
Oct 27 - By Charles Odum, AP Sports Writer
The Atlanta Falcons are facing their biggest test of the season as they hope to get back in the NFC South race.
Oct 13 - By Stephen Hawkins, AP Sports Writer
TCU coach Gary Patterson isn't surprised by his undefeated team's drop in The Associated Press poll.
Oct 4 - By Douglas Birch, Associated Press Writer
Russia should ease barriers to immigration in order to reduce the impact of labor shortages, slower economic growth and other pressures brought on by its ongoing demographic crisis, a United Nations report said Monday.

Aug 26 - By Associated Press
Yosemite's historic Ahwahnee Hotel has reopened following rockslides that forced its evacuation.

Jun 16 - By Charles Odum, AP Sports Writer
The standings which show the Atlanta Braves falling fast in the NL East are not the only cause for concern.

May 15 - By John Schoen
Call it one of the recession's silver linings — with each passing day, the purchasing power of each consumer dollar is getting stronger.

May 2 - By John Rogers, Associated Press Writer
It could crash through burning buildings, make a fool of any number of small-town Southern sheriffs, help save the world from giant robots, even take criminals off to jail while engaging in witty repartee with its driver.
Apr 21 - By Mike Celizic, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
Go ahead and call him a fall guy, because that’s how photographer Kerry Skarbakka makes his extraordinary, critically acclaimed — and sometimes controversial — images.

Apr 12 - By Nancy Armour, AP National Writer
The last time he came up short at a major, Chad Campbell at least knew he'd been beaten by a great shot.
Mar 26 - By Tales Azzoni, Associated Press Writer
Engine pieces from a U.S. plane fell from the sky early Thursday in Brazil, hitting 22 houses and a car but sparing passengers and residents on the ground.
Mar 20 - By Victor Epstein, Associated Press Writer
Business leaders at the Port of New York and New Jersey say the global economic crisis is slowing activity at the East Coast's largest port complex.
Feb 26 - By Jeff Carlton, Associated Press Writer
Two pieces of a meteor that blazed across the Texas sky earlier this month are going from the asteroid belt to the auction block.
Feb 24 - By Associated Press
In a Feb. 19 story about meteor pieces found in Texas, The Associated Press misspelled the last name of the director of the planetarium and astronomy lab program at the University of North Texas. He is Ron DiIulio, not DiLulio.
Feb 18 - By Associated Press
A note to someone in northern New Jersey: Check what you're putting through your wood chipper. Al Smith was forklifting a sofa in his moving company's warehouse in Jersey City on Wednesday morning when he heard a sound he thought was a bomb. A chunk of hot metal the size of a brick came crashing through the roof just steps from him. It splintered a wooden beam and crashed into a shelf.
Feb 15 - By Regina L. Burns, Associated Press Writer
Two University of North Texas astronomers think they've found two pieces of a meteor that alarmed numerous residents when it streaked across the Texas sky on Sunday.

Dec 17 - By John Porretto, AP Energy Writer
To understand why OPEC's largest single production cut ever failed to lift oil prices, look no further than today's headlines.

Oct 22 - By David Mercer, Associated Press Writer
A farming season that once appeared to be doomed by the weather has turned out pretty good for Midwest soybean and corn crops.
Oct 6 - By Seth Borenstein, AP Science Writer
A small asteroid was headed for a fiery but harmless dive into Earth's atmosphere early Tuesday morning over Africa, astronomers said in a first of its kind advance warning.
Jun 9 - By Martin Crutsinger, AP Economics Writer
President Bush's forceful call on Monday for a stronger U.S. dollar in the world economy may be coming a little late for Americans fed up with gas prices topping $4 a gallon and steadily rising costs of other imported goods.

May 4 - By Matt Joyce, Associated Press Writer
Vacationers will have fewer places to pitch their tents this summer in Colorado and Wyoming, and they can place the blame on bugs.
Apr 22 - By Associated Press
A postal worker is credited with saving a 1-year-old girl by catching her after she fell out of a second-story window in Albany, N.Y.
Feb 27 - By Associated Press
A tractor-trailer loaded with pipes plunged off a freeway ramp near downtown and landed on a car, killing two people, authorities said.

Feb 19 - By Celean Jacobson, Associated Press Writer
South Africa is sitting on gold, platinum and other minerals that are selling at record prices on world markets, yet its economy is, quite literally, underpowered.

Feb 18 - By Dan Gelston, AP Sports Writer
Not even a month ago, the Flyers talked about earning a No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference, home-ice advantage in the playoffs and how great it would be for Peter Forsberg to return and add to all the fun.
Nov 6 - By Associated Press
Charles and Linda Everson were driving back to their hotel when their minivan was struck by a falling object — a 600-pound cow. The Eversons were unhurt but the cow, which had fallen off a cliff, had to be euthanized.