West Virginia has decided to cancel its Sept. 8 football game at Florida State. School officials informed Florida State late Friday they would pay a $350,000 escape fee to shelve the trip. Florida State Athletic Director Randy Spetman said Saturday he’s disappointed that West Virginia would not honor the first half of a home-and-home agreement [...]

Being single is becoming more and more the norm: Americans are now within mere percentage points of being a majority single nation: Only 51% of adults today are married, according to census data. And 28% of all households now consist of just one person — the highest level in U.S. history. That second statistic may appear less [...]

Detectives caught two cattle thieves when a red-light camera showed the men running a traffic light towing a trailer with stolen Herefords in December. “Isn’t it interesting that one of the oldest theft schemes was stopped by one of the most modern tools?” asked Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd at a news conference. Ed Davis of Auburndale has [...]

More than a quarter of a century after “Watchmen” intrigued readers with tales of less-than-heroic and all-too-human — save for Dr. Manhattan — crime-fighting vigilantes, DC Entertainment is revisiting them in a series of original prequels this summer, reports the Associated Press. The publisher of DC Comics said Wednesday that it will launch seven interlocking [...]

Ron Sachs Communications is pleased to announce the addition of two veteran communications professionals to the firm, deepening the industry’s most seasoned and experienced management team. Together they have almost four decades of experience at the highest levels of state government and public relations. Longtime state government communications director Jon Peck and communications and legislative strategist [...]

Some calm and perspective in this intense political season. Robert T. Gonzalez explains how NASA made its newest awe-inspiring photo of Earth, “Blue Marble 2012:” The camera on board [new satellite] Suomi NPP can only photograph small sections of Earth at a time, so the image you see here is actually something of a mosaic — a [...]

The photo blog of mine and Michelle’s wedding is up here. The blog was created by Sarah Bray, who did amazing job capturing just how beautiful Michelle is and was on our wedding day. Sarah also accomplished the impossible, making me look halfway presentable. If you have a special event planned, I highly recommend you [...]

Dana Goldstein investigates where donations actually go: In their decision to prioritize religious giving, the Romneys are typical of American donors. When I was working at The Daily Beast in the wake of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, we decided to take a close look at how disasters impact American charitable giving. We were surprised at the results of our [...]

Patriots are 3-point favorites over the Giants. This equates to New England having a 59% chance of winning the game. The over/under total is 55 (i.e., expected number of points for both teams combined) By considering the spread and the total, Vegas projects the approximant score of the game to be: Patriots 29 Giants 26 The Las [...]

Dear Loyal Readers, Today is the happiest day of my life, as I am blessed to be marrying the love of my life, Michelle Todd. This is just short note to beg your forgiveness, as posting will be light today and for the next week as Michelle and I enjoy our honeymoon in New York. [...]