Bad Blood: Cruz-Bushes tension underscores deeper GOP divide
By WILL WEISSERT Ted Cruz once proudly wore a belt buckle borrowed from George H.W. Bush that said: “President of the United States.” He campaigned and worked for that former…
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Elder Bush criticizes Cheney, Rumsfeld in new biography
By NANCY BENAC In a blistering critique, former President George H.W. Bush says onetime Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld “served the president badly” when George W. Bush was in the White…
Weight Watchers founder Jean Nidetch dies at age 91
By MATT SEDENSKY Jean Nidetch, a New York housewife who tackled her own obesity, then shared her guiding principles with others in meetings that became known as Weight Watchers, the…
Daughter: Actress Ruby Dee dead at 91
By KAREN MATTHEWS and MARK KENNEDY FILE – In this Nov. 17, 2010 file photo, Ruby Dee attends a special screening of “Frankie & Alice” in New York. Dee, an…
Woman held captive in Cleveland has book deal
FILE – In a Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013 file photo, Michelle Knight sits in the courtroom during a break in the sentencing phase for Ariel Castro, in Cleveland. Knight’s memoir…
Patchett’s essay collection falls short
By KIM CURTIS This book cover image released by Harper shows “This is the Story of a Happy Marriage,” by Ann Patchett. (AP Photo/Harper) “This Is the Story of a…
Michael White plots expansion like a Roman emperor
By JOCELYN NOVECK This book cover image released by Ballantine Books shows Michael White with a wheel of cheese to be used for a dish from his book “Classico E…
AP Essay: For boomers, JFK death ripples still
By TED ANTHONY FILE – In this Wednesday, May 22, 2013 file photo, a woman looks a mural of photos in the exhibit “Hotel Texas: An Art Exhibition for the…