Bob Johnson

++++++++++++++++++++ || THE TIMES' HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL RANKINGS, INCLUDING RECORDS, SECTIONS AND COMMENTS BY BEN BOLCH: || || Rk. || SCHOOL || COMMENT (LAST WEEK) || || 1 || COR. CENTENNIAL (5-0, SS-Inland) || Coronation of Huskies in Big VIII League...

NEW YORK (AP) _ Former Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating, a co-chairman of Republican John McCain's presidential campaign, called Barack Obama a "guy of the street" in a radio interview and said the Democratic hopeful should be more candid about his youthful...

Last year, Sen. Joe Biden made a comment some people considered racially insensitive toward Sen. Barack Obama. Obama's response was a mild one — he called Biden's remark "historically inaccurate." This earned him a harsh rebuke from one of my...

Q:"Million Dollar Quartet" is a new musical opening this weekend at the Goodman. It's based on a true story that involves Elvis, right? Right. On Dec. 4, 1956, four future 20th Century musical giants—Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl...

On a Saturday night when many New Yorkers can be found drinking and dancing the night away, Bob Johnson is sweating in a stone igloo. "I am here for the couples massage," said Johnson, who was celebrating his 40th birthday with his fiancée at Juvenex,...

Complex Zimbabwe Re "They beat him, but not into submission," Column One, Aug. 7 As a former Rhodesian, I'm irritated by yet another sob story about poor white farmers in Zimbabwe. The Times neglects to mention that farmer Mike Campbell's ilk were among...

During the nearly 30 years that Burd Hikes served on the Wayne Plan Commission, he held firm to preservation of the village as a prominent center for equestrian farms, riding centers and paths. Mr. Hikes was a longtime chairman of the group and a...

A new arena is a poor risk for Baltimore if the city is counting on attracting an NHL or NBA franchise, sports business experts say, but some agree with city leaders that a proposed 18,500-seat venue could be profitable without such an anchor tenant....

by Frank James Here's a way of analyzing campaign contributions that makes for sort of a dog-bites-man story--Republican Sen. John McCain has received much more in campaign contributions from professional sports-teams owners and their families than Sen....

The battle between "The Boondocks" creator Aaron McGruder and Black Entertainment Television is about to get a lot more animated. Two second-season episodes of the biting cartoon series that attack the black-themed network but were never aired --...

On the morning after his historic win, nominee-in-waiting Barack Obama took to the stage here with a pledge to protect Israel's security -- and Hillary Clinton was there too, as victor and vanquished missed each other on the stage by mere minutes. The...

++++++++++++++++++++ || || || ++++++++++++++++++++ Barack Obama named a three-person team including Caroline Kennedy to lead his search for a running mate Wednesday while expressing confidence that the Democratic Party would soon unify after a bruising...