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Compiled from Times wires Brinkley saved from fireRetired television news veteran David Brinkley was rescued from his burning townhouse in Wilson, Wyo., by a persistent sheriff's deputy who broke into the home through a window, authorities said Wednesday Teton County sheriff's Deputy Chad Sachse said he helped put the bedridden Brinkley in a wheelchair and push him to safety early Tuesday. Brinkley, 82, and his caregiver escaped injury. Sachse had gone to check a security guard's report of a fire at the townhouse complex and found flames shooting out of the roof near the chimney. When Sachse saw a television set on, he broke a screen and entered through a kitchen window. He shouted, waking the caregiver from a couch in front of the fireplace. Fire Marshal Rusty Palmer said the fire appeared to have been caused by faulty insulation around the fireplace. Brinkley retired in 1997 as host of ABC's This Week political round table. Queen Latifah enters pleaA plea of no contest to reckless driving was entered on behalf of actor and Grammy-winning rapper Queen Latifah, and in exchange, prosecutors dropped two misdemeanor drunken-driving counts. Latifah, whose given name is Dana Elaine Owens, was not present. A Superior Court judge in Los Angeles sentenced her to three years' probation. She must pay a $300 fine and participate in a 12-hour alcohol education program. Expecting an angelCountry singer Jamie O'Neal and her husband, musician Rodney Good, are expecting their first child, a girl, in June. "I can't wait to see her little face, but it's hard to believe I have to wait another five months," O'Neal, 34, said. O'Neal's hits include There Is No Arizona and When I Think About Angels. 'Vampire' in early graveDance of the Vampires gets a stake in its heart Jan. 25. The lavish Broadway musical starring Michael Crawford will close after only 56 performances and a loss estimated at more than $12-million. Last week, Vampires grossed $459,784, which is below its break-even point; the show filled less than 60 percent of its seats. The musical, based on Roman Polanski's campy 1967 horror film, The Fearless Vampire Killers, arrived with a large advance sale, but frittered away much of it during an extended preview period.
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