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If the sagging ratings, incoherent dialogue, inconsistent positions and fossil-like delivery aren't enough, Don Imus delivers more: another legal flap involving his New Mexico ranch. Former Imus Ranch Physician Dr. Howard Pearson has sued him for slander, after the radio host said he "was one of the worst doctors in the world and did not care if children suffered," according to the suit and USA Today.

NEW YORK -- A doctor who once cared for sick children at Don Imus' New Mexico ranch has sued the tart-tongued radio personality for slander, claiming he made false derogatory comments about him on his "Imus in the Morning" show. Dr. Howard Allen Pearson says in court papers that on at least four days last year, Imus said Pearson "was one of the worst doctors in the world and did not care if children suffered." Pearson's lawsuit says Imus apparently misunderstood the physician's response to a morning call to treat a child for pain in July 2004. Pearson left the...

Don Imus ridiculed Wall Street Journal reporter Robert Frank as "a punk," this morning, said the WSJ had impugned both he and New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, declared that the paper "would never hear the end" of his ire for slamming his charity ranch in a page-one story Thursday, and vowed to renew his contract for 5 more years just so he could continue his barrage against the WSJ and Frank … and then he got mad. "They can't maliciously malign me or this ranch…I'm not gonna put up with it," said the I-Man, who has spoken with famous...

A front page Wall Street Journal article attacked radio host Don Imus, accusing him of mis-spending some of the funds donated to support his charity ranch in New Mexico. Today, today Imus fired back: "There's no more transparent charity on the planet than this one." The 4,000-acre "Imus Ranch," located in northern New Mexico, plays host to many sick children annually. "Dubbed the 'Cowboy Taj Mahal' by locals, the complex has a 14,000-square-foot adobe mansion, swimming pool, billiard hall, herds of longhorn cattle, buffalo and sheep, and a replica of an 1880s mining town," said the paper. But the WSJ...

Radio's irascible Don Imus went on the warpath yesterday over questions being raised about the charity he runs for sick children at his New Mexico ranch. Investigators from the NY Attorney General's Office have been reviewing allegations that the cranky talk-show host has been using the 4,000-acre ranch for personal getaways. Although he took issue with the inquiry, Imus aimed his angriest venom at The Wall Street Journal for a story he described as "a hatchet job" and its author, whom he called "a dishonest punk." Expenses at the ranch totaled nearly $2.6 million, according to tax papers, but the...

Every weekday morning, listeners across the country tune in to radio host Don Imus to hear his trademark rants about politics, Hollywood, sports and Iraq. Mr. Imus and his wife, Deirdre, opened the 4,000-acre ranch, nestled in the mesa country of northern New Mexico, in 1999 to help sick children. Its stated mission is to give "children with severe illnesses an opportunity to experience the life of an American cowboy." The ranch has also burnished Mr. Imus's image. With his signature scowl, gruff voice, 10-gallon hats and tendency to refer to some public figures as "creeps," "thugs" and "fascists," Mr....

Imus on his Monday morning show spend quite a bit of time roasting Kerry and his campaign management for snubbing his supporters at Imus ranch in New Mexico. Kerry's train was scheduled to pass through Imus Ranch, where children with cancer are spending time and Imus was trying to reach campaign stuff through Tom Brokaw and have them stop, or slow down to wave to the kids and supporters at the ranch. Rail tracks pass through the ranch property and trains are forced to slow down passing through the S curve, so Imus and the kids were hoping that they...

RIBERA — The Imus Ranch isn't just another camp for sick children. Rather than bunk in cabins, the kids stay with the Imus family in well-appointed bedrooms in a 15,000-square-foot hacienda that cost more than $2 million. A main street of a 19th-century Western town has been re-created on the ranch. National talk show host and ranch co-founder Don Imus sometimes broadcasts from there. The property has barns, wrangler houses, a pool and a horse-riding arena. Longhorn cattle, horses, buffalo, sheep and other animals roam the ranch. Each child who visits gets a cowboy hat, boots and jeans from the...