Category Archives: CP_World
Abbas says UN should replace US as Mideast mediator
ISTANBUL - Breaking with years of courting the U.S., Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called Wednesday for the United Nations to replace Washington as a Mideast mediator and suggested he might not ...
Dec 13, 2017
Pat DiNizio, lead singer of Smithereens, dead at 62
SCOTCH PLAINS, N.J. - Pat DiNizio, who as lead singer and songwriter for the New Jersey band the Smithereens blended pop, rock and New Wave music for such hits as “Blood and Roses” and ...
Dec 13, 2017
Show about viral video judge gets national syndication deal
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A TV show featuring an 81-year-old municipal court judge in Rhode Island who has made a splash on social media is going national. The producers of the local show “Caught in Pr...
Dec 13, 2017
Biden consoles daughter of ailing Arizona Sen. John McCain
WASHINGTON - Former Vice-President Joe Biden sought to console the daughter of ailing Sen. John McCain after she began crying while discussing her father’s battle with brain cancer on ABC’...
Dec 13, 2017
First lady hopes giving spirit continues through holidays
WASHINGTON - Melania Trump says she hopes the giving spirit that Americans displayed during a season of devastating hurricanes will continue over Christmas and into the new year. The first lady says s...
Dec 13, 2017
Costas wins Hall's Frick Award for baseball broadcasting
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - As a boy, Bob Costas took a cross-country drive with his dad, delighting in spinning the radio dial and listening “through the crackle and static” to broadcasts fr...
Dec 13, 2017
Minnesota Lt. Gov. Tina Smith named to fill Franken seat
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton appointed Lt. Gov. Tina Smith on Wednesday to fill fellow Democrat Al Franken’s Senate seat until a special election in November, setting up his long...
Dec 13, 2017
Cellphone company T-Mobile to launch TV service next year
NEW YORK - T-Mobile says it’s launching a TV service next year, becoming the latest company to marry wireless and video. The nation’s No. 3 wireless carrier said Wednesday that it bought c...
Dec 13, 2017
'Mannequin Skywalker' rides Blue Origin's new crew capsule
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Blue Origin’s ‘Mannequin Skywalker’ has rocketed almost all the way to space, just in time for the new Star Wars movie. The aerospace company led by AmazonR...
Dec 13, 2017
All 4 Polish death metal band members released from jail
SPOKANE, Wash. - All four members of a Polish death metal band have been released from jail as they await trial on charges of raping a Washington state woman. Defence attorney Steve Graham said his cl...
Dec 13, 2017