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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson was arrested early Friday on suspicion of driving under the influence and possession of cocaine after police stopped him shortly after he left a Scottsdale nightclub.

Sgt. Larry Hall said the boxer was stopped after his car almost struck a sheriff’s vehicle while leaving the club at about 1:45 a.m.

“He showed signs of impairment and voluntarily submitted to field sobriety tests,” said Hall, a member of the Buckeye Police Department who was working in the area as part of a holiday DUI task force.

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By Steve Gorman

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Gerald Ford, who was swept into office after the Watergate scandal and later pardoned Richard Nixon, has died at age 93 at his home in California.

Ford took office as the 38th U.S. president vowing, “Our long national nightmare is over.” He served for 2 1/2 years with a style often mocked as bumbling until he lost the 1976 U.S. presidential election to Democrat Jimmy Carter.

The oldest living U.S. president, Ford had been ailing and largely out of the public eye for several years. He died at 6:45 p.m. (0245 GMT) on Tuesday at his home in Rancho Mirage, his office said. No cause of death was given.

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James Brown, the dynamic, pompadoured “Godfather of Soul,” whose revolutionary rhythms, rough voice and flashing footwork influenced generations of musicians from rock to rap, died early Christmas morning. He was 73. Click to View Photos >>

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Cake: No Phone

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Weezer: Beverly Hills

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Alice in Chains: No Excuses

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Cake: I Will Survive

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Violent Femmes: Blister In The Sun

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All of Set 1

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Weezer: Buddy Holly

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Ben Folds Five: Brick

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Collective Soul: Shine

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Jane’s Addiction: Jane Says

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Jimmy Eat World: The Middle

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SAN FRANCISCO – California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger broke his leg while skiing with his family Saturday morning in Sun Valley, Idaho, a spokesman said.

Schwarzenegger, 59, was taken to a hospital for X-rays and was discharged with a fracture to his right femur, said Adam Mendelsohn, the governor’s Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications.

He will have surgery to repair the bone when he returns to Los Angeles, Mendelsohn said. The governor remained at his Sun Valley home Saturday night and still planned to spend Christmas there.

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HOUSTON (AP) — Jeff Bagwell retired Friday after 15 years with the Houston Astros, ending a career in which he hit 449 home runs but was forced from the field after the 2005 season because of a shoulder injury.

Along with Craig Biggio, Bagwell led the Astros to four division titles and the team’s first NL pennant in 2005. The 38-year-old Bagwell retires as Houston’s leader in homers, RBIs (1,529), walks (1,401) and extra-base hits (969). He finished with a .297 career average.

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Ahmet Ertegun, the music magnate who founded Atlantic Records and shaped the careers of John Coltrane, Ray Charles, the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and many others, died today in Manhattan. He was 83.

A spokesman for Atlantic Records said the death was the result of a brain injury suffered when Mr. Ertegun fell backstage at the Beacon Theater in Manhattan on Oct. 29 as the Rolling Stones prepared to play a concert to mark former President Bill Clinton’s 60th birthday. He had been in a coma since then.

“Few people have had a bigger impact on the record industry than Ahmet,” David Geffen, the entertainment mogul, said today in a telephone interview from Los Angeles, “and no one loved American music more than he did.”

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