"How much for the painting? Look, I think somebody wants it. I'll call you right back." Soon after, the phone rang again: "Sold." "We need more people coming from Gringoland," Alpizar said with a smile, not a hint of derision in his voice as he ...

1 hour ago • AP Math is so popular at Ritter Elementary School in Watts that kids arrive before the morning bell and line up to do extra work before class, but it's not the subject that's the real attraction as much as the method _ computers.

Mayor Bloomberg is one of the richest men alive, so it's not surprising that he has accumulated quite a few residences in his time—we all know about that little place in Bermuda he loves so much. And now we know a bit more about his other pads: ...

"How much for the painting? Look, I think somebody wants it. I'll call you right back." Soon after, the phone rang again: "Sold." "We need more people coming from Gringoland," Alpizar said with a smile, not a hint of derision in his voice as he ...

TORONTO - Andrew Strauss silenced his critics with his second straight century, and his much-maligned counterpart Darren Sammy also got into the act by scoring his maiden Test century in the second encounter at Trent Bridge in Nottingham on Saturday.

I think they also have gotten much better at recovery.” The sport, because of new equipment, is more power-driven and concussive than ever and it is played in increasingly uniform and comparatively slow conditions that encourage longer exchanges.

The worry, though, is quite how much ugliness will precede such an historic feat. It is concern that has grown steadily in recent days with the decision of a second family of a black player in the England squad to cancel their travel plans in the wake ...

The overwhelming majority of violent crime is drugs-related and takes place in border cities, like Ciudad Juarez and Monterrey, where drug cartels are much more prominent, since most drugs are not consumed within Mexico but sold to the good old US of ...