’m good. There have been better times, but I’ll be OK,” Chesney told Country Weekly magazine for its Oct. 24 issue, on newsstands Oct. 10.…

WASHINGTON (AP) — New drivers have enough things to worry about without adding cell phones and other wireless devices to the mix, federal safety regulators say. They want all states to make it illegal for teenagers and other novice drivers to jabber on phones. The National Transportation Safety Board on Wednesday voted to add to…

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) _ Hurricane Rita strengthened into a Category 3 storm packing 115 mph winds early Wednesday after lashing the Florida Keys and sparking anxiety as it headed into the Gulf of Mexico. Forecasters feared Rita could further intensify in the Gulf and the storm’s most likely destination by week’s end was Texas,…

NASHVILLE (AP) — A federal jury on Tuesday convicted a man of plotting to kill an assistant U.S. Attorney and witnesses who contributed to his 2003 conviction of trying to kill his ex-wife. Parley Drew Hardman, 50, was convicted on 10 different counts of soliciting a federal crime of violence, conspiracy to murder a federal…

KNOXVILLE (AP) — Knox County public school students have the option of getting a free sniff of the flu vaccine this year. MedImmune Inc., makers of FluMist, will provide more than $1 million worth of the vaccine, which is administered through the nose instead of by a shot to arm. The donation will cover about…