Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013

CHICAGO (AP) — An 87-year-old grandmother took on billionaire Donald Trump. And on Thursday, she lost. Jurors sided with the real estate mogul-turned-TV showman in a weeklong civil trial focused on Jacqueline Goldberg's claim that Trump cheated her in a bait-and-switch scheme connected to...

Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013

YORBA LINDA, Calif. (AP) — U.S. Navy Lt. Commander Doug Burns was on a night reconnaissance mission searching for enemy trucks when he was shot down by anti-aircraft fire and taken prisoner during the Vietnam War. Burns broke three vertebrae when he ejected into a flooded rice patty and spent...

Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013

CANNES, France (AP) — One of the more buzzed-about films at the Cannes Film Festival, "Omar," is set in the West Bank, and the Palestinian conflict is a key part of the plot. But the film's lead actor, Adam Bakri, says the location or political motif isn't that important. "The fact is that...

Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo is appointing a lawyer to the ethics and lobbying board who works for the TV network which carries the cooking show hosted by the governor's girlfriend, Sandra Lee. Cuomo appointed lawyer David Arroyo to the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics. JCOPE...

Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013

NEW YORK (AP) — You may not recognize Robert Taylor as anyone other than the title character he plays on the crime drama "Longmire." But he's no newcomer. "I've been working pretty solidly for a long time," says Taylor, with a wry throwaway: "Not that anyone would notice, you know what I...

Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — One of the quietest players in NFL history sure had a lot to say Thursday. Former Denver Broncos center Tom Nalen made up for all those "no comments" during his 15-year career during an extraordinary half hour that at times showed precisely why he was wise to stay...

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"Fast & Furious 6" is the most entertaining, audacious installment of a franchise that has found its mojo after running on fumes for years. With this latest chapter, longtime fans of the series -- box office receipts prove they actually exist -- will have plenty to cheer. But so will those...

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NEW YORK (AP) — CBS is strengthening its dominance over the television industry at the same time that the unprecedented reign of "American Idol" is ending. With the traditional television season concluding Wednesday, CBS claimed the status as the nation's most-watched network for the 10th...

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HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) — Mary J. Blige and her husband have been hit with a $3.4 million tax lien in New Jersey. Court documents show the Internal Revenue Service filed a notice of a lien on the nine-time Grammy Award winner Feb. 7. That was two days before the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul was...

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GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — Police say a chaperone on a bus taking boys home from a party lit into them with a death-threatening, foul-mouthed tirade after one boy threw a piece of candy. A recording of the rant was posted on the Scarsdale10583 community website. Greenburgh police Lt. B.J. Ryan...