WASHINGTON – Now that their feud is up in smoke, Cheech and Chong are high on plans to reunite for their first comedy tour in more than 25 years. Cheech Marin told AP Radio that he and Tommy Chong “looked at each other going, `If we’re ever going to do …
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Deputies and wildlife officers were looking Monday for an African lion reported by a resident to be loose in a rural part of El Paso County. Sheriff’s Lt. Lari Sevene said the lion was reported at about 8 a.m. in the eastern part of the county. …
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BEIJING – China urged the Dalai Lama again on Monday to show support for the Beijing Olympics, in an apparent effort to link the demand more closely with continued talks. The statement from a Chinese spokesman to the official Xinhua News Agency included other previously issued conditions for talks: that …
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NEW YORK – A defendant in a plot to plunder corpses and sell body parts for transplants apparently has pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate against the reputed mastermind. Prosecutors have refused to discuss newspaper reports of a plea deal with Lee Cruceta, a so-called cutter who worked for a …
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PARIS – France’s most drastic measure to curb smoking went into effect Wednesday with a full ban on lighting up in cafes, restaurants and discotheques, a sea change for a country where the cigarette came to symbolize the French way of life. A New Year’s Day reprieve allowed revelers their …
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OCALA, Fla. – The jury in actor Wesley Snipes’ tax case passed its first full day of deliberation Wednesday without a verdict. Snipes and two co-defendants are accused of fraud and conspiracy in an eight-count 2006 indictment. The action star faces six additional charges for failing to file tax returns …
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WASHINGTON – Commuters stranded from Virginia to Massachusetts. Train service shut down at major terminals in New York, Chicago and Boston. A flood of extra cars on congested highways around Washington and San Francisco. Come Jan. 30, that nightmare could become a reality unless a long-standing labor dispute between Amtrak …
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Medicines commonly used to treat high blood pressure and heart disease may cut the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, U.S. scientists said on Wednesday. Researchers from Boston found that older people taking a certain type of blood pressure medication known as angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) were significantly less …
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TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s supreme leader praised the mass turnout at the government-backed rally marking the 1979 Islamic Revolution and warned the West to stop putting obstacles in his country’s path, state Press TV reported Friday. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei thanked the “tens of millions” across the country who celebrated Thursday’s …
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TYLER, Texas – Investigators say DNA evidence collected at the site of one of several Texas churches destroyed by arson links one of two suspects to the blaze, and they haven’t ruled out more charges. Jason Robert Bourque, 19, and Daniel George McAllister, 21, were arrested and charged Sunday with …
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