VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Alex Burrows tied it midway through the third period, Henrik Sedin put Vancouver ahead 2:18 later and the Canucks came from behind to clinch a playoff spot with a 4-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday night.
The National Football League prodded Toyota Motor Corp to edit a television commercial, removing an image of a helmet-to-helmet tackle at a time when the effects of concussions have come under heavy scrutiny, representatives of both sides said.
The Japanese automaker, one of the largest...
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- Authorities in Maryland are investigating the deaths of about 2 million fish in Chesapeake Bay.
"Natural causes appear to be the reason," the Maryland Department of the Environment said in a news release. "Cold water...
'Inception' again captures No. 1 spot
LOS ANGELES, The mind-bender "Inception" with Leonardo DiCaprio took the No. 1 spot for the third weekend in a row with $27.52 million in gross U.S. receipts.
Enough people attended "Dinner for Schmucks," with Steve Carell and Paul Rudd, to make it a...
England's Old Spot pork granted protection
GLOUCESTER
, England, (UPI) -- The European Union has given England's Gloucestershire Old Spot pork the same protected marketing status as French Champagne.
The ruling, which elevates the pork alongside Champagne and 43 other British products such...
New ground-breaking thermal images obtained with The European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) and other powerful ground-based telescopes show swirls of warmer air and cooler regions never seen before within Jupiter's Great Red Spot, enabling scientists to make the first...
New images have revealed an unprecedented look at the swirling winds inside Jupiter's famed Great Red Spot and allowed scientists to build the first-ever detailed weather map of the giant storm's insides.
"This is our first detailed look inside the biggest storm of the solar system," said Glenn...
TUCSON, Ariz. – Tim Redding, vying for a spot on Colorado's staff, started and allowed three hits and run in the Rockies' 8-6 victory against a Milwaukee Brewers' split-squad Saturday.
Redding is in camp on a minor league deal. The Rockies might be in need of a starter if Jeff Francis isn't...