Conyers Herring of Stanford University was named a co-winner of the $100,000 Wolf Prize in physics, the Wolf Fund announced in Tel Aviv.
A Fresno man was sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole for killing a friend's pregnant wife by hacking her to death with a hatchet.
Leon Williams was unanimously elected chairman of the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday.
Scott Ostler's 1984 All-Hero Team was lacking one of the most heroic athletes of 1984. A certain Mr.
James R. Emshoff was named president of Chicago-based Citicorp Diners Club Inc. on Thursday.
I was appalled at the way "Excalibur" was presented on CBS.
Andrew Carter Thornton II, a former narcotics officer and suspended lawyer who plunged to his death from a plane holding cocaine with a street value of $14 million, had a history of drug and arms involvement across the nation.
Southern Methodist University, whose football program was placed on three years' probation by the
Without admitting or denying any of the federal agency's allegations, the New York-based brokerage firm accepted the censure, which involved the activities of Victor G.
Carl Lewis was denied a spot on a U.S. track and field team that will compete in the Oct. 4-6
The locker of baseball Hall of Fame member Willie Mays was a source of amphetamines when Mays
The Federal Home Loan Bank Board reported that it has chartered a new federal mutual association to acquire the assets and liabilities of Golden Pacific Savings & Loan Assn. of Windsor, Calif.
Gates Learjet, which suspended assembly of the aircraft in 1984, said it was resuming operations because of improving market conditions.
Virginia McMartin was denied her request to act as her own attorney and threatened to not show up
Storer Communications said Tuesday that a preliminary report showed a majority of the current board of directors has been reelected, keeping control of the embattled company out of the hands of dissident shareholders.
Michael Stipe was walking home from a rock club.
It's a big year for milestones, with people like Pete Rose, Tom Seaver, Reggie Jackson and Nolan Ryan closing in on magic numbers, but Bob Sudyk of the Hartford Courant said it will be tough for anyone to match the feat of former American League outfielder John Lowenstein, who used...
The three accounting firms and seven law firms asked a U.S. bankruptcy judge to approve the fees for their work in connection with the Louisville, Colo., computer parts firm's reorganization filing.
Former FBI Agent Richard W.
On a day when Inglewood turned into Entanglewood, the restless natives arrived early, just so they could heckle the guys from out of town.