Game 1 ? North Carolina (50-14) vs. Vanderbilt (52-10), 2 p.m. Game 2 ? Texas (49-17) vs. Florida (50-17), 7 p.m. Game 3 ? California (37-21) vs. Virginia (54-10), 2 p.m. Game 4 ? South Carolina (50-14) vs. Texas A&M (47-20), 7 p.m. Game 5 ? Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 2 p.m. [...]

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, left, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov are seen during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel) Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, left, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov are seen during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel) Turkish [...]

JOHANNESBURG ? A top South African appeals court has rejected a former national police chief’s appeal of his corruption conviction. Mthunzi Mhaga, spokesman for the prosecution, says Jackie Selebi has 48 hours to report to prison officials following Friday’s ruling. Selebi was convicted in July after a nation beset by violent crime heard months of [...]

The first thing you?ll read in any story about tonight?s Yankees-Tigers game is that the Yankees are throwing out A.J. Burnett in an elimination game. ?And yes, that is far from ideal given how unreliable Burnett has been since arriving in New York. He wouldn?t have gotten a start absent last Friday night?s rain, and [...]

We got to the choppa! It’s been nearly a month’s time since Griffin introduced its AppPowered Helo TC, a mini RC helicopter for iDevices, and we’ve been lucky enough to play test pilot for a bit. Fifty bucks gets you the TC itself, an infared Flight Deck for your device, 4 extra rotor blades, a [...]