Ethics complaint takes aim at Maine newspaper
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) _ A complaint filed with Maine’s campaign oversight panel is taking aim at free newspaper ads given to supporters of a successful …
Dolphins-Harbaugh – sources: Harbaugh to meet next with Dolphins
MIAMI (AP) _ Jim Harbaugh’s blowout victory in the Orange Bowl made a big impression on Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross.
‘DRUMLine Live’ director had humble beginnings
From humble beginnings in the Grady Homes Project of Atlanta to becoming a band consultant in a Hollywood film, Don Roberts has made himself into …
Billy Taylor, pianist, jazz advocate, dies of heart attack
Associated Press NEW YORK — Billy Taylor, an acclaimed jazz pianist and composer who became one of the genre’s most ardent advocates through radio, television …
Hotel Nacional still elegant after 80 years
Associated Press HAVANA — The carpets are worn and the rooms have a musty feel. Yet Havana’s iconic Hotel Nacional, which marked its 80th birthday …
New congressman tries to clear financial questions
MIAMI (AP) _ Days before he is to be sworn in as a freshman member of Congress, David Rivera released documents Monday he said were …
Leaked cable says mayor formed alliance with Coke
Associated Press KINGSTON — A leaked U.S. diplomatic cable says the mayor of Jamaica’s biggest city acknowledged forging an alliance of convenience with an alleged …
Harvard doctor pens memoir, battles health care biases
Associated Press BOSTON — Growing up in segregated Memphis during the segregation era, Augustus White III knew about those certain places off-limits to him as …
Carbon monoxide likely killed 5 teens in Hialeah
Associated Press HIALEAH — Five young men celebrating a birthday likely died due to carbon monoxide from a car they left running in a garage …
Teena Marie, known as ‘Ivory Queen of Soul,’ dies
Teena Marie’s last album, “Congo Square,” was titled after a historical meeting place for slaves in New Orleans, featured a tribute to Martin Luther King’s …