CBS' Bob Schieffer is ready for retirement
WASHINGTON (AP) — At 78, Bob Schieffer is entitled to reminisce about the “good old days” of reporting. He believes young people coming into the business can also learn from them.
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Bourdain plants digital footprint as editor at food website
Anthony Bourdain has eaten his way through nearly every crevice of the globe, and now he’s ready to taste a new frontier — the digital world.
How 'Wolf Hall' director Jeremy Herrin keeps audiences rapt
NEW YORK (AP) — If the Tony Award for best director was handed out on quantity alone, Jeremy Herrin would easily be the winner.
Historian, author of 'The Pacific' Hugh Ambrose dies at 48
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Hugh Ambrose, who wrote the World War II history “The Pacific” after years of researching for his father, the renowned historian Stephen Ambrose, has died at age 48.
U2 brings its high-tech 'Innocence & Experience' tour to LA
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — U2’s latest live show included a call to fight AIDS, condemnation of the 1974 car bombings in Ireland, the voice of Stephen Hawking, high-tech stage gimmicks and just over two hours of music, including most of its 2014 album, “Songs of Innocence.”
Sitcom actor Diamond accused in bar stabbing goes on trial
PORT WASHINGTON, Wis. (AP) — The actor who portrayed Screech on the 1990s TV show “Saved by the Bell” is headed to trial in southeastern Wisconsin where he’s accused of stabbing a man during a confrontation at a bar.
US returns 25 looted artifacts to Italy: Vases, frescoes
ROME (AP) — The United States on Tuesday officially returned 25 artifacts looted over the decades from Italy, including Etruscan vases, 1st-century frescoes and precious books that ended up in U.S. museums, universities and private collections.
Documentary photographer Mary Ellen Mark dies in NY at 75
NEW YORK (AP) — Documentary photographer Mary Ellen Mark, called “a snake charmer of the soul” for her gift of capturing searing images of human vulnerability, has died at age 75.
'John Wayne Day' in Texas honors actor's 108th birthday
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Wearing a brown plaid coat worn by John Wayne in 1945’s “Flame of Barbary Coast,” Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has declared a day in honor of the quintessential screen cowboy.
Great Panther Completes Acquisition of Cangold
[PR Newswire] – VANCOUVER, May 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ – GREAT PANTHER SILVER LIMITED (GPR.TO) (NYSE MKT: GPL) (“Great Panther”) and Cangold Limited (CLD.V) (“Cangold”) are pleased to announce the completion of the previously announced plan of arrangement (the “Arrangement”) pursuant to which Great Panther has acquired all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Cangold (“Cangold Shares”). Cangold is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Great Panther. The Arrangement was