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OAK BLUFFS, Mass., April 2 (UPI) -- The widow of "Jaws" novelist Peter Benchley is working with the Humane Society of the United States to stop an Oak Bluffs, Mass., shark hunting tournament.

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin filed a $185 million suit against ex-girlfriend Tess Broussard alleging she threatened him with a gun and stabbed his lawyer.

The weekly UPI Today in Music package for April 19-25.

Today's birthdays include country's Johnny Tillotson, who was born in 1939 (age 64); Jimmy Winston of Small Faces in 1945 (age 58); keyboardist Craig Frost of Grand Funk Railroad in 1948 (age 55); and Luther Vandross in 1951 (age 52).

(April 20) Today's birthdays include country's Johnny Tillotson, who was born in 1939 (age 63); Jimmy Winston of Small Faces in 1945 (age 57); ...

(April 20) Today's birthdays include country's Johnny Tillotson, who was born in 1939 (age 63); Jimmy Winston of Small Faces in 1945 (age 57); ...

TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY (Fri., April 19) The first WLS National Barn Dance was broadcast in 1924. Roy Acuff's Top 5 single, "(Our Own) Jole Blon" debuted on the chart in 1947.