Arian Foster ran for a long-awaited touchdown and set a little postseason history today, leading the Houston Texans past the Cincinnati Bengals in Houston. The Texans will play either Denver or New England next weekend.
Tickets for the Burning Man festival in Northern Nevada will soon go on sale, and some veteran participants complain the new prices are too steep. Organizers of the art and music festival announced Friday that an allotment of 51,000 individual tickets will be available for $380 each.
Patrick Dempsey may soon be serving hot, steaming cups of Joe. Dempsey won a bankruptcy auction to buy Tully’s Coffee, a small coffee chain based in Seattle. Among those he beat out is Tully’s much bigger Seattle neighbor, Starbucks Corp., which is known for its ubiquitous white cups with a circular green mermaid logo.
French actor Gerard Depardieu has flown to Sochi, Russia, to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and receive a Russian passport. Putin on Thursday approved the actor’s application for Russian citizenship, causing a scandal in France, where Depardieu has been fighting a proposed 75 percent income tax on the superrich.
PASADENA, Calif. – Al Pacino said Friday that he decided not to meet famed record producer and convicted killer Phil Spector before portraying him in an HBO movie – only to find he already had. A friend showed Pacino a 20-year-old photo in which the actor was standing next to Spector. Pacino said he has no memory of the moment. The movie, “Phil Spector,” debuts in March.
Editor’s note: Listings include the resale home’s parcel number. Occasionally, the address listed is the homebuyer’s mailing address and not the actual location of the home. Check the parcel number to make sure. Also, a few transactions do not reflect the market value of the homes.
ATLANTIC CITY – A Caesars Entertainment casino executive known as Rockin’ Don is stepping down after more than three years as president of the company’s eastern division.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. job market proved resilient in December despite fears that a budget impasse in Washington would send the economy over the fiscal cliff and trigger growth-killing tax hikes and spending cuts.
As the legal battle involving sports gambling moves to the next round in New Jersey, Delaware continues to experience a payoff from its decision to expand its limited sports lottery involving professional football games.
