Although the main goal for many exercisers is to shed pounds, experts say intelligent pre- and post-workout snacking can actually be a fitness aid.

Rhonda Thurman recently wondered if there was an elitist role in the way a computer lottery somehow chooses who will be admitted to that school.

The Hamilton County school board’s decision Thursday to hire Rick Smith as the system’s new superintendent precisely followed the script fixed by the controlling five-member majority that ordained the process and the outcome — all in secret.