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As a kid you have a lot of heroes and sadly as you get older there are fewer and fewer who qualify. One of my heroes died this week, Fess Parker, the actor who played Davy Crockett in the Disney films. Or, if you're younger, Daniel Boone.  

Legendary singer Tom Jones performed at a concert in Kuala Lumpur, as part of his world tour. The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) wants the Government to provide more funding for Indian entrepreneurs. The on-going saga of the US healthcare reform bill may be put to rest Sunday as preparations are made for a historic vote.  

Trevor Booker's stellar career at Clemson ended on a sour note. You can thank "The Fastest 40 Minutes in Basketball" for that. Kim English and Keith Ramsey each scored 20 points, and Missouri's swarming defense lived up to its reputation during an 86-78 victory over Clemson in the first round of the NCAA tournament Friday.

When you play at that pace - we scored 86 points but only had nine turnovers. That's efficient basketball   -Mike Anderson

 

Ex-Corrie star Bruce Jones last night vowed to quit booze – after admitting drunkenly trying to kill himself and wife Sandra in a 70mph smash. Shamed Jones, 57 – TV idler Les Battersby – had denied making the chilling death threat when he yanked the wheel from her. But he dramatically changed his plea after being embarrassed by forcing her to give evidence.  

The former 'Coronation Street' actor yesterday pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and drink driving - in which he tried to kill himself and wife Sandra as she was driving their car at 70mph - and now wants to clean up his act. His lawyer Dominic D'Souza said: "He accepts for the first time he has a drink problem that needs to be addressed. It has caused him significant problems. He wants to get his life together." The 57-year-old star - who portrayed foul-mouthed Les Battersby in the ITV1 soap - was

He accepts for the first time he has a drink problem that needs to be addressed. It has caused him significant problems. He wants to get his life together.   -Dominic D'Souza

 

The way West Virginia was missing one shot after another, the thought actually crossed forward Kevin Jones' mind whether the Mountaineers would ever hit a basket. After missing their first 11 attempts, the second-seeded Mountaineers eventually found their range Friday -- and have Jones to thank for leading the way. The sophomore forward scored 13 of his game-high 17 points in the first half in helping West Virginia (28-6) roll to a 77-50 win over No. 15 seed Morgan State and avoid another Big East fla

Everyone was saying we were Cinderella or it's an upset. Not us   -Chris Wroblewski

 

They don't make pitchmen like they used to. Exhibit A: Jack Jones in this 1975 ad for the Chrysler New Yorker. Mr. Jones, a crooner of pop standards who is perhaps best remembered for his rendition of the "Love Boat" theme, gives Chrysler its money's worth, smoothly delivering lyrics like "torsion-quiet ride" and "velour upon the seat" while taking viewers on a front-to-rear tour of the New Yorker.  

ROBBER Dameon Tolley has been jailed for a total of 27 months after he targeted a vulnerable 16-year-old boy. The 25-year-old robbed the teenager at 2.45pm on September 11 last year as he walked alone on a disused railway line in Berry Hill. Prosecutor Robert Price told Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court yesterday Tolley asked the youth for the time. The victim took out his mobile phone and told him the time and carried on walking.  

TWENTY-YEAR-OLD Lee Plimmer has been sentenced to 15 months' in a Young Offenders' Institution for punching a man and driving dangerously. Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court was yesterday told Plimmer assaulted Daniel Metcalfe in the Duke of Wellington pub, Blythe Bridge, on November 28, at about 10pm. He went inside and punched Mr Metcalfe in the mouth, because he believed he had made nasty comments about his cousin.