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The article reports on the fear of African marathon players on the security in the venue of games due to terrorist attacks in Mali and Burkina Faso. Topics mentioned include the expansion of the marathons and the security despite the threats, the global expansion trend which does not need more infrastructure, and the security measures in Marathon of Gabon with bomb-sniffing dogs from Paris, France.

The article reports on the accusations made by former commonwealth secretary Janet Vestal Kelly against the Maureen McDonnell, wife of Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell. It states that Kelly has portrayed Mcdonnell's wife as an unstable angry woman who has an inappropriate relationship with businessman Jonnie R. Williams. However, the businessman denied the allegation about his improper connection with the first lady.

The article focuses on the Virginia law which would reduce fox pens over 40 years and toughen the regulations regarding the same. Topics discussed include fox hunting tradition, roadways replaced forests, which resulted in more dogs being struck by vehicles, and inside the fenced enclosures averaging 200 acres, the hounds pursue wild foxes. Other topics discussed include views of the director of litigation for the Animal Legal Defense Fund, Carter Dillard.

The article discusses the opening of U.S. retail stores on Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 2013. It is said that the retail sales associated with Black Friday have partly moved to Thanksgiving, while many U.S. teenagers have been attracted to the sales despite traditional family meals on the holiday.

The article reports on Giannis Adetokunbo, an American-born basketball player from Greece and a son of Nigerian parents who impressed scouts form the National Basketball Association (NBA). It notes that Adetokunbo is one of the thousands of immigrants trying to survive in Greece where he peddled goods to city streets and often change apartments in search for cheaper one. He played for a small Greek club Filathlitikos and has signed to play in Spain in the next season.

The article reports on the plan of Vladimir Jankovic, player of the Panionios basketball team and son of player Slobodan Jankovic, to play one more season in Greece after being scouted by European teams in 2013. According to Jankovic, fans are telling him not to leave because it is the team of his father and his father would want him to stay. He adds that Panionios helped him, they are his family, but sometimes one cycle is done in life so people move on to the next cycle.

The article discusses the volunteers sent by governmental agency Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to Africa to build interest in baseball from young people.

The article reports on the denial of former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell on his engagement in public graft and political corruption with his wife Maureen during a defense questioning on August 22, 2014.

The article reports on the trial of former governor of Virginia Bob McDonnell in the U.S. District Court, and interrogation of his sister and wife in it.

The article reports that Nick Galis, a former guard of the Boston Celtics, has been honored in Athens, Greece on May 7, 2013.

ATHENS -- What happens if the country that invented the Olympics cannot afford to produce Olympic athletes? As this summer's London Games approach, that notion is causing great angst in Greece, where elite athletes are feeling the sting of austerity measures in the face of a historic debt crisis. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LEESBURG, Va. -- On the football field, Washington Redskins tight end Chris Cooley likes to throw his body at defenders, as he did on a go-ahead touchdown Sunday at Jacksonville. But in his suburban house, he prefers throwing pottery -- that is, making bowls, mugs and vases. ''Be really careful -- they'll break,'' Cooley told a recent visitor who touched a clay bowl that was drying on a table in his basement studio. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MANASSAS, Va. -- Charles Howell, a Vietnam War veteran, wore his camouflage Army jacket and jungle hat in public for the first time in more than 40 years recently, when he attended the Veterans Day parade in this Civil War battleground city. He said he no longer cared about possible negative reactions to his military service. A fellow veteran extended his hand and said, ''Welcome home.'' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WASHINGTON -- Three national Sikh advocacy and civil rights organizations have said federal transportation officials plan to always search turbans at airport screening stations, even if wearers pass through state-of-the-art body imaging scanners. The groups are calling on their constituents to lobby Congress and the Transportation Security Administration to overturn what they said was an ''unjust policy.'' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

WOODBRIDGE, Va. -- At least one shot was fired at a United States Coast Guard recruiting center near a suburban mall overnight Monday in the latest of a series of shootings at military offices. No one was injured in the latest incident, which mirrored recent overnight shootings at the Pentagon, at a Marine Corps recruiting station in Chantilly, Va., and twice at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Va. All of the shots were aimed at buildings. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WASHINGTON -- Sikhs in the United States expressed their frustration Thursday that President Obama would skip a tentatively planned visit to their holiest site in India, while advocacy groups called on the White House to reconsider. Mr. Obama was expected to visit the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India, next month, but there were questions about how he would cover his head. Sikh tradition requires that men tie a piece of cloth on their heads before entering the spiritual center. The president, who is Christian, has fought the perception that he is Muslim. Sikhs are regularly mistaken for Muslims. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses declines in sales in the U.S. on Black Friday of 2013 relative to sales on Black Friday of 2012. Topics addressed include the role of slow growth in the U.S. economy in leading to less holiday spending, the impact of retail stores offering sales prior to Black Friday, and the use of tablet computers and smartphones to make online purchases.

The article reports on the low temperature in the U.S. on January 7, 2014 which turned fountains into crystal still-life, frozen school bus doors and pipes. It notes the polar vortex that took the stream from the Midwest to Southern states bringing freezing temperatures. It mentions that the record low temperatures were measured in the Mississippi Delta with below negative 40 degrees of wind chill temperature in places in North Carolina and Virginia.

The article discusses shopping trends during the expanded store hours at many U.S. malls on Thanksgiving and the following day, known as Black Friday, in 2013. It notes that stores operating during the Thanksgiving holiday as well as the popularity of online shopping led to smaller crowds in some areas, but malls in states such as Illinois, New Jersey, and Virginia drew thousands of shoppers seeking discounts. Labor disputes at retailer Wal-Mart are also discussed.

A man who accompanied his girlfriend, a fashion designer, to the exclusive Soho House in Manhattan was charged in her death on Friday, more than a day after the woman's body was found submerged in a bathtub in a fifth-floor room of the members-only club. The man, Nicholas Brooks, 24, was charged with second-degree attempted murder and second-degree strangulation. He had returned to the room early Thursday after workers discovered the body of his girlfriend, Sylvie Cachay, when water running into the tub overflowed and leaked into a room a floor below. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

ATLANTA -- Americans celebrated National Opt-Out Day in relative quiet on Wednesday, partaking peacefully in the traditional running of the airport security line, even when that tradition included full-body scans and pat-downs. The Web-driven protest campaign encouraging holiday fliers to opt out of the body scanners and choose the more time-consuming and physical pat-downs passed largely unobserved in key airports around the country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]