The Lincoln Journal Star has a feature on Joba Chamberlain's mom, Jackie Standley. She's 13 years younger than Harlan Chamberlain and claims that some of the commonly held belief's about Joba's upbringing are incorrect. It makes for uncomfortable ...

The second round of the playoffs in the Yankees Bloggers Fantasy Baseball League is over. Here are the results:1. Aziz (Pride of the Yankees) defeated 4. Steven (The Yankees: Minors to Majors), 6-2.2. Dan (Pinstripes, Pa.) defeated 6. Greg...

We have another call up: catcher Francisco Cervelli, according to Peter Abraham.

Following the Thunder victory yesterday, relief pitching prospect Humberto Sanchez has been promoted to the majors. Sanchez was acquired in the deal that sent Gary Sheffield to the Tigers.

The Trenton Thunder, the Yankees Double-A affiliate, have won their second consecutive Eastern League Title. Jeff Marquez picked up the win, allowing just 1 run on 5 hits and 3 walks over 6 innings. Jason Jones pitched the final 3

But they couldn't handle a little roughage.

At least 30 people have been killed in the poor Andean nation this week, Interior Minister Alfredo Rada said.

The power of love is stronger than the evil which threatens us," Benedict told at least 100,000 pilgrims gathered for Mass on a rain-soaked field.

Deal could resolve state's budget crisis

When you have one of those days when everything's clicking and you feel like you can't be stopped, it brings back a lot of memories of those great years," he said.

Sixty-four percent of readers said the government should pay for illegal-immigrant emergency care, and 53 percent said the feds should pay 100 percent of such costs.

Director Adria Petty gained rare access to Hilton and her inner circle, presenting a behind-the-scenes portrait of the privilege, preening and planning that went into creating the Hilton tabloid phenomenon.

But the pro-Cubs crowd of 23,441 that showed up for the first makeup game of the hurricane-affected series between the Cubs and Houston got a chance to watch Carlos Zambrano make history.

Crude's steep decline — prices tumbled as much as $7 over the weekend — also came as early signs suggested that Hurricane Ike delivered less damage than feared to the Gulf Coast energy oil and gas infrastructure.

Matt Cassel was efficient running the offense in his first NFL start, taking over for the injured quarterback and leading the Patriots over Brett Favre and the New York Jets 19-10 on Sunday.

HTG's chief scientific officer, Bruce Seligmann, founded the company in 1997. Since then, HTG has grown to about 29 people at its offices in Tucson and Madison, Wis.

Briefing reporters at the White House, Paulson said he "never once" considered it would be appropriate to put taxpayer money at risk to resolve the problems at Lehman Brothers. The nation's fourth largest investment bank filed for bankruptcy protection earlier

It was the greatest playground you could ever imagine," says Glenna Kornegay, 45, who along with her parents and siblings lived in a junkyard on the outskirts of Cheyenne, Wyo.