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Norwalk's Julie Heaphy finished undefeated in her hometown this summer with a win in the women's division of Saturday's Sam Elpern Half Marathon .

Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay posted on his Twitter account that he was in Brett Favre's hometown, but the quarterback's agent says he has not heard of any interest from the Colts.

NASCAR star brings hope to hometown ravaged by tornadoes.

A rare auction of signed William Faulkner books and personal items has drawn international interest, but few on the town square of the author's hometown were aware of the bidding set for Tuesday at Christie's in New York.

Georgian and Olympic luger Nodar Kumaritashvili was buried in his hometown today.

The body of the Georgian luger killed during a practice run at the Vancouver Olympics was flown Wednesday to his hometown, where his grief-stricken mother threw herself on his coffin and cried: "Why have I survived you?" Nodar Kumaritashvili's body arrived in a flag-draped coffin at the Georgian capital's airport before dawn, met by relatives and ...

Top-ranked Roger Federer lost his hometown tournament on Sunday, falling 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 to Novak Djokovic in the Swiss Indoors final.

MONTREAL (AP) -- A funeral for former boxing champion Arturo Gatti will be held Monday in his adopted hometown of Montreal.