Bickell, Niemi lead Blackhawks past Canucks, 1-0

Bryan Bickell scored his first goal of the season 1:12 into the third period, and Antii Niemi made 30 saves...

Swimmers Lochte, Soni win athlete of year honors

Lakers beat Thunder for 11th straight time

Northeastern drops football program after 74 years

Northeastern University is dropping its football program after 74 years, saying it's too expensive to maint...

Phelps looking ahead to better times in 2010

Another 2nd place, and no regrets for Mark Martin

Mark Martin found his way to Victory Lane for NASCAR's championship celebration, albeit only as a gracious ...

Man to be arraigned in ESPN reporter videos case

An Illinois insurance executive accused of secretly making nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews is sch...

Economic survey: Job losses to bottom out in 1Q

Economists expect the joblessness that has weighed down the nation's economic recovery will start to slowly...

Stock futures point to higher opening

Stock futures are pointing to a higher opening Monday as the dollar weakened and investors try to snap a th...

Hero pilot jokes about marital boost in NBC show

Late payments on credit cards drop in 3rd quarter

For the first time in a decade, more people paid their credit card bills on time in the third quarter this ...

New olive planting method prompts Calif. oil boom

An oil boom is under way in California's agricultural heartland, as evolving tastes and a trend toward heal...

Bio-fuel growth raises concerns about forests

Forests are a treasure trove of limbs and bark that can be made into alternative fuels and some worry the i...

Obama to speak on education, present rights award

Cause of fire that killed 5 still undetermined

Investigators are still trying to determine what started a mobile home fire that killed a young mother and ...

Search called off for runaway monkey near Tampa

Authorities have called off the search for a runaway monkey near Tampa.

Man arrested in hit-and-run that injured 2

Tampa police have charged a 27-year-old man with leaving the scene of an accident that left a 20-year-old f...

Home sales likely rose again in October

Home resales for October are projected to rise to the highest level in more than two years as first-time bu...

Astronaut suit problem delays spacewalk No. 3

The third and final spacewalk of space shuttle Atlantis' mission is being held up by a suit problem.

Rocket with commercial satellite launches in Fla.

An Atlas 5 rocket has launched from Florida with a satellite expected to provide high-powered video and dat...

Homeless man rides bike into deputy's cruiser

A homeless man was injured and faces possible DUI charges after reportedly riding his bicycle into a Manate...

1 found dead, several rescued from Ind. motel fire

Firefighters have found one body and rescued several people from a fire at a southwestern Indiana motel.

Transgender murderer renews electrolysis request

A convicted murderer serving a life sentence goes before a judge to ask for electrolysis treatments as she ...

Kennedy dispute reveals divide among Catholics

Medical marijuana finds social outlet in Ore. cafe

At the newly opened Cannabis Cafe, people sit around taking tokes from a "vaporizer" - a contraption with a...

The nation's weather

Drier weather was expected to return to much of the West on Monday as a building ridge of high pressure rep...

FBI wants public's help in civil rights killings

Swimmers, poets among 2010 Rhodes Scholars from US

Israel, Hamas close to swap deal for Schalit

A Palestinian familiar with the talks says Israel and Hamas are very close to a deal to swap 1,000 Palestin...

UK's Thatcher sweeps back to Downing Street

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is returning to London's Downing Street for good - in the f...

Sri Lanka president calls for early election

Sri Lanka's president signed a decree Monday calling for early elections, hoping to take advantage of his p...

Trial of Khmer Rouge prison chief in final stage

Closing arguments began Monday in the genocide trial of a Khmer Rouge prison chief, with the prosecution ac...

Gunfire at home of US teachers in Indonesia's Aceh

Gunfire hit the home of two American lecturers in Indonesia's western province of Aceh on Monday, but no on...

Australian blames Scientology for brother's death

A man who blames the Church of Scientology for his brother's suicide added his voice Monday to calls for an...

21 Filipinos killed on way to file election papers

Dozens of gunmen abducted and fatally shot at least 21 people in the southern Philippines on Monday - a mas...

Adam Lambert ready to shake up pop world with CD

Michael Jackson 'Opus' book offers rare images

Artist Nate Giorgio recalls the last time he saw Michael Jackson, just days before the singer's death.

To millions, Oprah's not a megastar, just a BFF

Like any wife who knows her husband well, Nancy Martus knows what will annoy her man. Like when she utters ...

TV retailer QVC joins `Black Friday' frenzy

Television retailer QVC has made aggressive plans to keep shoppers watching - instead of mall-hopping - on ...

U2 to headline UK's Glastonbury music festival

Cuba film institute founder looks back on 50 years

Fidel Castro was 32 and building his new government on the fly.

Disney takes 'High School Musical' to China

How do you say school's out in Chinese?