Kevin West

Pennzoil-Quaker State Co., the nation's biggest producer of motor oil and owner of the Jiffy Lube chain, is being acquired by Royal Dutch/Shell Group in a deal worth $1.8 billion.

An advocacy group says the Ocmulgee National Monument is on a list of endangered park service properties because a proposed highway would cut off the last undeveloped area from the rest of the park.

A Fort Stewart sergeant shot by another soldier was in stable condition after surgery, military officials said Monday.

Bob Huggins decided to stay with the Cincinnati Bearcats and turn down West Virginia's offer to take over as basketball coach Monday, but the NBA is still out there.

On the eve of his first practice as coach of the Washington Redskins, Steve Spurrier was saying things a quarterback would love.

Kansas City signed 41-year-old placekicker Morten Andersen to a one-year contract Monday, the same day Chiefs free agent Todd Peterson agreed to three-year deal with Pittsburgh.

Mike Gray and T.J. Beam combined on a three-hitter and Mississippi defeated Austin Peay 3-1 Monday night.

Michael Wallace has been named interim head football coach at Savannah State, replacing the late Bill Davis.

John Rocker will be the closer for the Texas Rangers when they play their season opener next Monday at Oakland.

A spring snowstorm that snapped across the northern half of Indiana Monday caused at least one traffic death and sent a jet skidding off an icy runway.