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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Quick quiz: Who won the 1979 Daytona 500? The answer, of course, is Richard Petty. But very few people — if any — equate that r...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The U.S. Naval Academy presents a challenging venue for Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg’s “lean in” pitch. On the on...

WASHINGTON — The law operates with bright-line rules but also with balancing tests and concerns over image. The appearance of impropriety. The appeara...

The world as we know it and love it was altered drastically last Saturday night in the great city of Pittsburgh. Go Steelers. Following is a test to f...

WASHINGTON — In the late 1920s, astronomer Edwin Hubble established that the light we detect from galaxies is shifted toward the redder colors of the ...

Is it fair to pressure companies into firing top officials because you don’t agree with their political views? Since when, I am asking, is fairness a ...

What happened to that Thanksgiving afternoon game in Detroit? The Monday nighter at “The Ralph”against the Packers? When the Bills’ schedule was revea...

WASHINGTON — The word is out that Chelsea Clinton is with child, making the favorite Democratic presidential nominee a soon-to-be grandmother. The hea...

WASHINGTON — Recently, Barack Obama — a Demosthenes determined to elevate our politics from coarseness to elegance; a Pericles sent to ameliorate our ...

PITTSBURGH — To this day the first major league baseball game I ever saw in person is emblazoned in my memory. And that’s awhile ago, since it was 196...

PITTSBURGH — To this day the first major league baseball game I ever saw in person is emblazoned in my memory. And that’s a while ago, since it was 19...

WASHINGTON — If you are the proud parent of a Dartmouth student, you should send a thank-you note to President Philip Hanlon. Actually, if you are the...

My favorite new TV comedy is “Growing Up Fisher.” It’s the story of a blind lawyer, his 12-year-old son, a mid-teen daughter, and an ex-wife who is tr...

WASHINGTON — Occasionally, the Supreme Court considers questions that are answered merely by asking them. On Tuesday, the court will hear arguments ab...

After years of mostly hedging any suggestion that racism has anything to do with President Barack Obama’s ferocious opposition, there’s a new racial e...

WASHINGTON — The new “agreement” between Russia, the U.S. and our allies is exactly what the former KGB agent ordered. This isn’t to say it’s not a go...

Would you like to read a marginally interesting Miguel Cabrera story? The year was 2006 or perhaps 2007. To be honest I can’t remember what I had for ...

WASHINGTON — One approaches the race fray with trepidation, but here we go, tippy-toe. The race cards have been flying so fast and furious lately, one...

In early April, the Anti-Defamation League offered some happy news about a very grim topic. It reported a “significant and encouraging decline” in ant...

WASHINGTON — In a 2006 interview, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer said the Constitution is “basically about” one word — “democracy” — that appear...