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Black Friday creeps into Thursday
The nation's shoppers put the turkey down to take advantage of an early start to the holiday shopping season. Stores typically open in the wee hours ...
Vikings looking to put the squeeze on Bears QBs
The lasting image from the Bears' trip to San Francisco was 49ers defensive end Aldon Smith running amok. And now Chicago's battered offensive line ...
Garment salesman held in 3 NY merchant deaths
A garment salesman accused of systematically shooting three shopkeepers to death as they worked alone in their clothing stores was held without bail ...
Sandy victims cheered by NYC's Thanksgiving parade
Victims of Superstorm Sandy in New York and elsewhere in the Northeast were comforted Thursday by kinder weather, free holiday meals and — for some ...
Doctor: Puerto Rico boxer Camacho is brain dead
Famed Puerto Rican boxer Hector "Macho" Camacho is clinically brain dead, doctors said Thursday, but family members disagreed on whether to take him ...
Locked-out Lundqvist finally finds game to play
Henrik Lundqvist finally found a game to play. It won't be under the bright lights of Madison Square Garden, or in front of a hostile crowd in ...
Jim Boeheim goes off on conference realignment
On the day after the Big East lost its fifth member in 18 months with Rutgers bolting for the Big Ten and with more defections likely on the horizon, ...
Clothes dealer arrested in 3 NY shopkeeper deaths
A balding garment salesman was arrested Wednesday for systematically killing three shopkeepers as they worked alone in their clothing stores and had ...
Economy makes for tougher Thanksgiving journeys
Millions of Americans piled their families into cars, hopped on buses and waited out delays at airports Wednesday as they set off on Thanksgiving ...
Twinkie maker Hostess to close down, sell brands
Twinkies, Ho Hos and Wonder Bread are up for sale now that a bankruptcy judge cleared the way for Hostess Brands Inc. to fire its 18,500 workers and ...
Boxer 'Macho' Camacho critical in Puerto Rico
The family of Hector "Macho" Camacho tried to decide Wednesday whether he should be removed from life support after a shooting in his Puerto Rican ...
Review: Tony Bennett's meditations on show biz
"Life Is a Gift: The Zen of Bennett" (Harper Collins), by Tony Bennett When you've been as successful as Tony Bennett over 60 years in show business, ...
Book gift guide: 20 picks for the season
Louise Erdrich is more than this year's winner of the National Book Award for fiction. She's a bookstore owner and has some ideas for what customers ...
Sandy victims prepare for subdued Thanksgiving
The things that Marge Gatti once cherished are lying on what's left of her deck, spattered in mud, like a yard sale gone awry. The white fur coat she ...
At public meetings, fights over prayer drag on
It happens every week at meetings in towns, counties and cities nationwide. A lawmaker or religious leader leads a prayer before officials begin the ...
Hat trick: All 3 visitors to win Thursday
Happy Thanksgiving. Welcome to our home. Feel free to take a victory with you when you leave. That's how Pro Picks sees Thursday's three holiday ...
Teams looking closer at secondary ticket market
Chipper Jones was down to the final few games of his distinguished career when the Atlanta Braves opened a series at Pittsburgh last month.
Hiroki Kuroda, Yankees agree to $15 million deal
Trying to get under baseball's luxury tax by 2014, the New York Yankees don't mind spending big as long as it's on one-year deals. New York filled one ...
Expert sees a gathering storm for top fund manager
The arrest of a former hedge fund portfolio manager in what prosecutors are calling one of the most lucrative insider trading schemes ever indicates ...
With Terps gone, UConn could be candidate for ACC
The latest round of conference musical chairs has left Connecticut once again looking for a seat. The Big Ten's recruitment of Rutgers from the Big ...
D'Antoni is hobbled, but makes smooth Lakers debut
Ever since Mike D'Antoni got a new knee and a new job in rapid succession earlier this month, his life has been a jumble of unfamiliar faces, grueling ...
Lakers hold off Nets 95-90, win D'Antoni's debut
Although Mike D'Antoni still can't jump, pivot or move on his surgically replaced knee with his usual enthusiasm, he felt plenty strong enough to ...
Hostess says talks to stave off shutdown fail
Hostess Brands Inc. lived to die another day. The maker of Twinkies and Ding Dongs said late Tuesday that it failed to reach an agreement with its ...
Blue Jays hire John Gibbons as manager again
Blue Jays President Paul Beeston couldn't believe it when he learned the Blue Jays had the chance to land three star players from the Miami Marlins ...
Rubble cleanup a massive task in NY, NJ
Just a few months ago, the parking lot at Jacob Riis Park on New York City's Rockaway seashore was filled with happy beachgoers. Now, it is home to ...