READING, Pa., Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Pennsylvania police said they arrested two men suspected of stealing a brass angel statue, cutting it up and selling the pieces as scrap.

MILWAUKEE, May 14 (UPI) -- Kelvin Sampson, forced to resign as coach of the Indiana Hoosiers in the midst of the 2007-2008 season, will join the Milwaukee Bucks as an assistant.

MILWAUKEE, April 17 (UPI) -- Milwaukee Bucks Coach Larry Krystkowiak was fired Thursday, a day after the team ended the season with its eighth straight loss.

MILWAUKEE, April 11 (UPI) -- Reports Friday said Detroit Pistons' Vice President of Basketball Operations John Hammond will be the next general manager of the Milwaukee Bucks.

The Count Basie Orchestra was the hardest swinging big band in American jazz history, arguably even the most swinging band of any size and context.

LOS ANGELES, July 10 (UPI) -- Jazz singer Kurt Elling has been voted to the second-highest elected post at the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, July 4 (UPI) -- Former Boomtown Rats singer Bob Geldof will be one of the headliners at this year's Winnipeg Folk Festival.

A roundup of top sports stories

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., June 2 (UPI) -- Veteran basketball vagabond Larry Brown, known for switching jobs in a heartbeat, Monday was named the new coach of the NBA's Detroit Pistons.