'Bachelor' couple still working out priorities

RADNOR, Pa. -- The Bachelor apparently will stay that way a little longer.

Alex Michel chose Amanda Marsh from among 25 contestants on ABC's reality dating show "The Bachelor" last spring, but Marsh said Michel hasn't exactly been courting her.

On more than one occasion, "he told me to get a cab to meet him at events," Marsh, 23, told TV Guide for its Aug. 17 issue.

For his part, the 32-year-old Michel, a former San Francisco management consultant, said Marsh's radio job "sounds cool" and it wouldn't be "loving" of him to dissuade her from it. The couple, he said, is "happy -- and going along as a regular couple and not trying to agonize about what challenges the future holds."

Deaf ex-Miss America undergoes operation

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Former Miss America Heather Whitestone McCallum, saying she needed to hear her children talk, has undergone surgery that's expected to allow her to detect whispers.

McCallum, the first deaf woman to win the pageant in 1995, returned to her Atlanta home Thursday after receiving a cochlear implant in her right ear.

The Pelham native said she decided to have the operation when her 2-year-old son, John fell in her back yard.

"I couldn't hear him crying," McCallum, now a 29-year-old wife and mother of two, told The Birmingham News. "Not being there for him really scared me."

QVC host not victim of stalking, judge says

TRENTON, N.J. -- A Phoenix man was not stalking a QVC home shopping network host when he went to her home last year, a Mercer County jury has ruled.

Phillip M. Young, 52, instead was found guilty Thursday of harassment and criminal trespass. He also was found innocent of attempted burglary, but could face up to 18 months in jail when he's sentenced later this year.

Young was arrested Dec. 3 after Pat DeMentri found him on the front porch of her Washington Township home.

Prosecutors said Young flew to New Jersey, rented a car and drove to DeMentri's home. He then rang her doorbell, and when Young identified himself through an intercom, she called 911.

After his arrest, police found two boxes containing engagement and wedding rings strapped to Young's chest. Before going to her home, Young sent DeMentri two telegrams that said she was giving him permission to visit by signing for them.

Tennis star Serena adds acting to resume

MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. -- Serena Williams, the world's top-ranked woman's tennis player, has added struggling actress to her resume.

The 20-year-old says she's been taking classes and has a new acting coach.

"I'm trying to get some parts. A lot of people want me, but my schedule right now is kind of conflicting with my acting," she said Thursday at a tennis tournament in Manhattan Beach.

Williams said she'd love to work with Sean Connery, Anthony Hopkins or Morgan Freeman.

And what kind of part would she want to play?

"With my time schedule, I'd have to have a small role," Williams said.

Credit fraud habit gets man in trouble

PITTSBURGH -- A man still on probation for running up $81,000 in credit card bills in the name of a pro basketball player is awaiting trial on charges he allegedly did the same thing to actor Will Smith.

Carlos Lomax of Duquesne was jailed to await trial this fall on charges he used a credit card from a Pittsburgh-area Sears store in the name Willard C. Smith -- the 33-year-old actor's legal name -- to buy $5,447 worth of items.

Federal prosecutors say Lomax, 41, used Smith's Social Security number and other information to obtain the card.

--From wire reports