Rain delays ruin second day of season-ending event in Houston. Sophie Gustafson moved within two shots of leader Lorena Ochoa at the LPGA Tour Championship on Friday before second-round play was suspended because of bad weather.

As expected, top-ranked Huskies coast past Holy Cross, 87-34. Maya Moore scored 21 points, Tina Charles added 18 and top-ranked Connecticut coasted to its 42nd straight victory, beating Holy Cross 87-34 on Friday night.

At least 842 US military deaths in Afghanistan region since 2001, Defense Department says. As of Friday, Nov. 18, 2009, at least 842 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Friday at 10 a.m. EST.

Texas Supreme Court grants rehearing in case alleging Exxon Mobil sabotaged abandoned wells. The Texas Supreme Court on Friday said it will again hear arguments in the nearly 15-year legal battle over accusations that Exxon Mobil Corp. loaded abandoned wells with junk, sludge and even explosives to keep other companies from drilling there.

As expected, top-ranked Huskies coast past Holy Cross, 87-34. Maya Moore found something for top-ranked Connecticut's already stifling defense to work on even in another lopsided win.

The death of the mother of New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees has been ruled a suicide.

Colo. coroner says mother of New Orleans Saints QB Brees died of drug overdose. The death of the mother of New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees has been ruled a suicide.

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Adam Lambert -- the man with the outsize personality who delivered an audacious octave-and-a-half sitar-tinged purr of Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" on the most-watched TV show in the country, dodged sex toys thrown at him onstage during the "American Idol" tour and did it all without smearing his eyeliner -- is curled in the fetal position.

US Army Major Nidal Hasan, accused of killing 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, intensified contacts with a radical Yemeni American cleric just months before the shootings and began discussing surreptitious financial transfers, The Washington Post reported Saturday.

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The nation's weather. Heavy rains was forecast to continue over the Gulf States on Saturday while the Pacific Northwest was expected to see scattered precipitation.

A powerful anesthetic recovered from Michael Jackson's bedside after he died had been purchased in Nevada by his doctor who had it shipped to California, court documents show.

Warrant: Drug cited in Michael Jackson's death came from Las Vegas pharmacy. A powerful anesthetic recovered from Michael Jackson's bedside after he died had been purchased in Nevada by his doctor who had it shipped to California, court documents show.

Levin: Fort Hood investigation may reveal more troubling e-mails involving alleged shooter. There may be additional e-mails that could have tipped off law enforcement or military officials to the Fort Hood shooter before he went on his deadly rampage, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Friday.

Senator says investigators may reveal more troubling e-mails from alleged Ft. Hood shooter. WASHINGTON ? The government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between the alleged Fort Hood gunman and a radical Muslim cleric, and a key senator says there could be more communications that might have tipped off law enforcement or military officials.

Senator says investigators may reveal more troubling e-mails from alleged Ft. Hood shooter. WASHINGTON ? The government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between the alleged Fort Hood gunman and a radical Muslim cleric, and a key senator says there could be more communications that might have tipped off law enforcement or military officials.

A US soldier who abused fellow troops in Iraq and then lied about it was on Saturday sentenced to six months in jail, fined almost 6,000 dollars and demoted, the American military said.

Scientists stunned by quick restart of European Big Bang machine after year of repairs. Scientists moved Saturday to prepare the world's largest atom smasher for exploring the depths of matter after successfully restarting the $10 billion machine following more than a year of repairs.

McCain links political correctness to failure to prevent Fort Hood shooting rampage. Sen. John McCain says he has no doubt that "political correctness" played a role in preventing concerns about the alleged Fort Hood gunman from reaching the right people.

More Americans expected to travel for Thanksgiving after last year's drop; most opt for car. The number of Americans traveling away from home for Thanksgiving will be up only slightly this year from 2008, according to a report from the AAA auto club.