JOHNSTON --- State officials worked Monday to coordinate response efforts to flooding throughout Iowa, providing hundreds of thousands of sandbags, pumps, generators and technical assistance to help communities struggling to hold back floodwaters and those already inundated.

While hikers who listen to the musical group Genesis have known the dangers of Giant Hogweed since 1971, the Weed Science Society of America is warning every one of the dangers of the weed.

The West Coast Conference announced its 2008 Spring All-Academic teams today with five Santa Clara student-athletes earning a spot on the team in baseball, women's crew, and men's and women's golf.

For the second straight summer, the Santa Clara men's and women's tennis programs hosted the United States Tennis Association's Northern California Sectionals at the Degheri Tennis Center. This year, the Broncos help to raise close to $2,000 for the American

With the NHL's free-agency period on the horizon, the San Jose Sharks were busy Wednesday locking up centres Joe Pavelski, Jeremy Roenick and backup goaltender Brian Boucher.

Coach Roberto Donadoni's contract will likely be annulled after he failed to guide Italy past the quarter-finals of Euro 2008.

After Turkey tied the game in the 84th minute, defender Philipp Lahm scored with 30 seconds left in regulation time to lift Germany to a dramatic 3-2 win in a Euro 2008 semifinal Wednesday.

Barry Melrose is best remembered by many hockey fans as the NHL coach with the mullet and good looks who took the Los Angeles Kings to the 1993 Stanley Cup final. But to former goalie Kelly Hrudey, he's much more.

The inaugural Canadian Champions League resumes Wednesday night when the Vancouver Whitecaps host the Montreal Impact (CBC, CBC Bold, CBCSports.ca, 8 p.m. PT).

Shareholders of Countrywide Financial Corp. have approved the bank's acquisition by Bank of America Corp. (BAC) (CFC)

Assemblywoman Fiona Ma said late Tuesday that legislation she authored requiring employers to provide paid sick leave would "not only benefit the nearly 6 million California workers who lack paid sick days but also employers through the cost savings of

The unsold inventory index for existing, single-family detached homes in May dropped to 8.4 months from 10.7 months for the same period a year ago, according to a report Wednesday.

Live Nation is offering customers a Fast Lane option for customers buying tickets using LiveNation.com. (LYV)

A jury is now deliberating in the murder case of Jatinder Waraich, accused of stabbing his wife Navreet 39 times in Surrey on Oct. 29, 2006.

The three-year-old child, known only as Andrew, one of two children rescued from a backyard pool in North Delta, B.C., on Sunday evening, has died.

Despite persistently high oil prices, global energy demand will grow by 50 percent over the next two decades with continued heavy reliance on environmentally troublesome fossil fuels, especially coal and oil, the government predicted Wednesday.

President Bush has issued a federal disasterdeclaration for Minnesota for four counties hit hard by flooding inthe southeastern part of the state.

Midday examines the latest economic news, from inflation to interest rates to sagging sales in the housing market.

Hurwicz, 90, shared the 2007 Nobel economics prize with two other Americans for developing a theory that helps explain how buyers andsellers can maximize their gains from transactions. He was retired from the University of Minnesota.

Those that elected to take bowhunter education online this year will have an opportunity to fulfill the field course requirement of the class in Missoula on the morning of Saturday, July 19. To register for the field course, stop by