Larry King

Larry King was flying back to Los Angeles after interviewing basketball superstar LeBron James at his home in Akron, Ohio, earlier this month when it hit him. "I said, 'I can't top this,' " King recalled in an interview Tuesday. "I'm not getting younger. I want more time with other things. It's time to go." After a quarter century as host of "Larry King Live," the centerpiece of CNN's prime-time lineup and a required stamping ground for striving politicians and contrite celebrities, the 76-year-old announced Tuesday that he will be leaving the program this fall.

A roundup of Tuesday morning's arts and entertainment headlines: For the second time this year, a car owned by Charlie Sheen is driven off a cliff -- and once again, the actor wasn't in it. (Los Angeles Times) The parents of Abby Sunderland have come under fire for talking with producers about a reality show revolving around the 16-year-old sailor's round-the-world voyage. (Los Angeles Times) Judge sentences the man accused of stalking " American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest to two years in prison.

A sculpted stone head by artist Amedeo Modigliani sold at Christie's in Paris on Monday for $52.8 million, breaking the record for a work by the Italian artist, the auction house said. It was also the highest-priced work sold at an auction in France, Christie's said. An anonymous buyer bid for the piece by telephone. The piece, sculpted between 1910 and 1912, depicts an elongated head with almond-shaped eyes and flowing hair, and it is reminiscent of the artist's paintings.

A slimmed-down Ben Roethlisberger whistled practice passes to his receivers for the first time in five weeks, and a teammate didn't need to watch video tape to know what he'd just seen. "He's been working hard at home," defensive end Brett Keisel said. "He wants to be great this year. So, hopefully, he will (be)." Even if considerable repair work needs to be done, on the field and off it. The two-time Super Bowl champion quarterback didn't talk to reporters after practicing Tuesday in Pittsburgh for the first time since drawing a six-game suspension April 21 for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy.

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The Colorado father who admitted to staging the balloon hoax now says he genuinely believed his son was in danger but pleaded guilty to prevent his wife's deportation. Richard Heene, an aspiring reality television star who has said he is descended from space aliens, told CNN's "Larry King Live" in an interview airing Friday that he believed 6-year-old Falcon was in a homemade balloon that took off from the family's Fort Collins backyard Oct. 15. "We had searched the house, high and low," Heene said in the new interview with Larry King.

It may be hard to envision gigolo Deuce Bigalow in San Marino, but the comic actor who played him has owned a home there since 2003. Now, Rob Schneider has listed his French Normandy-style manor for $3.6 million. Built in 1926 by architect Everett P. Babcock as his personal residence, the two-story house retains much of its original character. The entry opens to a foyer and a tower staircase with Batchelder tile risers. Features include arched doorways, a formal dining room, a butler's pantry, dormer windows and fireplaces in the living room and master bedroom.

Television and radio host Larry King is among celebrity buyers at the Carlyle Residences, a newly built high-rise along the Wilshire corridor that will celebrate its opening Saturday. The condominium that King purchased has three bedrooms and 4 1/2 bathrooms in 3,535 square feet. The asking price of a comparable unit is $4.4 million. Other Hollywood luminaries to purchase at the Carlyle include actor Bruce Willis and Irv Weintraub, former chief operating officer of William Morris.

After hearing testimony for three days, a judge Wednesday said a gay junior high school student in Oxnard was fatally shot in class "with the cold-blooded precision of an executioner" and that 15-year-old Brandon McInerney should stand trial for the crime. Summing up evidence from investigators, Ventura County Superior Court Judge Ken Riley took note of McInerney's telling other students about his intent to kill Larry King, a 15-year-old who wore makeup, earrings and high heels to school.

The boy who allegedly gunned down a gay classmate at an Oxnard junior high school was motivated at least in part by neo-Nazi beliefs, prosecutors contended Tuesday. Brandon McInerney, who was 14 when Larry King was fatally shot during a computer lab class, was acquainted with local neo-Nazis and kept a notebook with elaborate drawings of Nazi symbols and regalia, according to testimony from an investigator. McInerney, who is now 15, has been charged as an adult with first-degree murder.