John H. McConnell, a steel magnate who was the majority owner of the Columbus Blue Jackets, died Friday. He was 84. The team announced his death, but no further details were immediately released.
Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue's record on civil rights came under criticism again Friday from her opponent for the Democratic nomination for governor, State Treasurer Richard Moore. The flashpoints this time were beer bottle koozies and a legislative maneuver by Perdue in 1989 that the then-chairman of the legislative black caucus called "a slap in the face of black people." That same legislator, Rep.
Though she's new to the team and city, the No. 20 pick in the WNBA draft, Lindsey Pluimer, can find comfort in former UCLA and current Mystics teammate Nikki Blue.
MTSU's starting pitching has put the Blue Raiders in a one-step-forward and two-steps-back mode for the last month. Today, the sequence begins again with MTSU hoping for better pitching depth through the weekend versus South Alabama.
Swimmers, surfers and casual beachgoers know now a great white shark might be lurking below the glassy blue surface of the ocean here. With the weekend forecast promising dry winds and summery temperatures _ classic Southern California beach weather _ the thousands that typically would be expected to throng the Pacific shoreline will have to decide whether ignoring authorities and
Talks of a global slowdown have markets on edge, yet one industry typically regarded as a foolproof economic barometer has seen nothing but blue skies. The domestic airline industry is flourishing.
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