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  • Johnson hashes out call on oval ban with IndyCar

    Five-time defending NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson said Wednesday he's spoken to many IndyCar drivers about his belief that the series should not be racing on ovals, and all understood what he meant.


  • Gannett 3Q net income lower, matches Street views

    Gannett, the publisher of USA Today and 81 other daily newspapers, says its third-quarter net income declined slightly as the company kept expenses in line with a drop in revenue. The results met Wall Street's expectations.


  • Illustration: 9-9-9 by John Camejo for The Washington Times

    FIELDS: Pizza man brings pizzazz to GOP

    Some of the Republican candidates wanted to audition for Comedy Central the other night, aiming their one-liners at Herman Cain. But the pizza man is no joke. Mr. Cain is able, you might say. If his rivals are not taking him seriously, they should. Everyone else is.


  • Country crooner Hank Williams, Jr. is now selling "Hank Williams for President" T-shirts to answer critics upset after the singer compared President Obama to Hitler. (HankJr.com)

    Inside the Beltway

    The ongoing Wall Street protests get such cozy press.


  • ** FILE ** Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (left) and Texas Gov. Rick Perry participate in a Republican presidential candidate debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011, in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

    Romney, Perry gear up for Round 3

    Mitt Romney and Rick Perry have ratcheted up their attacks before Thursday’s debate in Florida.


  • AP sources: Big East football schools to meet

    Big East football school officials will meet Tuesday night in New York City to discuss the league's future, and a Pac-12 official expects conference presidents in that league to decide by the end of the week if they want to expand again.


  • Commish says schools committed to Big East

    Big East Commissioner John Marinatto says all the members of his conference are committed to staying together.


  • AP sources: Big East meets, Pac-12 close to voting

    As the Big East tries to figure out a survival strategy, the Pac-12 is nearing a decision on whether it wants to stretch farther east.


  • FSU president confirms Pitt, Syracuse applications

    The Atlantic Coast Conference has received application letters from Pittsburgh and Syracuse to join the league, a move that would leave the Big East scrambling to replace two of its longest tenured members.


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