NEW YORK (AP) — A collection of short stories set along the border between Texas and Mexico has won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. The directors of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation announced Tuesday that author ... Read more
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Frustrated and maybe a bit embarrassed, Lauren Silberman fought back tears after kicking her way into NFL history. She became the first woman to try out at a regional combine Sunday, ... Read more
OSAKA, Japan (AP) — Two-time world champion Mao Asada of Japan re-introduced her trademark triple axel to take a comfortable lead over compatriots Akiko Suzuki and Kanako Murakami on Saturday at the figure ... Read more
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A federal judge has agreed to cut short former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards' court supervision following his release from prison. Edwards was sentenced to three years of supervised ... Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — With a partial power outage, an overly excited quarterback and a game that suddenly turned from snoozer to sizzler, CBS had its hands full at the Super Bowl. The game fell short of setting a ... Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top Democrat in the Senate says that lawmakers should redouble efforts to replace looming across-the-board cuts to the Pentagon and domestic programs with alternative spending cuts and tax ... Read more
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Meryl Davis and Charlie White topped the only competition they have in the United States. Themselves. The Olympic silver medalists and 2011 world champions scored a career-high 79.02 points in ... Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Starbucks says it profit rose in its fiscal first quarter as customers stepped up spending at its cafes in the U.S. and Asia, but its revenue fell short of expectations. The Seattle-based coffee ... Read more