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Marine sanctuary officials planned to return to Hawaii waters with modified equipment Friday to try to cut loose a young humpback whale entangled in several hundred yards of heavy plastic rope. Complete Story...
Tyler Laser scored 15 points and hit big shots in the second and third overtimes to help Eastern Illinois to an 83-81 win over Tennesse State on Thursday night.
Cuba hit back Thursday at 60 prominent U.S. black leaders who challenged its race record, with island writers, artists and official journalists calling the criticism an attack on their country's national identity.
The tsunami that killed more than 200 people in the Samoan islands and Tonga earlier this year towered up to 46 feet (14 meters) high — more then twice as tall as most of the buildings it slammed into, scientists said Friday.
Two mob bosses — nicknamed the "Hammerhead" and "Spicy Qin" — have been sentenced to death for murder and illegally running a business empire involving underground casinos, cement factories and poultry markets in southern China, a court official and local media said Friday.
Taylor Pyatt scored with 3:29 remaining to lift the Phoenix Coyotes past the Calgary Flames 2-1 on Thursday night.
Cooper Land scored 14 points and Cory Cooperwood tallied a double-double, leading Wright State to a 73-64 win over Cleveland State in the Horizon League opener for both teams on Thursday night.
Kenneth Faried had 19 points and 18 rebounds and Morehead State survived a late rally by Tennessee-Martin to win 74-66 on Thursday night in the Ohio Valley Conference opener for both teams.
Marlon Bright scored 15 points and had 14 rebounds to lead Florida International to a 61-54 win over Florida A&M on Thursday night.
Danny Nieman scored 22 points and Joseph Harris had 20 points and 10 rebounds to lead Coastal Carolina to a 111-97 victory over Virginia Military Institute in the Big South Conference opener on Thursday night.
It’s time to round up Turner Gill and Irving Fryar, Dean Steinkuler and Johnny Rodgers, Mike Rozier and Rich Glover, and of course Tom Osborne. There’s a big game to be won, and given what’s at stake, we just can’t leave it to the current Nebraska Cornhuskers to pull it off.
Wes Channels scored eight of his 20 points in overtime and Austin Peay defeated Southeast Missouri 76-71 in the Ohio Valley Conference Opener for both teams on Thursday night.
Anthony Johnson scored 15 points to help Fairfield hold off winless Marist 70-61 on Thursday night in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference opener for both teams.
The shuttered Coco Palms resort on Kauai made famous by Elvis Presley has been hit by fire and sustained about $80,000 in damage.
Mexico City police on Thursday freed 107 people who were forced to work under slave-like conditions in a clandestine factory making shopping bags and clothing clasps, authorities said.
Anatoly Bose scored 23 points to lead Nicholls State to its first win of the season, 82-66 over Loyola-New Orleans on Thursday night.
Roman Tubner scored 30 points and Centenary pulled away from Southern Utah in overtime for a 93-85 victory in the Summit League opener for both teams on Thursday night.
Allyssa DeHaan scored all of her 14 points in the second half to help No. 22 Michigan State hold off No. 4 North Carolina 72-66 in an ACC/Big Ten challenge game on Thursday night.
BUDAPEST, Hungary - Talk about a reversal of fortunes.
Comcast Corp. is buying control of NBC Universal from GE largely because Comcast wants to own more movies and TV shows. The point is to give it a position of strength if fewer people sign up for its cable TV services and watch more video online.
Damion James scored 19 points and No. 2 Texas defended its highest ranking in school history with a 69-50 victory over Southern California on Thursday night.
Mark Sanchez threw a go-ahead touchdown pass to Braylon Edwards before hurting his right knee, and the New York Jets' stingy defense finished the job in a 19-13 win over the Buffalo Bills on Thursday night.
Josh Davis scored 12 points and Bryan Friday added 11 points, leading Samford to a 55-31 win over Elon in the Southern Conference opener for both teams on Thursday night.
James Neal and Steve Ott scored 71 seconds apart early in the third and the Dallas Stars beat Anaheim 3-1 Thursday night, handing the Ducks their seventh straight road loss.
'Adapt or die' becomes mantra against warmingWith the world losing the battle against global warming so far, experts are warning that humans need to follow nature's example: Adapt or die.
NY Post claimed emission cuts would "wreck the economy" but CBO disagreesThis article gives another example of how journalistic integrety is lacking even in the newspaper industry!
