Just When You Thought Eddie Griffin Was Dead...

A standup routine by black comedian Eddie Griffin was stopped after he repeatedly used the N-word, a magazine's spokesman said Wednesday.

Eddie Griffin went over the line while performing at a Black Enterprise magazine event.

Griffin, who has appeared in movies such as "Undercover Brother" and "Date Movie" and the TV show "Malcolm & Eddie," was performing at a Black Enterprise magazine event in the Miami suburb of Doral on Friday when he was cut off after using profanities and the N-word, said Andrew Wadium, a spokesman for the publication.

"We believe that ending the performance was the appropriate action," Wadium said.

The Rev. Al Sharpton, who attended a meeting held by the magazine in Miami but not the performance, said the crowd gave an ovation to Earl Graves, the magazine's publisher, when he came on stage after the 39-year-old Griffin was pulled.

1 Down - 2 To Go

Italian opera star Luciano Pavarotti, hailed by many as the greatest tenor of his generation, died early on Thursday after a long battle with cancer, his manager Terri Robson said.

"The great tenor Luciano Pavarotti died today at 5 a.m. at his home in Modena," Robson said in a statement. He was 71.

It's Happened To Us All (Andy)

It was embarrassing enough that Mark Stahnke woke up in a neighbor's yard without his pants. Then he remembered they contained a cashier's check for $41,093, meant for his son, and several hundred dollars in cash.

Stahnke said he doesn't know what happened between when he left the bar and when he woke up the next morning, and police were skeptical when he filed a report on Monday.

"I woke up cold not knowing where the heck I was, and I didn't realize it at first because I still had my shoes and socks on," he said. "When I got up, I realized, my God, I don't have any pants."

Tim Curzan's dog, Joe, found the pants at an intersection, according to a police report. He found the cashier's check and tried twice, unsuccessfully, to deliver it and the cash to where he thought the owner lived.

On Wednesday, the pants were still at the intersection, so Curzan took them to the police, who contacted Stahnke to claim his belongings.

W, B & M Championships

One contestant had a mustache twisted into the shape of London's Tower Bridge; others sported bushy beards that would make Grizzly Adams envious. In the end, Beard Team USA nabbed four of the top honors, by a whisker!, at the World Beard and Mustache Championships.

The event had long been dominated by German beard clubs, but the Americans made a strong showing at this year's competition, taking victories in four categories.

Jack Passion, a 23-year-old from San Francisco, won the highly competitive "Full Natural Beard" competition with his flowing orange fuzz. "I feel fantastic," he told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. "I'm 23 and I have the best beard in the world."

The mustache categories include the "Dali", slender with long tips, straight or arching up, and the big and bushy "Hungarian," while the beard categories ranged from the shorter "Verdi" to the rounder, more expansive "Garibaldi."

Those with particularly fanciful fuzz , like the man with the Tower Bridge growing from his face , competed in freestyle categories.

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Jerry Lewis' recent outburst.

Today:

Research Fantasy Football....

(I hate coming back to work after a long weekend.)

Have A Nice holiday

Enjoy your day off!

Mr. Woodcock

Yes!....Lookin' Good.

My God...It's September!

Where the hell did Summer go?

Stone

Construction workers at a high school were shocked to find a small kitten trapped inside concrete poured to secure a set of stairs on Friday.

"I thought I heard it three days ago, but I wasn't sure," Vinson said. "It was real faint and then it stopped. I thought, 'Surely there is not a cat in these stairs. It couldn't be. There's no way.'"

When Vinson returned to the work site Friday, he said he heard the noises again. He drilled a hole to find the cat and then he hit another hole.

"Every time I chiseled a little bit, he would come forward," Vinson said.

The kitten was rescued and rushed to veterinarian Michael Good's office, where he was treated for dehydration and shaved.

"He's had no food or water for five or six days," Good said.

Vinson said he has decided to take the kitten home and name it 'Stone.'