Obama birth-control rule stokes election-year fight

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Republican in the Congress on Wednesday denounced President Barack Obama's new rule on contraceptives as an assault on "religious freedom" and vowed to overturn it, as the White House sought to prevent the issue from becoming an election-year liability. Fanning a political firestorm, House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner joined an outcry from religious ...

High school girls basketball notes: Pleasant Grove extends its winning ways

Just before another pressure-filled girls basketball showdown last week, it took the calm of a senior leader to soothe the nerves of the veteran coach.

Obama aides seek to calm storm over contraceptive rule

Administration suggests there may be ways to meet religious groups' concerns but insists that the president is committed to the policy. Sen. Mitch McConnell suggests Congress may change the rule if the administration doesn't.

Top 5 Sprint Cup Drivers with Something to Prove in 2012

As of February 6, 2012, there are 37 full-time teams, (39 if we include the unknown Red Bull team) and 11 part-time teams. So all together there's a list of 50 teams and driver combinations that I could choose from. But which of those 50 teams and driver combinations have the most to prove in 2012? Well that will be depicted in this article coming up. First of course, we get two honorable ...

Youth rage boils amid north Nigeria sect attacks

The angry youths piled on top of the burned-out truck near a blood-spattered police station Wednesday in Nigeria's north, alternating praises for the radical Islamist sect that bombed the precinct and promising to kill any officer who returned.

At bombed north Nigeria police station, youth rage burns in oil-rich, poverty-stricken nation

KANO, Nigeria - The angry youths piled on top of the burned-out truck near a blood-spattered police station in Nigeria's north, alternating praises for the radical Islamist sect that bombed the precinct and promising to kill any officer who returned.

Salmon derby produces curious results

Fishing took a back seat to the scenery Friday and Saturday in the San Juan Islands as a truly gorgeous winter weekend stole the show from blackmouth fishermen entered in the high-profile 2012 Roche Harbor Salmon Classic.