Considered among the most respected American authors of young adult literature, Chris Crutcher is regarded as a dynamic and insightful writer whose works are both exciting sports stories and authentic reflections of the inner lives of his protagonists. P...

It took an urban cowboy from the farms of South Africa to corral and lasso a 600-pound bull running loose Friday in the streets of New Jersey's largest city. For Denton Infield, now an animal control officer, rounding...

A Montana prisoner pleaded no contest Tuesday in the killing of a New Jersey woman nearly seven years ago at a highway rest stop in central Arkansas.Ronald James Ward, serving life in prison for another killing, was linked to the slaying of 25-year-old Kristin Laurite...

Two horses nibble on a small tree close to the lone muddy path that winds through mountains strip-mined of their coal years ago. Packs of six to eight horses _ most of them apparently healthy, one a little scruffy _ graze on the patchy, brown...

EASTLEWES, Del. (AP) _ Delaware's long tradition of allowing sport fishermen to drive their vehicles onto beaches at state parks is leading to crowded shores on weekends, officials say. But there are no plans to restrict the practice, which brought in $950,000 in permit fees...