Jamaal Franklin scored the first five points of overtime and finished with 12 overall as No. 24 San Diego State beat Wyoming 67-58 on Wednesday night to snap a three-game losing streak.

Patrick Larkin, the principal of Burlington High School, has been recognized for his work to integrate new technologies into education. The National Association of Secondary School Principals selected Larkin as one of three 2012 recipients of its new Digital Principal Award. The professional organization will present the award to Larkin and the two other recipients at its annual Breaking Ranks K ...

The history of Maricopa High School athletics is brief when compared with schools closer to the Atlantic or Pacific oceans. That brevity, however, hasn’t prevented the school from unearthing success in individual and team athletic pursuits.

I’ll miss Congressman Barney Frank when he retires, but not for the usual reasons: his progressive politics, his eloquence, his wit. I should say that I haven’t always agreed with Frank, either. His lapses in public and private life are legend in Massachusetts. He can be famously cranky, some say rude. But here’s what Frank did for me last fall, when almost nobody was watching.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Wednesday that al-Qaeda fighters continue to plan attacks south of the capital. / File photo by Carolyn Kaster, AP

A Free Syrian Army fighter stands guard in Idlib, Syria, on Monday. Several cities are rebelling against President Bashar Assad, who is accused of killing more than 5,000 citizens.

WILKES-BARRE – GAR High School apparently became home to two commando bed bugs with acute survival skills.

Sen. John McCain speaks during a press conference in the Libyan capital of Tripoli on Wednesday. / By Mahmud Turkia, AFP/Getty Images TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Sen. John McCain urged Libya's militias on Wednesday to integrate themselves into the country's new national army and called for the reported abuse of prisoners held by the ex-rebels to stop.

SAN DIEGO (AP) - Jamaal Franklin scored the first five points of overtime and finished with 12 overall as No. 24 San Diego State beat Wyoming 67-58 on Wednesday night to snap a three-game losing streak.

HEREFORD -- With the sun shining and spring-like temperatures outside, Wednesday was the perfect day to go fishing at Aquatic Center Park. However, that activity has been put on hold, with city officials posting "No Fishing" signs around the pond, after a routine lab test done Monday by the Parks Department found elevated levels of E. coli and salmonella in the water.