Floods devastate UK Lake District; much of Ireland

COCKERMOUTH, England — Military helicopters winched dozens of people to safety and emergency workers in inflatable...

Boston University women blank Boston College

Melissa Haber tied the school record with her seventh career shutout and No. 8 Boston University beat Boston...

Apology for kids shipped from Britain to colonies

CANBERRA, Australia — Prime Minister Kevin Rudd issued a historic apology Monday to thousands of impoverished...

Britain, Australia saying sorry to child migrants

LONDON — Britain and Australia are saying sorry to thousands of British children who were promised a better...

Suicide bomber attacks military convoy near Kabul

KABUL — A suicide car bomber attempting to strike an international military convoy on the outskirts of Kabul...

Denmark invites 191 leaders to UN climate talks

COPENHAGEN — Denmark’s premier sent invitations Thursday asking 191 world leaders to attend next month’s...

Anger over Afghanistan war as 6 UK war dead mourned

WOOTTON BASSETT, England — Grieving over the death of her son in Afghanistan, the woman tore into British...

Ben Wallace powers Pistons over 76ers

If anybody thought Ben Wallace was going to just play out the string this season with the Detroit Pistons, they...

Harvard runs off

Gino Gordon ran for two touchdowns and Collie Winters passed for another as Harvard remained unbeaten in the...

Climate of accord turns chilly

WASHINGTON - Intelligent people agree that, absent immediate radical action regarding global warming, the human...

Yankees payroll finally adds up to title

About two billion bucks. That’s the going rate for a second Yankees World Series championship in...