Don't pay attention to the lack of wins with just Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s season-opening Daytona 500 victory in the ledger. Instead, see three of the Hendrick superstars are in the top five in points with Jeff Gordon leading way, Earnhardt in fourth and six-time series champ Jimmie Johnson fifth. MORE: Power Rankings | Junior happy with start | Gordon’s daughter gets racecar | Pockrass: Don’t rush Chase All four team drivers including Kasey Kahne took a turn leading the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway Saturday night....

The Nigeria international joined the Toffees following his impressive display for Eupen last season where he netted 25 goals in 41 appearances. But he was immediately loaned to the Belgian champions. After a quiet start, the forward has continued with the form that earned him a deal with the English side and has netted seven goals in 16 outings so far. However, the striker is uncertain of a recall to Goodison Park in January....

Forget the old walk-in booths. The new kiosk is typically a four-foot-high, pedestal-mounted high-tech screen that takes up less than two square feet of floor space. And it’s more likely to offer information and services than goods. The biggest sellers in 2003 were pay-to-surf Internet kiosks and photo-finishing stands offering instant prints from all those digital cameras that have sold lately. In addition, some companies are using kiosks to supplement human-resources departments, says Tom Weaver of Kiosk Information Systems in Louisville, Colo....

That may come as a surprise to many, but with a few exceptions, it's a fact. The strongest I ever was in my life, which was still not very strong compared to my peers I might add, was right before my rookie training camp with the Washington Redskins in 2001. It was all downhill from there. Actually, I was able to get close a couple of times, but I never quite got back to the level of strength I had shown before my career really began in earnest....

Thomas Webster, 56, of the village of Florida, New York, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Thursday after being found guilty of five felonies, including assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers with a dangerous weapon and engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds, as well as one additional misdemeanor count of engaging in an act of physical violence in the Capitol building. Webster, a former marine, wore a bulletproof vest while storming the Capitol on January 6, 2021, while also carrying a metal flagpole bearing the red and yellow flag of the U....

With LeBron James and the Cavaliers in Oakland on Thursday to take on Steph Curry and the Warriors, some of the bay area’s finest luminaries were out to support the home team at Oracle Arena. MORE: Who does the NBA Finals impact the most? | Riley Curry’s fake NBA 2K16 cover Here’s unrelenting cool-bro-dad Guy Fieri, along with reverend Jesse Jackson admiring the all natural sweetness that is Curry’s jumpshot....

This is news to Big Brother fans, who expected a formal cast announcement this week. CBS teased a digital meet-and-greet would take place Wednesday, but the day came and passed with no reveal. The “meet the cast” message was also removed from Big Brother’s website. Newsweek reached out to Big Brother’s reps for clarity on why but didn’t receive a response. CBS may just be shaking up the format to increase anticipation....

These hardy perennial plants can survive severe winters and some can potentially outlive humans. Speaking to Newsweek, author and house plant expert Lisa Eldred Steinkopf said peonies are “a long-lived plant,” often growing for 100 years or more. In the U.S., most peonies are grown in states north of South Carolina and Texas. Some varieties can grow farther south but they rarely bloom because winter temperatures are not low enough for flower buds to develop properly, the U....

Ipsos, YouGov and Morning Consult polls conducted in mid-July among likely voters all found Biden was leading Trump by at least 7 points nationally. Biden also began gaining ground on Trump over the last couple of months in swing states and continues to hold that lead with fewer than four months to go before the election on November 3. The 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton, lost each of the six key swing states—Arizona, Florida, Michigan, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Wisconsin— to Trump nearly four years ago....

A spokesperson for Dr. Seuss Enterprises told the Associated Press that six books will no longer be reprinted in the future. The six books which contain the offensive imagery are And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, If I Ran the Zoo, McElligot’s Pool, On Beyond Zebra!, Scrambled Eggs Super!, and The Cat’s Quizzer. “These books portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong,” Dr. Seuss Enterprises told The Associated Press...

Cain died at the age of 74 from health complications after testing positive for coronavirus and having been hospitalized due to problems breathing, his team announced in July. His Twitter account has been active since his death was announced on July 30, mainly sharing tributes and funeral service details. On Wednesday, the account tweeted: “Just in case you thought Biden’s candidacy was going to be anything other than completely nuts, team Trump has released a new video....

