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Charles Showalter paraphrases Mark Twain when he hears somebody preach the funeral of unions and union radio. “The reports of our death are greatly exaggerated,” says Showalter, host of "The Union Edge: Labor’s Talk Radio," based in Pittsburgh.

Duke advances to the ACC semifinals to take on NC State after beating Clemson by a close 63-62.

Role players such as DeAndre Daniels and Niels Giffey made valuable contributions to No. 21 UConn's win over No. 13 Cincinnati.

Nicklas Backstrom will get an silver medal even though he was suspended from Sweden’s gold-medal game defeat to Canada for testing positive for pseudoephedrine.

Malaysia’s prime minister on Saturday said the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 had widened to two large corridors as far north as the Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan border, based on more satellite data about the plane's movements.

No winning tickets were sold for Friday night’s Mega Millions prize, sending the jackpot soaring to $400 million for the next drawing, lottery officials said.That would rank seventh among all-time U.S. jackpots.Friday night’s numbers were 7-20-40-54-69 with Mega Ball 12.

By LEANNE GENDREAU AND AMY PARMENTER, NBC ConnecticutA sheet of ice smashed Amanda Hubbard’s car. As upset as she is, the Winsted, Conn. woman said she’s grateful because it could have been much worse.

Buffalo Bills legend Jim Kelly has another fight on his hands -- his oral cancer is back after surgery last year.

Syracuse’s inaugural game in the ACC Tournament didn’t exactly go as planned, as NC State shocked No. 11 Cuse 66-63.

No. 16 Iowa State held off No. 10 Kansas in the semifinals of the Big 12 tournament, 94-83.