Exclusive interview: Teresa Sullivan speaks out

Skimboarding has had a home in Dewey for more than three decades, back when the world amateur skimboarding competition was first held in the small Delaware beach town. Now in its 31st year, the Zap Amateur Skimboarding Championship brings in competitors from California, Alabama, Portugal and Brazil, not to mention a heaping helping of Delaware locals.

Coauthor of “The Leadership Challenge” joins our one-minute Micro Management Stories video series.

In the long history of organized sports, no team or individual at the collegiate or professional level has ever lost 500 times in a row. But if one current streak continues, history of the wrong kind will be made midway through the fourth inning at Nationals Park on Aug. 18, when the world will witness perhaps the first competitor in a professional sports arena to lose for the 500th consecutive time.

Opponents of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline gathered in Spalding, Neb., for a cookout to thank state senator Ken Haar for his work to reroute the pipeline away from Nebraska’s Sand Hills and portions of the Ogallala Aquifer. But in spite of this reroute, many of the Nebraskans at this event do not want to see the pipeline built at all.

The Dance of Life: The Concert

Approval ratings of past presidents seeking reelection suggest that President Obama has an uphill climb.

Team “The More We Drink, The Better You Sound” belted louder, crooned sweeter and wiggled smoother than five other teams in this social, competitive karaoke league. To be the best, there was one performance left: The city wide finals.

The Washington Post’s Felicia Sonmez notes the 28 days left until the GOP National Convention in Tampa, Fla. and what, if anything, it means for Mitt Romney’s VP selection.

Property rights and the pipeline