David Bauder

NEW YORK (AP) — Precisely 180 years ago, a handful of New York news executives looking to save money on coverage had an idea. Today, it is called The Associated Press.

NEW YORK (AP) — Precisely 180 years ago, a handful of New York news executives looking to save money on coverage had an idea. Today, it is called The Associated Press.

NEW YORK (AP) — Precisely 180 years ago, a handful of New York news executives looking to save money

CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. (AP) — If the TV remote hadn't been invented, channel surfers and couch potatoes would have to argue about something else.

CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. (AP) — If the TV remote hadn't been invented, channel surfers and couch potatoes would have to argue about something else.

CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. (AP) — If the TV remote hadn't been invented, channel surfers and couch potatoes would have to argue about something else.

CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. (AP) — If the TV remote hadn't been invented, channel surfers and couch potatoes would have to argue about something else.

CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. (AP) — If the TV remote hadn't been invented, channel surfers and couch potatoes would have to argue about something else.

Robert Adler, co-inventor of the TV remote, poses with remotes at Zenith in Glenview, Ill., on March 28, 1996.

If the TV remote hadn't been invented, channel surfers and couch potatoes would have to argue about something else.