AP - "The Hamburger: A History" (147 Pages. Yale University Press. $22), by Josh Ozersky: Writing an ode to a single foodstuff is a road studded with pitfalls. If you go too granular, your narrative is derailed by obscurity. If you're too generalist, you sink into a morass of cliche.

AP - The devil may wear Prada — but the pope does not.

AP - Drew Carey really, really loves the pizza from Antonio's — so he's having UPS deliver dozens of the pies from Ohio all the way to Los Angeles.

AP - As Paris Hilton's sidekick on "The Simple Life," Nicole Richie showed a flair for comedy — and an impish glee at cracking jokes at others' expense.

AP - NBC Universal has settled a $105 million lawsuit brought by a woman who claimed a televised sex sting by "Dateline NBC: To Catch A Predator" drove her brother to kill himself.

AP - Shawn Colvin, the Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, is working on a memoir, "A Few Small Repairs," named for her best-known album and tentatively scheduled to come out in the fall 2009.

Reuters - CBS News has extended the contract of one of its stars, Lara Logan, who will now be based in Washington, D.C.

Reuters - The triple-digit heat hitting you in the face is like opening the door to hell and getting slapped.

AP - One used, black and beige short-sleeve polo shirt, a tank top and black pants: $43,750.

AP - Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's love for children is by no means limited to their own: The couple has donated $1 million to help kids affected by the war in Iraq, the Education Partnership for Children of Conflict announced Wednesday.