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Mad about the '60s

Roger would sooner muss his silver hair than serve an Old Fashioned (whiskey) in a Tom Collins glass (gin). AMC offers a Mad Men mixologist's guide to Wall clock. Yesterday's office clock said the same as today's: Time is money. But yesterday's ...

The Rebels Are Our Countrymen Again: Grant and Lee Meet at Appomattox

By then it was close to 1 o'clock. Within half an hour Grant arrived from the southeast to find [Gen. Philip] Sheridan waiting for him on the outskirts of town, still eager, as he said later, “to end the business by going in and forcing an absolute ...

SF cop in racist-text case escaped discipline in 2004 incident

The statute of limitations in police misconduct probes helped Fox in a 2004 incident in which he allegedly shoved a man's head against a urine-soaked wall. “Despite the long history of contributions by African Americans in the San Francisco Police ...

Guam motocross racers now start like pros: The Guam International Raceway ...

After the flag drops, the gate operator starts a clock. The operator, standing in a "doghouse" in the center of the gate with 10 starting spots on each side, stomps a pedal to drop the gate. The entire structure, which includes an 85x20-foot concrete ...

Comptroller May Seek Executive Order for Post-Labor Day School Start

While Franchot pointedly suggested that “rank and file teachers like starting school after Labor Day, [because] they get a full summer also,” his plan has run into a wall of opposition from school boards around the state—which see it as usurping local ...

Oracle art on display

There is jewelry with semi-precious stones in sterling silver and vermeil, lace tapestries, quilts, decoupage candles, fabric wall art, glass work and gourd craft. Five artists will show at the Triangle L Ranch: Sharon Holnback (glass and iron), Susan ...

Track's Heartbeat Is Fast as Ever in Jamaica

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Sound rises like a cliff wall — drums, trombones, trumpets, the ubiquitous vuvuzela, the odd French horn and 10,000 fans screaming. On the blue track below, To understand how Jamaica came to dominate sprinting like the Swiss ...