Pompey (106-48 BC) was a Roman general and statesman and the dominant figure in Rome between the abdication of Sulla in 79 B.C. and his own defeat by Julius Caesar at Pharsalus in 48 B.C. Pompey or Cnaeus Pompeius Magnus, was born on Sept. 29, 106...

Louisville assistant men's basketball coach Marvin Menzies will take over as head coach at New Mexico State.NMSU president Michael Martin said Thursday that Menzies, an assistant for the past two years under Rick Pitino, will be introduced on Friday in Las Cruces. The school has...

Criticizing management has its rewards.Ruth Ann Swenson received rapturous applause at the Metropolitan Opera on Friday night following her performance as Cleopatra in a revival of Handel's "Giulio Cesare." She was coming off chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer, and a day earlier she was quoted...

Go home, Mitt Romney. Give it up, Fred Thompson. And John McCain, you missed your chance.In a memo and electoral maps _ designed to show perceived strengths and play down others' potential _ Republican Rudy Giuliani's campaign tells voters there is only one alternative to...

Go home, Mitt Romney. Give it up, Fred Thompson. And John McCain, you missed your chance. In a memo and electoral maps _ designed to show perceived strengths and play down others' potential _ Republican Rudy Giuliani's campaign tells voters there is only one alternative...