Carter scores 24 as Magic beat Raptors 104-96

Vince Carter scored 24 points, Dwight Howard had 17 points and 12 rebounds and the Orlando Magic won their ...

La Salle beats Tulane 61-59

Rodney Green was 4-for-4 from the foul line in the final 48 seconds, and La Salle held on to beat Tulane 61...

Holcomb wins bobsled gold at Lake Placid

Steven Holcomb said the U.S. bobsled team was going to be a powerhouse this year. He sure seems like a prop...

Lee Westwood of England wins Dubai, money titles

Bills RB Lynch leaves game with shoulder injury

Buffalo Bills running back Marshawn Lynch left Sunday's game at Jacksonville with a shoudler injury.

Hendrick misses finale to be with niece

NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick is not at Homestead-Miami Speedway because he stayed in North Carolina to b...

No. 2 MSU tops Valpo 90-60 for Izzo's 340th win

`New Moon' wolfs down $140.7M in opening weekend

The vampire romance "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" sucked up $140.7 million in its first three days and pull...

Newspaper circulation may be worse than it looks

While U.S. newspapers are losing subscribers at a staggering rate, a few dailies stand out because their ci...

RI slow to spend millions in stimulus funding

Deutsche Bahn signs $26B Qatar railroad deal

An investment company owned by Qatar's sovereign wealth fund has signed a $26 billion (euro17 billion) join...

Report: UK's Cadbury won't bite on Hershey offer

British candy company Cadbury PLC will reject an expected 10.3 billion pound ($17 billion) takeover bid fro...

NY saves $3.1 million in energy efficiency program

Turning off lights, turning down the heat and buying with an eye toward energy efficiency is saving New Yor...

Holidays will again test NYC air travel bottleneck

Fewer people are expected to fly this holiday season, but travelers shouldn't expect a full reprieve from t...

Rising unemployment taxes could hinder hiring

As if small businesses needed another reason not to hire, consider their latest financial burden: The cost ...

Cruise ship passenger rescued from ocean

A cruise ship passenger was rescued from the ocean about 20 miles southeast of Miami after he fell overboard.

Pinellas deputy injured in crash

A Pinellas County deputy was injured in head-on collision with a vehicle traveling the wrong way down the s...

Child injured by 2-story fall

A 6-year-old girl was injured when she fell out of a second-story window.

Florida Lotto jackpot rises to $9 million

The jackpot in the Florida Lotto game has grown to $9 million after no one matched the six winning numbers ...

4 Fantasy 5 players share $258,811 top prize

Four winners of the "Fantasy 5" game will collect $64,702.89 each, the Florida Lottery said Sunday.

Detective shoots suspect during drug buy

A Jacksonville detective reportedly shot a suspect during a a prearranged drug buy.

Couple, 14-year-old boy killed in fiery crash

Authorities say a couple and a 14-year-old boy have been killed in a fiery freeway crash in Southern Califo...

Arrest in 1981 tribal murders revives old mystery

In the days before Fred Alvarez was shot execution-style with two friends on his verandah, the strapping Ca...

3.7 magnitude quake hits Big Bear Lake in Calif.

A magnitude 3.7 earthquake has rattled Southern California's Big Bear Lake area, followed by a sharp afters...

Police identify gunman in deadly Saipan rampage

The gunman who killed four people and wounded nine in a shooting rampage on the Pacific island of Saipan wa...

Iraqi refugees move to Mich. despite poor economy

The U.S. government resettled Mazen Alsaqa in Massachusetts in February. Within a month, the Iraqi refugee ...

Va. Military Institute faces sexism accusations

Virginia Military Institute is defending itself against a lengthy investigation into accusations that the s...

Sizing up the Kennedy dynasty's next generation

Honduras election sets return to business as usual

The coup last summer in this tiny, Central American country blew up into an international incident, with th...

Egypt's media stoked soccer fan anger with Algeria

Angry soccer fans rampaged through a posh diplomatic neighborhood in Cairo over the weekend, smashing shop ...

Scientist: Leak of climate e-mails appalling

A leading climate change scientist whose private e-mails are included in thousands of documents that were s...

Venezuela to get 300 tanks, armored vehicles

President Hugo Chavez is hailing the forthcoming arrival of 300 Russian-made tanks and armored vehicles, an...

Iraq PM ramps up attacks on Baathists before vote

UK checks safety of 1,800 bridges after storms

Police and army experts say they're urgently checking the safety of about 1,800 bridges in northern England...

Palestinian nun takes step toward sainthood

A Palestinian nun who co-founded a charity dedicated to educating Arab girls on Sunday took an important st...

Racette's Angelica a triumph at Met Opera

Patricia Racette had just sung her moving final notes in "Suor Angelica" and fallen to the stage.

Jackson, Swift face off at American Music Awards

It's the country cutie versus the King of Pop at this year's American Music Awards.

`New Moon' wolfs down $140.7M in opening weekend

The vampire romance "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" sucked up $140.7 million in its first three days and pull...

Rare Charles Darwin book found on toilet bookshelf

Stars come out for CNN Heroes ceremony

Kate Hudson, Pierce Brosnan, Neil Patrick Harris and other stars who are used to getting applause were givi...

International Emmys to honor David Frost

Motown gala 'means everything' to founder Gordy