AP - The Los Angeles Kings fired coach Andy Murray on Tuesday, one day after the struggling team lost for the fifth time in seven games.

AP - Liverpool advanced to the semifinals of the FA Cup with its biggest victory margin in six years, routing Birmingham 7-0 Tuesday night as Peter Crouch scored twice.

AP - Three new concert films — "Neil Young: Heart of Gold," "Dave Chappelle's Block Party" and the Beastie Boys' "Awesome; I ... Shot That!" — take different approaches to what every performance film must reconcile: the audience.

AP - A musical instrument and sound gear Web site that advertises its relationship with artists such as Dave Matthews, Carlos Santana and Mary J. Blige notified some customers that their credit card information may have been stolen.

AP - Geoff Sanderson had a goal and two assists, Mike Ricci and Dave Scatchard scored on power plays and the Phoenix Coyotes routed Los Angeles 6-2 on Tuesday night to snap a 13-game road winless streak against the Kings.

AP - Hampton and Monmouth of New Jersey hook up tonight in Dayton, Ohio as March Madness officially tips off. The winner gets a 16th seeding in the NCAA men's basketball tournament and advances to a meeting with top seed Villanova in Philadelphia on Friday.

AFP - Nigerian officials have met ethnic Ijaw leaders and youth representatives to put pressure on militants in the Niger Delta to release three foreign oil worker hostages, a spokesman said.

Reuters - Sitcom veterans Ed O'Neill and Christine Baranski have joined an untitled family comedy at CBS.

AP - Monmouth coach Dave Calloway acknowledges that Hampton's team is more athletic than his.

AP - The United States is pouring billions more dollars and fresh platoons of experts into its campaign to "defeat IEDs," the roadside bombs President Bush describes as threat No. 1 to Iraq's future.

Denise Royal - AHN Staff Writer Minneapolis, MN (AHN) – The Minnesota Twins and their fans pay tribute to Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett. They filled the Metrodome Sunday night for a touching ceremony remembering on of baseball’s favorite players. Cal Ripken and Dave Winfield led the...

AFP - Nigerian separatist rebels have rejected an appeal from tribal elders for them to release three Western oil workers and warned: "The hostages are going nowhere".

AP - The funny business is a moving target: From Jackie Gleason's pratfalls to Dave Chappelle's hip and racially charged delivery, comedy is constantly evolving. Yet there are eternal truths when it comes to tickling the funny bone, according to writers, directors and performers at the 12th Annual U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen this week.

AP - Dave Burba has pitched in nine postseason playoff games. He was in the same company as Greg Maddux, Pedro Martinez and Randy Johnson a few seasons ago. So why was the 39-year old jazzed — well, as jazzed as the understated, habitual morning crossword puzzle worker can be — at throwing the two middle innings of an early March split-squad exhibition for the Mariners against Team Japan on Wednesday night?

AP - Cincinnati right-hander Aaron Harang was scratched before a 2-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday because of inflammation in his right shoulder, the third Reds starting pitcher to miss time this spring.

AFP - Nigerian separatist guerrillas, who are holding three western oil workers as hostages, shot dead five government soldiers in a firefight in the Niger Delta, a military spokesman said.

Michel Gondry discusses the filming of Block Party -- a new documentary about an all-day festival in Brooklyn featuring the comedy of Dave Chappelle and hip hop stars like Common, the Roots and the re-united Fugees. By Scott Thill from Wired magazine.

Reuters - Ozzy Osbourne has cut back on his Ozzfest performances, but the Prince of Darkness is still in work mode.

Macworld.com - Claims of Mac OS X being hacked in under 30 minutes are not quite what they seem, according to Dave Schroeder, Senior Systems Engineer at the University of Wisconsin - Madison.

Felicia Willis - All Headline News Staff Writer (AHN) - Fifty-million dollar man, comedian Dave Chappelle says he may not return to his hit Comedy Central program, “Chappelle's Show”, if the cable network goes through with their current plans to air new episodes from material he...