Faced with staggering midyear deficits, most mid-Michigan school districts are digging deep into their savings accounts to balance their 2009-10 budgets.

roughly 55 kilometers (35 miles) south of Laverton, Western Australia.

Last spring Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks' college intern program put 30 students to work on projects around the state to gain the on-the-job experience they need to build a resume. Last year, FWP's intern program involved 12 women and

NASA's Cassini Spacecraft has captured the first flash of sunlight reflected off a lake on Saturn's moon Titan, confirming the presence of liquid on the part of the moon dotted with many large, lake-shaped basins.

A continent-wide network of all-sky cameras has photographed a never-before-seen phenomenon: colliding auroras that produce explosions of light. The must-see images have solved a long-standing mystery of Northern Lights.

Damion James led a four-man scoring frenzy that carried No. 2 Texas to a 103-90 victory over No. 10 North Carolina on Saturday in the first basketball game at Cowboys Stadium.

Gordon Hayward grabbed a loose ball and made a layup with 1.2 seconds left on the clock, giving No. 21 Butler a 69-68 victory over Xavier on Saturday.

Alex Stepheson had 19 points and a career-high 15 rebounds, Mike Gerrity had 12 points and 10 assists, and Southern California routed No. 9 Tennessee 77-55 on Saturday for the Volunteers' worst loss under coach Bruce Pearl.

Richmond rallied from a 13-point first-half deficit, and Kevin Anderson made four free throws in the final 5.4 seconds to upset No. 13 Florida 56-53 Saturday night in the Orange Bowl Basketball Classic.

Clevin Hannah scored 24 points to spark Wichita State past No. 16 Texas Tech 85-83 on Saturday night, giving the Red Raiders their first loss of the season.

Freshman Austyn Carta-Samuels threw three touchdown passes, the last a 13-yarder to David Leonard in the second overtime Saturday, and Wyoming beat Fresno State 35-28 in the New Mexico Bowl.

Southern California is investigating tailback Joe McKnight's use of an SUV registered to a businessman, according to a newspaper report.

Levell Coppage had three touchdowns and Wisconsin-Whitewater scored 10 points in the final 1 minute, 17 seconds to beat defending champion Mount Union 38-28 in the NCAA Division III Championship Game on Saturday.

The Santa Clara women's basketball team hung tough with now 9-3 Boise State Saturday afternoon on the road, but came up just short, 75-67. Santa Clara (2-9) got as close as five with 4:54 left thanks to a long 3