LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Dodgers reported today that suspended slugger Manny Ramirez, who is currently serving a 50-game suspension imposed by the league after testing positive for a banned substance is, according to Dodgers' head team physicia...
SOUTHPORT, ENGLAND -- In a first for the week leading up to a major golf championship since 1975, there were no news stories today about Tiger Woods. Woods, who is recuperating from knee surgery, is not entered in this week's 137th British Open...
FOND DU LAC, WISCONSIN -- A Fond du Lac man has been declared by the Guinness Book of World Records to be first to "read, understand and accept" all of the terms and conditions associated with an Internet software download.
DURHAM -- In news with an ironic twist, just days after being voted the Most Expensive Place to Live in America, according to an analysis by the management consulting firm Runzheimer International, Krzyzewskiville finds itself high on the list of nei...
DURHAM -- At the halftime of the Duke-Carolina men's basketball game, Duke University will award its highest non-academic honor, the Spire Award, which recognizes those who make the significant contributions "to improving the aesthetics of t...
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Inside sources with the New England Patriots reported today that reigning league MVP quarterback Tom Brady will not play in the Super Bowl on Sunday, but his girlfriend, Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen, will start in his place...
LAS VEGAS -- Senator Barack Obama, a leading candidate for the Democratic Party's nomination for the presidency, admitted today that his mother named him while playing the "Name Game."...
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- The roof of the Dean E. Smith Student Activities Center collapsed last night causing major damage to the facility where the University of North Carolina plays its men's home basketball games. No casualties were reported.
GREEN BAY -- A study released today by the University of Wisconsin-Stout's Department of Sports Psychology shows that the "cheesehead" hats, worn most notably by Green Bay Packer fans are "not primarily, as previously thought, an e...
INDIANAPOLIS -- The most hyped regular season game ever for the National Football League has been thrown into disarray just before the opening kickoff, as both the New England Patriots and the Indianapolis Colts have made major concessions to each ot...
BURBANK, Calif. - The California Highway Police are currently investigating why actress Nicole Richie was driving the wrong way on State Highway 134 under the apparent influence of drugs. The Simple Life star and 25-year-old daughter of pop...
ATLANTA - Tens of thousands are dead and millions soon will be as a pandemic spreads across America and around the world, say epidemiologists at the Centers for Disease Control. The long feared global viral pandemic has started -- but it is of a com...
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - In the wake of two blockbuster hits, the second highest grossing documentary of all-time "March of the Penguins" and the currently top-rated film, the animated feature "Happy Feet," one of the last of Hollywood...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In the wake of Michael Richards' infamous "N-word" incident, the United States Food and Drug Administration has issued a new warning: salty crackers may be hazardous to your health.
LONDON - The Channel Tunnel will be closed indefinitely for major reinforcement, Eurotunnel operators announced today. Eurotunnel engineers said the work is necessary to prevent foreseeable damage to the "Chunnel," as it was once popularly...
NEW YORK - "No one will be killed, if you do as we say!" Roberto Alvarez heard these frightening words as someone behind him put a paring knife to his neck. Alvarez, a Planet Hollywood salad prep crew worker, was one of fourteen of the ki...
LOS ANGELES - Following the brouhaha ensuing from Michael Richards' comedy club tirade which was richly laced with the "N-word," Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, the Seinfeld series owner and distributor, has announced it will edit the...
KOCHI, Japan - Depressed and disheartened after she missed the cut for the 11th time in 12 professional men's events, after a nervous 80 left her at 17-over par at the Casio World Open, Michelle Wie got a little something to cheer her up: induct...