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Storm could upend campaign travel plans
President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney's meticulously arranged travel schedules, a crucial element of their final-stretch strategies, could ...
East Coast braces for monster 'Frankenstorm'
When Hurricane Sandy becomes a hybrid weather monster some call "Frankenstorm" it will smack the East Coast harder and wider than last year's damaging ...
Former NC scoutmaster admits he molested boys
Former scoutmaster Thomas J. Menghi Jr. says he was usually drunk when he molested numerous Boy Scouts during the early 1970s. He was in his late 20s, ...
Boyd leads No. 14 Clemson past Wake, 42-13
Tajh Boyd kept throwing deep balls. Sammy Watkins kept catching them. A couple of school records later, and nobody's concerned about No. 14 Clemson's ...
Some incumbents get scant help from national party
Thanks for your service, and good luck. That's what the national parties are saying to congressional veterans like Roscoe Bartlett, the Maryland ...
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 ...
Earnhardt Jr. cleared to race at Martinsville
Dale Earnhardt Jr. was cleared Tuesday for this weekend's race at Martinsville Speedway after missing the last two weeks to recover from a pair of ...
Panthers fire GM Hurney after team's 1-5 start
Panthers owner Jerry Richardson sat down in his office Sunday night with Marty Hurney and posed two questions to the franchise's longtime general ...
Panthers GM Hurney fired after team's 1-5 start
Marty Hurney admits the "losing environment" for the Carolina Panthers must end. He won't be a part of the effort. Hurney was fired as general manager ...
McGovern an unwavering, often unrequited, liberal
George McGovern was an unwavering, often unrequited advocate for liberal Democratic causes. He pursued those goals in plainspoken, usually ...
Jobless rate falls in most battleground states
Unemployment rates fell last month in nearly all of the battleground states that will determine the presidential winner, giving President Barack Obama ...
Love in the hunt at his own tournament
Davis Love III might have found the perfect tonic for any Ryder Cup hangover — playing golf, and playing well on a Sea Island course he knows better ...
DNC chairwoman mum on 2012 convention fundraising
The head of the Democratic National Committee distanced herself Thursday from the effort to raise money for her party's 2012 convention in Charlotte, ...
Dem convention used corporate cash, despite pledge
The Democratic National Convention relied on at least $5 million in corporate donations, despite repeated pledges by top party officials only to use ...
Keselowski not backing down as he heads to Kansas
Brad Keselowski held serve through the first half of the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship, due in part to a smart strategy with his Penske Racing ...
Earnhardt visits concussion specialist in Pa.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. visited a noted concussion specialist in Pittsburgh on Tuesday as part of the planned rehabilitation program to get NASCAR's most ...
NASCAR and Fox sign 8-year extension through 2022
NASCAR and Fox Sports Media Group announced a $2.4 billion, eight-year extension Monday that runs through 2022 and keeps the prestigious Daytona 500 ...
Bowyer wins on disastrous night for Keselowski
The top title contenders ran 1-2-3 for a bit at Charlotte Motor Speedway, setting it up to separate themselves from the rest of the championship field
Show goes on at Charlotte without Earnhardt Jr.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. grew up one town away from Charlotte Motor Speedway, running wild with his friends through the infield as his daddy thrilled the ...
F1 and Speed channel splitting after this season
The cable sports channel Speed will no longer air Formula One races after this season, ending a 17- year partnership. Fox Sports Media Group, which ...
VP Debate: Biden, Ryan at each other on everything
At odds early and often, Joe Biden and Republican Paul Ryan squabbled over the economy, taxes, Medicare and more Thursday night in a contentious, ...
Romney: US was 'attacked successfully' in Libya
Republican candidate Mitt Romney said Thursday the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya is an issue in the presidential campaign in part because ...
Mitt Romney meets with Rev. Billy Graham
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney met Thursday with Rev. Billy Graham, and the aging evangelist pledged to do "all I can" to help the GOP ...
Allmendinger gets 1st start after drug suspension
AJ Allmendinger returned from an early morning workout to find a slew of missed calls and text messages on his phone. "I thought this is either ...
Earnhardt Jr to miss 2 races after 2 concussions
Dale Earnhardt Jr. knew he had suffered a concussion in an August crash so jolting that other drivers tweeted about it immediately after the impact.