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Hampton chose Leonard Sledge to lead the city’s economic development department, the city manager announced Tuesday. Sledge, the director of economic development for the College of William and Mary, is a member of the city’s Economic...

ALAMEDA, Calif. A day-long vigil by Raiders fans Tuesday paid off handsomely for both Charles Woodson and a hard-core group of his admirers. Woodson signed a reported one-year contract worth $4.3million, including a $700,000 signing bonus a...

"Celluloid condoms between the audience and the immediate gratification of understanding." "More like watching Playboy TV than having sex." Hyperbolic outbursts are not uncommon in opera, but rarely were they so concentrated or, um, vivid. What...

The stages are set and Charleston Civic Center staffers are busy putting the final touches on preparations for the whirlwind of graduation ceremonies kicking off today. Eight Kanawha County schools will hold commencements in the Civic Center's...

Football was Irvin Scott's only interest as a ninth-grader. He was destined to be the next Tony Dorsett, or so he thought. When he refused to recite Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken" in English class, his teacher gave him a second assignment:...

The Sports Xchange By Art Spander, The Sports Xchange EditorsNote: adds notes at end of story; write-thru to come A's 4, Royals 3 OAKLAND -- Yoenis Cespedes' leadoff home run in the eighth Sunday broke a tie and gave the Oakland Athletics a 4-3 win...

A's sweep Royals thanks to Cespedes' homer OAKLAND -- Someone wondered before the first pitch what Oakland Athletics' manager Bob Melvin was going to do about Yoenis Cespedes. The second-year major-leaguer from Cuba was hitting below the dreaded...

The script changed Sunday for the Royals, but not the ending as they concluded a three-game weekend pratfall in the East Bay with a 4-3 loss to the Oakland A's. "We had the lead in all three games," left fielder Alex Gordon said, "but give them credit....

Eight, it seems, is enough. After Sunday's crushing 4-3 loss to the Oakland A's, Royals manager Ned Yost acknowledged he "probably" will pull the eighth-inning duty away from struggling reliever Kelvin Herrera. Herrera served up a leadoff homer in the...

It's happened twice now, two nights in a row, and the Royals shouldn't require further proof: While their rotation is much improved over recent seasons, one run isn't often going to be enough. It was Ervin Santana who paid the price Saturday night for...

SERIES II OFF-DAY 3 In a perfect world where airlines run on time and don't cancel flights (looking at you Delta), I'd be writing this post from Ottawa this evening. Lo and behold, I'm still in Pittsburgh. Don't fret puckheads, I'll be arriving in...

12:30 p.m. The seven candidates for the GOP lieutenant governor nomination are taking turns addressing the delegates at the Richmond Coliseum. Former Rep. Allan West, R-Florida, introduced Del. L. Scott Lingamfelter, R-Prince William. West, as a...