Yikes! Yanni forces Capitals, Penguins to play on Friday, SaturdayPITTSBURGH — Yanni is forcing the Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins to play two playoff games in as many nights, and Capitals owner Ted Leonsis doesn’t like it. List of top 15 cable TV programs in the Nielsen ratings for April 27-May 3Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of April 27-May 3. Day and start time (EDT) are in parentheses: Biographical details about American reporter convicted by Iran of spyingNAME — Roxana Saberi Obituaries in the news
Obituaries in the news Nao Takasugi SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Former state Assemblyman Nao Takasugi (NAH’-oh tah-kah-SOO’-gee), who was sent to a Japanese internment camp during World War II, has died. He was 87. Michael Phelps returns from 3-month suspension, ready to start racing againBALTIMORE — When Michael Phelps was at his lowest, unsure if he wanted to return to swimming, he sat down with a pen and a piece of paper. “I wrote out the pros and cons of swimming,” he said, “and quitting.” In the end, swimming won out. Phelps returned to what he does best. Now, he’s finished serving a three-month suspension that was doled out by USA Swimming after a picture surfaced in a British tabloid showing him inhaling from a marijuana pipe. Phelps returns from suspension, ready to start racing againBALTIMORE — When Michael Phelps was at his lowest, unsure if he wanted to return to swimming, he sat down with a pen and a piece of paper. Country music star Brad Paisley says wife dreamed name of their new son: Jasper WarrenNASHVILLE, Tenn. — Country music star Brad Paisley has found inspiration for songs in some unexpected places. So why not the name of his second child? Farm-to-table pioneer Dan Barber named the nation’s top chef at Beard Foundation food “Oscars”NEW YORK — Dan Barber, a pioneer of the so-called farm-to-table restaurant movement, was named the nation’s top chef Monday by the James Beard Foundation. Kentucky Derby draws highest television ratings in 17 years, up 7 percent from 2008NEW YORK — The Kentucky Derby’s television ratings are the highest in 17 years. |