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Judge: Jailed Amish cannot attend Ohio wedding
Defendants convicted in beard- and hair-cutting attacks on fellow Amish lost a bid Wednesday to leave jail to attend a family wedding after ...
Irish trying to turn USC rivalry their way
The Notre Dame-USC rivalry has been defined by dominance over the last four decades. Two of college football's most celebrated teams have alternated ...
Sentencing delayed as man rethinks Ohio bomb plea
A man who pleaded guilty in the failed plot to bomb a highway bridge won a delay in his sentencing Wednesday so he can press for a more lenient ...
Documentary: Inmate may be involved in OJ case
A documentary says a Florida death-row inmate might have been involved in the murder of O.J. Simpson's ex-wife and her friend, a claim being ...
Collinsworth goes from NFL's small stage to big
Cris Collinsworth remembers the early days of his second career as an NFL announcer like this: calling a Browns-Colts game before Peyton Manning with ...
Review: Box sets from Cash, Kiss, Jackson, others
Select box set reviews from The Associated Press: Johnny Cash, "The Complete Columbia Album Collection" (Columbia/Legacy) If you're under 40, you ...
Cavaliers G Irving out a month with broken finger
When the Cavaliers opened training camp, star point guard Kryrie Irving insisted he wasn't worried about being injury prone. Well, he's hurt again.
Stanford new No. 1 in women's basketball poll
Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer has had many really good teams over the past few seasons, reaching the Final Four the last five years. Yet none of ...
Oklahoma State routs No. 6 NC State 76-56
Le'Bryan Nash has 23 points and Marcus Smart added 20 points, seven rebounds, seven assists and Oklahoma State earned a 76-56 win over No. 6 N.C.
Notre Dame stays unbeaten, then get more good news
No. 3 Notre Dame stayed undefeated with an uncharacteristically easy victory at home and then had the rest of the night to watch as the teams in front ...
No. 6 Buckeyes beat Wisconsin in OT, 21-14
Ohio State clinched one title, and kept its slim hopes for another alive. The sixth-ranked Buckeyes won the Leaders Division crown outright Saturday, ...
No. 25 Kent State beats Bowling Green 31-24
Kent State's remarkable season just keeps getting better. The No. 25 Golden Flashes are going to their first Mid-American Conference title game with ...
No. 22 Rutgers beats Cincy 10-3, keeps 1st place
With another shut-down performance by its defense, No. 22 Rutgers stayed in control of the Big East. Reserve running back Savon Huggins had a ...
Badgers, Buckeyes both need win to prove a point
Its spot in the Big Ten title game already assured, Wisconsin now gets a chance to prove it deserves it. Knocking off No. 6 Ohio State (10-0, 6-0 Big ...
Ohio was crucial politically for Lincoln, too
Long before Mitt Romney and Barack Obama wrestled over Ohio, it was also a crucial political battleground state for Abraham Lincoln. So much so that ...
US court strikes down Mich. affirmative action ban
Michigan's ban on affirmative action in college admissions was declared unconstitutional Thursday by a deeply divided federal appeals court, six years ...
Ohio drug defendant asks judge for 1 more joint
A judge's offer to allow an Ohio drug defendant the chance to stay out of prison if he'd give up marijuana might have just gone up in smoke.
Ohio mom: Grandmother, uncle not in 'right minds'
The mother of three children killed this week in what police believe was a murder-suicide said Wednesday her mother and brother weren't in their ...
No. 1 Oregon tries to avoid Bama-like upset
No. 1 team in the nation, playing at home against a ranked divisional rival with two losses on its record and an elusive redshirt freshman quarterback ...
Despite what they say, voters favor local taxes
When it comes to new taxes, voters tend to say government should ask for money from somebody else, like the rich. But that doesn't always hold true, ...
Sentence wraps up for Ohio woman with 'idiot' sign
A woman ordered to stand at the curb with an embarrassing sign as punishment for driving on the sidewalk past a stopped school bus skipped the ...
Grandmother, uncle plot murder-suicide, 3 kids die
Caught up in a family disagreement over who should care for three young children, a grandmother and her son barricaded themselves and the kids in a ...
Ohio executes killer who repeatedly stabbed woman
Ohio on Tuesday executed a condemned killer who calmly went to his death still claiming he was innocent of stabbing a woman 138 times, slitting her ...
'I stole from a 9-year-old': Court-ordered shaming
A woman caught on camera driving on a sidewalk to pass a Cleveland school bus was ordered this week to hold a sign at the intersection reading, "Only ...