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Penn State No. 4 in first College Football Playoff rankings
NEW YORK — Ohio State, LSU, Alabama and Penn State are the top four in the College Football Playoff selection committee’s first rankings of the season. Next up were defending national champion Clemson, Georgia and Oregon. The 13-member committee will produce four more sets of rankings each Tuesday before the...
Stocks rally to highs on low rates, hopes for trade peace
NEW YORK — It’s the market that continues mostly upward, even though there’s still plenty to worry about. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq closed at record highs yet again on Tuesday, and the S&P 500 closed barely below the all-time high it reached a day earlier. The...
Boeing chairman says CEO won’t get bonus until 737 Max flies
Boeing’s new chairman gave embattled CEO Dennis Muilenburg a vote of confidence Tuesday and said the chief executive is giving up any bonus this year. David Calhoun said the Boeing board believes Muilenburg “has done everything right” and is positioning the Chicago company to return the 737 Max to service...
No. 13 Minnesota presents sizable challenge to No. 5 Penn StateVideo
UNIVERSITY PARK — The battle of the Big Ten unbeatens is getting closer. And fifth-ranked Penn State (8-0) still has a few days to sharpen its game plan for the 13th-ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers (8-0). But James Franklin knows what kind of challenge awaits his Nittany Lions in Minneapolis. PSU’s...
Offensive revolution reaches final frontier with Alabama-LSU showdown
Gary Danielson has called the last 12 Alabama-LSU regular-season games for CBS Sports, including the Game of the Century in 2011, a No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup that produced not one touchdown. Before Danielson does the next Alabama-LSU game Saturday, another 1-2 event in Tuscaloosa, he planned to re-watch...
‘I was appalled’: Black customers say Buffalo Wild Wings host told them to moveVideo
AURORA, Ill. — An attorney representing a group of black customers who say they were asked to change tables at a Chicago-area Buffalo Wild Wings because of their skin color urged the restaurant chain Tuesday to make wholesale changes to avoid a discrimination lawsuit. Some children who attended the birthday...
California mom Coral Lytle gets 4 years in prison for sex with teen boys
TULARE, Calif. — A central California mother convicted of having sex with two teenage boys has been sentenced to four years in prison. The Fresno Bee reports 42-year-old Coral Lytle, of Tulare, was sentenced Monday and taken into custody. Lytle wept as she was placed in handcuffs and several of...
Maryland police seek to ID suspect in death over Popeyes chicken sandwichVideo
OXON HILL, Md. —Police are trying to identify a suspect accused of fatally stabbing a man who was cutting in line for a chicken sandwich at a Popeyes restaurant in Maryland. Detectives believe Kevin Tyrell Davis, 28, of Oxon Hill had been cutting in line for 15 minutes when another...
Florida deputy arrested for throwing student to ground
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Florida sheriff’s deputy who worked at a school for children with emotional and behavioral problems is facing a felony charge after video shows him slamming a female student to the ground after she tapped his knee with her foot. Broward County Deputy Willard Miller was...
Impeachment reversal: Ambassador Gordon Sondland now acknowledges quid pro quoVideo
WASHINGTON — In a striking reversal, a top diplomat revised his testimony in the House impeachment inquiry to acknowledge that U.S. military aid to Ukraine was being withheld until the foreign ally promised to investigate corruption as President Donald Trump wanted. The three-page update from U.S. Ambassador Gordon Sondland, tucked...
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar divorces husband in Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS — Rep. Ilhan Omar has officially divorced from her husband in Minnesota, just a month after she filed a petition saying there was an “irretrievable breakdown” in their marriage. Omar and Ahmed Hirsi had been married since January 2018 but were longtime partners. Omar says Hirsi is the father...
AT&T fined $60M for misleading with ‘unlimited’ plans
AT&T will pay $60 million to settle the government’s allegation it misled customers of unlimited-data plans by slowing down service for heavy users. The Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday that AT&T will automatically provide partial refunds to customers who signed up for unlimited wireless plans before 2011. The FTC sued...
