Timberlake fed up with gossip magazines Justin Timberlake blames celebrity magazines for turning his personal life into juicy gossip fodder. "I despise what they do," the 26-year-old singer tells Details magazine in an interview in its April issue. "They create soap operas out of people's lives. ... It's a spin game, and I choose not to take part in it."

Appeal in James Brown case rejected The U.S. Supreme Court denied the appeal of a sexual harassment case today (April 2) filed against James Brown.

Monk jazz program heading to Big Easy One of jazz's most prestigious organizations is on its way to the genre's spiritual home.

Will Soda Makers Shuck Corn for Sugar? With its new rep as a heavy hitter in the energy industry, corn may be getting a little too pricey for those who depend on the grain in its traditional role as a foodstuff. Prices for the yellow grain have skyrocketed over the past year, though they pulled back a bit on Mar. 30 after the release of a much-touted Agriculture Dept. report that predicted that farmers would plant 90.5 million acres of corn this year, above already inflated expectations.

Mortgage woes seen holding U.S. growth "below trend" A credit crunch stemming from turmoil in the subprime mortgage market will trigger further weakness in housing and keep U.S. economic growth "below trend" most of this year, a UCLA Anderson Forecast unit said in a report on Monday.

Sculpture of Obama as Jesus causes stir He wears Jesus' robes and a neon blue halo, looks like Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and is causing a stir at a Chicago art school. An undergraduate student's papier mache sculpture of Obama as a messianic figure — entitled "Blessing" — went on display Saturday at a downtown gallery run by the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Researchers try to predict epilepsy Survivors of traumatic brain injuries — from car-crash victims to soldiers wounded in Iraq — face an extra hurdle as they recover: Thousands of them will develop epilepsy months or years later. The risk is especially high for certain kinds of war injuries. Studies of Vietnam veterans suggest up to 50 percent, says Dr. Nancy Temkin of the University of Washington.

D-Wade returns to Heat practice Seeing Dwyane Wade drive toward him during a scrimmage Monday, Dorell Wright backed away, taking every precaution not to hit his superstar teammate's still-healing left shoulder. Wade was not happy about that.

'Pacman' traits put future in question Every emotion Adam "Pacman" Jones has seems to bubble to the surface. The Tennessee cornerback smiles and kids with a reporter during practice, laughs with teammates and celebrates touchdowns by jumping on the goal post and sliding down like he's at a fire station.

Inaugural China Bowl The first NFL game scheduled for China, the inaugural China Bowl between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks on August 9, was called off by the league late on Monday.