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Last Updated Nov 19, 2017 8:33 AM EST HARARE, Zimbabwe — Clinging to his now virtually powerless post, longtime Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe was fired as ruling party chief to cheers Sunday, and was set to discuss his expected exit with the army commander who put the world’s oldest head of […]

Last Updated Nov 19, 2017 1:25 AM EST RENO, Nev. — The widow of the Grateful Dead’s longtime lawyer is auctioning off treasures from their long strange trip with the psychedelic rock-and-roll band.  Hal and Jesse Kant’s memorabilia collection includes signed artwork by the band’s late leader, Jerry Garcia, and […]

BIRMINGHAM — With Alabama’s special election just over three weeks away, religious leaders rallied on Saturday against U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore. They took aim at Moore’s moral character as he battles several allegations of sexual misconduct. At the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Birmingham, evangelicals gathered to reject the idea […]

CLENDENIN, W. Va. — The coal industry has lost more than 40 percent of its workforce in recent years. Out-of-work miners have had to find jobs in other fields.  Former miners are heading to the classroom, using many of the same skills they used underground.  In Boone County, West Virginia, […]

Any time two celebrity chefs get together, it’s fair to ask WHAT’S COOKING? Particularly when it’s the two celebrities our Tracy Smith found sharing a kitchen:  They might be the oddest couple in television: lifestyle queen Martha Stewart and rapper Snoop Dogg. Their VH1 TV show, “Martha and Snoop’s Potluck […]

BIRMINGHAM — With Alabama’s special election just over three weeks away, religious leaders rallied on Saturday against U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore. They took aim at Moore’s moral character as he battles several allegations of sexual misconduct. At the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Birmingham, evangelicals gathered to reject the idea […]

Talk about LIVING THE DREAM… Michelle Miller has found a “dish rags-to-riches” story that’s hard to beat:  For Sunday brunch, it’s hard to top this Houston hot spot, where the music is live, and the buffet line long. What’s on the plate draws raves. But the real star is in […]

BOSTON — A few dozen free speech advocates rallied peacefully Saturday on Boston Common but just like last summer’s event, they were outnumbered by counter-protesters. Boston police announced on Twitter that at least three people were arrested as of Saturday afternoon. Two were charged with disorderly conduct and a third […]

LOS ANGELES — A jury has found that a businesswoman must pay $5 million to singer Katy Perry and the archdiocese of Los Angeles, finding that the woman intentionally interfered with the sale to Perry of a hilltop property that was once a convent.  The jury found Friday that entrepreneur […]

Serve fries with no ketchup, and most of us would be SEEING RED. Luke Burbank examines our love affair with this most ubiquitous of condiments:  Ketchup – the ubiquitous condiment that seems to go with everything. CBS News Ketchup is just one of those “American” things … so common, so […]