S&P 500 reaches new high, led by tech
NEW YORK (AP) — Technology companies are leading the stock market higher, pushing the Standard & Poor's 500 index to another record high.
View ArticleFBI visits home of wife of dead bombing suspect
NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) — FBI agents investigating the Boston Marathon bombings have visited the Rhode Island home of Tamerlan Tsarnaev's (TAM'-ehr-luhn tsahr-NEYE'-ehv) in-laws and carried away...
View ArticleBoston suspect's defense team gets major boost
BOSTON (AP) — Prominent death penalty lawyer Judy Clarke is joining the team representing the suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings.
View ArticleDucks to get immediate playoff test from Detroit
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — A day after the Anaheim Ducks wrapped up the most impressive regular season in franchise history, they were eager to forget all about it.
View ArticleMich. golf team van collides with 2nd van, 3 dead
DETROIT (AP) — A minivan carrying six members of a Michigan high school boys' golf team collided with another van on a rural road, killing the 30-year-old coach and a 17-year-old golfer, and a...
View ArticleUS-23 reopen after crash
The accident that closed a section of US-23 in Whiteford Township had been cleared. The highway is reopen.
View ArticleGay athletes have come out while active or retired
Even before Jason Collins, plenty of other athletes around the world have come out as gay, either while still active or in retirement.
View ArticleFielder's homer lifts Tigers over Twins 4-3
Prince Fielder's towering three-run homer in the sixth inning put Detroit ahead, and the Tigers held on Monday night for their fourth straight win, 4-3 over the Minnesota Twins.
View ArticleBoston suspect's defense team gets major boost
The defense team representing the Boston Marathon bombing suspect got a major boost Monday with the addition of Judy Clarke, a San Diego lawyer who has won life sentences instead of the death penalty...
View ArticleRural Calif community on lockdown as killer sought
A region of oak-studded hills in California, where big-city dwellers come to get away from crime, was on lockdown Monday, two days after a mysterious intruder stabbed an 8-year-old girl to death at...
View ArticleZeta-Jones checks into mental health facility
A spokeswoman for Catherine Zeta-Jones says the actress has "proactively" checked into a mental health facility for treatment of her bipolar condition.
View Article'Pain & Gain' leads US box office with $20.2M
Mark Wahlberg's true-crime romp "Pain & Gain" led the domestic box office with $20.2 million over a quiet weekend that preceded the start of Hollywood's summer blockbuster season.
View ArticleMen's pro sports finally joins gay-rights trend
By coming out as gay while still an active NBA player, Jason Collins breaks one of the last remaining barriers for gays and lesbians in era of constant political gains and ever-growing public acceptance.
View ArticleNY Gov. Andrew Cuomo has book deal
Andrew Cuomo, the popular governor and a possible presidential contender in 2016, has a book deal.
View ArticleInsurer, Mich. hospitals switch reimbursement plan
Michigan's largest health insurer and a dozen hospitals announced Monday they are starting to carry out a cost-saving deal designed to prevent unnecessary or overused tests and procedures, an attempt...
View ArticleIn reversal, Michigan privatizing prison food service
Michigan officials say they will privatize prisoner food services, a reversal from a decision nearly two months ago.
View Article'I'm gay': NBA player Jason Collins breaks barrier
Last summer, NBA veteran Jason Collins considered joining an old Stanford college roommate, U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy III, at Boston's gay pride parade.
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