Comcast founder Ralph Roberts dead at 95
NEW YORK (AP) — Ralph Roberts, who built Comcast from a small cable TV system in Mississippi into one of the nation’s largest entertainment companies, has died. He was 95.
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Prince Harry ends decade of army service; targets poachers
LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry has formally ended his full-time military service in Britain’s army, wrapping up a career in which he qualified as an Apache helicopter pilot and completed two tours of duty in Afghanistan.
2 plead guilty to murder in shooting of Wiz Khalifa's uncle
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Two men have pleaded guilty to murder in the drug-related shooting death of rapper Wiz Khalifa’s uncle in a Pittsburgh-area fast-food restaurant parking lot.
Uffizi lends paintings for show in villa seized from Mafia
ROME (AP) — Eight paintings from the Uffizi Gallery in Florence are going on display in a villa seized from a mobster in a southern Italian town that is a stronghold of organized crime.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo campaign for clean energy
NEW YORK (AP) — Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo have teamed up in a bid to widen access to clean energy.
Grounds worker trashes piece at contemporary art show
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — It was not the kind of public engagement that organizers of a contemporary art show had in mind: A wood and tile bench displayed in the shoreline town of Madison was removed, torn apart and put in a dumpster by a maintenance worker.
More magazine talks to Michelle Obama and Meryl Streep
NEW YORK (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama shares a chill-out playlist, a few family photos and a chat with actress Meryl Streep as guest editor of the July-August issue of More magazine.
Comcast says founder Ralph Roberts, a pioneer of cable television, dead at 95
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Comcast says founder Ralph Roberts, a pioneer of cable television, dead at 95.
Kapoor condemns intolerance after Versailles art attack
VERSAILLES, France (AP) — Vandals have spray-painted a controversial Anish Kapoor sculpture in the garden of the palace of Versailles outside Paris.
James Taylor: Streaming businesses should pay artists half
NEW YORK (AP) — James Taylor is OK with the booming streaming music business, but he believes artists deserve 50 percent of the profits.