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Having the president of the United States speak at commencement would normally be the most memorable day in the life of a high school senior.

The driver of an 18-wheeler managed to drive 25 miles in the wrong direction on I-10 over the Atchafalaya basin before being stopped Friday night, according to Louisiana State Police.

Notre Dame advanced to the NCAA lacrosse semifinals, defeating Virginia 12-10 Sunday after striking for six fourth-quarter goals.

U.S. Women's National Soccer Team Trains at Princeton University Princeton University is home to world class scholars, students and athletes-and for the next few days, 28 members of the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team.

This is the week to end all weeks for Mark Zuckerberg, who married 27-year-old Priscilla Chan at a small ceremony at his Palo Alto, California, home today.

All the pregame chatter about the difficulty of beating the same opponent three times in a single season was of little importance to the Loyola men's lacrosse team.

Prosecutors say two charges have been dropped against a Mishawaka High School wrestler after evidence showed he wasn't present when a teammate was allegedly sexually assaulted.

Brittany Dashiell and Nora Barry each scored three goals and top-seeded Florida advanced to the semifinals of the NCAA women's lacrosse tournament for the first time with a 15-2 victory over Penn State in the second round on Saturday.

Westport's Lauren Garcia, front, gets ready with her friends Kerri Eden of Easton, Kayla O'Brien of Wilton, Chelse Cutler of Redding and Erin Cunningham of Wilton for Saturday's Pineapple Classic With Obstacles 5k at the Greenwich Polo Club.

Cruz Pedregon topped Funny Car qualifying with a track-record performance Friday in the NHRA Summernationals at Heartland Park Topeka.

Atlantic salmon swim in a pen in Eastport, Maine in this October, 2008 file photo.Atlantic salmon farms around Vancouver Island have begun testing and formed a special outbreak management team after a virus outbreak at one farm led to a site quarantine and the cull of more than half a million fish.

After nearly five years managing her family's finances, Holly McCall, a 34-year old stay-at-home mother of two from Vienna, Va., never thought she would have trouble getting a credit card.

Prosecutors have laid out more precise, graphic details in their case against Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State football coach set to stand trial next month on allegations of sexually assaulting young victims over 14 years.

Prosecutors have laid out more precise, graphic details in their case against Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State football coach set to stand trial next month on allegations of sexually assaulting young victims over 14 years.

A mother who says her middle-school daughter was forced to let school officials browse the 13-year-old girl's private Facebook page is speaking out against the practice because, she says, "other parents are scared to talk about it." Pam Broviak, who lives in the Chicago suburb of Geneva, Ill., says her daughter was traumatized when the principal of ... (more)

The Big 12 and the Southeastern conferences have announced a deal that will pit their football regular-season champions against each other in a New Year's Day bowl game for five years beginning in 2014, positioning themselves for the expected switch to a four-team playoff.

The kayak season on Kinnally Cove in Hastings-on-Hudson opens Sunday at 10 a.m. with Mountain Valley Guides for a Piermont Marsh tour.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala . -- A season opener at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta? Make it a double for Alabama.

When David Wright came to the plate for the last time, the Cincinnati Reds had little choice - they had to pitch to him.

The 5-1 vote followed months of passionate and emotional debate about tolerance and tradition.