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At the tender age of 14, the "Spirit of Goodyear" airship took its final aerial coverage at the Daytona 500 race Feb. 23 at Daytona International Speedway.

The campaign to shift $2 million a year in state sales tax revenue to Daytona International Speedway is back, pacing through state Senate committees but running under caution in the state House.

As Dale Earnhardt Jr. ran out of fuel on the final lap, Brad Keselowski passed him to win Sunday's Kobalt 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

None of the three Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Camrys made the final round of qualifying for Sunday's KOBALT 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway , as Kyle Busch led the crew with a disappointing 20th starting position.

The week of February 23, there were protests in front of the State Capitol, deriding late night jokes, and fear among hospitality leaders, until Wednesday, when Arizona Governor Brewer vetoed State Bill 1062.

Super-welterweight boxers Canelo Alvarez and Alfredo Angulo face off during a news conference Thursday, March 6, 2014, at MGM Grand.

The NASCAR Nationwide Series heads to Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend for the third race of the 2014 race season - Saturday's Boyd Gaming 300.

In mountain climbing, it would be akin to conquering Mt. Everest and then taking a crack shortly after at K2.

Truck Series driver Jeb Burton of Halifax announced Thursday he has secured a ride for race two of the season, the Kroger 250, at Martinsville Speedway.

Mayor Bill de Blasio says New York City will stop challenging a law making it easier to bring racial profiling cases against police.

Kurt Busch will become only the fourth driver to try racing's famed "Double" -- driving the Indianapolis 500 and Coca-Cola 600 on the same day.

While legislatures debate whether to implement the Common Core State Standards. the beast that is troubling practitioners is the obligation to somehow test students, not on so much content as before but on the harder-to-measure ability to think.

Smith College senior forward Rosa Drummond tied Phoebe Jacob for the top spot on the school's career scoring leaderboard with 1,441 points Sunday, but top-seeded Smith was upended by sixth-seeded Springfield, 51-43, in the title game of the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference championship.

Those who were writing the epitaph for Stewart-Haas Racing, even before the 2014 season began, can stop engraving the tombstone.

A measure designed to cut down on the number of high school concussions has won approval from the Indiana House.

The Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America announced today the course for its 20thAnniversary Ride.

Sure, he sat on the pole and brought back the legendary No. 3 to Sprint Cup competition, but Dillon didn't have nearly as good a finish at the end of the race as he did at its start.

Kyle Busch is wearing a flashy Skittles helmet for today's race at Phoenix International Raceway, aptly known as The Profit on CNBC 500.

Oakland Athletics fan Shane Straw, of Sacramento, Calif., swings at a plastic ball under heavy clouds while waiting for the start of a spring training baseball game between the Athletics and the Texas Rangers Saturday, March 1, 2014, in Phoenix.

Brad Keselowski has earned the pole at Phoenix International Raceway after making it through NASCAR 's new knockout-style qualifying Friday.