A 32-YEAR-OLD Polish man who had been attending a First Holy Communion party for his adopted son in Tralee died after receiving three stab wounds during a row with the partner of his estranged wife, a court has heard.

Sweden’s Sophie Gustafson led the Longs Drugs Challenge by two shots after shooting a first round total at 65 for seven under par on the Blackhawk Country Club course in Danville, California.

Hurricane Rita’s path of devastation along the Texas-Louisiana coast became shockingly clear as rescuers pulled stranded bayou residents out on skiffs and Army helicopters searched for thousands of cattle feared drowned.

The parents of rhythm and blues singer and actress Aaliyah have reached an undisclosed settlement in a negligence action over her death in plane crash, family lawyers say.

THE pilot of the light aircraft that crashed in the Bahamas last year, killing 22-year-old American singer and actress Aaliyah, himself and seven others, had traces of cocaine and alcohol in his body, aviation officials said.