PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Pennsylvania university's requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees has raised the hackles of students and the...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez was handed a blue button with "Beat Ohio State" in maize letters when he was introduced as the new leader of college...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — First Lady Michelle Obama received a few gardening tips from students Wednesday as she toured a Virginia elementary school's...

BAGHDAD (AP) — California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger dropped in on U.S. troops in Iraq on Monday, thanking them for the sacrifices they and...

CHICAGO (AP) — Sarah Palin said in an interview with Oprah Winfrey that it's heartbreaking to see the road that Levi Johnston, the father of her grandson, has taken and that the...

DADAAB, Kenya (AP) — The recruits assembled by moonlight at a watering hole. Hundreds of boys and young Kenyan men were herded onto trucks,...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell says he has the best interest of polar bears at heart, but he doesn't intend to let the federal government's expanded protection for bears...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A suburban swim club accused of discrimination last summer after revoking the memberships of mostly black and Hispanic children plans to declare bankruptcy, a newspaper...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A newspaper says a suburban Philadelphia swim club accused of discrimination in revoking the memberships of mostly black and Hispanic children last summer plans to...

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Veteran Slovenian climber Tomaz Humar was found dead in the Himalayas on Saturday, days after he was injured and stranded on a 23,710-foot (7,227-meter)...

BEREA, Ohio (AP) — As Jamal Lewis backtracked on his stinging comments directed at Cleveland coach Eric Mangini for overworking his players, several of the Browns gathered near the...

DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Skeletal remains found in Death Valley may belong to one or more of the four German tourists who vanished in searing summer heat 13 years ago,...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — The issue this week at a Chattanooga church isn't just sanctification, but safety — gun safety. Pastor Fred Smith at the East Chattanooga Church of God says...

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Lake Mary teen surfing off New Smyrna Beach was bitten by a shark.

Volusia County Beach Patrol reports that the 18-year-old man was one of about 300...