A 40-year-old man from Hamilton, Ohio in Butler County has died from the H1N1 "Swine Flu" virus. The Ohio Department of Health says that it is the first death in the state related to this particular strain of flu.

The patient died on June 29, and the ODH says he had underlying health problems that may have contributed to his death. His infection was confirmed on Thursday in a ODH laboratory.

ODH Director Alvin D. Jackson, MD said:

“This is a sad, and not entirely unexpected, event as influenza and its complications cause some 3,000 deaths annually in Ohio, ranking it among the top 10 causes of death. We continue to urge Ohioans to take proper precautions and will monitor the situation closely.”

Bernard Madoff was able to successfully swindle investors out of $50 billion over the course of several decades in an epic Ponzi scheme, before he was arrested late last year after admitting to his sons that his secret investment advisory business was a "big lie". On Monday, US District Judge Denny Chin in New York handed down a 150 year prison sentence for his multi-billion fraud scheme.

Madoff, 71, was arrested in 2008 and in March 2009 pleaded guilty to securities fraud and other charges. The former Nasdaq chairman has been jailed ever since.

Actress Farrah Fawcett was said to have been read her last rites on Wednesday after doctors told her that she was nearing the end of her life. After a three year battle with cancer, Fawcett passed away Thursday morning at St. John's Health Center in Los Angeles at the age of 62.

Fawcett's longtime partner Ryan O'Neal was at her bedside in the Intensive Care Unit when she died this morning. Their son, Redmond O'Neal, was not present.

The actress was first diagnosed with cancer in 2006. She was deemed to be cancer-free in February 2007 after undergoing chemotherapy and other treatments. A new tumor, however, appeared in May 2007 and she began treatment once again. Recently she discovered that the cancer had spread to her liver, and stopped treatment last month.

McDonald's "happy meals" are all grown up. The fun meals have turned thirty and the Ronald McDonald and CO are planning celebrations. The company is paying tribute to the famous boxed meal unveiling a new website (www.mcdonalds.com/happymeal30th) highlighting the changes they have gone through.

"I remember going to McDonald's as a child and the pleasure of opening the Happy Meal box to see what kind of fun was inside," said Rebecca Anderson, McDonald's U.S. Marketing Manager. "Now as a parent, I'm able to share this same memorable experience with my own children. We invite families to embrace the fun in a new way."

Right now, your children can enjoy "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs(TM)" themed meals from the Golden Arches. Now through July 16 your family can collect the toy collection rom the movie that features eight characters. McDonald's customers will receive one of eight toys with the purchase of a Happy Meal at participating McDonald's restaurants, while supplies last.

A favorite TV personality for decades, Ed McMahon has died at the age of 86. McMahon's publicist Howard Bragman said that he died early Tuesday at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center surrounded by family.

No cause of death was given, and Bragman simply stated that McMahon had a "multitude of health problems the last few months."

Born in Los Angeles and raised in Lowell, Mass., McMahon put himself through college by pitching products on the Atlantic City boardwalk. He got his first job in radio in his hometown, and started on TV in Philadelphia. Throughout the 1950's, he was the emcee of various game shows, including Missing Links, Snap Judgement, Concentration, and Who Dunnit? McMahon also worked with Carson on the game show Who Do You Trust?, and went along with him when Carson was named the host of the "Tonight Show" in 1962. McMahon introduced Carson nightly for the next three decades with the line he became famous for, "Heeeeere's Johnnnny", and remained on the show until Carson's retirement in 1992.

McMahon was also the host of Star Search, TV Bloopers and Practical Jokes, and was well known as a commercial pitchman for American Family Publishers sweepstakes.

In recent years, McMahon suffered a number of health and financial issues.

Jim Brown is a clearly a busy man today. First he suggested that the Browns' Donte Stallworth was high on marijuana during his DUI arrest, and now he's ripping on golf great Tiger Woods. In an interview to appear Tuesday on HBO's "Real Sports", Brown says that Woods is "terrible" when it comes to social change.

Of Woods, Brown said:

"This cat is a mamajama; he is a killer. He'll run over you, he'll kick your ass. But as an individual for social change, or any of that kind of ----? Terrible. Terrible."

