The lockout was easier than all this. In many ways, more peaceful, too. Nine months after the NFL and the players' union agreed on an unprecedented 10-year labor deal that, at the time, had everyone from Roger Goodell to DeMaurice Smith smiling, the ...

President Barack Obama tried Monday to tarnish Mitt Romney as a corporate titan who got rich by cutting rather than creating jobs, opening a new effort to undercut the Republican's claims that his background of business success is just what ...

KingSpirit Music’s Todd Wilkes knew he wanted to sign Nashville artist Kalisa Ewing the moment he heard her music. “This is my 30th year doing publishing in Nashville. I’ve had a lot of songs recorded and helped a lot of people get records ...

It was a special delivery indeed _ 13 suspected illegal immigrants from Mexico stuffed in a phony UPS van. The U.S. Border Patrol said Tuesday that agents stopped the van Friday as the driver tried to circumvent a highway checkpoint near Niland, about 150 ...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Martin Brodeur made 27 saves and survived a third-period punch to the chest by old buddy Mike Rupp as the New Jersey Devils defeated the New York Rangers, 3-1, Monday night, evening the Eastern Conference Finals, 2-2. Zach ...

Ralcorp Holdings Inc. announced late Tuesday that it would again postpone the release of its financial results and the filing of its quarterly report with the Securities and Exchange Commission due to an ongoing review of a previously announced restatement ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Albert Pujols welcomed his new hitting coach to town with a go-ahead three-run homer and Vernon Wells added a two-run shot to lead the Los Angeles Angels to a 7-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night. Jim Eppard was with ...

NEW YORK — Maurice Sendak didn't think of himself as a children's author, but as a writer who told the truth about childhood. "I like interesting people and kids are really interesting people," he explained to The Associated Press last fall. "And if you ...

The number of Oregon kindergartners going off to school without vaccinations has been rising steadily for more than a decade. New state data show that 5.8 percent of the kindergartners in the 2011-12 school year had a religious exemption from vaccination ...

Police in New York City are investigating an odd attack: They say someone unleashed darts that wounded three people on a street. The New York Police Department was searching Monday for a suspect in Sunday's dart attack. Investigators believe the assailant ...