PRINCETON, N.J. Final exams are more stressful than usual for some students this year.At Princeton University, administrators have decided to make it harder to earn an A.

A team of archaeologists looking for historical artifacts at the Rueter-Hess Reservoir construction site (Colorado, USA) has found traces of huts used by nomadic tribes up to 5,000 years ago....

Today is the DNC's Western regional caucus in Sacramento. The party is gathering to meet with the candidates for DNC chair. JollyBuddah over at MyDD is reporting live from the event, as is Bob Brigham (via Tim Tagaris) at the

North Carolina prison officials want to cut off the gang violence other states have seen by segregating those inmates in a special close-custody unit at a prison in Morganton. Many of the inmates won't get out until they complete a

By R. Albert Mohler Jr. | "Brian, a bright and personable third-grader, brought home from school a form that frustrated him: his family tree, complete with empty spaces f...

CINCINNATI - Mardy Collins had 22 points and eight rebounds and Mark Tyndale added 21 points to lead Temple to a 69-54 win over Xavier on Saturday.

PHILADELPHIA - Phil Goss hit five 3-pointers on the way to a game-high 21 points to lead Drexel to a 76-55 win over Colonial Athletic Association-rival Towson on Saturday afternoon in Philadelphia.

UNIONTOWN, Pa. - A man was sentenced to 7 1/2 to 15 years in prison for an apartment building arson that killed a 76-year-old man.

PHILADELPHIA - Four members of a conservative Christian group may resume picketing gay-themed events in Philadelphia after a judge lifted a restriction that kept them away.

Put away those cleats and break out the ice skates.

AMHERST, Mass. - Pat Carroll scored 19 points, including five three-pointers, to lead Saint Joseph's over Massachusetts, 73-54, on Saturday.

PHILADELPHIA - A legislative aide who helped write Pennsylvania's new gambling law said there is no doubt that the Allentown-Bethlehem area will get a slot-machine casino.

SALT LAKE CITY Authorities in Utah say a five-year-old boy's phone call may have saved his father's life.The boy (Crue Farris) called 9-1-1 this week after his father...

VENTURA, Calif. Friends and family are saying farewell to the ten people killed this month in a mudslide in La Conchita, California.Hundreds of people gathered on the...

The Chicago Bears and Brad Maynard have come to terms on a five-year contract extension that will keep the punter with the team through the 2010 season.

The Chicago Bears and Brad Maynard have come to terms on a five-year contract extension that will keep the punter with the team through the 2010 season.

The Chicago Bears and Brad Maynard have come to terms on a five-year contract extension that will keep the punter with the team through the 2010 season.

The Highway Patrol is clearing up an accident on Interstate 95 in Nash County this morning. The wreck at about 5:30 a-m forced the closure of the interstate's southbound lanes.

Four shallow-draft inlets on North Carolina's southern coastline are becoming dangerously filled with sand and sediment, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers won't have enough money this year to keep them dredged to safe depths for boats to pass