No. 1 Gonzaga passes toughest test against No. 20 Saint Mary’s
No. 1 Gonzaga remains unbeaten
DATE: Feb 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: College Sports
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Jordan Spieth beats fog in Pebble Beach Pro-Am
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. – Jordan Spieth knew the pin position on the ninth hole at Spyglass Hill as much by memory as by sight, which was a good thing considering the fog creeping across the Mo...
DATE: Feb 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
Colorado sells more than $1 billion of marijuana in 2016
DENVER – Newly released state figures show Colorado’s marijuana dispensaries sold $1.3 billion worth of recreational and medical pot in 2016.
The Denver Post reports that the Colo...
DATE: Feb 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Stephen King and son Owen King to team up at book convention
NEW YORK – This year’s BookExpo will feature a popular father-and-son combination: Stephen and Owen King.
Convention organizers ReedPop told The Associated Press on Tuesday that t...
DATE: Feb 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Books
Rushdie novel takes on age of Obama, and Trump
NEW YORK – Salman Rushdie’s next novel will be a take on the age of Obama, with an added dash of Trump.
The author best known for Midnight’s Children and The Satanic Verses is wor...
DATE: Feb 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Books
Yemen denies banning U.S. raids
CAIRO – Yemen’s foreign minister said Wednesday his country has asked for a “reassessment” of a U.S. raid last month that killed several women and children, but denied reports that his gover...
DATE: Feb 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Megan Rapinoe left off U.S. women’s soccer roster
CHICAGO – Midfielder Megan Rapinoe has been left off the U.S. roster for a training camp ahead of the SheBelieves Cup tournament.
Midfielder/forward Kealia Ohai also was not among...
DATE: Feb 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl appearance spurs huge digital sales
NEW YORK – The Super Bowl was a triumph for fans of the New England Patriots but it also became very lucrative for Lady Gaga.
The superstar singer who performed at the halftime sh...
DATE: Feb 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music
Chicago aquarium euthanizes ancient lungfish
CHICAGO – An Australian lungfish that entranced visitors to Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium for more than 80 years has been euthanized due to old age, the popular tourist attraction announced Monda...
DATE: Feb 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Pooh the cat gets a pair of bionic legs
SOFIA, Bulgaria – A cat named Pooh has been given a new lease of life in Bulgaria, becoming the country’s first “bionic cat” with a pair of prosthetic hind legs.
Veterinary surgeo...
DATE: Feb 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Arena to experiment with U.S. soccer roster against Jamaica
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – After a dismal 0-0 tie against an inexperienced group of Serbians in his first game as U.S. coach in more than a decade, Bruce Arena gets one more look at the domestic p...
DATE: Feb 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
New Mexico Land Office suggests land swap for border wall
SANTA FE, N.M. – New Mexico Land Commissioner Aubrey Dunn is proposing a federal land swap in order to make room for President Donald Trump’s promised border wall.
In a letter to ...
DATE: Feb 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News
