Dandy Dozens: From the Iron Bowl to the Civil War, the top 12 college football rivalries. History, heroes and hate. The best rivalries have an ample dose of those three elements.

No. 8 Sooners hope to avoid prolonged Red River Rivalry slump against No. 21 Texas. The way Bob Stoops sees it, there is no Sooners slump in the Red River Rivalry.

Make mine fried: State Fair of Texas announces 8 finalists for Big Tex Choice Awards. Fried food fans looking to feast at this year's State Fair of Texas will have to bring an ID along with their appetite.

New travel books: 100, 300, 500 and 1000 ideas. Looking for inspiration for your next trip?

New travel books: 100, 300, 500 and 1000 ideas. Looking for inspiration for your next trip?

New travel books: 100, 300, 500 and 1000 ideas. Looking for inspiration for your next trip?

Travel briefs. Survey: 45 percent of Americans will travel Thanksgiving-March

Red River Rivalry: Texas-Oklahoma carries hard feelings and implications for national title. First came the flyovers. Then the Big 12 tiebreaker that helped Oklahoma win the league title. A few months later in Austin there was ? briefly ? an asterisk.

AP IMPACT: Can't find a bank branch? Boom expansion bypassed most minority neighborhoods. Banks expanded at a breathtaking pace over the past five years, adding more than 10,000 full-service branches, but barely 1 in 10 were in inner-city, minority neighborhoods, another sign the financial spending spree skipped over substantial parts of the country.