What’s the biggest difference between fantasy football and the National Football League? Other than the fact that fantasy owners are generally more upstanding citizens than real NFL owners? That’s easy: You cannot win a Super Bowl championship without an A-plus … Continued
By JAIMIE DING, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Menendez brothers will make their cases for parole starting Thursday, marking the closest they’ve been to winning freedom from prison since their convictions almost 30 years ago for murdering their … Continued
By ALLEN G. BREED and JOHN SEEWER, Associated Press RODANTHE, N.C. (AP) — Hurricane Erin battered North Carolina’s Outer Banks with strong winds and waves that flooded part of the main highway and surged under beachfront homes as the monster … Continued
Don’t mock Mississippi, learn from it The Ciresi Walburn Foundation, whose mission is to promote educational and equitable opportunities for all Minnesota children, launched a new billboard campaign last week that misses the mark. The ad reads: “Minnesota Nice. Mississippi Smarter. … Continued
Two east metro sites known to be tainted with petroleum and other contaminants will soon be on the mend thanks to grant funding. More than $1.6 million in Contamination Cleanup and Investigation grants were awarded to eight communities across the … Continued
If President Donald Trump were to issue an executive order to abolish mail-in voting, as he announced he would on social media on Monday, it would almost certainly be unconstitutional. It would also be baffling — because eliminating vote-by-mail would … Continued