GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The churn began in earnest in early February. Day after day, the Maryland men's basketball team looked forward to its next opponent, searching for deficiencies that could be exploited. One of Coach Gary Williams's defining characteristics as a coach is his insular ability to move on to the next task, and that mind-set was evident in his players, as well, over the past month.

    If you thought that 10-second tease yesterday was exciting, get a load of the full, 90-second trailer for Eclipse! It's almost (yeah, right) all the Robert Pattinson, Kristen...

    Saturday Night Live aims to please. Well, sometimes, at least. The rallying cries on Facebook proved too loud for Lorne Michaels to ignore, and Betty White will be hosting the sketch...

    Aniston and Butler appear on the cover of W magazine. Gerard Butler - Jennifer Aniston - Magazine - Bounty Hunter - Magazines and E-zines

    Oprah says "Precious" star has bright career ahead; Howard Stern disagrees. Gabourey Sidibe - Howard Stern - Academy Award - Precious - Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire

    NEW YORK -- A former New York state official pleaded guilty Wednesday to a felony in connection with an alleged pay-to-play scheme involving the state's pension system, a move that legal experts said could bring the investigation closer to one of Wall Street's most prominent financiers, Steven...

    EU says US Treasury chief Geithner has pressed it on hedge fund rules European Union - United States Secretary of the Treasury - Business - Hedge fund - Investing

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of U.S. workers filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell slightly less than expected last week, hinting at a slow labor market recovery.

    Chris and Janie Peterson have an enviable life. They own a lovely 3½-bedroom ranch house just outside Minneapolis and have work schedules flexible enough to allow them lots of time with their children, Reece, 10, Cecily, 9, and Georgio, 7.

    A key Senate banking panel is poised to release and start working on its financial overhaul bill next week, despite a lack of consensus on some key issues.

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that it will look into whether or not a link exists between the long-term use of certain osteoporosis drugs and a particular type of leg fracture after ABC News reports investigated the possible connection. Food and Drug Administration - Osteoporosis - Health - Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Conditions and Diseases

    With getting high off inhalants, one sniff is all it takes to cut a life short. Health - Diseases & Conditions - Genetic Disorders - Inhalant - Organizations

    A Rome high school has incurred the ire of the Catholic Church after its decision to install condom-vending machines for students.

    Laurie Strongin's new book chronicles son Henry's battle with a fatal illness. History - Wars and Conflicts - United States - Twentieth Century - Hugh Laurie

    How lasers can help you regrow lost hair. Health - Conditions and Diseases - Hair Loss - Shopping - Skin Disorders

    Arch Coal Inc. said Thursday it acquired a 35 percent equity interest in the Trailblazer Energy Center, which Tenaska Inc. is developing near Sweetwater, Texas. (ACI)

    Stifel, Nicolaus and Co. Inc. has agreed to return $78,000 in commissions paid by investors that were taken advantage of by their broker. (SF)

    The CBS TV program "48 Hours Mystery" will focus Saturday on an unsolved murder case out of southeast Missouri. Angela Mischelle Lawless was killed in 1992. She was shot three times in her vehicle that was found on an Interstate 55 ramp near Benton. Joshua Kezer, a teenager at the time of the murder, was convicted and sentenced to 60 years in prison. He was exonerated and released in 2009 after Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter reopened the case. The Southeast Missourian reports that the hour-long segment airs at 9 pm local time. Walter and the family of Lawless say they are hopeful that the airing will prompt someone with information to come forward.

    Join Tennessean sports columnist David Climer for a live chat with fans about the SEC Tournament.

    U.S. Census officials are asking residents across the country to watch their mail next week for 2010 Census questionnaires and to fill them out and return them immediately.

    An experimental thyroid drug reduces cholesterol without the troublesome side effects experienced by some people on statins, according to a study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine. An international team of investigators at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, the Karolinska University Hospital and Institute, and The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research tested a substance called Eprotirome in patients with high cholesterol.

