Crime story author Dominick Dunne dies

New York — Author Dominick Dunne, who told stories of shocking crimes among the rich and famous through his magazine articles and best-selling books including “Another City, Not My Own,” about O.J. Simpson’s murder trial, died Wednesday in his home at age 83.

Dunne’s son, Griffin Dunne, said in a statement released by Vanity Fair magazine that his father had been battling bladder cancer. But the cancer had not prevented Dunne from working and socializing, his twin passions.

In September 2008, against his doctor’s orders and his family’s wishes, Dunne flew to Las Vegas to attend Simpson’s kidnap-robbery trial, a postscript to his coverage of the football great’s 1995 murder trial, which spiked Dunne’s considerable fame.

In the past year, Dunne had traveled to Germany and the Dominican Republic for experimental stem cell treatments to fight his cancer. He wrote that he and actress Farrah Fawcett were in the same clinic in Bavaria but didn’t see each other. Fawcett, a 1970s sex symbol and TV star of “Charlie’s Angels,” died in June at age 62.

Dunne discontinued his Vanity Fair column to concentrate on finishing another novel, “Too Much Money,” which is to come out in December. He also made a number of appearances to promote a documentary film about his life, “After the Party,” which was being released on DVD.

Ellie Greenwich, ‘Chapel of Love’ co-writer, dies

New York — Ellie Greenwich, who co-wrote some of pop music’s most enduring songs, including “Chapel of Love,” “Be My Baby” and “Leader of the Pack,” died Wednesday, according to her niece. She was 68.

Greenwich died of a heart attack at St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital, where she had been admitted a few days earlier for treatment of pneumonia, according to her niece, Jessica Weiner.

Greenwich, a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, was considered one of pop’s most successful songwriters. She had a rich musical partnership with the legendary Phil Spector, whose “wall of sound” technique changed rock music. With Spector, she wrote some of pop’s most memorable songs, including “Da Doo Ron Ron” and “River Deep, Mountain High.” But Spector wasn’t her only collaborator.

Greenwich is survived by a sister, brother-in-law, nephew and her niece.

‘Survivor’ winner still in jail after hearing

Boston — A lawyer for “Survivor” winner Richard Hatch is threatening to go to court if her client is not released soon from a Massachusetts county jail.

Hatch had been serving the remainder of a prison term for tax evasion on home confinement at his sister’s Newport, R.I., home. He was jailed Aug. 18 after granting two TV interviews for which the federal Bureau of Prisons says he didn’t have proper permission.

Hatch remained behind bars at the Barnstable County jail in Bourne after a hearing Wednesday with sheriff’s deputies, said his Los Angeles-based lawyer, Cynthia Ribas. She said the information gathered at the hearing will be passed on to federal prisons authorities, who will then decide whether Hatch will be moved back to a prison, to a halfway house or returned to home confinement.

Chris Brown to get group counseling

Richmond, Va. — Chris Brown likely will spend the next year in group counseling sessions learning about control and other relationship issues as part of his court-ordered treatment for beating ex-girlfriend Rihanna.

Brown was sentenced in California Tuesday to five years’ probation, six months of community labor and a year of domestic violence counseling for the February attack, and he must stay away from his former girlfriend for the next five years. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Patricia Schnegg is allowing Brown to complete the community labor and counseling in Richmond, near his Montpelier home.

Brown, 20, will undergo domestic violence counseling at Commonwealth Catholic Charities, a nonprofit social services organization that that works with people from all faiths in central and southwestern Virginia.

3 suspects sought in Lohan burglary

Los Angeles — Police are looking for three suspects in the burglary of Lindsay Lohan’s home.

The Los Angeles Police Department has released surveillance camera footage of the Sunday break-in at the “Mean Girls” star’s house. The footage shows three people, whose faces are covered with scarves, walking through a gate at Lohan’s Hollywood Hills home and entering a courtyard at around 1:10 a.m.

LAPD detectives believe the suspects — one male and two females, all 18 to 25 years old — entered the house through an unlocked door, then ransacked it and took property.

Lohan’s spokeswoman, Leslie Sloane-Zelnik, said the break-in happened Sunday while the actress and her younger sister were away.

Lohan posted on Twitter she didn’t think it was a robbery because “things that a certain old friend knew meant a lot to me” were taken.

Radio host Imus to end simulcast on RFD-TV

New York — Don Imus and the RFD cable network say they’ve mutually agreed to end the TV simulcast of Imus’ weekday radio talk show.

This Friday will mark the final telecast of “Imus in the Morning” on Nashville-based RFD-TV after nearly two years.

Imus has reportedly been in discussions to make Fox Business Network his new TV outlet.

Originating from New York, he will continue to be heard on 65 radio affiliates across the country.