The desperate search for missing "Growing Pains" star Andrew Koenig ended Thursday with the grisly discovery of his body in a densely wooded area of a Vancouver park.
"My son took his own life," devastated dad Walter Koenig, who played Chekov on the original "Star Trek" TV series, said during an afternoon press conference. "He was obviously in a lot of pain."
Walter Koenig said he and about 10 of Andrew's friends initiated a… Continue
The owner of the Acura that barreled over a young Bloomberg aide in a Brooklyn hit-and-run spoke out for the first time Thursday, blaming her institutionalized sister.
"I am the owner of the vehicle involved in the accident. My sister was the driver of the car involved in the accident," said Cindy Jasmin, 31, stoically reading from notes while her mom, dad and uncle looked on inside her attorney's lower… Continue
Eight people have been hit by subway trains over the last 13 days in a baffling spike of suicides, attempted suicides and accidents, the Daily News has learned.
There was as much carnage on the tracks between Feb. 13 and Wednesday as there typically is during an entire month, NYC Transit statistics reveal.
"It's the most I can recall, and I've been a train operator for 26 years," said Steve Downs, union chairman of the train… Continue
Biggie Smalls is smack in the middle of another heated battle in California -- but this time, the deceased rapper's wife, Faith Evans, is the one in the hot seat.
It's all over private home videos of Christopher Wallace -- videos that a company called Kaushi Entertainment wanted to use in a documentary.
In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in L.A. County Superior Court, Kaushi claims they struck a deal, approved by Faith Evans, in which… Continue
Lucian Grainge, Chairman and CEO of Universal Music Group International out in the UK, will replace Doug Morris as CEO of Universal Music Group (UMG) January 1, 2011. UMG is the parent company of Def Jam and as you may know L.A. Reid is the Chairman of The Island Def Jam Music Group. I'm hearing when he takes over there will be a lot of "re-structuring" at Universal and Mr. Reid's head may be on the chopping block. Apparently Lucian isn't happy with a string of disappointing… Continue
Supplies of condoms will be doubled during next summer's 2010 World Cup in South Africa, which has about 5.7 million cases of HIV - more than any other country, according to Africa News.
Medical authorities in South Africa say they want to make sure there are plenty around in time for the games, which will be held in June and July.
"There's going to be a large number of people who will be descending onto the country," said Victor… Continue
Crooks burrowed their way into an Orange County, California jewelry shop and carted off a safe with nearly $1 million in jewels, police said.
The bandits - the exact number is uncertain - drilled a hole through a wall into Mission Jewelers in San Juan Capistrano early Wednesday. The robbers then hauled out the safe, which weighed nearly 1,000 pounds, sheriff’s spokesman Jim Amormino told the Los Angeles Times.
It wasn't a very happy 27th birthday for singer Juelz Santana: Sources say his blowout bash on Monday night was ruined by Snoop Dogg and several other rowdy partygoers.
An insider spotted Snoop arriving at the fete at M2 Ultralounge with an entourage of more than 20 and a four-man security team, which clogged W. 29th St. so badly that the NYPD came to investigate.
"Snoop's caravan was beyond outrageous," says the spy. "It was taking… Continue
The so-called Superwoman syndrome may be to blame for the rise in prescription drug abuse.
Nearly 6% of American women - some 7.5 million strong - say they pop prescription pills to boost their energy, calm them down or for another nonmedical reason, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
And although street drug use is on the decline, prescription drug use has been on the increase since the 1990s, reports msnbc.com.… Continue
NEW YORK – A Florida woman has sued rapper 50 Cent in New York City, claiming he unlawfully distributed her homemade sex video over the Internet after editing himself into it as a wig-wearing narrator.
Lastonia Leviston filed a lawsuit on Wednesday in Manhattan claiming unauthorized use of her name or image and emotional distress caused by the public release of a video she made with a lover in 2008.
The lawsuit claims 50 Cent posted the video on his Web… Continue
Yung Berg -- the guy who rapped on the song "Sexy Can I" -- was violently beaten and robbed at a house in Los Angeles this weekend ... TMZ has learned.
According to law enforcement sources, Berg -- real name Christian Ward -- was at a house party at around 2:00 AM Monday morning when four suspects entered the home and brandished firearms.
We're told the suspects pistol-whipped two people inside the party -- one of whom was Berg.… Continue
Rapper Juelz Santana's 27th birthday party turned into a battle royale Monday night when a club goer hopped the divider into the VIP area -- and got the living crap beat out of him while the rapper watched.
It's unclear exactly what started the brawl -- but the guy wearing the Rev Run hat definitely did something to piss off the mob waiting in the VIP section at M2 Ultralounge in New York.
After a failed attempt to defuse the situation, several men began… Continue