Flooding caused by a powerful storm that hit the Northeast left 500 passengers stranded in a New Jersey Transit train for more than five hours, officials say.

Bill Walker scored a career-high 23 points, Wilson Chandler added 22 and the New York Knicks snapped Dallas’ 13-game winning streak and avenged a 50-point loss to the Mavericks earlier this season with a 128-94 victory on Saturday night.

An American woman and three others arrested in Ireland over an alleged plot to assassinate Swedish artist Lars Vilks have been freed without charge.

Flooding caused by a powerful storm that hit the Northeast left 500 passengers stranded in a New Jersey Transit train for more than five hours, officials say.

An American woman and three others arrested in Ireland over an alleged plot to assassinate Swedish artist Lars Vilks have been freed without charge.

Thousands of teachers, classmates and neighbors filled a San Diego-area high school football stadium to honor a 17-year-old girl allegedly killed by a registered sex offender.

Da’Sean Butler’s second game-winner in three days gave West Virginia its first Big East title. The senior guard, who banked in a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give West Virginia a quarterfinal win, scored in the lane with 4.2 seconds left and the No. 7 Mountaineers beat No. 22 Georgetown 60-58 on Saturday night.

The Jayhawks defeat No. 9 Kansas State for the third time this season and likely will be the top overall seed in the NCAA tournament.

Ralph Sampson III scored 13 points for the sixth-seeded Golden Gophers (21-12), who reached the Big Ten tournament final for the first time. They’ll play No. 5 Ohio State on Sunday for the championship.

Evan Turner scored 12 of his 31 points after regulation Saturday, leading No. 5 Ohio State past Illinois 88-81 in double overtime Saturday for a spot in the final of the Big Ten tournament.

Opinion: Illinois was eliminated from this tournament (and possibly the bigger one) by a team that is the closest thing we've seen in more than 20 years to a reincarnation of the eternally beloved Flyin' Illini. That's Ohio State.

Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is hospitalized after complaining of stomach pains, according to reports.

Utah's House majority leader has resigned from the Legislature, two days after his confession about sitting nude in a hot tub with a teenage girl 25 years ago.

Under White House pressure to act swiftly, House and Senate Democratic leaders reached for agreement Friday on President Barack Obama's health care bill, sweetened suddenly by fresh billions for student aid and a sense that breakthroughs are at hand.

Too much cancer screening, too many heart tests, too many cesarean sections. A spate of recent reports suggest that too many Americans — maybe even President Barack Obama — are being overtreated.

Sex addiction, the intersection of powerful men and willing women, late-night phone calls to the police and bad public relations give show plenty of fodder, co-creator Trey Stone said.

Authorities say actor Corey Haim had a fraudulent prescription when he died that was linked to a major drug ring and are now investigating.

As a genre, wedding films are typically about as cloying as two-hours worth of kitten videos on YouTube. But this is a mostly charming movie despite its cliche milieu.

Movie tries to convince viewers that nerdy Justin Baruchel and beautiful Alice Eve can work as a couple, but Baruchel's self-loathing character makes that hard to believe.

"Twilight" mega-star Robert Pattinson has always played period or fantasy roles, so he was eager to accept the starring role in his latest film, in which he plays an ordinary guy.