Michael Phelps insists he's more worried about the pain he caused family, friends and fans than losing money in endorsements after he was photographed inhaling from a marijuana pipe. ...more

March 13, 2009

President Barack Obama's assurance Tuesday that his mortgage-relief plan will only benefit deserving homeowners appears to be a stretch. ...more

February 25, 2009

The South Carolina sheriff who investigated Michael Phelps after he was photographed smoking from a marijuana pipe says he's ready for "pot shots" from pundits and the media. ...more

February 24, 2009

Police in the South Carolina county where Michael Phelps was photographed smoking from a marijuana pipe have been arresting people as they seek to make a case against the superstar swimmer, lawyers for two arrested people said Thursday. ...more

February 12, 2009

So much for the savior-based economy. Tim Geithner, the learned and laconic civil servant and financial engineer, did not sweep in and infuse our shaky psyches with confidence. For starters, the 47-year-old's voice kept cracking. ...more

February 12, 2009

Michael Phelps was suspended from competition for three months by USA Swimming, the latest fallout from a photo that showed the Olympic great inhaling from a marijuana pipe. ...more

February 5, 2009

Phelps' photo got us thinking of other big names that have apologized after not-so-flattering photos were published of them in what-were-they-thinking? situations. ...more

February 3, 2009

Michael Phelps doesn't seem to be in much hot water with his sponsors despite being photographed inhaling from a marijuana pipe. ...more

February 3, 2009

Olympic great Michael Phelps has acknowledged "regrettable" behavior and "bad judgment" after a photo in a British newspaper showed him smoking marijuana. ...more

February 2, 2009

Former Newsome High School girls soccer coach Ronald Eugene Lewis was placed on a year of house arrest and nine years of probation Wednesday after pleading guilty to having unlawful sex with a 17-year-old student. ...more

November 13, 2008