CHESAPEAKE About two months ago, Leah Jones, an 18-year-old Chesapeake native, made a video of herself singing the folk chestnut "The House of the Rising Sun." Now she'll be seen on national TV.

"Bad news, everyone," a breathless White House aide tells the vice president and an array of handlers in Washington. "This hasn't hit the mainstream media yet, but a crane has collapsed onto a ship at Portsmouth, Va." The vice president on the receiving end of this news can only gasp, "God, how horrible."

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. Nell Cropsey stepped out the door of her family home on Nov. 20, 1901, to speak with her beau, Jim Wilcox. The pretty 19-year-old was never seen alive again by her family.

By Jake Coyle
The Associated Press
Certainly, the Internet has its purposes, but there might be none greater than "Between Two Ferns."
The radically awkward, largely improvised interview show has been arguably the most beloved Web series since it debuted in early 2008. The episodes, four-minute dispatches of public-access-style absurdity, arrive every few months without warning.

It sounds crazy, but doggone it, it’s real. DogTV is debuting on some on-demand cable television networks across the country, and it’s just what it sounds like: TV for our four-legged friends. The eight-hour block of programming is designed to keep your dog relaxed, stimulated and entertained while you’re at work.

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In retrospect, the bombshell that ended the fourth season of "Mad Men" seemed inevitable. With a busted marriage behind him and a romance with a self-assured psychologist in high gear, Don Draper pulled a fast one in the finale: He proposed to his twentysomething secretary just days after they first slept together.

The death of Nicollette Sheridan's character on "Desperate Housewives" sparked a lawsuit - the actress claimed that man-hungry Edie Britt, at left, was killed off in retaliation for Sheridan's dispute with a producer. That got us to thinking: Over the years, what were the most surprising deaths of TV characters? Here's our top 6. 
Lt. Col. Henry Blake, 'M*A*S*H'

IT TAKES a city, a region, a couple of non profits, an amiable long-suffering dog and his creative owner to create an effective Scoop the Poop campaign.
But who would ever think that a piece of that effort would also eventually go viral and show up on MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show”?

Jones tweeted Tuesday night that he no longer would be on the Fox singing contest. Word is there was a confrontation over his unmentioned criminal record. Please click here to view the full page.