💬 Viewpoints: How St. Lawrence became the patron saint of short-order cooks and comedians.

🎶 Music: As country music has grown in popularity over the years, a segment of its artists has been hard at work releasing new music honoring the genre’s roots. In an effort to better represent these artists at the biggest music awards show of the year, a new category has been added to the yearly Grammy Awards ceremony.

🐾 Animal: Rescue dog escapes kennel, tries to free friends, throws himself a party before getting busted: VIDEO.

📚 Literature: ‘Battles at Annapolis’—the premier college rivalry: From the mid-1880s through the end of the 1950s, college football was the autumn spectator sport. Pro football was the sport’s stepchild until the 1960s, when televised football appeared. Teams like Harvard, Yale, Notre Dame, and Pennsylvania were followed nationally.