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Holiday bounty for Air Force captain in audience at Leno Show: a new car

NEW YORK - An audience member at The Jay Leno Show is especially grateful on this American harvest holiday of Thanksgiving. He won a new car.

Air Force Capt. Tung Ngo was in the audience filled with men and women of the U.S. military when Leno called his name during Thursday's special holiday program. It was taped at NBC studios in Burbank, California, just hours before airtime.

Ngo won a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. He told Leno he was glad to get an upgrade from the 12-year-old car he drives.

The Nebraska native is headed next week to a new assignment at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

His name was drawn from a bowl with names of Air Force audience members after that branch edged Army, Navy, Marine and Coast Guard rivals in several competitions during the show.

The Kids Are Alright: The Who scheduled to perform at halftime during Super Bowl

NEW YORK - The Who will perform at halftime of the Super Bowl this season.

The NFL announced during Thursday's game between the Oakland Raiders and Dallas Cowboys that the longtime rock band known for classic hits such as Pinball Wizard and Baba O'Riley will play Feb. 7 at Dolphin Stadium in Miami.

Driven by singer Roger Daltrey and guitarist and songwriter Pete Townshend, the band's two remaining original members, The Who gained fame in the mid-1960s and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.

Recent halftime acts at the Super Bowl have included Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Prince and the Rolling Stones.

Short list announced for Canada's richest non-fiction literary prize

VANCOUVER - A father's struggle to come to terms with his son's disability and a biography of media baron William Randolph Hearst are among the nominees for Canada's richest non-fiction literary prize.

The shortlist for the 2010 BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction includes Ian Brown's The Boy in the Moon: A Father's Search for His Disabled Son and Kenneth Whyte's The Uncrowned King: The Sensational Rise of William Randolph Hearst.

Karen Connelly's Burmese Lessons: A Love Story and Eric Siblin's The Cello Suites: J.S. Bach, Pablo Casals, and the Search for a Baroque Masterpiece round out the list announced recently.

Source: The Associated Press