It is not the first time that Brown has publicly criticized Woods. In 2008 he criticized him for not speaking out against the Golf Channel's Kelly Tilghman after she used the word "lynch" in a joking reference to him.

Brown also said:

“There are one or two individuals in this country that are black that have been put in front of us as an example. But they're basically under a system that says, ‘Hey, they're not gonna do a certain thing.’ Yes, that disappoints me because I know they both know better.”

Asked if he was referring to Tiger and Michael, he replied:

“ Yeah, I know they both know better, OK. And I know they both can do better without hurting themselves.”

Former NFL quarterback Bernie Kosar filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Miami on Friday. In the filing, Kosar listed assets between $1 million and $10 million, and liabilities of between $10 million and $50 million.

Kosar owes millions of dollars, including nearly $1.5 to the Cleveland Browns, $725,000 to the owner of the Cleveland Gladiators team of the Arena Football League, and $3 million to his ex-wife. He also owes a bank more than $9 million for bad real estate deals.

Kosar divorced his ex-wife, Babette, in 2007. In 2008, his Miami restaurant - Bernie Kosar's Steakhouse - went out of business. The bankruptcy filing is just the latest in the former pro football player's string of bad luck.

Kosar played for the Miami Hurricanes in college, before going pro with the Browns, where he quarterbacked from 1985 to 1993. After playing for the Browns, he was with Dallas and Miami. Kosar retired from the NFL in 1996.

If you thought that the Recording Industry Association of American had cooled down on their rampage against consumers illegally downloading copyrighted music, you'd be wrong - very, very wrong. In fact it seems as though their treatment of offenders has only gotten worse. On Thursday a federal jury found a 32-year-old Minnesota woman guilty of illegally downloading music from the internet, and fined her $80,000 each for 24 songs. That's a grand total of $1.9 million.

Jammie Thomas-Rasset's case was the first copyright infringement case to go to trial in the United States, said her attorney Joe Sibley, who added that his client was shocked at the fine. She noted that the price for the songs was normally just 99 cents, and plans to appeal the decision.

A spokesperson for the RIAA said that they were "pleased that the jury agreed with the evidence and found the defendant liable." She added, "We appreciate the jury's service and that they take this as seriously as we do."

Amongst the songs Thomas-Rasset downloaded were those by artists including Sheryl Crow, Gloria Estefan, No Doubt, and Linkin Park.

Few men, I would venture to guess, can — upon reflection years later — recall the instance or incident whereupon they started to become men; where, when and what happened that caused them to take their first, tentative, mental step onto the bridge that would ultimately lead them across the yawning chasm that separates soft, carefree puberty from the onset of the hardening of eventual manhood. Fortunately for me I can recall the time and date of the beginning of my personal transition with such an evocative clarity I swear it seems as if the vignette played out only yesterday.

It was not something I did — but rather — something I, in the waning moments of my childhood, was about to witness. It was to be one of those father/son lessons that have been transmitted down from generation to generation since the beginning of time. The type of lesson that is taught by doing, not by telling — the type which becomes permanently ingrained on the psyche of the young person on the receiving end in such an indelible manner that it lasts a lifetime. A lesson learned simply by the witnessing of it; not by being told how to be a man, but by simply watching a man be a man.

David Letterman issued another apology regarding the tasteless joke about Alex Rodriguez and Sarah Palin's teenage daughter. Letterman took some time from his show to say:

"A bad joke. I told a joke that was beyond flawed, and my intent is completely meaningless compared to the perception. And since it was a joke I told, I feel that I need to do the right thing here and apologize for having told that joke. It’s not your fault that it was misunderstood, it’s my fault. That it was misunderstood.”

"So I would like to apologize, especially to the two daughters involved, Bristol and Willow, and also to the Governor and her family and everybody else who was outraged by the joke. I’m sorry about it and I’ll try to do better in the future. Thank you very much.”

Sarah Palin accepted Letterman's mia culpa declaration saying in written statement:

"Of course it's accepted on behalf of young women, like my daughters, who hope men who 'joke' about public displays of sexual exploitation of girls will soon evolve," the statement read.