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2015 Mini Cooper S Hardtop 4-door Test Drive

Mini Cooper Hardtop drivers have it pretty good. They find parking spaces at will, horde bundles of cash saved on gas, and have to try really hard to lose an autocross competition. Yea, most days everything’s coming up Milhouse for…

2016 Fiat 500X Test Drive

If you have very specific tastes and are dead-set on buying a subcompact crossover that’s made in Italy, you can pick up a Jeep Renegade. Yeah, that’s where they’re made. But if you’re really into this sort of thing, may…

Confederacy purge builds steam, while last century’s worst villains spared

The battle flag of the Confederate army has long been controversial, but now it is being banned online and in stores. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, File) All symbols of the Confederacy are rapidly disappearing from stores, websites and the public…

America’s Dog: Jasper and the book tour that never ends

When I wrote my new book “And the Good News Is…” I fended off attempts by others to cut out parts about my dog Jasper (I have been known to go on and on about him, I know). I’m glad…

From eye doctor to 2016 prospect, ‘Dr. Paul’ readies for big announcement

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Still glum over the previous night’s Final Four loss by the heavily favored Kentucky Wildcats, Sen. Rand Paul and fellow parishioners were given some Biblical perspective Sunday morning. “If it weren’t for Jesus, we’d all be…

2016 Chevrolet Malibu: more tech, more space, less weight

The 2016 Chevrolet Malibu is nearly 300 pounds lighter and has wheelbase thatâs been stretched nearly 4 inches, making it more fuel efficient, more functional and more agile. Chevrolet’s Malibu has just undergone its most substantial redesign in perhaps the…

What is more likely to kill you — a gun or a car?

FILE — Feb. 6, 2015: A dealer arranges handguns in a display case in advance of a show at the Arkansas State Fairgrounds in Little Rock, Ark. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston) Which is more likely to kill you: a car or…

People are flipping for AcroYoga

Trust is a key component in AcroYoga, as with this bow pose which had me high off the ground. (Mimi Towle) Tired of hatha or hot yoga? ; A new kind of partner-based practice perches yogis on one another, sending…