"LOS ANGELES - Chris Brown has pleaded guilty to one count of felony assault on pop star Rihanna.
Brown entered his plea before a preliminary hearing was scheduled to start in Los Angeles on Monday.

Brown will be sentenced on Aug. 5, but the terms of the plea deal call for him to serve five years of formal probation and six months - roughly 1,400 hours - of community labor. Brown will be able to complete his probation in his home state of Virginia; he will have to do either graffiti removal or roadside cleanup for his service."

"Ed McMahon, best known for his role as Johnny Carson's No. 2 on the "Tonight Show, died at a hospital in Los Angeles this morning, his agent said.

McMahon had a "multiple of health problems the last few months," Bragman said, though he declined to name the entertainer's cause of death. A person close to the TV personality told the Associated Press that he had bone cancer, among other ailments, and had been hospitalized for several weeks."

Almost everyone has heard of the alleged attack on Rihanna by her boyfriend Chris Brown. Rumors of a text message to herpes that sparked the fight. A photo that was taken the day of the incident was leaked onto TMZ.com