Texas Tech fired Mike Leach on Wednesday after the coach took the school to court to try to overturn his suspension for alleged mistreatment of an injured player. ...more

December 31, 2009

Thousands of pilgrims from around the world descended on the traditional birthplace of Jesus in Bethlehem for Christmas celebrations. ...more

December 26, 2009

Christmas is about wanting to believe in goodness: in God, in people, in ourselves. Although the words sound strange to modern ears, Christmas is about: "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth" (John 1:14). ...more

December 25, 2009

Tiger Woods has been voted Athlete of the Decade by members of The Associated Press, his 10 years of incomparable golf outweighing nearly three weeks of a salacious sex scandal. ...more

December 16, 2009

Wendy's burger chain will withdraw from Japan, ending a 29-year presence in an Asian market long dominated by McDonald's Corp. ...more

December 12, 2009

An insurance executive agreed to plead guilty to interstate stalking after secretly making nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews, according to court documents filed Thursday and first obtained by The Associated Press. ...more

December 10, 2009

Andy Pettitte asked himself all the important questions: Was he ready to prepare for another long year? Could he top last season? Was his family on board? ...more

December 10, 2009

A publicist for singer Alexa Ray Joel, the daughter of pop star Billy Joel and supermodel Christie Brinkley, said she was hospitalized Saturday in Manhattan for an undisclosed condition. ...more

December 5, 2009

A New Jersey woman returned home from spending Thanksgiving with family days after she avoided foreclosure to find that the locks had been changed nevertheless. ...more

December 5, 2009

President Barack Obama plans to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, the first as early as Christmas, on an accelerated timetable with an endgame in sight, The Associated Press has learned. ...more

December 1, 2009