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  • Florida State wide receiver Rashad Greene (80) heads to the end zone in front of Virginia Tech safety Desmond Frye (26) for the go-ahead touchdown during the second half of an NCAA football game in Blacksburg, Va., Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. Florida State won the game 28-22. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

    No. 8 Florida State rallies to beat Va. Tech, 28-22

    E.J. Manuel hit Rashad Greene with a slant pass that Greene took 39 yards for a touchdown with 40 seconds to play and No. 8 Florida State survived a scare to beat Virginia Tech 28-22 on Thursday night.


  • North Carolina's Giovani Bernard (26) breaks away from Virginia Tech's Tyrel Wilson (66) in the second quarter of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012, in Chapel Hill, N.C. (AP Photo/The News & Observer, Robert Willett)  MANDATORY CREDIT

    Virginia Tech football: Hokies looking to get 'back to basics' on defense

    After seeing his defense get uncharacteristically abused by North Carolina on Saturday, Virginia Tech defensive coordinator Bud Foster offered a simple solution for the Hokies' woes.


  • FILE - This April 23, 2011 file photo shows professional wrestler Jerry Lawler gesturing to fans before the start of Game 3 of a first-round NBA basketball series between the Memphis Grizzlies and the San Antonio Spurs, in Memphis, Tenn. Lawler collapsed during a World Wrestling Entertainment event on Monday night, Sept. 10, 2012 in Montreal. A statement from the WWE said that Lawler suffered a heart attack at the announcers' table and was taken from the Bell Centre to a hospital. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

    Jerry Lawler: Wrestling commentator hospitalized after heart attack

    Professional wrestling commentator Jerry Lawler collapsed during a World Wrestling Entertainment event on Monday night.


  • Virginia Tech cornerback Kyle Fuller (17) intercepts a pass intended for Michigan wide receiver Junior Hemingway (21) during the first quarter of the Sugar Bowl NCAA college football game in New Orleans, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

    Virginia Tech football: Hokies' inexperienced secondary a work in progress

    Torrian Gray's voice sounded horse and raspy.


  • Artists community grows in Mark Twain's hometown

    Nancy Lee Kaufman was prominent in the arts scene in chic Santa Fe, N.M., and later made her woven art along the ocean near San Diego. So how did she end up living in a previously condemned house near the railroad tracks in small-town Missouri? The short answer: By choice.


  • Celeb birthdays for the week of July 3-9

    July 3: Movie director Ken Russell is 84. Singer Fontella Bass is 71. Actor Kurtwood Smith ("That 70s Show") is 68. Actor Michael Cole ("The Mod Squad") is 66. Country singer Johnny Lee is 65. Writer Dave Barry is 64. Actress Betty Buckley is 64. Guitarist-singer Paul Barrere of Little Feat is 63. Country singer Aaron Tippin is 53. Synthesizer player Vince Clarke of Erasure is 51. Actor Tom Cruise is 49. Actor Thomas Gibson is 49. Actress Hunter Tylo is 49. Actress Connie Nielsen ("Gladiator") is 47. Actress Yeardley Smith ("The Simpsons") is 47. Keyboardist-guitarist Kevin Hearn of Barenaked Ladies is 42. Singer Tonia Tash of Divine is 32. Actor Grant Rosenmeyer ("Oliver Beene") is 20.


  • ASSOCIATED PRESS
John Berry, director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, is the highest-ranking openly gay presidential appointee in history. The OPM oversees the nation's 1.9 million federal workers.

    Obama has appointed most U.S. gay officials

    Less than halfway through his first term, President Obama has appointed more openly gay officials than any other president in history.


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