Jack Balzer
‘Free!:’ Aging Mobster Acquitted in 1978 ‘Goodfellas’ Heist
NEW YORK (AP) — An aging mobster threw his hands in the air and shouted "Free!" after his acquittal on charges he helped plan the 1978 Lufthansa heist that was retold in the hit Mafia movie "Goodfellas."
A jury in New York City reached the verdict Thursday at Vincent Asaro's federal racketeering trial...
The Cost of Thanksgiving
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Bird flu took a bite out of the turkey supply. Heavy rain washed out the pumpkin crop.
But Thanksgiving groceries likely won't cost Americans much more than last year, and nobody should have to miss gobbling down their favorite holiday foods...
Scott Brosius Heads to Tacoma as Hitting Coach
SEATTLE (AP) — Former major leaguer Scott Brosius has been hired as the hitting coach for Triple-A Tacoma in the Seattle Mariners organization. The 11-year major league veteran with Oakland and the New York Yankees spent the past eight seasons as the manager of Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon, where Brosius played before embarking on his professional career...
Spotify’s Top 10 Most Streamed Tracks
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The Associated Press
The following list represents the most streamed tracks on Spotify, based on the number of people who shared it divided by the number who listened to it, from Friday Oct. 30 to Thursday, Nov...
Spotify’s Top 10 Most Viral Tracks
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The Associated Press
The following list represents the most viral tracks on Spotify, based on the number of people who shared it divided by the number who listened to it, from Friday Oct. 30, to Thursday, Nov...
Bond Helps Secure Box Office Rebound
LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Bond and Charlie Brown? Not exactly the pair you'd call on to save the world. But they were enough of a dynamic duo to reverse the recent Hollywood box office slide. The latest James Bond film brought in the adults while "The Peanuts Movie" catered to the kiddies — and that helped right the movie industry's ship — for the weekend, anyway...
Top 10 Free and Paid iPad Apps
Top Paid iPad Apps:
1. Minecraft: Story Mode, Telltale Inc
2. Toca Life: School, Toca Boca AB
3. Minecraft: Pocket Edition, Mojang
4. Octodad: Dadliest Catch, Young Horses, Inc.
5. Geometry Dash, RobTop Games AB
6. Lumino City, State of Play Games
7...
Spotify’s Top 10 Most Streamed Tracks
The Associated Press
The following list represents the most streamed tracks on Spotify, based on the number of people who shared it divided by the number who listened to it, from Friday Oct. 23 to Thursday, Oct. 29, via Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter and Spotify...
Helicopter Harvesting Christmas Trees Crashes
SHERIDAN, Ore. (AP) — The Polk County Sheriff's Office says a helicopter helping to harvest Christmas trees crashed near Sheridan, but the pilot was able to walk away.
Authorities say that witness reports indicate an engine failure caused the pilot to lose control of the aircraft Monday afternoon...
Gateway Co-Founder Dies
CYBERSPACE (AP) — If you've ever received a computer in a box with a spotted-cow design, you'll want to remember the name Mike Hammond. The man who co-founded Gateway has died. Hammond started Gateway with brothers Ted and Norm Waitt and selling PCs direct to customers in those distinctive boxes helped make Gateway one of the top computers on the market back in the day...