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John Adams, Isac Aoki and Perry Arthur. Dave Barr, Ray Barr Jr., Andy Bean, Mike Bender, Roy Biancalana,Ronnie Black, Woody Blackburn, Phil Blackmar, Jay Don Blake, CharlesBolling, Bill Britton, Mark Brooks, Ken Brown, George Burns, TomByrum.

David Canipe, Jim Carter, Antonio Cerda, Brian Claar, BobbyClampett, Keith Clearwater, Lennie Clements, Russ Cochran, BobbyCole, John Cook, Fred Couples, Ben Crenshaw.

Rick Dalpos, Rodger Davis, Jay Delsing, Andy Dillard, TrevorDodds, Mike Donald, David Edwards, Dave Eichelberger, SteveElkington.

Brad Fabel, Ed Fiori, David Frost.

Jim Gallagher Jr., Buddy Gardner, Tom Garner, Bob …

Officials: Boy Started Fire With Matches

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. - A boy playing with matches started a fire in north Los Angeles County that consumed more than 38,000 acres and destroyed 21 homes last week, authorities said Tuesday.

The boy, whose name and age were not released, was interviewed a day after the Buckweed Fire was sparked Oct. 21, said sheriff's Sgt. Diane Hecht.

"He admitted to playing with matches and accidentally starting the fire," said Hecht said in a statement.

The boy was released to his parents, and the case will be be presented to the district attorney's office, Hecht said. She said she didn't know whether he was arrested or cited by detectives.

The 60-square-mile fire …

Rappers' fiancee, ex-wife star in new reality show

Tameka "Tiny" Cottle wants to jump start her career while taking care of a house full of kids and dealing with her fiance, rapper T.I., serving time in an Arkansas prison.

Antonia "Toya" Carter is trying to get her life back on track after a tumultuous divorce from rapper Lil Wayne.

They are best friends, two women who can relate to parenting alongside two of hip-hop's biggest stars. Now, both have united for their own reality show on BET called "Tiny & Toya," which begins June 30.

The half-hour, eight-episode series delves into the personal lives of Cottle and Carter, who are both seeking to define themselves …

Heart of Rock 'n' Soul Still Beats in Lewis // PBS Concert Spins Oldies

NEW YORK When it comes to rock 'n' roll, Huey Lewis believes youhave to follow your instincts.

Last year, when the Grammy-winning singer of such hits as"Heart of Rock and Roll" and "Power of Love" reconvened with his bandthe News after a two-year hiatus, their aim was to record some newsongs for a greatest hits album.

But after warming up with a few golden oldies like "ShakeRattle and Roll" and "Blue Monday," things sounded so good theydecided to record a different kind of album: one of early rock andrhythm and blues covers appropriately titled "Four Chords & SeveralYears Ago."

As a follow-up to the album's June release, a concert specialof the same …

Western Ukraine in Conflict with Poland and Bolshevism, 1918-1923

Vasyl Kuchabsky. Western Ukraine in Conflict with Poland and Bolshevism, 19181923. Transi, by Gus Gafan. Edmonton and Toronto: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press, 2009. [Originally published in German in 1934]. 361 pp. Maps. Bibliography. Index. $59.95, cloth. $59.95, paper.

This volume is a translation of a work published originally in German in 1934 by a former participant and one of the most productive historians of the Ukrainian national struggle of the 1920s. The book combines the author's first-hand accounts with compilations from other sources that are, for the most part, similar publications heavily based on personal memories and other materials authored by …

Strong aftershock hits China quake epicenter

A strong aftershock sparked landslides Friday near the epicenter of this week's powerful earthquake, while some survivors were pulled from rubble after being buried for four days.

The first foreign rescue workers since Monday's magnitude 7.9 temblor were allowed to the scene, and helicopters dropped leaflets urging people to "unite together" and providing survival tips. Officials have said the quake's final toll could reach 50,000.

A day past what experts call the critical three-day window for finding survivors, rescuers pulled a nurse to safety who had been trapped for 96 hours in the debris of a clinic in Beichuan county, one of 17 people saved …

DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM Trip to Cooperstown has it all

Faces and places from a few days off:

There's nothing quite as American as baseball, apple pie and anti-war protests.

Cooperstown, N.Y., had all three last week, although Quick Hitsdidn't sample the pie.

A group of about 10 middle-aged and older citizens carrying anti-war placards gathered in silence outside the village's post officeacross the street from baseball's Hall of Fame. A man recentlyreturned from military duty was walking into the Hall and holding hisyoung son's hand. He answered the boy's question about who thosepeople were: If they saw what daddy saw over there, they wouldn't beout here."

While reading in the Hall's research room, Quick Hits …