CONCORD, N.H. -- Wyclef Jean and The Timberland Co. are teaming up to sell eco-friendly footwear and support reforestation of the singer's native Haiti.
Jean, who achieved fame with The Fugees before going solo, collaborated with the New Hampshire-based footwear and apparel company on a 16-boot collection going on sale in November. Timberland also will sell T-shirts designed by Haitian children, and a new line of organic shirts and hats will be sold at Jean's concerts, with a cut of the profits going to Jean's Yele Haiti foundation.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Jean says he hopes the partnership will inspire children and put a new face on his homeland.
Palin book is instant best seller
NEW YORK -- Sarah Palin finished her book quickly and became a best seller even faster.
Just two days after HarperCollins announced that the release of Palin's memoir, "Going Rogue," had been moved up from the spring to Nov. 17, preorders for the former Alaska governor's book have made it No. 1 on Barnes & Noble.com on Wednesday and at No. 2 on Amazon.com, trailing only Dan Brown's "The Lost Symbol."
Palin finished her book four months coming to terms with HarperCollins, which plans a first printing of 1.5 million copies.
Actor goes to hospital, may have flu
NEW YORK -- Dennis Hopper, in town to publicize his TV series "Crash," was taken to a hospital after developing flulike symptoms.
Sheila Feren said that the 73-year-old star of "Easy Rider" and "Blue Velvet" was being examined at an unidentified New York hospital Wednesday afternoon after complaining of stomach ailments usually associated with the flu.
Hopper was forced to cancel a number of interviews and TV appearances, including The Associated Press, "Today" and "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon."
Man is ordered to leave actress alone
From wire reports
LOS ANGELES -- A judge on Wednesday granted a three-year restraining order against a man accused of stalking "The Hills" star Audrina Patridge, calling evidence presented against him "disturbing."
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge David Cunningham III issued the order prohibiting any contact by Zachary Loring with Patridge, who sought protection from Loring after he showed up at her house several times.
He was arrested on Aug. 30 after Patridge spotted him outside her home.
She testified during Wednesday's hearing, calmly recounting how Loring presented her with beer, wine, poetry and drawings.
"I was afraid," Patridge told the judge. "He had no emotion. He was monotone. He was very intense."
The actress said she accepted the items from Loring because she was afraid to provoke him, but later stayed away from her home.
She read one of the poems he gave her, and showed the judge several of the pictures he drew.
"The evidence that has been presented, I find it quite disturbing," Cunningham said before issuing his order. The order also covers Patridge's younger brother, Mark.
A Los Angeles police detective testified that the 24-year-old Northern California man was exhibiting stalking behavior.
