Keith Bogans scored 21 points and Gerald Fitch added 18 points and six assists as the Wildcats overcame a sluggish first half in their home opener to beat High Point 84-64.
A 19-year-old man who severely beat his girlfriend's grandmother and then poured a cup of fire ants on her used the $300 he stole from her to pay off a drug debt and buy some beer and marijuana, a prosecutor says.
A power outage Tuesday affecting more than 12,000 customers in northern Connecticut brought some airline traffic to a halt at Bradley International Airport, including several Delta Air Lines flights.
Most coastal Georgia residents who lost natural gas service Friday when a ruptured gas main exploded have had their service restored, utility officials said Tuesday.
A man accused of raping a woman in her apartment earlier this year denied the accusation, saying instead the woman attacked him when he asked her for a cigarette.
America Online will meet its previously issued 2002 financial forecast, but expects a drop of 40 to 50 percent in advertising and other non-subscriber revenues next year, the world's biggest Internet service provider said Tuesday.
