Fourth of July barbecue essentials
The 4th of July is here and revelers across the nation are preparing to toast their independence with family and friends. For many Americans, backyard barbecues are synonymous with the Fourth of July,...
View ArticleTour de France? More like Tour de-void of Americans
As the Tour de France drew near, Jonathan Vaughters was still poring over power outputs and training results, trying to determine the nine riders that he would send to represent Cannondale-Garmin at...
View ArticleToday in History
Today is Sunday, July 5, the 186th day of 2015. There are 179 days left in the year.Today’s Highlight in History:On July 5, 1865, the Secret Service Division of the U.S. Treasury Department was founded...
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Today is Monday, July 6, the 187th day of 2015. There are 178 days left in the year.Today’s Highlights in History:On July 6, 1945, President Harry S. Truman signed an executive order establishing the...
View ArticleWorld Cup moments distanced women from FIFA scandal
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — For a few moments over the past month, the Women’s World Cup seemed to push aside the FIFA scandal that is simmering a half planet away.Those moments came on the pitch:...
View ArticleRawls College marketing research faculty ranked 48th in world
Marketing faculty research at the Texas Tech Rawls College of Business was ranked 48th of the top 500 research universities from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States...
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Wayland golf signs three recruits The Wayland Baptist golf program recently signed three recruits — Jas Bowling of Odessa, William Walker of Nottingham, England, and Summer Pearson of Shallowater — to...
View ArticleMexican official: Border security a 'shared responsibility'
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View ArticleFirst electric planes fly over English Channel
CALAIS, France — Airbus flew its electric plane across the English Channel for the first time Friday — hours after an independent French pilot made a similar voyage, beating the aeronautics giant in...
View ArticleRoger Rees, Tony winner and Robin Colcord on 'Cheers,' dies
NEW YORK — Roger Rees, the lanky Tony Award-winning Welsh-born actor and director who made his mark onstage as Nicholas Nickleby and later played English multi-millionaire Robin Colcord on the TV show...
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Today is Monday, July 13, the 194th day of 2015. There are 171 days left in the year.Today’s Highlight in History:On July 13, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated Thurgood Marshall to be U.S....
View ArticleO'Meara, Davies Inducted into Hall
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Laura Davies was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame on Monday, even though she wasn’t around to enjoy all of it.A four-hour flight delay out of Philadelphia forced...
View Article18-day negotiation yields landmark accord to curb Iran's nuclear program
VIENNA — After 18 days of intense and often fractious negotiation, world powers and Iran struck a landmark deal Tuesday to curb Iran's nuclear program in exchange for billions of dollars in relief from...
View ArticleLatest on Iran nuclear deal from AP: World leaders praise deal (UPDATED)
WASHINGTON — Here are the latest developments involving an agreement between Iran and world powers in Vienna over the Islamic Republic's nuclear program (all times local EDT):___9:05 a.m.read more
View ArticleTom Watson: 'The only regret I have is that it's the end'
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Tom Watson is filled with all sorts of conflicting emotions.He’s melancholy that such a big part of his life is winding down, yet there’s an immense sense of pride in what he’s...
View ArticleTom Watson looks for 4th title at Senior British Open
SUNNINGDALE, England — Less than a week after his emotional farewell to the British Open at St. Andrews, Tom Watson is going for a record fourth title in the Senior British Open on the Old Course at...
View ArticleChad Campbell shoots 63 to take the Canadian Open lead
OAKVILLE, Ontario — Chad Campbell was perfectly content to take a two-stroke lead into the weekend at the Canadian Open after falling a stroke short of the course record.“Never really felt like it was...
View ArticleFIFA, Blatter get back to World Cup business at Putin home
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — FIFA and Sepp Blatter put their corruption crisis aside and got back to World Cup business at the 2018 tournament qualifying draw hosted by Vladimir Putin at a Russian state...
View ArticleMontgomerie, Dawson lead in clubhouse at Senior British Open
SUNNINGDALE, England — Colin Montgomerie shares the clubhouse lead with little-known American Marco Dawson on 10-under par, with nine holes of their third round still to play in the Senior British Open...
View ArticleCanada's David Hearn leads Canadian Open
OAKVILLE, Ontario — David Hearn moved into position to become the first Canadian to win the Canadian Open in 61 years, taking a two-stroke lead over Bubba Watson and Jason Day on Saturday.Hearn, from...
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