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Golfer Bubba Watson’s plans to “drive a parade lap around Phoenix International Raceway in the original General Lee car” from the show "The Dukes of Hazzard" before the March 4 Sprint Cup Series race “have been scrapped,” according to Jim Utter of the CHARLOTTE OBSERVER. The problem is "the Confederate flag image" on the roof of the car. NASCAR Managing Dir of Integrated Marketing Communications David Higdon on Friday said, "NASCAR, International Speedway Corp. and Phoenix International Raceway officials discussed this and decided it was not in the best interest of our sport.” He added, "The image of the Confederate...

Presidential candidate Gen. Wesley Clark blasted South Carolina officials on Friday for flying the Confederate flag on Statehouse grounds, even though his home state of Arkansas still celebrates "Confederate Flag Day" - and his most prominent political patron, Bill Clinton, signed into law a measure honoring Confederate General Robert E. Lee in 1985. "I don't believe we ought to be honoring flags that divide us," Clark told reporters during a conference call, adding, "We need to be honoring flags that unite us." "I don't believe we ought to be . . . keeping that flag on state grounds or federal...