Wednesday: 02-27-13
Local Interviews by Larry Weiss for WBGU 88.1 for February 27, 2013: Larry talks Earlene Kilpatrick of the BG Chamber of Commerce. {mp3}WeissInterviews_Kilpatrick_022713{/mp3}
View ArticleThree men face charges in fake Super Bowl ticket case
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Federal authorities say three Atlanta men are accused of trafficking counterfeit Super Bowl XLVII tickets that were destined for New Orleans. U.S. Immigration and Customs...
View ArticleVan Cliburn, American classical pianist, dies
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Van Cliburn, the internationally celebrated pianist whose triumph at a 1958 Moscow competition helped thaw the Cold War and launched a spectacular career that made him the rare...
View ArticleHostess sale of Wonder bread nears completion
NEW YORK (AP) — Wonder bread is one step closer to returning to school lunchboxes. A person familiar with the situation says a bid by Flowers Foods to buy Wonder and several other bread brands from...
View ArticleCalifornia suspect's dad: Son was ticking bomb
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The father of a suspect in the fatal shooting of two California police officers says his son was a ticking time bomb who had contempt for police and the justice system. Ronald...
View ArticleRossford vs Napoleon boys basketball Feb. 27th 2013
Rossford vs Napoleon boys basketball Feb. 27th 2013 | Photos by Shane Hughes/Sentinel-Tribune {gallery}gallery/2013/02/022713/RossfordvsNapoleonboysbasketballFeb27th2013{/gallery}
View ArticleBGHS vs Bryan boys basketball Feb. 27th 2013
BGHS vs Bryan boys basketball Feb. 27th 2013 | Photos by Shane Hughes/Sentinel-Tribune {gallery}gallery/2013/02/022713/BGHSvsBryanboysbasketballFeb27th2013{/gallery}
View ArticleFive Somalis convicted of piracy in USS Ashland case
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Five Somali men were convicted of piracy Wednesday for the 2010 attack on the USS Ashland off the coast of Africa. A sixth man who claimed to be the group's leader had already...
View ArticleApple CEO promises investors 'great stuff' to come
CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple CEO Tim Cook sought to assure shareholders Wednesday that the company is working on some "great stuff" that may help reverse a sharp decline in its stock price. True to...
View ArticleBGSU vs Miami mens basketball Feb. 27th 2013
BGSU vs Miami mens basketball Feb. 27th 2013 | Photos by Enoch Wu/Sentinel-Tribune {gallery}gallery/2013/02/022713/Mball_BgsuMiami{/gallery}
View ArticleStruggling Groupon ousts CEO Andrew Mason
NEW YORK (AP) — Struggling online deals pioneer Groupon has fired its quirky founder and CEO, Andrew Mason, amid worries that people are tiring of the restaurant, spa and Botox deals that Groupon built...
View ArticleFries anyone? Ketchup crash snarls traffic in Nevada
RENO, Nev. (AP) — They didn't need any ambulances, but they could've used some fries. What looked like a potentially grim mess Thursday on U.S. Interstate 80 in Reno, Nev., was just the aftermath of a...
View ArticleInsurance costs push Lloyds Banking into 2012 loss
LONDON (AP) — Lloyds Banking Group PLC succeeded in halving its losses in 2012 even though it raised the amount of money it has put aside to pay for the mis-selling of insurance products. The bank said...
View ArticleU.S. wins appeal in battle to extradite Kim Dotcom
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — U.S. prosecutors won a New Zealand court victory Friday in their battle to extradite Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom and three colleagues accused of facilitating massive...
View ArticleBerlin wall memorial uprooted for condo project
BERLIN (AP) — Construction crews stopped work Friday on removing a small section from one of the few remaining stretches of the Berlin Wall to make way for a condo project after hundreds of protesters...
View Article(Updated) Tampa, Fla., area man swallowed by sinkhole
BRANDON, Fla. (AP) — A man was missing early Friday after a large sinkhole opened under the bedroom of a house near Tampa and his brother says the man screamed for help before he disappeared. The...
View ArticleBGPD: 03-01-13
BGPDCitations Feb. 19:Expired registration: Courtney L. Robbins, Weston.Unauthorized plates: Danny L. Defrancisco, BG.No seat belt: Morgan M. Furlong, BG; Darin D. Thompson, BG; Tyler D. Haughawout,...
View ArticleTwo Wood County residents turning 100 on Wednesday
Two Wood County residents are about to turn 100 - and both on the same day.Raymond H. Fahle, who grew up in the Pemberville area and was a barber in Bowling Green for decades, and Kathryn Heck, who...
View ArticleSenior Events Calendar: 03-01-13
The following events will take place the week of March 3-9 at the Wood County Senior Center, 305 N. Main St., Bowling Green.MONDAY9 a.m. Class: Get Fit by Video10 a.m. Woodworking Class: Instructor Ted...
View ArticleLifestyle Briefs: 03-01-13
Women's Club tackles Linus ProjectThe Women's Club of Bowling Green will meet Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the clubhouse at 134 N. Prospect St. The meeting will be devoted to completing and displaying...
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