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DOCUMENTARY: “Mr. Untouchable” Magnolia Home Entertainment. Single disc. $26.98. Rated R. Back in the Superfly ’70s, Nicky Barnes and Frank Lucas were rival drug lords up in the Harlem.

David West remembers what some NBA talent bird dogs thought of him a few years ago. And he never wants to forget. West, perhaps the league’s most underrated power forward, has progressed since the Hornets made him their first pick, 18th overall, in the 2003 NBA draft. It was a precocious class that produced LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade.

Fishermen in Bangladesh beat a rare river dolphin to death because they had not seen “this kind of creature before,” according to local news accounts.

Rudy Giuliani might have been hoping for a miracle win in the Republican Florida primary results on Tuesday to salvage his presidential race, but John McCain is looking to steal his glory.

President Bush will deliver his final State of the Union speech to Congress at 9 o’clock (ET) tonight. Here’s a look back at what he said, who was there and how the talk was received by his audience and the public.

President Gordon B. Hinckley, who led The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints through explosive growth during his more than 12 years as president, died at 7 p.m. today of causes incident to age, surrounded by family. He was 97.

As a fierce storm barreled toward Southern California on Saturday, searchers found the body of a third avalanche victim and rescued a missing snowboarder who survived a frigid night in the San Gabriel Mountains. Searchers found the body of character actor Christopher Allport, one of two people reported missing Friday near the Mountain High ski resort in Wrightwood. The other person, Oscar …

‘Trading Spaces’ is trading in its current format and bringing back the host who was such a force behind the program’s popularity. Asked how she will reinvigorate Trading Spaces, host Paige Davis says, “I think my power may have been overrepresented.”

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A fire on the roof of the Monte Carlo hotel-casino forced guests and gamblers to flee and sent a plume of smoke above the Las Vegas Strip before easing about an hour later, hotel officials said.

Managers at the Hooters restaurant in Spokane Valley say Christopher Kimsey was not a customer of the restaurant and casino, never entered the building and didn’t know anyone inside. They say it was a fluke incident Kimsey ended up in their parking lot.