Moving the climate change story from coping to hopingIn September, 2008, as thousands of ad people swarmed Manhattan during Advertising Week to grapple with the fate of their industry, the Secretary-General of the United Nations sat down with a handful of advertising executives to grapple with the fate of the planet.
Mass. man sentenced for enticing Minn. teenA 26-year-old Massachusetts man will spend about eight months behind bars after pleading guilty to trying to entice a 15-year
There has been a lot of talk about Tiger Wood's affairs and society's "right to know".
Pawlenty taps McCain money guy for his PACGov. Tim Pawlenty is reaching deeper into Sen. John McCain's campaign structure by luring away a top fundraiser for his
Canada's About-Face on ClimateWhen world leaders met on Sept.
First salmon try out new fish tower on Deschutes RiverIt's been four decades since salmon were able to complete their circuitous life journey to and from central Oregon's upper Deschutes River basin. This week one of the species took the first step towards restoring the upper basin's historic runs, which were wiped out by the const …
Pakistani PM Says Bin Laden Not in PakistanPakistan's prime minister Thursday rejected claims al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is hiding within his country amid mounting global pressure on Islamabad to tackle terrorists linked to escalating conflict in neighboring Afghanistan. More Articles
Orange groves, surfing and ... ski slopes?Squaw Valley USA is one of the Lake Tahoe area's premier ski resorts, attracting more than a half-million to a million visitors each ski season.
Homeland Security chairman faces ethics probeThe House ethics committee is investigating the propriety of the House Homeland Security Committee's operations, questioning whether its members' interactions with credit card companies compromised its work.
Black man gets probation for white supremacist threats on Facebook | detnews.com | The Detroit NewsNew Orleans -- A judge has ordered three years probation for a black man who posed as a white supremacist upset by President Barack Obama's election and sent racist death threats to black college students.
Tupac Shakur Song Selected for Vatican's Online PlaylistAmong selections from Mozart, Muse and Dame Shirley Bassey is the slain rapper's song "Changes," which was released two years after his shooting death on a greatest hits album in 1998. More Articles
Worldcup 2010 draw gets underwayFeeling a little down? The bog-down in the healthcare debate got you in the pessimistic gloom of the end of the year-end of the "decade from hell"? Just can't seem to get into any kind of joy- to- the- world- mood?
Live Video: Snow Hits Waco, HoustonNorth Texas was passed over this time around, but there is plenty of snow falling in Waco and Houston.
Film star Richard Todd dies at 90Richard Todd, who re-enacted his wartime exploits in the 1962 film "The Longest Day" and was Ian Fleming's choice to play James Bond, has died of cancer at age 90, his family said Friday.
NO Holy ghost for this crowd. They're rewriting he Bible to suit the conservitive movementThe Divine Guide/Holy Ghost is one part of the changes. They want to take all that is "liberal" out of the Bible.
Palin, Bachmann To Speak At National Tea Party Convention. You Can Go Too If You Have $1000 Burning A Hole In Your PocketTickets to attend the February 4-6 "private event" can be purchased for $549. The steep price tag does not include hotel lodging, which starts at $436.99 for a three-night package.
Are Jaguars Moving To Los Angeles?A Los Angeles businessman said Thursday that the city could have an NFL team as early as 2010, and he identified the Jaguars as one possibility.
Surgeon general: More minority doctors needed - Yahoo! NewsUS Surgeon General Needs More Doctors From INDIA and he wants them NOW
Anthony Dolpies on Blog Talk Radio cutting edge conservative analysis From Author Anthony D Dolpies
Boeing urges retrofit of some 777s: reportBoeing is urging airlines to carry out a major retrofit on over 220 of its 777 jets in the light of a series of potentially dangerous incidents of overheating and chronic structural damage to engine parts.
Giuliani to help Rio in pre-Olympic crime fightFormer New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani says Rio de Janeiro can become a safe city before it hosts the 2016 Olympics. And his consulting firm will be paid to offer advice on how to make that happen.
Beck: "I don't think I've ever called [Obama] Hitler"Glenn Beck is unbelievable and I don't mean that in a complimentary way. Check out this video provided by Media Matters because you will hear Beck trying to back track on his Hitle rhetoric as it pertains to the President.
Republican doves are hatchingOther Republicans will find their war fever cools now that a Democrat is in office. Congressional Republicans adamantly opposed the Clinton administration's military interventions in the Balkans in the 1990s, even as neoconservative journalists were cheering them on.
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