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LOS ANGELES - Actress Jenna Elfman, who starred in TV's "Dharma & Greg," is expecting her first child, her spokeswoman said Friday. Elfman and her husband, actor Bodhi Elfman, have been married for 16 years and are "elated about the impending birth," publicist Jenni Weinman said in a statement. "Jenna looks and feels amazing. She is certain to be one hot mama!" Weinman said. Elfman, 35, played free-spirited Dharma Finklestein Montgomery in the odd-couple comedy "Dharma & Greg," which ran from 1997-2002 on ABC. She recently starred in the CBS comedy "Courting Alex." Her screen credits include 2005's "Touched" and...

<p>Eschewing psychiatry and antipsychotic drugs, secular arm of church offers rehab. Some corrections officials have promoted its use.</p> <p>SACRAMENTO — Hundreds of inmates at one of California's highest-security prisons, where a fourth are mentally ill and most are serving time for violent crimes, have participated in a rehabilitation program affiliated with the Church of Scientology, which rejects traditional mental health care.</p>

Bo Derek and her date -- John Corbett, of "Northern Exposure" and "Sex and the City" fame -- had gotten up from their table at last night's White House correspondents dinner at the Hilton Washington when they set eyes on one suddenly popular young man in a crowd studded with movie stars, comedians and political leaders (and even television's "Bachelorette," Trista Rehn). The young man in question was Lance Vandaniker. He's 23 years old, hails from Sevierville, Tenn., and he'd never been in a room filled with famous people before. He also happened to have his left arm encased in...