Jose Abreu was historically good in his first two seasons with the Chicago White Sox. He was supposed to be even better this year. As a rookie, Abreu primarily batted third for the Sox. With Adam Dunn providing little or no protection out of the cle...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Turtle power isn't all that strong the second time around, according to comScore estimates Sunday, but not all is bleak at the box office. While many of the season's sequels continue to struggle, the healthy debut of the romantic ...

PARIS (AP) - When Roger Federer won a record 15th Grand Slam title - a number he has since pushed to 17 - at Wimbledon in 2009 it seemed to put to bed tennis' enduring argument about who is the greatest man to have played the game. Then Rafael Nadal...

Summer school traditionally has been the go-to method of stymieing brain drain in students. Yet, educators at the state's second-largest school district are realizing its effects are not long lasting. When comparing reading levels of students who to...

Banks and other financial companies led a modest decline in U.S. stocks Friday after a report indicating that hiring slowed sharply in May put investors in a selling mood. The market slide snapped a two-day winning streak and sent bond prices surgin...

PARIS (AP) - Serena Williams' chest was heaving between points. Her footwork wasn't quite right. Her misses kept coming, until she was a set and a break down in the French Open quarterfinals. And as she so often does, Williams came through right whe...

PARIS (AP) - The Latest on the French Open (all times local): ___ 9:45 p.m. On the second weekend of May, Kiki Bertens took the first step on what, for the French Open semifinalist, has now become a storybook journey. The 58th-ranked player from the...

Not willing to give up on passing a set of pro-business, anti-union measures, Gov. Bruce Rauner has held the line for more than a year as Illinois has gone without a budget since last July. But Thursday the Winnetka Republican said he was open to co...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Asian shares meandered Thursday amid uncertainty over the world outlook in general and the Japanese economy in particular, following a decision by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to postpone a sales tax hike to avoid shocks to t...

PARIS (AP) - The Latest on the French Open (all times local): ___ 9:35 p.m. Sam Stosur knows what it's like to be a Grand Slam champion. She also knows what it's like to be an afterthought. Entering Wednesday, she was four years removed from her mos...