Wednesday, 15 March 2017

Donald Davidson's love of Indy 500 started in England

ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) - While growing up in England, a teenage Donald Davidson developed an interest in auto racing. That fascination brought him to Indianapolis in 1964 and the love affair with the Indianapolis 500 continues to this day.

Davidson, the official historian for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, was in ...
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New trail system will connect 2 communities near Sedona

PHOENIX (AP) - Construction on a non-motorized trail system and a new trailhead will connect two neighboring communities near Sedona.

Coconino National Forest officials announced Tuesday the trails connecting the communities of Cornville and Bridgeport will open later this month.

The agency has worked together with Yavapai County and a ...
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UMKC relishing first postseason as it hosts CBI game

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Kareem Richardson will never confuse the NCAA Tournament with the CBI, one of the myriad other postseason tournaments that doesn't even rise to the level of the NIT.

He was an assistant under Chris Mack at Xavier when the Musketeers went to the Sweet 16. ...
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US argues to reinstate convictions in 'Hollywood South' case

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Federal prosecutors have filed their arguments for reinstating criminal convictions against two people they said fraudulently obtained more than $1 million in tax credits from a program that helped build Louisiana's film industry into "Hollywood South."

Many of the counts on which attorney Michael Arata and ...
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Seavey becomes oldest, fastest musher to win Iditarod

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Mitch Seavey became the oldest and fastest musher to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, in year marred by an abnormally high number of dog deaths.

After bringing in his dog team off the Bering Sea ice and under the famed burled arch on Front ...
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Richard Pitino enjoys much-needed rebound at Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Richard Pitino's first real memory of March Madness stands as one of the defining moments in college basketball history - and a day that most Kentucky fans have spent 25 years trying to forget.

He was 9 years old in The Spectrum in Philadelphia on March 28, ...
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Tuesday, 14 March 2017

Tyler Perry's dad escapes Louisiana house fire

GREENSBURG, La. (AP) - The father of actor and filmmaker Tyler Perry is OK after a fire destroyed his Louisiana home.

Officials in Greensburg, Louisiana, tell WAFB-TV (http://bit.ly/2nA6MwE) that Emmett Perry was home at the time the fire was reported about 8 Monday night. St. Helena Parish Sheriff Nat Williams ...
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