Family is an understandable pull for Florida's Urban Meyer

As of today, the retirement age for college football coaches is 46. The pressure is that overwhelming. The time demands are that great. The money can be made that quickly.

That's what Urban Meyer is telling us by retiring for the second and presumably final time in less than a year from the head football coaching job at the University of Florida. Six years, including two national championships, have been just about enough time on the sidelines in Gainesville for Meyer, one of the most intense, focused and driven men in a profession filled with nothing but the intense, focused and driven.

Oprah defends relationship with best friend Gayle King

HollywoodNews.com: Barbara Walters is famous for making her interview subjects cry and Oprah Winfrey is no exception.
Tomorrow night on ABC, Walters interviews Oprah who is the entire focus of a one-hour special the precedes Barbara’s annual “10 Most Fascinating People” special at 10 p.m.
Oprah sheds tears when talking about her best friend Gayle King.
“She is the mother I never had. She is the sister everybody would want. She is the friend that everybody deserves. I don’t know a better person. I don’t know a better person,” says Oprah.
As tears ran down her face the talk show queen says: “Shoot. I wasn’t going to cry.”
“Why is it making you cry?” asks Walters.
“It’s making me cry because I’m thinking about how much I probably never told her that. Tissue please! I’ve never told her that.”

Aretha Franklin Has Pancreatic Cancer

UPDATE: WJBK FOX 2 News in Detroit confirms that Franklin has cancer. A family insider told the station that she's doing, "OK," but they ask for the public's prayers.
PREVIOUSLY:
A week after undergoing surgery for a mystery illness, the National Enquirer reports (via PopCrunch) that famed singer Aretha Franklin has incurable pancreatic cancer.
The surgery, labeled a success, came under mysterious circumstances. This is the first time this illness has been reported. In November, she canceled all concerts through May 2011 due to "medical reasons."
The Enquirer's report lists pancreatic survival rates at 5-10%, and even lower for someone of Franklin's age and weight.

Wynonna Judd Won't Speak of Ex-Husband's Sexual Battery Case

Country star Wynonna Judd refuses to speak about her ex-husband's sexual battery conviction, because she knows the young victim. D.R. Roach was arrested for the sexual assault of a pre-teen in March 2007, while Judd was touring - and she admits the scandal took her completely by surprise.

Tanya Shannon, Chicago Mother of Four, Missing Since Sunday

Tanya Shannon, a Chicago mother of four children, disappeared on Sunday night after her car crashed, which left her husband dead, according to ABC News.

A large-scale manhunt is being conducted to find Shannon after authorities found the wreck on the side of the road. Her husband was found dead in the driver’s seat.