SEATTLE -- Dan Sligh was on his way to a camping trip with his wife when he noticed the oversized truck in front of him on Interstate 5. It seemed about four feet too wide on the right side for the bridge they were approaching near Mount Vernon, ...

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama took pains to place the new restrictions on targeted killings he announced Thursday into the context of a broad reappraisal of the nation's anti-terrorism effort.

Drones are not "a cure-all for terrorism," he ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Even when the Los Angeles Kings romped to the Stanley Cup, they didn't exactly pass finishing school.

The Kings went 16-4 in the playoffs last year, but had a 4-4 record in "close-out" games, with a chance to clinch the series...

WASHINGTON -- In a season of offensive inconsistency, Domonic Brown has been among the Phillies' bright spots. He, along with the beleaguered Phillies bullpen and some heads-up baserunning by Michael Young, was instrumental in a 5-3 win over the ...

CHICAGO -- Jonathan Toews leaped into Marian Hossa's arms and yelled so loudly it threatened to drown out the 22,014 on hand at the United Center to witness either the end of the Blackhawks' season or what they hoped was the beginning of an epic ...

CHICAGO -- Daniel Carcillo has been in worse situations than what the Blackhawks were facing when they took the ice against the Red Wings on Saturday night in Game 5 of the Western Conference semifinals.

The veteran Hawks winger was a member of ...