NBC's 'The Sound of Music Live'

Few people would mistake the Long Island commuter town of Bethpage (elevation: 105 feet) for the Austrian Alps. But on a vast soundstage in an anonymous industrial park about 45 minutes from Manhattan sits a gently sloping, man-made hill that will double for one of that country's scenic peaks on Thursday. That's when NBC unveils "The Sound of Music Live!," a three-hour televised version of the 1959 Rodgers & Hammerstein musical...

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Why Drone Delivery Won't Replace the UPS Guy

When Jeff Bezos, the C.E.O. of Amazon, told “60 Minutes” this week that his company was experimenting with having drones deliver its packages, he seemed to be conjuring up a future in which fleets of flying … United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS), currently valued at $94.43B, started trading this morning at $101.46.During today’s session, UPS traded between $101.46 to $102.08 with the price of the stock fluctuating between $72.58 to $103.04 over...

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Nelson Mandela dead at 95

Nobel laureate and human rights campaigner spent 27 years in prison.Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid icon who became the first president of a democratic South Africa, passed away Thursday at his home in Johannesburg after a prolonged lung infection. He was 95. South African President Jacob Zuma announced that Mandela, "the founding president of our democratic nation, has departed," adding that he "passed on peacefully." "Our nation has...

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Actor Walker died from multiple injuries in crash

"Fast & Furious" actor Paul Walker died from multiple injuries in a weekend car crash, the Los Angeles County coroner said on Wednesday, as Universal Pictures suspended production of the seventh installment in its lucrative car racing film franchise. Walker, 40, was a passenger in a fiery one-car crash on Saturday in Santa Clarita, California, about 30 miles northwest of Los Angeles, that also killed 38-year-old driver Roger Rodas. The coroner...

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4 reasons the Yankees will regret the Jacoby Ellsbury deal

Sports’ Bob Nightengale is reporting Jacoby Ellsbury has signed a seven-year contract with the New York Yankees that is in excess of $150 million, ending his seven-year stint with the Boston Red Sox. Reactions to the deal were mixed. Some Red Sox and Yankees fans felt the signing was the second coming of the Johnny Damon deal, with the Yankees grabbing away another likable Red Sox center fielder and, in doing so, hurting their biggest...

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Bill Beckwith Dies In Motorcycle Crash

Bill Beckwith, the handsome 38-year-old carpenter who won over legions of fans on the HGTV show Curb Appeal, died in a motorcycle crash in San Francisco, Calif. on the evening of Dec 2. Bill passed on Monday, Dec. 2, when his motorcycle was hit by a car in San Francisco. Bill was a popular figure on Curb Appeal, which he co-hosted with John Gidding, Chip Wade and Kimberly Lacy.  The handsome handyman helped...

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Autopsy Result of Paul Walker

"Fast & Furious" star Paul Walker may have initially survived a horrific car crash but died moments later due to a combination of injuries from the impact and the resulting fire, according to a coroner's report. The one-page preliminary report released by the Los Angeles County coroner's office Wednesday listed the cause of the actor's death as the "combined effects of traumatic and thermal injuries." An autopsy concluded that Roger Rodas, who...

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