Absence of familiar news faces leaves many with dinnertime void
New York AP profiles how Peter Jennings Tom Brokaw and Dan Rather shaped a generation as trusted anchors and father figures. Jennings died from lung cancer on August 7, leaving NBC CBS and ABC to seek new parental voices while viewers note a changing landscape and fading nightly rituals.
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Bush plans weekend ride with Lance Armstrong in Crawford
President George W Bush will join Lance Armstrong for a mountain bike ride at Bush’s Crawford ranch next Saturday. Armstrong called it a dream scenario and praised the president’s serious approach to cycling as a disciplined exercise regime for aging Americans.
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Georgia man shot by police twice in one night
Georgia man Kenyatta Bostic, 33, was shot in the same shoulder twice on the same night after a domestic dispute call. Officers first fired through a car window during a chase, then struck him when he failed to show his hands at a girlfriend’s apartment, before he was treated and released from the hospital. He faces aggravated assault on a police officer, criminal trespass and traffic charges.
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