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NEW YORK - Only once before has a team been where Southern California and Texas are in the Bowl Championship Series standings and not played for a national title.

The Trojans and Longhorns held the top two spots Monday, and are both unbeaten with three weeks left in the regular season. With two more victories each, they'll lock up spots in the Rose Bowl for a matchup that has appeared in...

Employees on strike against an aluminum mill say they have lost cars and homes since they stopped working, and they are trying to figure out how they'll earn money now that the plant is scheduled to close at the end of the year.

So far, the people who worked for Ormet Corp. haven't been eligible for unemployment benefits, and finding a new job would be tough in an area with one of highe...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- It was announced on Monday, November 14 that the Providence College men's soccer squad was one of 48 teams selected to participate in the NCAA Tournament. The Friars were one of 25 at-large teams selected for the Tournament. The Friars, who will be making their second appearance all-time in the NCAA Tournament, will play at Hofstra on Friday, November 18 at 7:00 p.m. The wi...

ALBANY, N.Y. -- Western Union Financial Services will post prominent warnings to customers about fraudulent telemarketers who are increasingly requiring consumers to wire money because it is harder to trace, according to an agreement Monday with officials in New Jersey and 46 other states.

A two-year review after hundreds of complaints found 38 percent of transfers from the United States...

"Ms. Martinez is considered to be armed and dangerous," the sheriff's office said in a statement.

Police asked for the public's help in identifying the young, dark-haired woman after bank surveillance video showed her robbing a Wachovia Bank branch in the Ashburn community of Loudoun County on Nov. 4. The video, which was picked up by news media and broadcast nationwide, showed the woma...

Western Union Financial Services will post prominent warnings to customers about fraudulent telemarketers who are increasingly requiring consumers to wire money because it is harder to trace, according to an agreement Monday with officials in New Jersey and 46 other states.

A two-year review after hundreds of complaints found 38 percent of transfers from the United States to Canada during...

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - It's a fade out for "The Apprentice: Martha Stewart" after next month's finale.

Sources said that NBC has passed on ordering another round of episodes of the Stewart-hosted edition of "The Apprentice," which has struggled in the ratings since its September 21 premiere. A spokesman for NBC stressed Sunday that the show always had been scheduled...

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - It's a fade out for "The Apprentice: Martha Stewart" after next month's finale.

Sources said that NBC has passed on ordering another round of episodes of the Stewart-hosted edition of "The Apprentice," which has struggled in the ratings since its September 21 premiere. A spokesman for NBC stressed Sunday that the show always had been scheduled to run f...

I'm surprised with the number of people who are writing books and ask for information on subjects that also bring a measure of surprise.

In the past, there have been requests on such varied topics as trolley cars, steamboats, locks and dams, the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie railroad, Jones & Laughlin Steel, the labor movement, and the histories of West Aliquippa, Coraopolis, Woodlawn, Hopewell...

West Virginia rallies for spot in semisFrom Post news services

Kevin Pittsnogle scored 19 points to lead No. 14 West Virginia to a 61-41 victory over Wofford on Sunday and a berth in the semifinals of the Guardians Classic.

The Mountaineers, ranked in the preseason poll for just the second time in school history, trailed 24-19 at halftime but scored the first 13 points of the second...