Los Angeles  - Rapper T. I. was sentenced to a year in jail Friday for violating federal weapons charges by attempting to buy unregistered automatic weapons and silencers.

The sentence was part of a plea deal under which T. I., whose real name is Clifford Harris, has already served more than 1,000 hours of community service.

T. I., 28, is also starring in an MTV reality show called Road To Redemption in which he speaks out about the pitfalls of guns, drugs and violence.

Los Angeles  - The Los Angeles Lakers didn't have much difficulty remembering their recent visits to Detroit - and even less trouble reversing those fortunes.

Kobe Bryant scored 30 points Thursday night, and the Lakers closed the third quarter on a decisive 20-0 run to pull away from the short-handed Detroit Pistons for a 92-77 victory.

"It feels good to finally walk out of here with a win," said reigning league MVP Bryant, who added eight rebounds and seven assists.

Los Angeles  - US actor Bruce Willis and his girlfriend, British model Emma Heming got wed in a small ceremony on the Caribbean Turks & Caicos Islands, press reports said Sunday.

The wedding between the 54-year-old action star and Heming, 22 years his junior took pace on Saturday at Willis' home, Usmagazine. com said. There was no official confirmation from the Die-Hard actor.

Willis and Hemings met last year.

Los Angeles - Seven years into their relationship, Hollywood star Harrison Ford popped the question to long-time girlfriend Calista Flockhart, 44, news reports said.

USmagazine. com reported that the Indiana-Jones star proposed to Flockhart, known from the hit TV series Ally McBeal on Valentine's Day.

No wedding date has been set, People magazine said.

Ford was divorced from his wife of 20 years, scriptwriter Melissa Mathison in 2004. The couple had separated four years earlier.

Los Angeles  - US President Barack Obama has offered a "moving, sincere" apology for a wisecrack in which he compared his notoriously bad bowling skills to those of handicapped participants at the Special Olympics, the chairman of the US Special Olympics board said Friday.

Tim Shriver told Good Morning America that the president called to apologize even before his taped remarks on the Jay Leno show were broadcast Thursday night.

Los Angeles  - LeBron James took care of the offence, and the Cleveland Cavaliers took care of the ball.

James scored six of his 26 points in overtime, to go along with 11 rebounds and 10 assists for his seventh triple-double of the season, leading the Cavaliers past the short-handed Portland Trail Blazers 97-92 on Thursday night.

The Cavaliers improved the NBA's best-mark to 55-13 and 31-1 at home with their seventh straight victory, en route to tying a league-record for fewest turnovers in a game with two.