Aug 27th, 2008 · When it comes to the people who run sports, look out for federations — and for officials wearing blue blazers. Commentator Frank Deford says team sports are easier to run than individual sports, and domestic sports are more manageable than international ones. That means the NFL trumps the Olympics.
Aug 27th, 2008 · Despite a federal indictment, Republican Sen. Ted Stevens won his primary race for Senate and immediately proclaimed the November election a "piece of cake." He'll now move on to the general election, while facing charges that he failed to report gifts from an oil company.
Aug 26th, 2008 · A federal appeals court has affirmed a ruling awarding oil companies a billion dollars for breach of contract. The case involves leases off the California coast that were sold to the oil firms a quarter of a century ago.
Aug 26th, 2008 · We've been hearing lately of suburban McMansions turned into hydroponic growing houses for marijuana. Turns out, you can also find marijuana at the mall. Federal agents in Miami confiscated 200 plants when they busted a pot-growing operation at the Mall of the Americas.
Aug 25th, 2008 · A two-man punctuation patrol went a little too far. Jeff Deck and Benjamin Herson have been traveling the country correcting punctuation on signs. But they'll be paying a hefty fine after altering a historic hand-painted sign at the Grand Canyon — something federal authorities call vandalism. The pair did leave one misspelling on the old Grand Canyon sign: "emense".
Aug 22nd, 2008 · Wall Street has given a beat down to mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Their stock prices have been clobbered, and there are more concerns than ever that the federal government will have to take them over.
Aug 21st, 2008 · Three days of heavy rains from Tropical Storm Fay have flooded hundreds of homes and caused tornadoes in parts of Florida. Gov. Charlie Crist has described the flooding as catastrophic and requested that President Bush issue a federal disaster declaration.
Aug 19th, 2008 · The Labor Department reports that prices at the wholesale level shot up 1.2 percent in July — the hottest inflation since 1981. The federal government blames rising energy motor vehicles costs, among other matters.