Viewpoint: Yes, the best available and most widely accepted models of Earth's structure once precluded large-scale horizontal motion of continents. Viewpoint: No, geologic evidence shows that the continents had once been in very different...

A continent is one of several large landmasses on Earth. They are generally identified by convention rather than any strict criteria, but seven areas are commonly regarded as continents – they are (from largest in size to smallest): Asia, Africa,...

The head of the African Union lamented his continent's image as a place of "doom and gloom" at a summit of African leaders that opened Thursday in a city that suffers no such image problem: sunny Cannes on the French Riviera. The crisis in Darfur...

Elisha Turek scored 18 points and pulled down 12 rebounds to lead Oral Roberts into the NCAA tournament for the second time in three years with a 72-55 win against Oakland in the Mid-Continent Conference tournament finals on Tuesday.Oral Roberts (22-10) opened the second half...

Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo were having such a good time on the ice, they went a little long on their program. But that was virtually the only mistake the Chinese skaters made in their free skate as they wrapped up the pairs title Thursday...

One bad program can be excused. Two can't. Kimmie Meissner's solid free skate program Saturday made up for a poor showing in the short program and allowed her to come back to win the Four Continents title.Upset with her performance in the short program Thursday...