GRAND JURY TO DETERMINE IF SINGER WILL FACE CHARGES
A Tennessee grand jury will investigate whether George Jones should be charged in a wreck that left him critically injured.Williamson County District Attorney Ronald Davis said Monday that "there are enough open questions in this case" that a grand jury should hear all the evidence.
The country singer lost control of his sport utility vehicle and crashed into a bridge on March 6. His family said he was talking to his stepdaughter on a cellular phone at the time.
Jones, 67, suffered a punctured lung and lacerated liver. He spent 13 days in the hospital and was discharged March 19.
LEAHY HOPES ICE CREAM CAN THAW CUBA RELATIONS
Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy wants to help thaw relations between the United States and Cuba with ice cream -- Ben & Jerry's in particular.
Leahy, in Cuba for a weeklong visit, said he discussed human rights, health care and Kosovo with Cuban President Fidel Castro on Sunday. The two also hotly debated which country's ice cream was better.
"Now my major diplomatic effort will be to get a hold of Ben Cohen and figure out how they can send down a case of Ben & Jerry's," Leahy said, referring to the Vermont-based company's co-founder. "Castro made me promise I would get Ben & Jerry's ice cream to him."
Leahy couldn't remember which brand of Cuban ice cream Castro was extolling.
CO-STAR OF 'RAYMOND' RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL
Emmy-winner Peter Boyle, co-star of the CBS sitcom "Everybody Loves Raymond," was released from the hospital a week after suffering a heart attack.
An angioplasty was performed at St. Joseph's Hospital in Burbank, CBS spokeswoman Janet Kerrigan Daily said Monday. The procedure involves inflating a tiny balloon in an artery next to the blockage.
Boyle, 63, who plays Ray Romano's father on the comedy, will miss two episodes but may return to work for the season's last pair of shows, Daily said.
DANISH PRINCESS EXPECTS A SEPTEMBER ROYAL ARRIVAL
Princess Alexandra, wife of Prince Joachim of Denmark, the younger son of Queen Margrethe, is pregnant, the royal family announced Tuesday in Copenhagen. The child, the couple's first, is expected in September. The baby will be Queen Margrethe's first grandchild. Prince Joachim, 29, is second in line to the Danish throne after his 30-year-old brother, Crown Prince Frederik, who is unmarried.