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MILWAUKEE When Bill Howell joined Miller Brewing Co. in 1970, the "champagne of beers" ranked as the nation's No. 7 brew with a narrow upmarket following. But Miller was never the same after Howell helped widen the appeal to a mass market of blue-...

We have once again entered the college commencement season, which means we'll soon be reading about uplifting graduation speeches delivered by prominent Americans. Or at least by prominent liberal Americans. It's becoming increasingly apparent that...

A new report says the University of Virginia remains one of the nation's least socioeconomically diverse public schools but commends the University of Richmond for serving low-income students. The report released Wednesday by the New America...

Classical audiences today are a relatively well-behaved bunch, rarely uttering a harsh word at a piece of music they find confusing or offensive. That wasn't the case 100 years ago, when a riot broke out at the premiere of "The Rite of Spring." The...

Revolutionary War Major Gen. Adam Stephen, Martinsburg’s founder, was a rival of George Washington’s in Virginia politics before he was removed from his post in the Army, his biographer said Tuesday. Stephen’s dismissal after the...

Senate Republicans criticized the nomination Monday of former state labor secretary Thomas E. Perez to lead the U.S. Department of Labor, signaling the longtime civil rights lawyer will face a contentious confirmation over his approach to the law and...

Lance Armstrong called himself a lot of names -- liar, bully, jerk and even humanitarian -- in the first part of his taped interview with Oprah Winfrey on Thursday night. Nevertheless, early reactions suggest that his performance was found lacking, a...

George Huguely V, the former University of Virginia lacrosse player convicted last year of drunkenly beating to death his girlfriend Yeardley Love, has asked the Virginia Court of Appeals to review his case. Huguely's attorneys argued in a petition filed...

Six high school seniors are serving as student pages for the 2013 Maryland General Assembly. Emma Zyriek of C. Milton Wright High School, Alexander McArtor of Fallston High School, Emily Clarke and Bryan Doherty of The John Carroll School, Andrew...

An annual summer vocal institute for high school and college students will begin at Christopher Newport University in July 2013. The university announced the creation of the Torggler Summer Vocal Institute at its holiday music concert on Saturday night....

Joe Moglia's hire as head coach of the United Football League's new Virginia Destroyers isn't just out-of-the-box, it's out-of-the-factory-where-they-make-the-box. Moglia, as chronicled elsewhere, is a Bigfoot businessman with a nine-figure portfolio...

Timeline of Chief Charles "Chuck" Jordan Jr.'s career with the Hampton Police Division and highlights of the cigarette sting operation: 1978: Jordan graduates with high honors from Old Dominion University, in Norfolk, and takes the oath of a Hampton...