Oregon's Top Two Youth Volunteers Selected in 12th Annual National Awards Program
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Jeffrey Lewis, 18, of Newberg and Samantha Wright, 13, of Grants Pass  today were named Oregon's top two youth volunteers for 2007 by The  Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, a nationwide program honoring  young people for outstanding acts of volunteerism.
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The season was on the line for Oregon State and Jonah Nickerson wanted the ball &amp;#151; on only two days&#039; rest. Coach Pat Casey let him have it for a second start in four days, and the junior right-hander led the Beavers into the championship round of the College World Series for the first time in school history.
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The state's bid for leadership in the emerging field of nanotechnology got a boost yesterday when the National Science Foundation awarded a $12.4 million five-year grant to a consortium, led by Northeastern University, to create an engineering center to develop tools and processes for building nanoscale devices.
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The Pacific-10 Conference added two high-profile football coaches last night, with Ty Willingham going to Washington and Walt Harris to Stanford.
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QUINCY -- Nearly 600 Massachusetts high school student-athletes were honored yesterday as The Boston Globe celebrated another memorable season with the All-Scholastic Awards, presented by Olympia Sports.
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Stephanie Seitz, 18, of Wilmington and Taylor Richey, 10, of Bridgeville  today were named Delaware's top two youth volunteers for 2007 by The  Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, a nationwide program honoring  young people for outstanding acts of volunteerism.
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College football University of New Hampshire quarterback Ricky Santos was named winner last night of the Walter Payton Award, given to the most outstanding player in Division 1-AA. Santos, a junior from Bellingham, passed for 29 touchdowns and ran for 12 more this season. He also topped 3,000 passing yards for the third straight year, finishing with 3,125. He edged ...
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By Heather J. Carlson, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.  Jun. 2--Three area teenagers are being honored with an award and scholarships by the U.S. State Department for their work on a Web site.
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"The Great Debaters"  moved to the top of the class for the Image Awards, nabbing  eight nominations, including a pair for Denzel Washington, the  film's actor and director, organizers said Tuesday.
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Landon Donovan and Abby Wambach won the U.S. Soccer national player awards for 2004. Donovan edged DaMarcus Beasley to become the first men's player to win the award in consecutive years. Wambach also repeated as the women's winner in results announced Wednesday.
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Hollywood&#39;s young stars turned out  to shine at the Teen Choice awards on Sunday with television  sensation &quot;High School Musical 2&quot; winning a top honor for best  TV movie.
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George Washington's Kim Beck and Jessica Adair are selected to the all-Atlantic 10 Conference first team and Joe McKeown earns coach of the year honors for the fifth time on Tuesday.
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Five-time American League batting champion Wade Boggs, two-time NL batting champ Willie McGee and former Cy Young Award winner Jack McDowell are among 12 first-year candidates on the 2005 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot.
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The girls' relay teams from Eleanor Roosevelt cap an impressive spring with two more titles and a national record at this past  weekend's Nike Outdoor Nationals.
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A growing number of connected youth nationwide are involved in philanthropy, according to experts.
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A sampling of youth outreach efforts in the presidential campaign:
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Two Johns Hopkins University scientists have been selected to receive the nation's highest scientific honor.