MADONNA DENIES MARRIAGE TO RITCHIE SPLITTING UP

NEW YORK (AP) — Madonna is squashing suggestions that her marriage may be ending. "I am delighted to confirm that Mr. and Mrs. Guy Ritchie remain happily married," the pop star's spokeswoman, Liz Rosenberg, said in a statement Monday.

The news media and blogosphere have been speculating on the couple's status; on Monday, the British newspaper The Sun published a gossipy article on its Web site with the headline: "Madge's marriage 'hangs by a thread.'"