QB SETTLES DOWN? Ben Roethlisberger will marry a 26-year-old physician assistant whom he said he met during training camp in 2005 and has been friends with ever since, the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Roethlisberger confirmed his July 23 wedding plans with Ashley Harlan, who lives in New Castle, Pa. The wedding is scheduled just a week before the Steelers are to being training camp, and Roethlisberger joked that his bride-to-be may be hoping that the NFL lockout drags on.
NEW BEGINNING: Detroit Symphony Orchestra music director Leonard Slatkin said little during a six-month musicians strike. But with the formal ratification vote for a new contract expected to finish on Friday, he told the Detroit Free Press: "I'm certainly pleased that after all this time we're finally getting back onstage. We need to heal the rifts. It's going to be a long road. ... I don't look at this as a three-year contract. I look at it as the beginning of a long-range plan and a new beginning."
MOTION TO SUPPRESS: Attorneys for the doctor charged in Michael Jackson's death are asking a judge to prevent prosecutors from telling jurors details about the physician's personal life, including his unpaid debts, child support obligations and extramarital affairs. The filings by lawyers for Dr. Conrad Murray state that the details are unnecessary and would unfairly prejudice a jury.
