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CHICAGO (AP) — Northwestern University officials on Thursday countered a quarterback’s allegations that the program places athletics over academics, u...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Family and friends remembered 10-year-old Hailey Owens as a vivacious spirit — a trusting little girl whose cheery disposition...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Chevrolet’s newest pace cars are painted fire-engine red, somewhat fitting since the automaker needed a real one last week ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An angry judge lashed out Thursday as he sentenced two men who pleaded guilty in the savage beating of a die-hard San Francisco Gia...

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — The first time Ed O’Bannon went up against the NCAA he was an 18-year-old with some serious talent and even more serious aspira...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Brian Pattie knows grandma is always listening. Pattie has made a name for himself as the crew chief for Clint Bowyer, whic...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The first full practice for the Daytona 500 ended early Wednesday after rookie Parker Kligerman’s airborne car ripped out a...

KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) — This was the race Ted Ligety knew he should win. So did everybody else. And that, Ligety explained Wednesday after bec...

CHICAGO (AP) — Northwestern quarterback Kain Colter testified Tuesday that he was essentially paid to play via his scholarship as the National Labor R...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter recently walked up to the pulpit of the Atlanta church where her father preached and, in a painful...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hoyt Sparks says he has no use for liberal Democrats and their "socialistic, Marxist, communist" ways. Toni Lewis suspects tea party...

CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati surgeon who wrote the book on saving choking victims through his namesake Heimlich maneuver has now penned a new book...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — It used to be that "hacking" was just a type of crime, a computer break-in. But today, the term is also part of a growing — an...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — More than a month after chemicals seeped into West Virginia's biggest water supply, Jeanette Maddox would rather bundle up, d...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — At least 10 times since 2008, freight trains hauling oil across North America have derailed and spilled significant quantities ...

CHICAGO (AP) — For many older Americans who lost jobs during the recession, the quest for health care has been one obstacle after another. They're unw...

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — From wild cheers to stunned silence, the Sochi Olympics said goodbye Thursday to one of figure skating’s all-time greats. Evgeni ...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Kevin Harvick took his first spin in his new Stewart-Haas Racing ride and immediately felt at ease. It was three days after...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Yet another storm paralyzed the Northeast with heavy snow and sleet Thursday, giving the winter-weary that oh-no-not-again feeling...

NEW YORK (AP) — To Derek Jeter, it was just another day to get ready for spring training. On a minor league field at the New York Yankees’ complex in ...