Not since George Wallace, perhaps, has an Alabamian taken as passionate a stand for a lost cause as the one Jeff Sessions is taking now.

  All winter long, your car took a beating. There was salt; there was sand; there was that time you accidentally drove into a snow bank. Liquids are now dripping from your car's underside onto your driveway, and they're not water. Rings of shiny darkness are spotting your driveway; it's starting to look like a...

  Your kitchen cabinets are exposed to grease, dirt, finger prints, sticky stuff, and the occasional projectile meatball. Ouch. That kind of stinks, because you paid a lot for them, right? I mean even if your kitchen doesn't look like this one...

Tomorrow is the 106th anniversary of the birth of actor John Wayne, a fitting occasion for me to republish an essay in which I examine his peculiar status as a conservative political icon.

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Note to GOP re Benghazi: Stop calling it Watergate, Iran-contra, bigger than both, etc. First, it might well be, but we don’t know. History will judge. Second, overhyping will only diminish the importance of the scandal if it doesn’t meet presidency-breaking standards. Third, focusing on the political effects simply plays into the hands of Democrats desperately claiming that this is nothing but partisan politics.

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What you need to know from a new study on the alcohol-breast cancer connection.

A new study says the tropical fruit could help regulate appetite and blood sugar.

Why "practice what you preach" applies in the doctor-patient relationship.

A UK woman consumes up to 2,500 calories while she's sleeping.

Enjoy them chilled or cooked, canned or fresh. Beets are a versatile, health-boosting food you likely never knew you liked.

 Inman put in a gritty performance Thursday in the opening round of the Class 2-1A State Baseball Tournament, but fell to Sedan 3-2.Sedan scored first, putting two runs across the plate in the opening inning, then added another in the fourth to make it 3-0.Inman, however, refused to give up, scoring a run in the fifth and another in the seventh to close the gap. The Teutons (12-10) were threatening to tie, if not go ahead, but Sedan pitcher Austin...

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