*Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry led hundreds of bikers and other country music artists into the hills overlooking Las Vegas for an annual charity motorcycle ride Sunday. The ride, part of the events surrounding the Academy of Country Music awards, preceded a seven-hour concert downtown.
*Vincent Bugliosi, whose prosecution of Charles Manson in 1970 led him to write one of the best-selling true-crime books of all time, “Helter Skelter,” has a new book, “Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy,” due out Tuesday. His conclusion, based on 20 years of research, hundreds of interviews and thousands of documents: Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone.
*Donald Trump Jr. and wife Vanessa have had their first child, a girl named Kai Madison, People.com reports.
* Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has pledged a major contribution to a $3 million reward fund for the safe return of a British girl who has gone missing in Portugal, a newspaper reported. The News of the World called Rowling’s pledge “staggering” but said she asked that the amount be kept secret. Madeleine McCann, 3, disappeared May 2 after her parents left her and her brother and sister, both age 2, alone while they went to a restaurant. Sir Richard Branson offered $198,000 and American Idol judge Simon Cowell promised $99,000.
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Personals was compiled by Kim Profant from Tribune news services and staff reports
