Laura Schlessinger

Radio talk-show host Laura Schlessinger is appealing to news media outlets to respect her son's privacy amid an Army investigation into whether he is behind a lurid personal Web page that featured cartoon depictions of rape, murder, torture and child molestation. The posting on MySpace.

After more than 40 years as an all-news outlet, KFWB-AM (980) said Monday that it is switching to a talk format, led by nationally syndicated advice guru Laura Schlessinger, who moves her flagship from top-rated chat station KFI-AM (640). The change takes effect Sept. 8, when KFWB yokes its format change to Schlessinger, whose program has the third-largest national audience in talk radio -- an estimated 8.25 million listeners per week, behind only Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, according to Talkers magazine, trade journal of the talk-radio industry.

If Suzanne Somers can have a one-woman show on Broadway -- and she does -- why not Laura Schlessinger? Well, it's not quite the Great White Way, but the radio advice guru said Wednesday she'll appear at the Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara on Aug. 19 and 20 in "Dr. Laura: In My Never to Be Humble Opinion." The first act features Schlessinger talking about her life and current events; in the second she'll answer questions submitted in advance by the audience. The "Dr.

The mother of radio talk show personality Laura Schlessinger was not killed, as police initially suspected, but died of heart disease, the Los Angeles County coroner's office ruled Wednesday. The decomposed body of Yolanda Schlessinger, 77, was found in her Beverly Hills condominium in December. Neighbors said they had last seen her in September. Police said then that they were pursuing a homicide investigation based on information they wouldn't specify.