This Week in History 
“Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and days o’ auld lang syne ?” These words, attributed to 18th-century Scottish poet Robert Burns, will be sung tonight in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and elsewhere, signifying the…

Sioux City native appears in recently released movie 
Sioux City native Ben Baron got a new best friend last year, Bob. Most of us know him as Robert De Niro. Baron also exchanged plaudits for the Boston Red Sox last year with another new best friend, Matt.

No end to the magic in Renoir’s ‘Rules’
Chicago Sun-Times, United States - 2 hours ago… After a prologue at the airport and an elegant establishing scene in Paris, most of the action takes place at La Coliniere, the country estate of Robert de la …

Robert Hale pleads no contest to incest and other charges 
PALMER, Alaska A self-styled religious patriarch known as “Papa Pilgrim” has pleaded no contest to felony charges including incest.

Report: Man shot at bar was breaking up a fight 
Robert Pfeifer’s father, Bob, said his son lived near the bar and was a regular. The elder Pfeifer, who says he spoke with the bartender Tuesday, said his son was trying to separate two women when he was shot.

Trip West has meaning for Seminoles 
Touring Alcatraz is a joy for FSU players making their first visit to San Francisco. Somewhere just the other side of Robert “The Birdman” Stroud’s Alcatraz prison cell, two things occurred to Dekoda Watson, a yes-sirin’ Florida State freshman linebacker from small-town South Carolina.

Craig retains Cabinet members
Baltimore Sun – Robert Hooper, earned a master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania in government administration in May 2006 and had been working as deputy director of the Maryland Racing Commission. The reappointments include Lorraine T. Costello, director

Jerome soldier coming home from Iraq
Verde Independent, AZ - Dec 23, 2006… Her 20-year-old son, Robert “Bobby” Doss is returning home Saturday from duty in Iraq. “It’s the best Christmas ever,” Jayne said. “I just want to hug him.”. …

U.S. toll in Iraq 
As of Friday, at least 2,963 members of the U.S. military had died in Iraq since the beginning of the war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The latest identifications reported by the military: – Army Spc. Robert J. Volker, 21, Big…

Iraq strikes deal with US on war strategy 
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has left Iraq after striking “a broad strategic agreement” to avert all-out war, as British troops seized Iraqi police accused of carrying out a massacre.