Artie hurt himself with knife

Police say self-inflicted stab wounds put Howard Stern sidekick Artie Lange in a New Jersey hospital last week.

Hoboken Police Detective Mark Competello says Lange’s mother found him on the floor of his waterfront home on Saturday.

Competello says the 42-year-old comedian was unconscious but breathing after stabbing himself with a 13-inch Wolfgang Puck kitchen knife.

Lange was taken to Jersey City Medical Center. Competello says doctors cleaned nine abdominal knife wounds and operated. He says Lange has been released.

Barker whales away

Television game show host Bob Barker knew anti-whaling work could be dangerous even before his $5 million donation to a conservation group, but he was shocked to hear about Wednesday’s violent crash between a Japanese whaling ship and one of the group’s speedboats.

A new ship funded by Barker’s donation, the 1,200-ton Bob Barker, rescued all six crew members from the speedboat.

“This will probably get more notice for what they’re trying to do out there than anything in a long time, so it has a bright side,” Barker said. “I absolutely continue to support them, more so than ever, in good times and bad.”

Hanes loses it’s Sheen

Hanesbrands is ending its advertising campaign featuring Charlie Sheen because of domestic violence charges filed against the actor.

Company spokesman Matt Hall said Wednesday that it was a “pretty standard, straightforward call” by the brand marketing team given the allegations.

The birthday bunch

Joan Baez is 69. Susannah York is 69. Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin is 66. Singer Buster Poindexter is 60. Crystal Gayle is 59. Dave Matthews of the Dave Matthews Band is 43. A.J. McLean of the Backstreet Boys is 32. Singer Paolo Nutini is 23.