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Wilt Chamberlain: How his 100-point game changed pro basketball50 years ago Friday, Wilt Chamberlain set an NBA record by scoring 100 points against the Knicks in Hershey, Penn. How that big night put the NBA on the map.
Tornadoes sweep across Alabama, Tennessee, Ohio and IndianaA dozen tornadoes have been spotted across the South and Midwest. Tornado warnings are up until 10 p.m. Friday night
Can Gary, Ind., be saved? A new mayor's bid to revive Rust Belt cityGary, Ind., is one of the rustiest of Rust Belt cities, beset by high joblessness and crime. Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson has an up-from-the-bootstraps plan to reverse the decline.
Justin Bieber birthday: He got a Fisker Karma electric car. Should you?A Justin Bieber birthday present – the $100,000 Fisker Karma – is causing a bit of a stir. Maybe it should. Fisker is trying to pioneer the luxury electric car. One critic calls the Karma 'beautiful.'
Newt Gingrich's big Super Tuesday gambit: win the gas pump voteAhead of Super Tuesday, Newt Gingrich is hammering Obama for an 'anti-energy policy' and playing up his own plan to reduce gas prices. It's a solid strategy, experts say, but will primary voters bite?
Sheriff Joe Arpaio needles Obama: Birth certificate a forgeryAmerica's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff, Joe Arpaio, says that members of a cold-case posse have found probable cause to believe that the Obama birth certificate released last April is a fake.
Has Rush Limbaugh finally gone too far?Radio host Rush Limbaugh created a furor for labeling a woman a 'slut' after she testified in favor of mandatory employer health coverage of contraception – and that was just the beginning. He may have hurt the Republican cause this time.
- Tornado reported in Ala., several houses destroyed
There was no immediate word on any injuries. But the Huntsville-Madison County Emergency Management Office says ambulances are responding to neighborhoods near Huntsville.
Is bias-free news coverage coming back into vogue?After years in which news outlets became associated with one political slant or another, there are some signs that a course correction is under way in the media. So far, the shift is a subtle one.
Students return to Ohio high school after Monday's shootingPolice were on hand as students arrived under cloudy skies by car, on foot and by school bus at 1,100-student Chardon High School, which resumed classes following Monday's shooting.
Obama's mesage to Israel and Iran: 'I don't bluff'President Obama meets with Israel's prime minister Monday and will warn Israel not to unilaterally attack Iran. He also told the Atlantic magazine it was "unacceptable" for Iran to have a nuclear weapon.
From Wilt Chamberlain to Jeremy Lin: 10 NBA 'firsts' Jeremy Lin's rise on the NBA radar provides the impetus to look back at Wilt Chamberlain's highest-scoring game and nine other NBA 'firsts.'
St. Louis awakes to hail as Midwest on alert for tornadoes FridaySt. Louis was hit by hail Friday morning. Severe storm warnings were issued for Kentucky Friday as a weather system builds,
Five lessons from Michigan for Mitt Romney and Rick SantorumMitt Romney beat Rick Santorum with his ground game. Santorum made at least two key verbal gaffs, including the one that cost him the Catholic vote.
Jason Varitek says tearful goodbye to Red SoxJason Varitek officially announced his retirement with his wife and children by his side, Thursday.
Rush Limbaugh receives suspicious package from "apologetic" fanRush Limbaugh staff members called the police when they found wires in a package mailed to his home.
Tornado's aftermath: Illinois city is stunned … and roused to actionThe swath of destruction from the powerful tornado that hit Harrisburg in southern Illinois was quiet Thursday as homeowners looked through debris and mourned. But elsewhere the city buzzed with activity.
- Will Blunt amendment backfire on Republicans?
Republicans cast the Blunt amendment as a fight for religious freedoms, but it put at least one of their own, Sen. Scott Brown, in a tough spot – and he could be crucial to GOP efforts to retake the Senate.
Storm-ravaged communities brace for more violent weatherDamaged communities tried to take advantage of the brief break in the weather, mindful of one meteorologist's warning that by Friday, both regions would again be 'right in the bull's eye.'
T.J. Lane charged as juvenile in Ohio school shootingGeauga County prosecutor David Joyce announced the charges Thursday against T.J. Lane. The boy is accused of opening fire Monday in the cafeteria at Chardon High School.
