AP - They were baseball's best over the long, hot summer. Then came October, and another big chill. The Los Angeles Angels seemed to have it all: a powerful lineup strengthened by newcomers Torii Hunter and Mark Teixeira, an impressive rotation headed by John Lackey, and a bullpen anchored by record-setting closer Francisco Rodriguez.

AP - Nick Nolte escaped a fire that caused an estimated $1.5 million damage to his Malibu home on Tuesday, authorities said. The 67-year-old actor scraped his arm and inhaled some smoke but was not hospitalized, Los Angeles County fire Inspector Sam Padilla said.

The Boston Bruins have cut five players from their roster and kept promising rookie forward Blake Wheeler, a first-round draft choice in 2004.

In his new book, "How to Have Style," the designer shares what inspires his creativity and fashion sense, and sets out to help women discover how they, too, can be fashionable. An excerpt.

A 44-year-old Caribou man is going to prison for more than five years for his role in a marijuana distribution ring in northern Maine.