Devon Alexander won the WBC 140-pound title Saturday night when Junior Witter quit before the ninth round of their bout for the vacant belt, citing a hand injury.
The Senate's No. 3 Republican announced Thursday he'd break with the rest of his party's leaders to support Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, who's in line to become the first Hispanic justice.
Shipping, property and farming company Alexander & Baldwin Inc. on Friday said its earnings fell by more than half in the latest quarter, as trade with China declined.
As an exercise in nation-building, Macedonia's latest effort is pretty audacious — an eight-story-high statue of Alexander the Great on horseback, in the center of the capital.
Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander called Wednesday for doubling the number of nuclear reactors nationwide, a potentially $700 billion proposal that calls for building 100 more over 20 years.
Former IRS Commissioner Donald C. Alexander, who clashed with President Richard Nixon over attempts to use tax information against political enemies, has died. He was 87.
The NCAA has granted LSU defensive tackle Charles Alexander a sixth-year of eligibility.
Shaun Alexander's recent career trajectory has resembled a bungee jump: Straight down.
Former league MVP Shaun Alexander signed with the Washington Redskins on Tuesday, part of a flurry of roster activity in which the team ditched its punter, shuffled its safeties and displayed coach Jim Zorn's strong ties to his Seattle Seahawks roots.
Losing Sara Sidle was one thing. Come Friday, two more long-standing citizens of "CSI" nation will have packed up their forensics gear. Their exits will leave voids not just in their casts, but in television.On May 5, "CSI: Miami" said goodbye to Khandi Alexander's cooing medical examiner, Alexx Woods. Thursday, Gary Dourdan likely made his last regular appearance as investigator Warrick Brown on "CSI."Both Alexander and Dourdan have been with their respective shows since their inceptions, and while it's worth noting how these characters' departures will affect the two procedurals, it should also be mentioned that these actors' departures leave their shows a little paler. Both were the sole African-American regulars in their casts.Miami morgue fixture"CSI: Miami" fans, at least, are used to cast shakeups.
From MVP to vilified to unemployed in a little more than two years. Shaun Alexander's free fall in Seattle was completed Tuesday when the Seahawks cut the running back who led them to their only Super Bowl appearance in 2006 and was rewarded soon after with a $62 million contract.
Shaun Alexander might still have a broken foot, something he doesn't want confirmed just yet. The Seattle Seahawks' star running back said Monday his left foot, broken for the final four months of last season, may still be cracked as he begins the 2007 preseason.
The Seahawks' shield against the hex of the Super Bowl loser has its first crack: Shaun Alexander broke his left foot, and will be sidelined for at least a couple of weeks.
Shaun Alexander wanted market value. The Seattle Seahawks responded with the richest contract for a running back in NFL history.
Turns out dropped passes, penalties and disputed officials' calls weren't the only things going against the Seahawks in the Super Bowl.
The clarity with which I recall the last time I fell in love would be puzzling, were it not for the fact that it was less than two weeks ago.
QUEENS---Eight alleged members of an auto theft ring, including a public school assistant principal, have been indicted on charges involving the theft of 16 late model, high-end automobiles with a total value exceeding $400,000 mostly from dealership parking lots in Queens County …
Hey, remember that Dick Cheney guy? You know, the shadowy old man lurking behind George W. Bush and tugging on the strings that jerkily moved Bush's limbs? He still turns up on Fox News sometimes?
Archaeologists believe Europe's oldest surviving book may hold a key to understanding early monotheistic beliefs.
Millions watched Elizabeth Alexander read a poem last month at President Barack Obama's inauguration. But few, so far, have wanted to buy it.
Generations of children have been spellbound by Robinson Crusoe's exploits, but few are aware of the real-life figure who inspired the classic. Now, 300 years after he left his island prison, scientists have pieced together how the real Crusoe managed to survive.
Elizabeth Alexander, professor of African-American studies at Yale University, was chosen by President-elect Barack Obama to compose and read a poem for his inauguration.
She is the author of four books of poems, The Venus Hottentot, Body of Life, Antebellum Dream Book, and American Sublime, which was one of three finalists for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize.
Fashion designer Anand Jon Alexander is convicted of sexually assaulting girls and women, some of them aspiring models allegedly lured with rarely fulfilled promises of jobs.
...so hard that you can probably still see the palm print.
A McDonald's cashier called 911 after a Vero Beach drive-thru customer allegedly offered to pay for his meal with marijuana.
A McDonald's cashier called 911 after a Vero Beach drive-thru customer allegedly offered to pay for his meal with marijuana.
The judge in O.J. Simpson's armed robbery trial on Wednesday rejected prosecutors' attempts to present the jury with evidence related to the former football star's acquittal in the slayings of his ex-wife and her friend.
The Madden Curse has a long history of claiming seasons and even a career. There are several different opinions on how many people were actually affected by the curse. Here is the evidence…
WASHINGTON — It took seven years, but Charles Ulrich did something many people dream about, but few succeed at: He beat the IRS in a tax dispute. Not only that, but tax experts say potentially millions of other taxpayers could benefit from his victory.
Report Card on Alexander Downer's Foreign Mininstry portfolio...
As she drove home to this township, known as the Dark City during apartheid because it lacked electricity while Johannesburg's white neighborhoods nearby blazed with light, community activist Bongi Dhlomo-Mautloa experienced a delicious moment of irony.
Shaun Alexander might still have a broken foot, something he doesn't want confirmed just yet. The Seattle Seahawks' star running back said Monday his left foot, broken for the final four months of last season, may still be cracked as he begins the 2007 preseason.
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In March the 28th the British High Commission at Islamabad handover a number of artefacts to the Department of Archaeology & Museums of the Government of Pakistan.
Last week, we were introduced to thallium. This is a heavy metal and when eaten on a slice of sushi, imbibed in a tincture of green tea or smeared on a rice cracker will cause the Russian diner about town to fall ill.
Former House Clerk Jeff Trandahl repeatedly raised red flags about former Rep. Mark Foley years before GOP leaders said they knew about Foley''s inappropriate conduct with pages, sources said.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department ordered House officials to "preserve all records" related to disgraced Rep. Mark Foley's electronic correspondence with teenagers, intensifying an investigation into a scandal rocking Republicans five weeks before midterm elections.