Category Archives: CP_World
Pantone picks deep purple 'Ultra Violet' as colour of year
NEW YORK - What we have here in 2017 is a heap of chaos and disruption. What we need in 2018? The Pantone Color Institute thinks whatever that might be will come in the deep purple hue of “Ultra...
Dec 07, 2017
N. Korea says war is inevitable as allies continue war games
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea says a nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula has become a matter of when, not if, as it continued to lash out at a massive joint military exercise between the Uni...
Dec 07, 2017
Keillor: Radio station fired me without full investigation
MINNEAPOLIS - Garrison Keillor says Minnesota Public Radio was wrong to fire him last week without fully investigating what a senior executive has described as “multiple allegations” spann...
Dec 07, 2017
Brazil groups look to channel anger into political action
SAO PAULO - Something in Brazil has snapped. After one of the deepest recessions in its modern history, the largest corruption scandal in Latin America and more than a year under what may be the most ...
Dec 07, 2017
Maine police: Bouncing roll of duct tape leads to 911 call
BANGOR, Maine - Police in Bangor, Maine, say a reported intruder turned out to be a roll of duct tape. Officers responded to a call from a woman who heard noises from her basement and reported that he...
Dec 07, 2017
Oscars org adopts code of conduct after Weinstein expulsion
NEW YORK - The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Science announced Wednesday that it has adopted its first code of conduct for its 8,427 members. Film academy chief executive Dawn Hudson introduced ...
Dec 07, 2017
On Jerusalem, Trump delivers for supporters at home
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s move to recognize the divided city of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital may have triggered a worldwide chorus of critics but the president had his ears cl...
Dec 07, 2017
Putin undecided whether to run as an independent or not
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin has not decided yet whether to run for office next year as an independent candidate or secure support from the ruling party, his spokesman said Thursday. The ...
Dec 07, 2017
Russia PM: State will never admit "false" doping charges
MOSCOW - Russia Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says the state will never acknowledge the accusation of state-sponsored doping that prevents the Russia team from competing at the Pyeongchang Olympics b...
Dec 07, 2017
New Jersey eyes cutting horse tracks in on internet gambling
TRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey lawmakers want to give the state’s horse racing tracks a piece of the action on internet gambling. The state Assembly is due to vote Thursday on a bill that would auth...
Dec 07, 2017