For a sports fan, this September is a bit like Christmas. The NFL season is starting, and the speed, power and grace of Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson is on display. At the U.S. Open, Serena Williams tore through the field as usual, before self-destructing. Baseball is heading toward...

Several prestigious research awards were handed out to five scientists for developing a life-saving leukemia treatment and for advances in "reprogramming" DNA, which led to a new kind of stem cell, The Associated Press reported.The Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation will present the $250,000 Lasker Awards on Oct.

An 18-year-old University of Regina Rams football player and a 25-year-old Prince Albert woman were killed Friday night in a head-on collision on Highway 11 near MacDowall.

HUNDREDS of Islanders took part in a service of dedication at the Albert Pier on Saturday as the new St Helier lifeboat was officially named.

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Albert Cohen decried a parking ticket blitz on 108th Street last month. photo by Michael Lanza) Albert Cohen knows a thing or two about government dysfunction.

Democratic District Leader and 32nd District City Council candidate Frank Gulluscio, third from right, received support from Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-Brooklyn and Queens), left, State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), Democratic District Leader Lew Simon, community advocate Albert Baldeo, Community Board 10 Chairwoman Betty Braton, Assemblywoman Audrey Pheffer (D-Ozone Park) and Assemblyman ...

Liverpool: 25-Pepe Reina; 17-Alvaro Arbeloa, 37-Martin Skrtel, 23-Jamie Carragher, 12-Fabio Aurelio; 14-Xabi Alonso, 21-Lucas; 18-Dirk Kuyt, 8-Steven Gerrard, 11-Albert Riera; 9-Fernando Torres.

It will kick off at Oxford's New Theatre Sept. 12, and continue with dates in Bristol, Bournemouth, Portsmouth, London, Notitngham, Sheffield, Liverpool, Birmingham, Blackpool and Plymouth, ending Oct. 9. The London dates will be at Royal Albert Hall, Sept. 18-19.