NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Two days after he couldn’t even jog without limping because of an injured ankle, Old Dominion’s Trey Freeman hit the runner of his life. The junior guard banked in a running 3-pointer at the buzzer Wednesday night to lift the Monarchs to a 72-69 victory over Murray State in the NIT … Continue reading
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CBS’ Bob Simon remembered as master storyteller
NEW YORK (AP) — Bob Simon was kidnapped in Iraq, beaten in Belfast and held at gunpoint in Romania during a nearly 50-year career at CBS News. His bravery made the mundane way he died — in the back seat of a car on Manhattan’s West Side Highway Wednesday night — seem all the more … Continue reading
US stocks approach record as technology, energy stocks gain
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks climbed back close to record levels on Thursday, February 12 as technology, materials and energy companies all notched big gains. Cisco Systems led the technology sector higher after reporting better-than-expected earnings. Energy stocks rose as the price of oil rebounded following two days of heavy losses. There were also … Continue reading
New York Times media columnist David Carr dies at age 58
NEW YORK (AP) — Media columnist David Carr, who wrote the Media Equation column for The New York Times and penned a memoir about his fight with drug addiction, collapsed at his office and died on Thursday, February 12. He was 58. Just hours before his death he had moderated a “Times Talks” conversation with … Continue reading
Leading New York politician arrested on bribery charges
NEW YORK (AP) — New York and its Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo start this year’s legislative session facing the latest taint on its already tarnished reputation for government ethics with the arrest of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who bent state government to his will for more than 20 years as one of the state’s … Continue reading
