“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Continues to Rise
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” is even closer to usurping “Avatar’s” reign as the top domestic box office earner of all…
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Dubai Fire for New Year’s
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A massive fireworks display kicked off for New Year’s at the world’s tallest tower in Dubai, while plumes of smoke…
Teen Stuck in Chimney
PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix firefighters rescued a 13-year-old boy who got stuck in a chimney while playing with his friends on a roof. The boy’s…
Opportuned Scholar from Japan: Donald Keene
TOKYO (AP) — So few teaching opportunities existed for a young Japan scholar in late 1940s America that a professor suggested he teach Greek instead….
Misspeak at Miss Universe Pagaent
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The Colombian beauty queen who was briefly crowned Miss Universe is making the best of what she calls a humiliating situation….
Bill Cosby Arrested and Charged
ELKINS PARK, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby was arrested in the twilight of his life and career Wednesday and charged with a decade-old sex crime…
New Release of Clinton E-mails
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department will be delivering a New Year’s Eve batch of more emails from Hillary Clinton’s time as secretary of state,…
Santa is Helped Out of a Fire
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A stranded Santa Claus whose car caught fire Christmas morning is sure to put one northern Utah fire department on…
Queen Elizabeth says, “Light can triumph…”
SANDRINGHAM, England (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II used her Christmas message Friday to proclaim that light can triumph over darkness in these perilous times —…
Robert Downey Jr. Recieves Drug Pardon
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The latest on California governor’s pardon of actor Robert Downey Jr. (all times local): 10:30 a.m. California’s governor has pardoned Robert…
