NEW YORK – Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. (KKD) said Monday that a majority-owned affiliate and franchisee partner in the Philadelphia region filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. “It shows the difficult time Krispy Kreme is having in turning around the business,” said John Owens, an equity analyst with Morningstar. The …
Read More »Chesney, Wiseman, Rich Win ASCAP Awards
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Performer Kenny Chesney (search) won the ASCAP (search) Voice of Music Award at the agency’s annual country music awards show. Chesney, the current Country Music Association entertainer of year, performed his song “I Go Back” for ASCAP’s 43rd Annual Country Music Awards show Monday night at Ryman …
Read More »Stallone in 'Rambo IV' After Next 'Rocky'
LOS ANGELES – Rambo is back in business. Sylvester Stallone (search) will reprise his role as gun-toting John Rambo in the upcoming “Rambo IV,” (search) said Ben Nedivi of Millennium Films, which is producing the project with Emmett/Furla Films. The 59-year-old Stallone also intends to bring boxer Rocky Balboa out …
Read More »A USC Student Is Accused of Murdering Her Newborn
This is a partial transcript from “The O’Reilly Factor,” October 25, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “The O’Reilly Factor” weeknights at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET and listen to the “Radio Factor!” BILL O’REILLY, HOST: Twenty-one-year-old University of Southern California student Holly Ashcraft (search ) is …
Read More »Jackson to Host Spike TV Video Game Awards
NEW YORK – Last year, he won one. This year, Samuel L. Jackson (search) will host the Spike TV Video Game Awards (search). The 56-year-old actor, who won a VGA for voicing “Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas,” (search) will host the Nov. 18 awards show at the Gibson Amphitheater in …
Read More »Heart Attack Patients Still Smoke
If you were a smoker, would you quit smoking if you had heart problems and your doctor told you to stop smoking? Many European heart patients facing that situation kept on smoking, researchers report in the European Heart Journal. They surveyed more than 5,500 heart patients between 1999 and 2000. …
Read More »Transcript: End to Income Tax?
This is a partial transcript from “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” October 19, 2005, that was edited for clarity. STUART VARNEY, GUEST HOST: Talk of a major tax overhaul in Washington causing some major controversy. A presidential advisory panel is recommending ways to simplify the tax code (search) by cutting …
Read More »Wife's Slaying Turns Spotlight on Horowitz
BERKELEY, Calif. – The tragic slaying of his wife has put high-profile legal analyst Daniel Horowitz (search) in the spotlight usually reserved for his subjects. Horowitz rose to public prominence providing commentary last year during the trial of Scott Peterson, convicted of murdering his pregnant wife. He hit headlines last …
Read More »U.S. Muslims Raise Aid Money
TRENTON, N.J. – Kosar Kazmi planned to journey to Pakistan after getting devastating news from a brother — many of their relatives had been killed in the earthquake. Kazmi said his mother, a brother, the brother’s wife and two kids, and an aunt and her two sons all were killed …
Read More »Transcript: Former President Bush
This is a partial transcript from “On the Record,” October 10, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, HOST: Former presidents Bush and Clinton have raised $100 million so far in their joint effort to help Katrina victims. And we caught up with former President Bush in …
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