Kevin West

The Blue Devils were the top-ranked team in The AP college basketball poll Monday, their 12th week this season leading the Top 25 and the 88th time in school history they have been No. 1.

Cruise ship owner P&O Princess PLC has spurned a third takeover bid from Carnival Corp., but that didn't stop Carnival's chief executive from meeting Monday with Princess' investors, hoping to spark a shareholder mutiny that would help him cap

Princeton University has received a $30 million gift from the head of online auction house eBay and will use it to expand undergraduate enrollment for the first time since the Ivy League school began admitting women in 1969.

Lowe's Cos. said Monday its fourth-quarter earnings should be higher than previously estimated because of better than expected weather and consumer spending.

Priceline.com, the name-your-own-price Internet company, reported a fourth-quarter net loss of $1.3 million Monday, far smaller than the same period a year ago despite a weakened airline industry.

Three school systems in metro Atlanta are considering giving students a shorter summer but more breaks during the year.

Police made the largest number of arrests to date during the fourth day of mostly peaceful street demonstrations surrounding the World Economic Forum.

Americans witnessed the future of big-time sports Sunday at the most heavily secured Super Bowl ever.

Arthur Andersen LLP, the auditor under fire for its handling of Enron Corp.'s financial books, says it has brought in former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker to help it make fundamental changes in the way it does business.

Diana Williams has never been in a school club. Not because she doesn't want to, but because homeschooled students can't take part in extracurricular activities.