"sex ring" News

Some, like Michael Jackson, departed without warning. Others, like actor Patrick Swayze, waged a very public struggle with illness.

Two Argentine men were joined Monday in Latin America's first same-sex marriage, traveling to the southernmost tip of the Americas to find welcoming spot to wed.

A convicted sex offender in a wheelchair sentenced to life in prison pulled a gun on two guards during a prison transfer Monday and held them hostage temporarily before fleeing on foot in one of the guard's uniforms, authorities said. He has yet to be found.

Workers plowed snow away from Roman Polanski's Alpine chalet on Monday, as Swiss authorities worked with the director's lawyers to meet the conditions of his $4.5 million bail and house arrest.

Jennifer Lopez plans to include fireworks and an on-stage costume change in her performance at the American Music Awards. "American Idol" runner-up Adam Lambert will incorporate leather, chains and handcuffs into his.

These girls aren't just experiencing a movie-star crush, they're participating in a uniquely female rite of passage: The birth of romantic fantasy.

Evangelist Tony Alamo used his stature as a self-proclaimed prophet to force underage girls into sham marriages with him, controlling his followers with their fears of eternal suffering.

U.S. District Judge Harry F. Barnes leveled the maximum sentence against Alamo, who preyed on followers' young daughters and took child "brides" as young as age 8. A jury convicted Alamo in July on a 10-count indictment accusing him of taking the girls across state lines for sex.

In the second such sweep this year, law enforcement agents converged on the Portland area to hunt down child-sex-trafficking rings. Their search took them through five neighborhoods in Oregon and Southwest Washington, some under investigation for months.

Further information has unfolded in the bust of what has been called a "sex abuse ring" in Newberg, a town of 23,000 about 25 miles southwest of Portland, Ore.

Turns out David Letterman doesn't just live on a TV show. He also lives in a glass house, where for years he's hurled comedy zingers at misbehaving politicians, even as he brashly engaged in hanky-panky of his own.

After 17 years together, Bill Slimback and Bob Sullivan couldn't wait another minute to get married. So they didn't.