Richard Phillips

Bad news. The Benevolent and Loyal Order of Pessimists has canceled its annual convention in Iowa City, Ia. It wouldn`t have been much fun anyhow, said the group`s doomsayer president....

The end is near, again, for Oklahoma televangelist Oral Roberts. Absent another miracle of bread-this time, $11 million-Rev. Roberts said his religious broadcasting empire will be only a memory by...

Easter vacation for Sister Elizabeth LaForest is a guarded occasion. The 73-year-old nun is serving a 10-day sentence in Detroit`s Oakland County Jail for blocking traffic at Williams International Corp.,...

Not a school admission: It wasn`t ''by mutual consent'' that Sharon Rogers left La Jolla Country Day School after her van was bombed in San Diego. The wife of the...

''No offense, but I hate Texas,'' said Dale Adams, longing for his native Ohio after release from a Texas prison. Adams, the subject of the movie, ''The Thin Blue Line,''...

It just wasn`t Lorenzo Delaney`s day. A seemingly profitable auto mechanic, Delaney was depositing $8,000 in cash at a South Carolina National Bank branch in Columbia when, poof, his bundle...

Musical chairs continue to swivel in network news. CBS, intent on recouping the loss of Diane Sawyer to ABC, now has pirated Connie Chung from NBC. Chung will anchor a...

Housing Secretary Jack Kemp is recruiting a touch football team to play king of the Hill. Guess which position isn`t open? Kemp, a QB for the Buffalo Bills before tackling...

If he`s really a two-time father, Steve Garvey says he`ll do the right thing. Detroit Mayor Coleman Young denies he`s a dad, but he`s consenting to a blood test nonetheless....

Linda Ellerbee is joining Cable News Network. A star at ABC and NBC, Ellerbee starts Monday as a commentator three days weekly. Contract terms were not announced. FERDINAND`S WINNING WAYS...