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Powerful supermajorities elected to statehouses
There's a new superpower growing in the Great Plains and the South, where bulging Republican majorities in state capitols could dramatically cut taxes ...
Extra work in wins for Houston, Dallas, Tampa Bay
Working overtime. Houston, Dallas and Tampa Bay made it pay off by earning victories Sunday. Jacksonville, Cleveland and Carolina all blew leads to ...
Notre Dame No. 1, Alabama No. 2 in AP Top 25
Surprise! Surprise! Two straight weekends of seismic upsets not only sent tremors throughout college football from the Deep South to the Pacific ...
Notre Dame stays unbeaten, then get more good news
No. 3 Notre Dame stayed undefeated with an uncharacteristically easy victory at home and then had the rest of the night to watch as the teams in front ...
No. 2 Kansas State, Klein upset 52-24 at Baylor
Collin Klein and second-ranked Kansas State can still get to a BCS game. Getting to the BCS championship game is all but lost. "Anger, frustration, ...
Baylor QB Florence has comparable numbers to RG3
Take a glance at the total offense leaders in the Bowl Subdivision and there is a Baylor quarterback at the top. Same for passing yards per game.
Dolphins shouldn't fear trip to Buffalo
The problem — well, one of several problems — with the Bills and the Dolphins is they are capable of playing some real stinkers. Miami managed one ...
Appling leads Michigan St. past Kansas 67-64
Looking to bounce back from a season-opening loss, Michigan State turned to its top returning scorer from last season. Keith Appling came through.
K-State's Klein has confident in brother, Kyle
Every week, the pressure on Collin Klein becomes a little more oppressive. The senior quarterback has No. 2 Kansas State atop the BCS standings with ...
Several bowl bids up for grabs in Big 12
The Big 12's attention is on Kansas State's national championship dreams, yet there is plenty left to be decided in the conference over the final ...
K-State, Oregon on course for BCS title game
Kansas State and Oregon are now on course to play for the BCS national championship. After Alabama was upset by Texas A&M, the new BCS standings have ...
No. 3 K-State bolsters title shot, 23-10 at TCU
Collin Klein and third-ranked Kansas State bolstered their chances in the national championship chase by doing what Alabama failed to do. The Wildcats ...
Machinists union approves new Bombardier contract
Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers approved a five-year contract with Bombardier Learjet on Saturday, ...
Utility workers face tasks monumental and mundane
For utility crews racing to restore power to residents of this waterfront city that have been sitting in the dark for a week, the task is both mundane ...
K-State coach Snyder hopes Klein plays vs TCU
Kansas State coach Bill Snyder is hopeful injured quarterback Collin Klein will be available for next Saturday's game at TCU. The Heisman Trophy ...
Questions swirl No. 3 K-State after Klein's injury
Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein spent the final 25 minutes of Saturday night's win over Oklahoma State watching from the sideline, the coaching ...
Klein hurt while leading No. 3 K-State to win
Third-ranked Kansas State's perfect season remained intact Saturday night. So did its national title hopes. The future of both may be in jeopardy, ...
Norv's Bolts beat staggering Chiefs 31-13
It took a win against arguably the worst team in the NFL to get Norv Turner off the hot seat, at least for 10 days. And if things have been bad for ...
Jets' Tebow, K-State's Klein lead parallel lives
They've never met, never even talked, but they'd probably be best of friends. Both of them were home schooled, both are rooted deeply in their ...
Jayhawks poised for another Final Four run
Everybody seemed to be happy on the Kansas bench last season. Bill Self was certainly pleased with the way his team ran roughshod to an eighth ...
Notre Dame latest to pass Oregon in BCS standings
Now Notre Dame is ahead of Oregon in the BCS standings. The Fighting Irish became the latest team to move past Oregon on Sunday, taking third place ...
Bama, Oregon, K-State, ND rise to top of AP poll
Breaking down the AP college football poll after Week 9 of the regular season. ___ MAKING A STATEMENT: Call them the fantastic four. Or maybe the ...
No. 4 K-State routs No. 15 Texas Tech, 55-24
Bill Snyder moved at a brisk pace when he walked into his postgame press conference a few minutes after fourth-ranked Kansas State polished off a ...
Knaus salvages Kansas to keep Johnson in hunt
Chad Knaus was as specific as he could be as he barked out orders from the pit box at Kansas Speedway. Jimmie Johnson had just led 44 laps around ...
Big week of BCS scoreboard watching for Oregon
This is a big week for Oregon's BCS title hopes. No, not because the second-ranked Ducks play hapless Colorado. That'll be a breeze. The teams ...