
Miles Austin of the Cowboys, Brandon Marshall of the Broncos and six other Pro Bowl picks are among more than 200 NFL players who would lose their status as unrestricted free agents this offseason if the league and its union can't agree on a new labor contract.
Planning to drink and drive this New Year's? A north Georgia funeral home has a deal for you. Between now and noon Thursday, drivers can visit McGuire, Jennings and Miller Funeral Home in Rome to sign a contract stating they plan to drink or take drugs and then drive on New Year's Eve. If they die in a wreck that day, the funeral home will give them a free burial.

For more than 60 years, TV stations have broadcast news, sports and entertainment for free and made their money by showing commercials. That might not work much longer.
Now that the nation’s biggest banks have returned the money the government provided to keep them from collapsing, readers are wondering if those banks needed the money in the first place.

Even though NASA's Mars rover Spirit has been trapped in the sand for months, the robot has still managed to report new facts about the red planet — all by just spinning its wheels.

As a mother of seven, Anne Miller already had a whopping grocery bill. When doctors recommended her teenage daughter go on a gluten-free diet, the family food bill went higher than Miller could afford.
Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. said Thursday it will extend for another year a program that provides free prescription medications to people who have lost their jobs.

The Milwaukee Brewers landed a pair of free-agent pitchers Wednesday, reaching agreements with starter Randy Wolf and reliever LaTroy Hawkins, two people familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.
It’s been a long time coming, but Aron Ralston can’t wait to meet the little boy he says saved his life. Trouble is, he isn’t expected to be born for nine weeks.

In a move that could help improve relations between Google Inc. and the media industry, the Internet search company is offering publishers a way to build more solid "pay walls" around their online stories while still appearing in search results.
The Yankees' Andy Pettitte and the Mets' Fernando Tatis have become the final players to file for free agency this year.
South Carolina shoppers will get a second chance to buy tax-free guns.

Susan was sentenced to picking up roadside trash for shooting Katherine. But when Katherine drove by to taunt her and dumped her own trash, she, too, was sentenced to the same community service. Katherine later broke down and admitted that she'd lost Mike, but then let it slip that she and Mike were like rabbits when it comes to the bedroom. Of course, that was a challenge to Susan, and Mike was suddenly wondering why his wife was so frisky. She finally explained what Katherine had said, and Mike told her that sex was the only thing he and Katherine had in common, whereas he and Susan were soulmates.

A day after he cut off questions about becoming a free agent next year, LeBron James raised the idea of playing with Michael Jordan.

American Christopher Savoie is back on U.S. soil after spending a harrowing 18 days in a Japanese jail for trying to wrest his children away from his ex-wife. But the joy of being reunited with his current wife, Amy, is muted by the heartbreak of having to leave his son and daughter behind.

Airline passengers are getting dinged for everything from checking a bag to upgrading beyond the middle seat.

It was the ultimate rude awakening: A 4 a.m. wake-up call delivered by an automobile in a cascade of noise, debris and hot, leaking engine fluids.

If things had gone according to plan, Lindsay Murphy would be a big-city tax lawyer by now. Instead, the recent law school graduate found herself doing legal aid, listening to complaints about raw sewage bubbling up into the bathtubs of a Mississippi Delta housing project.
All parents want to keep their children safe. In the wake of the death of Somer Thompson, the 7-year-old Florida girl who vanished Monday on her mile-long walk home from school, many moms and dads are feeling more anxious than ever about how to protect their kids.

47-35, 2nd in Southeast Division. Mike Woodson (6th season) Greater maturity from forward Josh Smith, who can be very good, but also very shaky. Guard Jamal Crawford (trade from Warriors), center Jason Collins (free agent), forward Joe Smith (free agent), guard Jeff Teague (draft). Guard Speedy Claxton (traded to Warriors), guard Acie Law (traded to Warriors), guard Thomas Gardner (signed with Grizzlies), forward Josh Childress (remaining in Greece), center Solomon Jones (signed with Pacers), guard Ronald Murray (signed with Bobcats). Centers Al Horford, Randolph Morris, Zaza Pachulia; forwards Josh Smith, Marvin Williams; guards Mike Bibby, Mo Evans, Joe Johnson. With the exception of the acquisition of Jamal Crawford, this is basically the same roster that proved to be a middle-of-the-playoff-pack presence last season in the Eastern Conference. This time around, that may not be good enough, with Joe Johnson declaring he will enter the free-agent market next summer. Like the Heat, with its situation with Dw




