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  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Insult to Jews is also insult to Muslims

    Let me see if I can get this straight. Many Islamists hatefully refer to Jews as descendants of apes and pigs, as part of their campaign to insult Jews and demonize Israel. The president of Egypt, Mohammed Morsi, is only one of many Muslim leaders and religious leaders who have used and continue to use this terminology.

  • Storms, tides unearth grave sites

    As a young adult, Kathleen Cheramie visited her grandmother's grave in a tree-lined cemetery where white concrete crosses dotted a plot of lush green grass just off Louisiana Highway 1.

  • Two cyclists travel the 13-mile-long scenic drive at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area in Nevada. (Associated Press)

    Natural wonders draw visitors away from the Vegas Strip

    The images of Las Vegas are familiar: gambling, ostentatious theme hotels, gambling, shows, the Strip, gambling. But when we visited friends who moved there from the East, they recommended leaving Vegas for some regional sightseeing.

  • A man who refused to give his name to The Washington Times prays in a designated Prayer Room in the Charlotte Convention Center during the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Thursday, September 6, 2012. (Barbara Salisbury/ The Washington Times)

    In DNC prayer room, lots of quiet time

    If you want to escape religion at the Democratic National Convention, there is only one place to go: the official Charlotte Convention Center prayer room.

  • Networks prepare to juggle politics, weather

    Television networks began juggling two major stories on Monday, still wondering whether Tropical Storm Isaac will cause them to divert a large amount of attention from the Republican National Convention in Tampa.

  • Reality TV, sports influence baby-naming trends for 2011

    America's parents are apparently taking their cues from a petite Kardashian sister and a global soccer star.

  • Steve Sharp stands outside the large storage building behind his home in Heath, Ky., near Paducah, on Monday, April 4, 2011. The building lost its roof when what is believed to be a severe thunderstorm struck the area Monday morning. (AP Photo/Paducah Sun, John Wright)

    High winds, rain hit South; at least 7 killed

    Fast-moving spring storms packing high winds, hail and lightning blew through the South on Monday and early Tuesday, uprooting trees, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands and killing at least seven people.

  • 'Teen Mom 2' star crashes car in Pa.; no one hurt

    A star of the reality show "Teen Mom 2" says she wrecked her car after rear-ending an SUV in eastern Pennsylvania. Authorities say no one was hurt.

  • Sandy Koufax

    Culture Briefs

    "The past is hard to escape, especially when it comes to [Sandy] Koufax. By not taking the mound for the Dodgers against the Twins on Oct. 6, 1965, on the Day of Atonement, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, he became a cultural touchstone," writes Alan Siegel at the Atlantic.

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