ShopperTrak, a retail research firm, predicted Tuesday that total holiday sales will rise 1.6 percent compared with a year ago, which would be good news for retailers in the aftermath of last year's steep decline. ...more

October 21, 2009

In a University of Tampa warehouse every Thursday, volunteers sort and price items for a gigantic one-day flea market. ...more

February 18, 2009

The nation's stores finally got some relief this Thanksgiving weekend, according to data released late Monday, but the sales gains were modest and analysts worry the pace can't be sustained through the season and beyond as shoppers worry about the recession. ...more

December 2, 2008

Former West Virginia University football coach Rich Rodriguez and the University of Michigan have agreed to pay a $4 million buyout and settle a lawsuit that WVU filed after he broke his contract in December. ...more

July 10, 2008

A chain saw chewed through the doomed maple while two men held ropes secured to its trunk. ...more

January 22, 2008

A chain saw chewed through the doomed maple while two men held ropes secured to its trunk. ...more

January 17, 2008

Rich Rodriguez fired Michigan's assistant coaches Thursday, his second day as an employee of the school. ...more

December 21, 2007

Michigan hired Rich Rodriguez away from his alma mater after failing to bring back one of its own. ...more

December 17, 2007

Retailers trying to brighten up what looks like a drab period for shopping are rolling out eye-catching packaging, celebrity tie-ins and contests for everything from Hannah Montana tickets to an African safari. ...more

December 13, 2007

Navy football coach Paul Johnson is headed to Georgia Tech after turning around a struggling program in six years at the military academy. ...more

December 8, 2007