Lawyers argue former TV anchor's lawsuit over racial epithet
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A lawyer for a white former TV anchor says he wouldn’t have lost his career after using a racial epithet at a Philadelphia station if he were black.
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Janet Jackson announces tour dates
NEW YORK (AP) — Six-time Grammy Award winner and multi-platinum selling artist Janet Jackson will kick off a 32-city tour on Aug. 31 in Vancouver, Live Nation announced Monday.
Correction: Le Mans-Patrick Dempsey story
LE MANS, France (AP) — In a story June 14 about the GTE Amateur category race at Le Mans, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Scuderia Corsa Ferrari won. According to the Le Mans website, SMP Racing won with drivers Victor Shaitar, Andrea Bertolini and Aleksey Basov.
Depardieu intervened for widely panned FIFA movie
PARIS (AP) — Actor Gerard Depardieu personally intervened to persuade the Cannes Film Festival to show the FIFA-funded movie “United Passions” that sank almost without trace at the box office after being panned by critics.
'Day Four' sends a cruise adrift in supernatural waters
“Day Four” (Little, Brown and Co.), by Sarah Lotz
Sweden's Princess Madeleine gives birth to son
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s royal palace says Princess Madeleine has given birth to a son, just two days after she attended the wedding of her brother, Prince Carl Philip.
Neuroscience inspires cartoon action in Pixar's 'Inside Out'
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Drawing on real neuroscience and the latest psychological research, “Inside Out” goes where no animated film has gone before: Deep inside the workings of a young girl’s mind.
Chevron says no production impact from US Gulf storm
Chevron Corp has evacuated some workers not essential to oil production from its Gulf of Mexico operations as a low-pressure storm system moves through the basin, but output has not been affected, the company said on Monday. Royal Dutch Shell on Monday said it was still evacuating so-called non-essential workers ahead of the storm, such as cooks and maids, with no production impact from the weather. Chevron is the No.
Saks owner buys Germany's Kaufhof chain for $3.2 billion
By Matthias Inverardi DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) – Hudson’s Bay Co is buying Germany’s leading department store chain, Kaufhof, from Metro for 2.8 billion euros ($3.2 billion), giving the Saks owner a launch pad to expand into Europe. The deal, the largest German inbound M&A this year, comes as department stores start to enjoy a revival by investing in ecommerce in tandem with revamped flagship stores. Hudson’s Bay, whose shares rose