Metallica donates $100,000 to California fire relief
LOS ANGELES — Metallica is also feeling the devastating heat. The heavy metal band announced on Twitter that it will donate $100,000 through its nonprofit All Within My Hands to help with wildfire relief efforts across California. “Sadly, for the third year in a row, communities we have called home...
In ‘Doctor Sleep,’ a filmmaker reconciles ‘The Shining’ riftVideo
Filmmaker Mike Flanagan knew his vision to fuse Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining” with Stephen King’s 2013 sequel “Doctor Sleep” would be a hard sell with the author. King’s disdain for the 1980 adaptation is well-known and has not abated with time. “No, no,” Flanagan said, shaking his head with a...
‘Goodness and humor’ celebrated as ‘Sesame Street’ turns 50Video
NEW YORK — Fifty years ago, beloved entertainer Carol Burnett appeared on the very first broadcast of a quirky TV program that featured a bunch of furry puppets. “Wow, Wanda the Witch is weird,” Burnett commented. And then — poof — she was gone. That show was “Sesame Street” and...
Student: CVS workers rejected Puerto Rico ID, asked for visa
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — CVS apologized and said it’s investigating after a Purdue University engineering student was denied the purchase of over-the-counter cold medicine by employees who questioned his immigration status, refusing to accept his Puerto Rican driver’s license and U.S. passport. José Guzmán Payano said a clerk and shift...
ABC says 2015 interview with Jeffrey Epstein accuser wasn’t ready to airVideo
NEW YORK — ABC News is defending itself against charges that it was afraid to air an interview with a Jeffrey Epstein accuser after video emerged Tuesday showing its reporter, Amy Robach, venting about her story. Questions about whether the news organization was reluctant to air a sensitive story about...
Trump plugs son’s book while accusing Bidens of self-dealing
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has accused former Vice President Joe Biden of major ethical lapses and railed against Biden’s son for allegedly profiting off his father’s office. But on Monday, Trump used his Twitter feed to publicize a new book by his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., telling his...
Missouri sheriff’s department sees 17 babies born this year
HILLSBORO, Mo. — One Missouri sheriff’s department has seen the ranks of its deputy dads grow, as 17 law enforcement officers welcomed babies this year. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 14 of the 17 law enforcement dads, their wives and their babies gathered Monday at Sandy Creek Covered Bridge...
Vermont farm loses 2,000 chickens and turkeys in flooding
RICHMOND, Vt. — A Vermont farmer says he lost more than 2,000 chickens and turkeys when last week’s flood waters inundated their Richmond farm. Bruce Hennessey, of Maple Wind Farm, says they had moved the animals to higher ground prior to the storm that began on Halloween night, but the...
U.S. job openings decline in September, but market remains healthy
WASHINGTON — U.S. employers advertised fewer open jobs in September compared with the previous month, but the number of open jobs remains high by historic standards. The Labor Department said Tuesday that the number of available jobs fell to 7 million, from 7.3 million in August. Job openings peaked at...
Nigerian firefighters battle huge blazes at market in Lagos
LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigerian firefighters were battling two fires that broke out almost simultaneously Tuesday at a busy market in central Lagos, the country’s largest city and commercial center. Balogun Market, where the fires erupted, is one of Nigeria’s largest textile markets. “We have split our team in two to...
Spanx founder buys Olivia Newton-John’s ‘Grease’ pantsVideo
NEW YORK — The founder of Spanx was revealed to be the successful bidder for the skintight satin pants that Olivia Newton-John wore in the movie “Grease.” Sara Blakely told “CBS This Morning” on Tuesday she plans to frame the pants and hang them at Spanx’s headquarters in Atlanta because...
Coroner: Woman found in home died from multiple dog bites
WAYNESVILLE, Ohio — Police say a pair of dogs suspected in the deadly mauling of an Ohio woman had bitten her and others in the past. A corner says 49-year-old Mary Matthews of Waynesville bled to death from numerous bites. Police say her husband found her body Friday. Police say...
U.S. trade deficit falls to $52.5B in September
WASHINGTON — The U.S. trade deficit fell in September to the lowest level in five months as imports dropped more sharply than exports and America ran a rare surplus in petroleum. The Commerce Department said Tuesday that the September gap between what America buys from abroad and what it sells...
