06/08/11 Maine's highest court has vacated the 29-year sentence of a former music teacher from Blue Hill convicted of molesting five of his students, but he will stay in prison while his case is sent back to a lower court for resentencing.
06/08/11 Merchants triumphed over bankers in a battle for billions Wednesday as the Senate voted to let the Federal Reserve curb the fees that stores pay financial institutions when a customer swipes a debit card.
05/22/11 ROUND ROCK, Texas - Nine consecutive batters reached safely with two outs as the Colorado Springs Sky Sox scored eight ninth-inning runs to rally past the Round Rock Express 15-10 in Sunday's Pacific Coast League series finale at The Dell Diamond.
05/22/11 SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - The Nashville Sounds lost to the Salt Lake Bees, 8-4, on Sunday afternoon at Spring Mobile Ballpark in the finale of a four-game set.
05/22/11 Tacoma, WA - The Rainiers used a pair of late-inning home runs to best the Memphis Redbirds 5-2 in front of 5,857 fans at Cheney Stadium on Sunday. Infielder Dustin Ackley broke up a 2-2 tie with a two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning to put the Rainiers on top.
05/22/11 If you've never suspected Brendan Haywood would look good in a Toronto uniform, consider his impassioned plea Saturday.
05/22/11 One man is in jail and another is in the hospital after a shooting in Pauls Valley on Saturday.
05/21/11 In his final tuneup before the NCAA East Preliminary Round, Valparaiso University's Jarrett Mickens won the high jump at Friday's Gregory Invitational in Naperville. Mickens' leap of 24 feet, 4 1/4 inches was his second-best effort of the season.
05/13/11 Shortly after becoming just the 30th pitcher in major league history to throw multiple no-hitters, Justin Verlander was already thinking about his next opponent. That likely doesn't bode well for the Kansas City Royals. Looking to build on his dominant performance, Verlander takes the mound for the surging Detroit Tigers as they return home to open a three-game set with the Royals on Friday...
05/13/11 The Pulitzer Prize-winning book, which never has been out of publication, has touched the lives of millions, even though it was controversial for its defense of the Confederate South and its plantation lifestyle.
05/13/11 At what point does a league have too many quirky rules? When -- if ever -- is the right time to sit a struggling early-round stud? Our Scott White addresses that and more in his latest Dear Mr. Fantasy.
05/13/11 The second half of Week 7 is full of interleague play, meaning some players may be without at bats. Our Scott White shares his thoughts on the best and worst options at every position in his Hitting Planner.
05/02/11 Brewers outfielder Nyjer Morgan, whose final scheduled rehab game with the Sounds was rained out Sunday, caught a flight from Nashville to rejoin his Milwaukee teammates.
05/01/11 The Sounds begin an eight-game road trip Monday tonight when they visit the Oklahoma City RedHawks for a 7:05 p.m. game. Sounds right-hander Josh Butler (1-1, 4.85 ERA) will face Oklahoma City lefty Douglas Arguello (1-1, 3.72).
05/01/11 The Sounds' series finale with Albuquerque was rained out Sunday and will be made up as part of a doubleheader in July.
05/01/11 A few diary items while hoping Deltone West doesn't wind up at The Clevelander tonight, buying Red Bull and Vodkas for a sewing circle called M.O.M. (Mothers of Miami) ...
05/01/11 By: Staff Report This year, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has seen both ups and downs in terms of research. Last Friday, UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman announced that the university had lost its Association of American Universities' memb...
04/23/11 Among the handful of players most often slotted for the Steelers in the mega million mock drafts out there is one Aaron Williams, a cornerback at Texas.
04/23/11 There's less than a fortnight to go until the referendum on the alternative vote, and things have got a bit messy, haven't they? We agree that the campaign on both sides has been a little unedifying: David Cameron and Nick Clegg are at war; there are accusations of smears and dark arts, myths and counter-myths. And yes, things have got a bit bogged down in the technicalities of different systems.
04/23/11 Marietta city officials said Friday they expect to move forward with a Marietta Municipal Court construction project, accepting bids from the third set submitte. | 
