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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Shorter shot clocks and fewer timeouts. Less hand-checking and physical play. All designed to speed up the game of college basketball, encourage scoring and make it more …

DETROIT (AP) — John Bonamego's first season as Central Michigan's coach was quite a success.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The remains of a man police believe shot and wounded a state park ranger in 2010 and eluded more than 100 officers in a desert manhunt have been found, authorities said.

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Perhaps it's appropriate that Michigan State's opponent in a playoff semifinal will be Alabama — the one program that makes pretty much everyone look like an underdog.

The bowl swag has gotten a lot better.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Philip Rivers' last pass fell incomplete near Charles Woodson's feet and the celebration began. Woodson got a Gatorade shower and then led the fans in a chant of "Rai-de…

HONOLULU (AP) — San Diego State fullback Dakota Gordon does a lot more than just block for the Aztecs. He showed it in the Hawaii Bowl and ended up with the most valuable player award.

Today is Friday, Dec. 25, the 359th day of 2015. There are six days left in the year. This is Christmas Day.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — In the early weeks of Angelica Pereira's pregnancy, a mosquito bite began bothering her. At first it seemed a small thing. But the next day she awoke with a rash, a heada…

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is embarking on a partnership with universities across the country in hopes of infusing its ranks with more diversity as it faces ci…

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A gas tanker truck ignited an inferno at a crowded industrial gas plant in Nigeria on Thursday, killing more than 100 people lining up to refill their cooking gas cylinde…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The General Assembly has approved a $5.4 billion budget for the United Nations' regular operations during 2016 and 2017, a slight decrease from the $5.5 billion budget fo…

KAILUA, Hawaii (AP) — The latest on President Barack Obama's annual two-week vacation in Hawaii (all times local):

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Gaze up into the sky and you'll see something rare. And, no, it won't be Santa. He and his reindeers will have already zoomed across the horizon.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego police say they're seeking a woman described as weighing about 400 pounds with a beard in the stabbing of a man who asked for a cigarette.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A long-standing dispute sparked a shooting at a crowded North Carolina shopping mall on Christmas Eve, police said, and an off-duty officer fatally shot a man who pointe…

Benton County voters likely will get an opportunity to make their views known on establishing a service district to help pay for OSU Extension services such as 4-H and the Master Gardeners program.

Second baseman Daniel Murphy and the Washington Nationals have agreed to a three-year, $37.5 million contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.

A pedestrian was struck by a car as she crossed Northwest Ninth Street at Grant Avenue Thursday evening and was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

A pedestrian was struck by a car as she crossed Northwest Ninth Street at Grant Avenue Thursday evening and was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Janet Jackson says she is postponing her "Unbreakable" tour to have an unspecified surgical procedure.

HONOLULU (AP) — A federal judge has ruled longline fishermen in Hawaii may continue catching more bigeye tuna, or ahi, than the maximum set by international regulators.

HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss. (AP) — The latest on the severe storms moving across the U.S. (all times local):

Leadership Corvallis learns economic vitality

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police are investigating the death of a 21-year-old man who fell from a balcony in downtown Portland.