do I need 2 selects?

[James Lockie]

Say I have x rows of 2 columns each.
For example, 2 rows:  'A 10:00pm' and 'A 11:00pm'.

I want to return one 'A' row with the latest time (eg. 'A 11:00pm).

I could do 'select distinct(col1) from table' and then 'select
col1, max( col2 ) where col1=row[0]'?

Is there a way to do it in one select?