9-foot Joe Frazier statue rising in Philadelphia
By KATHY MATHESON The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Busloads of tourists line up every day in Philadelphia to take photos with a statue of Rocky …
‘Longest Week’ is a pale Woody Allen imitation
By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer In “The Longest Week,” Jason Bateman plays a privileged, pampered, narcissistic New Yorker whose sole effort at productivity in …
North Carolina NAACP leads protesters to legislative offices
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – The North Carolina NAACP and its “Moral Monday” legislative protest movement is going door-to-door with its message.
Mystery shrouds US couple’s crash off Jamaica
By DAVID MCFADDEN and JOAN LOWY Associated Press KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Rescue crews searching off Jamaica’s coast on Saturday said they could no longer …
Miami win puts Patriots — gasp! — in last place
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — One week in, the AFC East has a decidedly different look than usual. Miami, …
Hawks’ owner Levenson to sell interest in team
By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta Hawks co-owner Bruce Levenson said Sunday he is selling his controlling interest in the team, …
In Buffalo, chicken wings are king
By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — Credit for the classic Buffalo wing goes to Teressa Bellissimo, who developed the dish in the kitchen …
Hip-hop moves as strong force for Michael Brown
By MESFIN FEKADU AP Music Writer NEW YORK — Rappers are making their voices heard in song and on the ground in Ferguson, Missouri, in …
Video games come of age as spectator sport
By BARBARA ORTUTAY and KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK — Video games have been a spectator sport since teenagers crowded around arcade machines …
Meta and mad, ‘The Congress’ is a trip
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer “Very soon, this whole structure that we all love so much will be gone,” prophesies Danny Huston’s wide-grinning movie …