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World number one and defending champion Rafael Nadal sees his 31-match unbeaten run at the French Open come to an end with a shock defeat by Robin Soderling.

It’s been a long hard road for 47-year-old Scottish singing sensation Susan Boyle, but she’s finally reached the end of a fantastic journey on Britain’s Got Talent. A what would be a better way to come full circle in the competition than to sing the song that got her there in the first place? Susan […]

Scottish singing sensation Susan Boyle has progressed to the live semi-finals of Britain’s Got Talent along with 39 other hopefuls.The 48-year-old church volunteer…

Capt. Steve Futch aboard the “Savannah” won the 2009 Boca Grande Fishing Guides Invitational Tarpon Tournament held Thursday and Friday with the largest tarpon at 157.4 pounds. The winning angler was Brett Hendricks. MORE PHOTOS AT CU.BOCAGRANDETALK.COM AND IN JUNE GASPARILLA MAGAZINE. Sixty-one tarpon were caught and released during both days of fishing with 22 boats entered in the competition.

CHEKHOV ONE-ACTS: The Senga Classic Stage Company will perform two one-act comedies by Anton Chekhov, “The Proposal” and “The Boor.” 8 p.m. May 29-30, 2 p.m. May 31, Ojai Valley Grange, 381 Cruzero St., Ojai. $15 general admission, $12 seniors and students. 646-4885.

It’s the legal problem that won’t go away for Big & Rich’s John Rich . The “Shuttin’ Detroit Down” singer turned himself into Nashville police yesterday to face assault charges. Earlier this year former “Nashville Star” contestant Jared Ashley filed assault charges against Rich over an incident at the country star’s private club, where Ashley claimed Rich hit him. Rich counter sued Ashley for …

Cool and collected, Kavya Shivashankar wrote out every word on her palm and always ended with a smile. The 13-year-old Kansas girl saved the biggest smile for last, when she rattled off the letters to “Laodicean” to become the nation’s spelling champion.

Father Alberto Cutie, an internationally known Catholic priest who admitted having a romantic affair and breaking his vow of celibacy, is joining the Episcopal Church to be with the woman he loves, he said Thursday.

Typical………. When only one side is ever heard….oh wait, isn’t that what the liberals want? NEW YORK - The woman who fired a gun at President Gerald Ford in 1975 says in an interview that she believed the country would change only through a violent revolution.

Editor’s note: George Strait: ACM Artist of the Decade All Star Concert airs Wednesday (May 27) at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS. George Strait couldn’t quit grinning throughout the taping of the CBS-TV special honoring him.