Aretha Franklin is engaged to longtime friend
NEW YORK (AP) — Aretha Franklin is engaged to longtime friend William “Willie” Wilkerson. The Grammy-winning singer told The Associated Press in a statement Monday that she and Wilkerson are considering a summer wedding, perhaps in Miami Beach, Fla. The…
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch takes to Twitter
LONDON (AP) — Rupert Murdoch has begun the new year by setting up in a new field of communications — he’s started tweeting. The media mogul, who is recovering from perhaps his most difficult year in the business, is posting…
Dishin’ with Dody
Hopefully the stockings that were hung by the chimney with care are gently packed away and the New Year resolutions are still intact. Mike and I completed our “tree” packing task in about two minutes because this year we decided…
NKorea holds rally, shows young Kim meeting troops
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Pumping their fists and chanting, tens of thousands of North Koreans packed the snowy main square of the capital Tuesday to pledge their loyalty to new leader Kim Jong Un as the campaign to consolidate…
Grandma Ellen’s (very big) family reunion!
New Year’s Eve in West Bay was the scene of a huge family get-together. They were all the descendants of Grandma Ellen Ebanks, who lived in West Bay, and died in 1956 at the age of 85. She had ten…
