By JON KRAWCZYNSKI AP Basketball Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) _ Rashad Vaughn has been crisscrossing the country over the last month, joining dozens of NBA draft …

CHICAGO (AP) _ An outbreak of invasive meningococcal (mehn-ihn-joh-KAHK’-ul) disease has spread from Chicago to its suburbs. The Chicago Department of Public Health says there …

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) _ NASA has awarded $100,000 to a team from West Virginia University for completing a robotics challenge. NASA says the objective of …

ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) _ It is now illegal to smoke electronic cigarettes in Montgomery County in public places. A bill banning electronic cigarette use in …

By RAY KISONAS Monroe News DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) _ The straightaway begins on the third floor and drops more than 30 feet toward a giant, …

BOSTON (AP) _ The chairman of Boston’s Olympic organizing committee says there is no way to completely eliminate potential risk to taxpayers if the city …

BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ Health officials say 30 cases of salmonella are associated with the Boise Co-Op. KTVB-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1KNP2pp ) that Central District Health …

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ State officials say they have discovered a data breach on one of their servers that stores information from the state’s Workforce …

PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) _ Power is out to nearly 3,400 Consumers Energy customers in western Michigan. The utility says an equipment failure in an …

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Students at the University of Nebraska will pay more in tuition over the next two years after the university’s Board of …