Jerry Lewis is returning to work after undergoing surgery following a "very minor" heart attack. Lewis, 80, will return to work preparing his annual Labor Day telethon for his muscular dystrophy charity.

AP - Jerry Lewis was back working the phones for his annual Labor Day telethon as he recuperates on his boat in San Diego after heart surgery, his manager said Monday.

E! Online - Even a heart attack can't keep Jerry Lewis from helping his kids.

AP - Jerry Lewis was back working the phones for his annual Labor Day telethon as he recuperates on his boat in San Diego after heart surgery, his manager said Monday.

AP - In a June 13 story about a House spending bill, The Associated Press reported erroneously that $500,000 was provided for a city-owned pool in Banning, Calif., in the congressional district of Rep. Mary Bono, R-Calif. The pool is located in the district of House Appropriations Committee Chairman Jerry Lewis, R-Calif.

US comedy legend Jerry Lewis is recovering in hospital after suffering a "minor" heart attack.

Reuters - Comedian Jerry Lewis is recovering in a San Diego hospital from a minor heart attack he suffered over the weekend near the end of a cross-country commercial airline flight, his spokeswoman said on Tuesday.

AP - Comedian Jerry Lewis postponed a July engagement to perform live after suffering a heart attack Sunday that a casino spokeswoman described as "mild."

AP - A top aide to House Appropriations Committee Chairman Jerry Lewis received $1.96 million in severance payments from a lobbying firm with ties to Lewis, according to documents released Friday.

AP - There was good news and blue news for Jerry Lewis on Friday. The comedian-philanthrop­ist was named abbot of the Friars Club, taking over the leadership position vacant since Alan King's death two years ago. And then its members delivered a four-letter, foul-mouthed welcome to their new leader at one of the club's infamous annual roasts.

AP - Rep. Jerry Lewis' stepdaughter received more than $40,000 from a political fundraising group led by a defense contractor who got government contracts worth millions of dollars from a powerful House committee that Lewis chairs, records show.

AP - Jerry Lewis, who played "The Nutty Professor" in 1963, has a wacky new scheme: staging the film as a Broadway musical. The first show is planned for January at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, where the 80-year-old comedian has a houseboat, he said.

AP - Hoping to speed approval of war funds, House-Senate negotiators were to meet Tuesday evening on legislation to pay for the missions in Iraq and Afghanistan and for hurricane relief along the Gulf Coast.

AP - House Appropriations Committee Chairman Jerry Lewis said Friday he has not been contacted by federal investigators in their probe of his relationship with a lobbyist and benefactor whose firm's clients include Lewis' hometown and home county.

AP - San Bernardino County, Calif., has been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury for records connected to House Appropriations Committee Chairman Jerry Lewis and a lobbying firm with strong ties to Lewis, a county official said.

Reuters - Comedian Jerry Lewis is set to return this summer to the Orleans Hotel and Casino for his first live Las Vegas performance since his health took a turn for the worse six years ago, his publicist said on Friday.

Congressman Jerry Lewis is the subject of a federal investigation into his connection with a lobbyist and convicted former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham. A source speaking on the condition of anonymity to The Associated Press says the...

AP - The U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles has opened an investigation into House Appropriations Committee Chairman Jerry Lewis and his dealings with a lobbyist with connections to disgraced former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, a person familiar with the situation said Thursday.

AP - Jerry Lewis' next acting gig is no laughing matter.