
Parity abounds so far in NBA conference semifinals
Parity has struck the NBA playoffs, where the conference semifinals are all tied. The four series are all drawn at one game apiece — the first time ...
Frederic Franklin, British-born dancer, dies at 98
Frederic Franklin, a British-born dancer who helped popularize modern ballet in the United States and performed until his mid-90s, has died. He was 98

Trash talk, bad blood reign in NBA playoffs
Talk is cheap in these NBA playoffs, and it seems as if everyone wants in on the act. As the stakes grew in the first round, the venom being spewed ...
UK man pleads guilty over US school threat
A British man has pleaded guilty for threatening to kill 200 people in a Facebook posting that caused thousands of Tennessee children to stay home ...

Marathon officials know better security difficult
A marathon course runs 42.195 kilometers along an open road. Much tougher to secure than an arena with doors and walls. Yet around the world, from ...
VW's chief in US expects sales to keep growing
Volkswagen Group of America expects U.S. sales to keep growing for the next five years, although its chief executive is tempering expectations a ...

Unexpected success for Alt-J brings good and bad
Twelve months ago the guys in British rock back Alt-J had a very simple goal: To release an album. Just something you could hold in your hands, maybe ...
FBI to release records on Withers' informer work
The FBI will release records about civil rights-era photographer Ernest Withers' work as an informant for the FBI, to settle a Tennessee newspaper's ...

Epic to pull song with offending Lil Wayne lyric
Epic Records says it is making "great efforts" to take down a new Future remix with a vulgar Lil Wayne lyric that has offended the family of a black U
UK authorities charge man in US school threat
A British man was charged Saturday after he allegedly posted a threat on Facebook to kill 200 people in the U.S. state of Tennessee, causing many ...

Gun background checks drop 10 percent in January
The number of federal background checks for firearms sales declined in the U.S. last month, as retailers continue to run out of guns to sell during ...

Obama's Inauguration Day is a day for MLK Jr., too
Monday's inaugural may be President Barack Obama's big day, but Martin Luther King Jr. will loom large over the festivities. A quirk in the calendar ...

Final goodbye: Roll call of some who died in 2012
Neil Armstrong would always be taking that first step onto the moon, and Dick Clark was forever "the world's oldest teenager." Some of the notables ...

Hockey fans fed up with ongoing NHL labor strife
Sitting in a hockey locker room, Steve Chase became the latest die-hard fan fed up with the NHL lockout. Living in Los Angeles, Chase believed the ...

Hamilton, Greinke remain on market after meetings
A quiet winter meetings figures to lead to a busy rest of December, given how few moves actually got finished at sprawling Opryland hotel. As teams ...

Red Sox rev up with Victorino; Giants keep Scutaro
Shane Victorino bolted for Boston, Marco Scutaro stayed with San Francisco, and the Miami Marlins shed more payroll in a late-night trade. It was ...

Napoli to Red Sox, Loney to Rays, A-Rod out
The Boston Red Sox began to play catch-up by getting All-Star catcher Mike Napoli, Tampa Bay took a chance on James Loney and the New York Yankees ...