Knight-Ridder Tribune

Scientists said Tuesday they have overcome the major hurdle to synthesizing taxol, a potent but scarce natural anticancer drug now extracted from the Pacific yew tree, and predicted they could...

Ask for the name of an astronaut and students at Detroit`s Malcolm X Academy are as likely to mention Guion Bluford as Neil Armstrong. They know all about Sally Ride...

Chapter 2. Today`s Italian word: Credere (credereh) 1. Believe. As in, ''Can you believe Rick Mahorn and the pope are in the same town?'' Some NBA players come to Italy...

Fortunately, the people I work with are all wonderful, considerate, reasonable folks who haven`t given me even a moment of unpleasantness. Management is wise beyond imagining and everyone else conscientiously...

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski had a gentle reminder for his team: Give Bobby Hurley the basketball. Give it to him early and often. Keep it in his hands. He`s back,...

John Battle was 22 years old, and he was scared. He was in his first pro training camp, and he had an aching feeling deep in his gut that it...

The roiling anxieties, the gnawing deceits, the tamped-down frustrations had been piling up for more than two years. But as they angrily knocked aside locker-room benches and shouted obscenities at...

Early this season, after a tough road loss, Doug MacLean arrived home in the wee hours. He was tired and angry as he crawled into bed, but three little words...