CNN reports American detained by North Korean government

CNN reports American detained by North Korean government

WASHINGTON (AP) — CNN is reporting that the government of North Korea has detained a U.S. citizen on suspicion of spying.

It says that a man it identified as Kim Dong Chul is being held by the Pyongyang government and that he had traveled extensively in recent years between China and North Korea and had made some trips to South Korea as well.

Mass. hockey player in high spirits despite paralysis from Winter Classic crash
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Mass. hockey player in high spirits despite paralysis from Winter Classic crash

Associated Press

BOSTON (AP) — Denna Laing, the professional women's hockey player who has been hospitalized with severe spinal damage since crashing into the boards during an exhibition before the NHL Winter Classic, said that the injury didn't spoil "the best day of my life."

"We made history that day and I would never take those moments back," she wrote in a Facebook post, accompanied by a dozen pictures of her and her teammates trying on her Winter Classic gear and taking the ice at Gillette Stadium.

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