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WASHINGTON (AP) — In an assertion of same-sex marriage rights, Attorney General Eric Holder is applying a landmark Supreme Court ruling to the Justice...

POMONA, Calif. (AP) — A wrong-way driver on a Southern California freeway was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after causing a pre-dawn crash ...

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Matthias Mayer shut his eyes for a moment, his day’s work over. If he had trouble believing what had just happened as he stood be...

Biden stresses infrastructure investment PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden got a peek at Amtrak’s newest locomotive Thursday and used the o...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR unveiled a revamped penalty system Tuesday that for the first time will define specific offenses with pre-determined pen...

WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. (AP) — President Barack Obama stood alongside Americans on the job Wednesday in a morning-after trip to promote his State of the Uni...

President Barack Obama used his State of the Union address to make his pitch that the nation must address persistent problems, from unemployment to im...

HARVEYSBURG, Ohio (AP) — On a sunny, early fall Saturday in Harveysburg, about 45 miles northeast of Cincinnati, a crowd of some 2,000 people has gath...

TORONTO (AP) — It took four plays for rookie first-round draft pick C.J. Spiller to begin delivering on his dynamic billing, as the running back spark...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Big Fella will have no Big Exodus. Shaquille O'Neal believes he will be back. The four-time NBA champion said Tuesday he will...

LATROBE — First-round draft pick Maurkice Pouncey had a five-year contract waiting for him at the Pittsburgh Steelers’ training camp. Plus an early mo...

NEW YORK (AP) — Two-a-days and wind sprints. Lugging heavy playbooks and checking into dorms. As NFL teams get going this weekend, take a long, hard l...

CINCINNATI — A year after they were featured on HBO’s “Hard Knocks,” the Bengals have scripted their own reality show. T.O. and Ocho. Two self-conscio...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — "Rubbin', son, is racin'," or so said Harry Hogge to a worldwide audience in the summer of 1990, when NASCAR was a niche, regio...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Golden State Warriors owner Chris Cohan reached an agreement Thursday to sell the franchise for a record $450 million to Boston...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — David Ortiz believes his power swing is all the way back. After a big finish in the Home Run Derby, Boston's beloved slugger ha...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Two-time Olympian Rau'shee Warren has been torn between cash and country since a demoralizing defeat at the 2008 Beijin...

CINCINNATI (AP) — The Old Spice man on a horse is back, and this time he's on a motorcycle — still shirtless and showing plenty of bravado and humor. ...

DETROIT (AP) — Retired hockey enforcer Bob Probert, who played for the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks and struggled to overcome drinking pro...

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Former Oakland Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell has been charged with possession of a controlled substance — codeine syrup — a...