Santa at Radio City is no department store elf
By MARK KENNEDY This image released by MSG Entertainment shows Charles Edward Hall as Santa Claus in the “Radio City Christmas Spectacular,” in New York. Hall has donned a sweat-creating…
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150 years later, Lincoln’s speech long remembered
BY MARK SCOLFORO James Getty, portraying President Abraham Lincoln, stands before a ceremony commemorating the 150th anniversary of the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery and President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg…
Obama appeals to lawmakers on Iran sanctions
Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, speaks to members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov.…
NTSB: Oklahoma senator’s son noted engine trouble
FILE – In this Nov. 10, 2013 file photo, a small plane pilotd by Dr. Perry Inhofe, the son of Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe, burns after crashing near a residential…
Expert: Pa. pastor deserves rebuke for gay wedding
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM The Rev. Frank Schaefer, right, of Lebanon Pa., walks to the gymnasium with an unidentified woman, before facing his sentencing at Camp Innabah, a United Methodist retreat,…
2 Civil War museums in US team up for new center
By STEVE SZKOTAK Christy Coleman, left, director of the American Civil War Center at Tredegar Iron Works, left, and Waite Rawls of the Museum of the Confederacy, pose in front…
Emerson College to name school after Ron Burgundy
FILE – This 2004 file photo originally released by Paramount Pictures shows Will Ferrell as anchorman Ron Burgundy in “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.” Emerson College is changing the…
Iowa seeks to rein in use of speed cameras
By RYAN J. FOLEY In this Nov. 12, 2013 photo is a highway sign warning motorists along Interstate 380 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa that the speed limit is enforced by…