Bill Young

2008 Schedule Aug. 30 vs. East Carolina (in Charlotte) After hanging on to beat ECU last season 17-7 in Blacksburg, the Pirates are stronger this season with nine defensive starters back. Tech loses its season-opener for only the second time in the...

Five months ago, voters in the Setauket Fire District overwhelmingly defeated a proposal to borrow money to build two new fire buildings. Now the district plans to construct at least one of the buildings by raising taxes - possibly without a vote by...

The Miami Hurricanes are looking to rebound from one of the most disappointing seasons in recent history. They begin practice today with hopes of improving on last year's 5-7 finish. After missing a bowl for the first time in 10 years, the Hurricanes...

Today, Elizabeth Berg says, she ate a "muffin the size of my head." That seems about right for the writer whose latest book, a collection of short stories, is all about letting go. "It's the biggest blueberry muffin I ever had," she tells us when we...

Missouri QB Chase Daniel and Arkansas RB Darren McFadden are among the five finalists for the Walter Camp Football Foundation player-of-the-year award. Joining them are QBs Dennis Dixon of Oregon, Matt Ryan of Boston College and Florida's Tim Tebow. The...

WASHINGTON -- Icons of the civil rights movement and the beneficiaries of their struggles to attain equality came together today as ground was broken for a memorial on the National Mall honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the first commemoration...

2007-07-24 13:03:20.0 Administrator2: We'll begin now -- welcome Bill, and thanks for chatting! 2007-07-24 13:04:09.0 JayH: Hi Bill! My first question is: have you felt at all like a lot of people, whether acquaintances or complete strangers, have made...

Bob, San Francisco: What are some of the local issues that might help Maryland citizens decide who they want to be president? Also, I assume that Maryland is probably going to go Democratic, but can you tell me why? Nitkin: Our polling showed that...

Jacquelynn Soldano stood quietly in a hallway of an East Islip funeral home yesterday, holding and admiring a collage honoring her brother Jared Kremm. The gift from her sister-in-law, Lisa Soldano, contained a large color newspaper photo of him...

WASHINGTON - A Congress increasingly skeptical about President Bush's strategy in Iraq is set to scrutinize his request for $87 billion in emergency money to fund the U.S. effort there and in Afghanistan, but it is expected to approve the funds...

ALABAMA District 1 -- 100 percent Sonny Callahan, GOP (i) 151,024 - 91 percent Dick Coffee, Lib 14,032 - 9 percent District 2 -- 100 percent Charles Woods, Dem 67,624 - 30 percent Terry Everett, GOP (i) 154,785 - 68 percent Wallace McGahan, Lib 4,214...

For the first time since terrorists toppled the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, Wall Street returned to work yesterday, and while the market faltered - the Dow lost nearly 685 points - the mood on the trading floor and around town was upbeat and...