Kevin West

When he accepted the job as coach at Maryland in 1989, Gary Williams had one goal: to restore respectability to a program rocked by the death of Len Bias and burdened by stiff NCAA sanctions.

Exxon Mobil Corp. chairman Lee R. Raymond said Tuesday that a recovery in the world economy will boost energy demand over the next decade and help reverse a recent decline in oil industry profit margins.

President Bush welcomed a peace proposal by Saudi Arabia and planned to take it up with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak at the White House on Tuesday.

A cockpit fire forced a United Airlines 757 to make an emergency landing at Texarkana Regional Airport on Tuesday. None of the 106 people on board was injured.

Florida coach Billy Donovan has about a week to get some serious problems solved.

Cleveland Indians outfielder Alex Escobar is out for the season after injuring his left knee while making a catch in an exhibition game.

Auburn sophomore center Kyle Davis, the Southeastern Conference's leading shot-blocker, broke his left wrist during Saturday's game against LSU and will be out for the post-season.

Two workers have been burned while filling aerosol cans at a plant in Cobb County.

The last-place New York Knicks extended the contract of coach Don Chaney, who has an 11-27 record since taking over in November following the resignation of Jeff Van Gundy.

Kmart Corp. will delay the release of its fourth-quarter and full year earnings as a result of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, the company said.