LOS ANGELES — Merv Griffin, the big-band-era crooner turned impresario who parlayed his "Jeopardy" and "Wheel of Fortune" game shows into a multimillion-dollar empire, died Sunday. He was 82.

SIOUX FALLS (AP) - A lawsuit filed by the children of Gail Hauck, a nurse who died in a 2002 helicopter crash, has been settled, according to a federal judge.