LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has made his first public appearance since the announcement that he and his wife of 25 years, Maria Shriver, had separated.
Speaking Tuesday night at a Los Angeles event marking Israeli independence, Schwarzenegger thanked friends and family for an outpouring of …
The Pakistani Taliban staged a public execution in front of hundreds of tribesmen in the country's northwest Tuesday after an Islamic court convicted the man of killing two brothers, intelligence officials and a local resident said.
The execution illustrated the level of militant control in North Waziristan, a tribal area along the Afghan border that the U.S. has long pushed Pakistan to target. Many Islamist militants use North Waziristan as a base to launch attacks against NATO troops in Afghanistan.
The man who was executed Tuesday was caught by the Taliban minutes after he killed the brothers two weeks ago in Miran Shah, the main town in North …
Selina Midkiff, center, and members of the Appalachian Children'sChorus take time out for a photo when they arrived at Waikiki, Hawaiifor the Pacific Rim Children's Chorus Festival, an eight-day eventthat included 13 other choirs from the United States and Canada. Inaddition to learning how to …
Kobe Bryant asked to be traded last spring in part because he wanted to play for a team that could contend for a championship. He just might have gotten his wish by staying put.
Bryant scored 26 of his 38 points in the second half, Andrew Bynum had a career-high 28 points to go with 12 rebounds and a season-high four assists, and the Lakers beat the Phoenix Suns 122-115 on Tuesday for their ninth win in 11 games.
The victory lifted the Lakers (18-10) to a season-high eight games over .500 and within one game of the Pacific Division-leading Suns (19-9), who lost for the fifth time in eight games.
Bryant, who complained about a lack of talent …
The New York City medical examiner's office says DJ AM's death was accidental. It blames a lethal cocktail of prescription drugs and cocaine.
The toxicology report released Tuesday shows the 36-year-old had cocaine, OxyContin, Benadryl and another drug used to cut cocaine in his system.
The medical examiner says the death was acute intoxication.
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Anna C. Willens, 94, a philanthropist and retired businessexecutive, died Friday in Skokie Valley Hospital.
Mrs. Willens operated Willens Printing Corp. in Chicago withher husband for 40 years. She retired in 1965.
She had been treasurer of the Sisterhood of Congregation AnsheEmmet, Chicago, secretary at Temple …
DUBLIN, Ohio - Wendy's International Inc. said changes meant to improve performance at its restaurants is paying off, but that a decision about the possible sale of the nation's third-largest hamburger chain is taking longer than expected.
"It's a complicated process. I know you'd like to hear more, but the board's special committee is following a very disciplined approach," Wendy's Chief Financial Officer Jay Fitzsimmons said Friday on a conference call to discuss the company's third-quarter results, released Thursday.
Wendy's reported its third-quarter earnings fell 57 percent from a year ago, before it spun off the Tim Hortons coffee and doughnut chain. But its results …
