Do they really want to hurt him? That’s the question Boy George’s managers are asking U.S. authorities now that the 47-year-old singer has been denied a visa to enter the country.

A publicist for George Carlin says the legendary comedian has died of heart failure at a hospital in Santa Monica, Calif.

George Carlin will be awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.

Boy George is returning some good karma to New York City’s sanitation workers: Two years after sweeping the city streets as part of community service, he has decided to perform a free concert for his former co-workers.

A guitar stolen from country star George Jones 46 years ago in Texas is being returned to him by a man who says he bought it and tried repeatedly to give it back.

Actor George Takei said he will wed his longtime partner and business manager, Brad Altman, now that the California Supreme Court has legalized same-sex marriage.

Westpac Banking Corp. and smaller rival St. George agreed to a takeover deal Tuesday worth 18.6 billion Australian dollars ($17.5 billion) that would create Australia’s biggest bank by market capitalization.

New Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and President Bush are showing signs of a burgeoning diplomatic friendship: Rudd calls the president “George,” while Bush describes Rudd to reporters as a “fine lad” and a “straightforward fella.”

Sarah-Jo Lawrence got George Washington back into the regional semifinal just in the nick of time. Lawrence rebounded a missed shot by Kimberly Beck and beat the buzzer with a shot from the baseline to give sixth-seeded George Washington an improbable 55-53 comeback victory over No. 3 California on Monday night.