McMinnville resident and Franklin County native Carl F. Duke Sr., 82, died Dec. 8 at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville after an extended illness.A retired Carrier employee and a member of Westwood Church of Christ, he served his country in the U.S. Army during World War II.The son of James and Sue Ella Cunningham Duke,…

NEW YORK Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? The seeds of the Howard Stern satellite radio revolution are planted in a simple black spiral notebook. Across its blank pages, the Lenny Bruce of broadcasting scrawls ideas for the riskiest (and richest) move…

OLATHE, Kan. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? Aesop’s fables came beaming across the classroom and landed in Eva Hernandez’s Palm handheld. On the bottom floor of Ridgeview Elementary School, she sat scrolling, using her stylus to navigate through through “The Flies…

WASHINGTON Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? President Bush is urging Congress to reach agreement on reauthorizing the Patriot Act ? a law that he says is essential to fighting terrorism, but liberal and conservative critics say is a threat to individual…

NEW YORK Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? These days, Chris Brown is just trying to stay focused and humble ? but when you’re a 16-year-old R&B singer with the hottest single in the country, it’s not easy. Especially when that single,…

NEW YORK Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? As with lots of pressing issues people grapple with, complaints about the media invite a partisan clash: liberal vs. conservative; Democrat vs. Republican. Or some other “us” against a readily targeted “them.” But maybe…

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) ? Terrorist attacks, a war in Iraq and natural disasters aren’t so bad compared to other tough times in America’s past, from the Revolutionary War to the Cold War, history professors say. Asked to compare eight difficult periods of the nation’s history, 46 percent of the 354 professors who responded to a…

CLAREMORE, Okla. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? Country music stars Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood said “I do” on Saturday in a private ceremony at their Oklahoma home. Brooks, an Oklahoma native, and Yearwood exchanged vows before family members, said Nancy…

WASHINGTON Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? President Bush has failed to outline an effective strategy for winning the war in Iraq, Sen. Jack Reed said Saturday in the Democratic Party’s weekly radio address. “The American people are eager to hear the…

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? A candidate for sheriff in Hamilton County had been fired from the Chattanooga Police Department in 2003 amid allegations of inappropriate conduct while working as school resource officer. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported…