R Kelly's 'Trapped in the Closet' Broadway Version?

NEW YORK– Is Broadway ready for Twan, Sylvester, Pimp Lucius and “the package”? R. Kelly thinks so – and says he’s working to bring the wacky characters and plotlines in his even wackier “Trapped in the Closet” series to the Great White Way.

The superstar announced Monday night that he…

David Beckham Will Play Final Game With Galaxy

LOS ANGELES (AP) — David Beckham will play his final game for the Los Angeles Galaxy in the MLS Cup next month.

Beckham and the Galaxy announced the English midfielder’s decision Monday, a day after the defending MLS champions advanced to their second straight league final. Los Angeles faces Houston…

Rutgers to Join the Big Ten

NEW YORK (AP) — Rutgers is announcing that it will join the Big Ten at an afternoon news conference Tuesday on its campus in Piscataway, N.J.

Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany will be joined by Rutgers University President Robert Barchi and athletic director Tim Perenetti.

Rutgers will be leaving the…

Four California Men Charged in Alleged Terror Plot

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Four Southern California men have been charged with plotting to kill Americans and destroy U.S. targets overseas by joining al-Qaida and the Taliban in Afghanistan, federal officials said Monday.

The defendants, including a man who served in the U.S. Air Force, were arrested for…

Brazilian Soccer Star On Trial for Murdering Lover

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The trial of a former soccer star charged with orchestrating the kidnapping and gruesome murder of an ex-girlfriend started Monday with courtroom arguments that caused two lawyers to abandon the case, and with a tearful plea for justice from the victim’s mother.

The case…