By Rick Jurgens, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Nov. 9--Californians' love for alternative energy and anger at oil companies with the temerity to sell gasoline for $3 a gallon made Proposition 87 look like a dream initiative.

By Melinda Newman LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - It only took five years and four record labels, but Jerry Lee Lewis' "Last Man Standing" is set for release.

By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A California man on Friday admitted paying ex-private eye Anthony Pellicano to intercept phone calls, becoming the first defendant to say in open court he hired the onetime celebrity sleuth to engage in wiretapping.

By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A top Los Angeles lawyer pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to federal charges that he paid celebrity sleuth Anthony Pellicano to wire-tap billionaire Kirk Kerkorian's ex-wife.

By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In the latest twist in the federal wiretap case surrounding celebrity sleuth Anthony Pellicano, a top Los Angeles lawyer was charged on Wednesday with paying Pellicano to eavesdrop on the ex-wife of billionaire Kirk Kerkorian.