In spite of a small field, what promises to be a dandy match-up between 2011 national male sprint champion Amazombie and two-time Grade 1 winner The Factor is set for the $200,000 San Carlos Handicap at Santa Anita Feb. 25.

AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry said in an interview that he’ll continue traveling the country to promote the fiscal and state-sovereignty issues he highlighted in his presidential campaign, rejecting calls to reimburse Texas taxpayers for the cost of the state security detail that accompanies him.

Jason Gedrick has gone from long shot to favorite in HBO’s newest hit, “Luck.” With a cast that includes Dustin Hoffman, Nick Nolte and Dennis Farina, the writers didn’t even bother giving Gedrick’s character, Jerry, a last name. Still, the buzz around the first episodes has been...

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer This weekend will start to separate the contenders from the dreamers in the Kentucky Derby chase.

In addition to Curlin and Big Brown - both of whom were profiled last week - the fresh¬man sires of 2012, those whose first runners hit the track as 2-year-olds this season, include a number of interesting horses.

Arlen Specter was once a young Philadelphia Democrat, then ran for prosecutor as a Republican (earning the nickname “Specter the defector”), served in the U.S. Senate as a Republican for 29 years, and then became a Democrat seeing it as his only chance for reelection in 2010. ‘Didn’t help. Specter lost in the Democratic Senate primary. But the slippery, center-straddling ex-Pennsylvania senator ...