    Early detection is key to more effective treatment for Alzheimer's disease and other forms of cognitive impairment, and new research shows that a test developed at the University of Tennessee is more than 95 percent effective in detecting cognitive abnormalities associated with these diseases.

    Take a bunch of fast-moving electrons, place them in orbit and then hit them with the shock waves from a solar storm. What do you get? Killer electrons. That's the shocking recipe revealed by ESA's Cluster mission.

    French medical researchers from the AP-HP (Henri Mondor Hospital and Avicenne Hospital) and Inserm (Unit 738 "Models and methods for therapeutic evaluation of chronic illnesses" and CIC 202, at Tours) have recently demonstrated the effectiveness of a new molecule in the fight against lice. Faced with the emergence of increasing resistance to conventional treatments by these parasites, this new medication represents a real therapeutic alternative which is effective in 95 percent of cases.

    Diet and aerobic exercise are highly effective for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, but not for obese subjects that have developed the disease when very young. A study at the IRB Barcelona and Trinity College in Dublin demonstrates that obese subjects between 18 and 25 years of age carry mitochondrial proteins and genes that work abnormally and that these anomalies contribute to generating insulin resistance and a reduced response to physical exercise.

    AP - Erik Guay of Canada produced a daring run to win the final race of the season Thursday and claim a World Cup title in the super-G.

    AFP - European heavyweights Juventus and Liverpool will both seek to rescue disappointing seasons when the first legs of their respective Europa League last-16 ties kick off on Thursday.

    AP - The St. Louis Rams have re-signed tight end Daniel Fells, who caught three touchdown passes in 2009.

    John Baker, Martin Buser, Bruce Linton lead Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race out of Cripple John Baker - Martin Buser - Sport - Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race - Winter Sports

    Polish cross-country skier Kornelia Marek tests positive for EPO at Vancouver Olympics Cross-country skiing - Sport - Vancouver - Olympics - Events

    Opera won't be lobbying for a browser choice screen to be implemented in Asia-Pacific, while Mozilla's Open to Choice campaign stays within Europe.

    Target starts a coupon program for mobile phones, Google launches a fancy new RSS reader, and Sex.com is up for grabs.

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    Five paragliders are flying and hiking the length of the Himalayas all the way through Nepal, and they’re sharing the once-in-a-lifetime experience with anyone who has a computer.

    On Wednesday, Sony unveiled Move, its motion-sensitive controller.

    AP - Virginia Tech police are investigating new threats of another mass shooting at the university in online YouTube postings.

    AP - A congresswoman who is the mother of Detroit ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been summoned to appear before a grand jury in Detroit.

    DETROIT (AP) -- A congresswoman who is the mother of Detroit ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been summoned to appear before a grand jury in Detroit....

    AP - Talks have started over the future of a troubled Rhode Island high school where all the teachers were fired to improve student performance.

    AP - The Wisconsin Supreme Court has sided with a truck dealership in a dispute with a major manufacturer of semitrailers.

    Pinera becomes Chile's president amid strong aftershocks that send citizens fleeing for hills Chile - South America - Travel and Tourism - Earthquake - Government

    Amid infedilty rumors Bruni says Nicholas Sarkozy would 'never have affairs'. Nicolas Sarkozy - Carla Bruni-Sarkozy - France - Marriage - Chantal Jouanno

    A U.K. man says he plans to make the first round-the-world trip in a customized rotorcraft known as an autogyro.

    A Swedish court ruled Thursday that a former neo-Nazi leader arrested in Sweden can be extradited to Poland, where he is suspected of being involved in the theft of the infamous Auschwitz sign.

    PARIS (AP) -- The search for the black boxes of an Air France flight that crashed in the Atlantic Ocean while flying from Rio de Janeiro to Paris has been delayed by weather conditions and trouble getting a search ship to Brazil, officials said Thursday....