Pittsburgh music venue gets new name

Pittsburgh music venue gets new name

PITTSBURGH — Post-Gazette Pavilion has a new name: First Niagara Bank Pavilion.

Live Nation, the world’s largest live-music company, and First Niagara, which has 171 branches across upstate New York and western Pennsylvania, on Monday announced a multiyear agreement that gives the bank naming rights to the outdoor music venue in Burgettstown. First Niagara Bank Pavilion, operated by Live Nation, has a capacity of 23,100.

Super Bowl sets viewership record

NEW YORK — The Super Bowl was watched by more than 106 million people, surpassing the 1983 finale of “M*A*S*H” to become the most-watched program in television history.

The Nielsen Co. estimated Monday that 106.5 million people watched the New Orleans Saints upset the Indianapolis Colts. That beats the “M*A*S*H” finale, which had 105.97 million viewers in an era when there were fewer television sets.

Compelling story lines involving the city of New Orleans and its recovery from Hurricane Katrina and the quest for a second Super Bowl ring for Indianapolis quarterback Peyton Manning propelled the viewership.

The game also obliterated the previous record viewership for a Super Bowl — last year’s game between Arizona and Pittsburgh in which 98.7 million people watched.

Sheen can see wife, judge says

ASPEN, Colo. — A judge has modified a protective order allowing actor Charlie Sheen and his wife, Brooke, to see each other as Sheen faces domestic-violence allegations.

Prosecutors filed charges of felony menacing, third-degree assault and criminal mischief against Sheen stemming from his arrest Dec. 25 at his Aspen home. He faces up to three years in prison the menacing charge.

He did not enter a plea Monday. Further proceedings are scheduled for March 15.

Brooke Sheen sat in the front row of the gallery during the hearing.

The couple hugged after the hearing and left the courthouse in separate vehicles.

Brooke Sheen’s attorney, Yale Galanter, said the couple will head back to Los Angeles on the same plane.

Coleman pleads guilty

SALT LAKE CITY — Former child television star Gary Coleman has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor criminal mischief charge related to a domestic violence incident last April in Utah.

In a deal with the prosecutor, Coleman entered the plea at a hearing Monday, his 42nd birthday, in Santaquin, 65 miles south of Salt Lake City.

Court clerk Jane Swan says the original charge of domestic- violence assault was dropped.

Judge Sharla Williams sentenced Coleman to 311‚Ñ2 days in jail. The “Diff’rent Strokes” star will serve the time only if he fails to complete a domestic-violence course and pay a $595 fine.

Coleman was arrested Jan. 24 at his Santaquin home on a warrant for failing to appear in court. He spent a night in jail before a fan paid his $1,725 bail.

Today’s birthdays

Singer Carole King is 68. Actor Joe Pesci is 67. Author Alice Walker (“The Color Purple”) is 66. Actress Mia Farrow is 65. Actress Judith Light is 61. Country singer Travis Tritt is 47. Actor A.J. Buckley (“CSI: NY”) is 33. Actor David Gallagher (“Seventh Heaven”) is 25. Actress Camille Winbush (“The Bernie Mac Show”) is 20.