All Stories from December 9, 2015 (Change date)
-
North Face co-founder Tompkins dies in Chile accidentDec 09, 2015 6:00 am - SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Douglas Tompkins, the co-founder of The North Face and Esprit clothing companies who bought up large swaths of land in South America's Patagonia r...
-
Power to the states: Education law rewrite passes CongressDec 09, 2015 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Those federally mandated math and reading tests will continue, but a sweeping rewrite of the nation's education law will now give states - not the U.S....
-
Kenya: 3rd lion from famous pride that was poisoned diesDec 09, 2015 6:00 am - NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Kenyan wildlife authorities say a lion cub that was part of a famous pride that was poisoned has died. Kenya Wildlife Service spokesman Paul Udoto ...
-
Airport spanning California, Mexico welcomes 1st fliersDec 09, 2015 6:00 am - SAN DIEGO (AP) - One of the world's only airports spanning two countries opened Wednesday on a heavily fortified divide separating the United States and Mexico. The firs...
-
Myanmar inaugurates new stock exchangeDec 09, 2015 6:00 am - YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Myanmar inaugurated a new stock exchange on Wednesday with plans for six companies to start trading in March. Minister of Finance Win Shein said t...
-
Murder charges filed, $5M bond in Quincy beating deathDec 09, 2015 6:00 am - QUINCY, Ill. (AP) - A western Illinois man is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in a Quincy beating death. Police say 29-year-old Derek McKenzie used his fi...
-
Trump's Muslim proposal makes for electric TV momentsDec 09, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Among Chris Cuomo, Joe Scarborough and George Stephanopoulos, it was tough to tell which television host became more exasperated talking to Donald Trump ...
-
Federer, Edberg coaching deal ends, Ivan Ljubicic hiredDec 09, 2015 6:00 am - Roger Federer says his coaching relationship with his "childhood idol" Stefan Edberg has ended, and the six-time Grand Slam singles champion will not travel with him nex...
-
Mariners get Lind from Brewers for 3 minor league pitchersDec 09, 2015 6:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The busy Seattle Mariners acquired first baseman Adam Lind from the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday for three teenage minor league pitchers. The B...
-
Penn State's Nassib wins Lombardi AwardDec 09, 2015 6:00 am - HOUSTON (AP) - Penn State senior Carl Nassib is the winner of the Rotary Lombardi Award, which is awarded annually to the nation's top college football lineman or lineba...