At a time when the nation's economic outlook is in a state of high anxiety, to get word that the state has defined your city as having a "financial emergency" of its own could understandably be enough to alarm concerned residents. ...more

October 1, 2008

Nothing like a $65 fill-up to get the attention of a teenage driver. ...more

July 13, 2008

Last week, after LeBron James' mother Gloria shouted at Celtic Paul Pierce for tangling with LeBron as he headed for a slam dunk, millions of Americans saw LeBron yell at his mom, "Sit your (butt) down!" Comments on the Internet denounced Gloria James as an overbearing mom who needed to leave her grown son alone. "Miss James stay home throw a shoe at the T.V," read one post on sports.yahoo.com. "She is obnoxious and crude," said another. ...more

May 21, 2008

Clinton Portis was his usual cutup self Thursday in the Redskins' locker room, cracking jokes at Santana Moss' expense. ...more

January 4, 2008