A look back: Terrorist acts against Americans

Police and fire equipment block the streets near the World Trade Center in New York City on Feb. 26, 1993. An underground explosion rocked the twin tower complex. (AP Photo/Val Mazzuka)

Balanced Suns rout Golden State by 22

PHOENIX — Steve Nash scored 18 points and had the sixth 20-assist game of his career Friday night in Phoenix's 123-101 rout of the Golden State Warriors.

Balanced Suns rout Golden State by 22

US cannot attack and support Afghanistan's drug trade

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Former idol is Hamels' foe tonight

PHILADELPHIA — Cole Hamels grew up watching Andy Pettitte pitch important playoff games and still tries to imitate his icy glare on the mound.

Reinprecht scores 3 in under 6 minutes, then Florida wins SO

DALLAS — Steven Reinprecht scored three times in a 5-minute-11-second span of the first period, and Rostislav Olesz scored in the second round of a shootout to give the Florida Panthers a 6-5 victory over the Dallas Stars on Friday night.

Empty seats greet singer's TSO debut, Paulus world-premiere

The Dow shot up nearly 200 points on Thursday, continuing to flirt with 10,000 on news that the gross domestic product grew 3.5 percent.

Empty seats greet singer's TSO debut, Paulus world-premiere

Gas cost set to rein in holiday spending in US

NEW YORK — Americans are paying more for gasoline than they did last year as the holidays approached — billions of dollars that could go to books, clothes and Barbie dolls instead being spent at the pump.

Housing: Appraisal reforms may be scrapped

Could the controversial appraisal system imposed nationwide by mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac last May — and now tied to lowball property valuations, busted home-sale transactions, and higher fees to consumers — be on its way out?

Regulators shut 9 banks, mostly in West, as loan defaults keep taking toll

NEW YORK — Regulators shut nine banks Friday, including Los Angeles-based California National, as the still-weak economy produces a stream of loan defaults.

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German man calls Brazilian airport home

CAMPINAS, Brazil — A German man reportedly dumped by a Brazilian woman he met on the Internet has been living in an airport for 13 days and isn't saying when he will leave.

German man calls Brazilian airport home

¿Cuál será el refuerzo que inclinará la balanza?

NEW YORK.– Kobe Bryant estaba a unas cuantas horas de celebrar otro campeonato cuando la sombra enorme de Shaquille O'Neal volvió a aparecer.

¿Cuál será el refuerzo que inclinará la balanza?

Stocks plunge on consumer-spending drop

NEW YORK — Stocks tumbled Friday as a drop in consumer spending fanned worries that the economic recovery won’t be sustainable.

Stocks plunge on consumer-spending drop

Tiene Arizona Cardinals especialista en yardaje

Tras llegar al Super Bowl por tercera vez en su carrera, y ante la posibilidad de optar por el retiro al final de la actual campaña, parece que lo único que le resta a Kurt Warner para asegurarse un lugar en el Salón de la Fama es amasar yardaje.