Third baseman Garrett Atkins avoided arbitration Tuesday, agreeing to a one-year, $7.05 million contract with the Colorado Rockies that will make him the second-highest paid player on the team.

The Atkins diet may have proved itself after all: A low-carb diet and a Mediterranean-style regimen helped people lose more weight than a traditional low-fat diet in one of the longest and largest studies to compare the dueling weight-loss techniques.A...

Rodney Atkins is still surprised when people recognize him in the grocery store nowadays. But give it time.With six nominations for Sunday’s Academy of Country Music Awards, including biggies like male vocalist, album of the year and song of the year,...

Tornadoes tore across Arkansas, Tennessee and Mississippi on Tuesday, killing at least three people and injuring several others in a rare midwinter outbreak of violent weather.A couple and a child were killed after a tornado touched down near the center..