Jose Mourinho’s side, which had won its last four league meetings with its fierce rival, frustrated the home side for long spells in a tense and largely uneventful game at Anfield. United was restricted to 35 percent possession and mustered only one shot on target, though Zlatan Ibrahimovic missed his team’s best chance of the match when he headed Paul Pogba’s cross back across the six-yard line and away from Loris Karius’s goal....

Toluca’s Antonio Rios, Santos Laguna’s Oswaldo Alanis and Atlas’ Luis Venegas – as well as Chivas USA’s Erick “Cubo” Torres - earn their first call-ups, while Pachuca’s 20-year-old right back Rodolfo Pizarro is in his second Mexico squad. Elsewhere, veterans Francisco “Maza” Rodriguez and Carlos Salcido were both included after reports they may not be considered after the World Cup, while Rafa Marquez is out, with Herrera indicating in interviews he want to give him time to settle in Italy....

While the latter has been harangued this week for openly stating that it is unrealistic to say the Americans can win the World Cup, Herrera was forthright in Thursday's news conference in saying that Mexico can go all the way in Brazil. "We're ready, there are no excuses," Herrera said. "The team has surprised me more than I thought. ... We can be world champions." The statement struck the right tone for a side coming into the World Cup with a little bit of an identity crisis....

Walker, the Donald Trump-endorsed ex-pro football star, told the crowd in Toccoa on Tuesday that his football career was due to a “blessing of God,” which resulted in him winning the Heisman Trophy when he played for the University of Georgia. Walker then boasted about his athleticism and how he is “220 pounds of twisted steel and sex appeal,” prompting cheers from the crowd. A clip of the remark was posted online by the PatriotTakes Twitter account....

Warnock is seeking election to a full term as a U.S. senator in one of the most closely watched races in the country after no candidate achieved 50 percent of the vote on November 8, forcing a runoff election. Polls have suggested the final result will also be extremely close but bookmakers Betfair, which operates the world’s largest online betting exchange, told Newsweek on Tuesday that the Democrat is the clear favorite....

At a campaign rally on Sunday in Hiram, Georgia, Walker said, “If you’re a Martian and you live in the United States of America, I’m gonna protect you too. Because you belong to my family.” The Senate hopeful’s comments were shared to Twitter in a video from lawyer Ron Filipkowski. The clip racked up over 600,000 views by Monday afternoon. Walker’s race against Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock is neck-and-neck as the state shatters early voting records....

Women in medicine have long been harassed by peers and supervisors. The issue exploded in 1991, when neurosurgeon Frances Conley resigned from Stanford Medical School because, she charged, male colleagues constantly subjected her to everything from “hey hon” to having her disagreements with them put down to premenstrual syndrome. In a 1993 study, 73 percent of female residents reported being sexually harassed, mostly by male physicians. But when it came to patients, harassment was supposed to mean authoritative doctor abusing vulnerable patient....

Thiago was replaced just before half-time, with Javi Martinez coming on for the midfielder as Bayern shrugged off a slow start to pick up all three points. Robben, meanwhile, was withdrawn three minutes into the second half. Speaking after the match, Heynckes revealed the club faced an anxious wait to discover the severity of the Spain star’s problem. “Thiago suffered a serious muscular injury,” he told Sky. Of the veteran Dutchman, Heynckes added: “Robben said he thinks it’s not too bad....

Yes, the 11 1/2-inch icon with the impossibly long legs and gravity-defying bosom has done it once again. Or at least her makers at Mattel have. Last week the company began offering custom-designed Barbie friends online (at www.Barbie.com). Karen Caviale, 44, editor and publisher of the bimonthly magazine Barbie Bazaar, happily shelled out the $39.95, plus shipping, for a brown-eyed doll named and modeled after (surprise!) herself. Like the thousands of others who ordered a My Design Barbie friend on her debut day, she chose the color of her doll’s skin, eyes and hair, and created a ““personal profile’’ for her–complete with her address, birthday, hobbies and career....