Kevin West

When 96-year-old Maryam Kangani lived in the Iranian city of Shiraz in 1979, chants of ``Death to America'' reverberated from her native land.

United Parcel Service Inc. said Tuesday it expects first-quarter earnings to be at the high end of its earlier forecasts, citing its successful effort to curb expenses.

Council Travel, the nation's largest student travel agency, says airlines are honoring its tickets and insists that customers have nothing to worry about, even though it quietly filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this month.

B.J. Surhoff made clear Tuesday that if he's not in the Atlanta Braves' starting lineup, he would rather play elsewhere.

In Kmart Corp.'s first major marketing event since filing for bankruptcy last month, the company turned to a pack of tap-dancing theater kids to showcase its exclusive line of The Walt Disney & Co.'s children's apparel, shipped to stores last

A man who has been in prison for 14 years for rape should be freed because DNA tests show he did not commit the crime, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Poor grades have knocked Southern California's Sam Clancy out of consideration for the Wooden Award, given to the nation's outstanding college basketball player.

When the stranger showed up at his tiny house six months ago, the 86-year-old retired farmworker didn't trust what he was hearing.

In a rare defeat for eBay Inc., the online trading leader said Tuesday it will pull out of Japan, even as the company's international expansion continues with the purchase of a Taiwanese auction site.

The tail of another American Airlines Airbus A300-600 may have survived the same forces that downed Flight 587, the National Transportation Safety Board said.