Many studies of the local economic impact of sports events are predictably biased, sometimes hugely so.

The first stage to getting things done is to collect in a single place thoughts, notes, and anything else you need to act on.

Retired Air Force Gen. James Clapper has plenty of experience in the intelligence bureaucracy. But key lawmakers aren't happy with Obama's pick to be Director of National Intelligence.

AP - A newspaper reports that two New Jersey men who allegedly intended to kill American troops in Somalia have been arrested at a New York City airport before boarding flights on their way to join a jihadist group in that country.

AP - The wildlife apocalypse along the Gulf Coast that everyone has feared for weeks is fast becoming a terrible reality.

AP - Israel says U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon is moving ahead with plans for an international commission to investigate Israel's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.