Reuters/Anne Cohen
By Reuters/Anne Cohen
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The Schmooze Katie Couric Is Engaged
‘Tis the season for wedding bells… U.S. television talk show host Katie Couric, whose first husband died of cancer in 1998, is engaged to Chicago banker John Molner, her spokesman said on Tuesday. Couric, 56, accepted after Molner, 50, proposed during the weekend. They have been dating for about two years. “I can confirm that…
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Fast Forward 60 Remain in Algerian Hostage Crisis
Algerian forces have freed about 100 of the 132 foreigners who were taken hostage in a gas facility in the Algerian desert, a security source told Reuters. The fate of the others — whether they remained captive or had been killed — remained unclear, he said, as the situation at the plant was “changing rapidly.”…
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