Paul Long was fired on Monday after four years as coach of the Horizon boys basketball team.

Well-read, well-traveled, a crusader for justice, a pastor of the first order - these descriptions of Karol Wojtyla softened the surprise of the Polish cardinal's election to the papacy in 1978 as the first non-Italian pope in half a millennium.

Paul Long has resigned as Temp High's boys basketball coach.

Well-read, well-traveled, a crusader for justice, a pastor of the first order — these descriptions of Karol Wojtyla softened the surprise of the Polish cardinal’s election to the papacy in 1978 as the first non-Italian pope in half a millennium.

NEW YORK - When Paul Simon decided it was time for a new album, there was an immediate problem: He wasn't exactly sure what to say - or how to say it.

Bit by the racing bug at age 47, he lived the sport until the day he died.

NEW YORK - Paul McCartney, who is in the midst of a bitter divorce from his second wife, has been photographed kissing another woman in the Hamptons.

WESTPORT, Conn. - Paul Newman, the Academy-Award winning superstar who personified cool as the anti-hero of such films as "Hud," "Cool Hand Luke" and "The Color of Money" - and as an activist, race car driver and popcorn impresario - has died. He was 83.

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are clever and endearing fellows. So one could easily expect the British duo of the zombie comedy "Shaun of the Dead" and the cop buddy riff "Hot Fuzz" to make their alien-meets-lads comedy "Paul" an out-of-this-world ride.

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WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, the court's oldest member and leader of its liberal bloc, is retiring. President Barack Obama now has his second high court opening to fill.

SAN JOSE DEL CABO, Mexico - Hurricane Paul weakened Tuesday, but emergency workers remained on standby to evacuate thousands of residents from this popular resort.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Paul Krugman, the Princeton University scholar and New York Times columnist, won the Nobel prize in economics Monday for his analysis of how economies of scale can affect trade patterns and the location of economic activity.

ROME - The Roman Catholic Church placed Pope John Paul II on the path to sainthood Tuesday during a joyous ceremony at a Roman basilica - the fastest start to a beatification process in memory for a man many considered a saint long before he died.

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VATICAN CITY - Clutching rosaries, medals and flowers, thousands of people filed past the simple white marble tomb of Pope John Paul II on Wednesday, as the Vatican reopened the grottoes beneath St. Peter's Basilica for the first time since the pope died.

VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II, who helped topple communism in Europe and left a deeply conservative stamp on the church that he led for 26 years, died Saturday night in his Vatican apartment, ending a long public struggle against debilitating illness. He was 84.

LONDON - Apple Corps Ltd., is like a doting parent when it comes to The Beatles, looking after their interests and promoting their recordings, but it also makes sure no one tries to mess with the band’s legacy.

arriving in Boston, general manager Theo Epstein and chief aide Josh Byrnes acquired free agents David Ortiz, Bill Mueller, Mike Timlin and Kevin Millar for a total cost of $5.9 million.

The schedule at Arizona state track might have been all discombobulated, but the athletes never seemed disjointed.

The schedule at Arizona state track might have been all discombobulated, but the athletes never seemed disjointed.

When the grief from John Paxson's 3-pointer in 1993 and the shock from Houston's three-game playoff rally in '94 had abated, Suns forward Charles Barkley approached team management with an idea.

AUGUSTA, Ga. - Life came full circle for Trevor Immelman on Sunday at the Masters.