This is a RUSH transcript from “The O’Reilly Factor,” August 31, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. Watch “The O’Reilly Factor” weeknights at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET! LAURA INGRAHAM, GUEST HOST: In the “personal story” segment tonight, are Democrats politicizing …

PHILADELPHIA – If Bryant Simon owned a coffee shop, it would not have conversation-killing Wi-Fi. It probably wouldn’t offer to-go cups. But it would have a big, round table strewn with newspapers to stimulate discussion. That sense of community is what’s missing from Starbucks, a conclusion Simon reached after visiting …

flash Video The following column was first published on the author’s website Res Ispa Loquitur When I teach torts at George Washington University Law School, we discuss the “no duty to rescue” doctrine. Under the common law, you are not legally required to assist a person in peril if you …

Former New York Yankees starter CC Sabathia has been in Domingo German’s shoes before. He bowed out of the 2015 season to go to rehab for alcohol abuse despite the playoffs being right around the corner. But Sabathia hit “rock bottom” and needed to find help to get back on …

Ohio State head coach Ryan Day didn’t hold back Saturday night after the No. 6 Buckeyes defeated No. 9 Notre Dame on the final play of the game. As Day spoke to NBC after the game, he tore into former Notre Dame head coach Lou Holz. The legendary coach criticized …

Matthew Perry tributes poured in following his death at home in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles on Saturday. He was 54. The actor, who began portraying Chandler Bing on the popular sitcom “Friends” when he was only 24, died after an apparent drowning in a hot tub, law …

(SportsNetwork.com) – Zack Greinke shoots for his second win of the season Sunday when the Los Angeles Dodgers finish off a three-game series with the San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium. Greinke, who did not accompany the Dodgers to Australia because of a calf injury early on in spring training, …

Washington, DC (SportsNetwork.com) – Gio Gonzalez continued his mastery of the Chicago Cubs, and the Washington Nationals smacked a season-best 19 hits in a 13-0 win. The second test of this three-game series at Nationals Park was supposed to feature a marquee pitching matchup between Gonzalez and Jeff Samardzija. Chicago, …

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Phoenix, AZ (SportsNetwork.com) – Dexter Fowler and Jose Altuve each went 3- for-5 and combined to score three runs to help the Houston Astros to a 4-3 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday in the opener of a brief two-game series. Jarred Cosart (5-5) picked up the win, allowing …