Shortly before the new year, the World Series of Poker announced that veteran poker pro Huck Seed has become the newest member of the Poker Hall of Fame. The 51-year-old Seed, whose first recorded ...

The 100th Olympic Games are well under way in Atlanta, but in Colchester Monday, the summer game was the pits. In fact, the science of preventing pits nearly prevented the contest from beginning at ...

You see them in the fields picking at plants and removing precious seeds. They collect them in plastic bags at a rate of one pound per hour and sometimes spend an entire afternoon in areas like ...

The big news in Midwest farm circles this planting season is that genetically engineered corn and soybean seed are commercially available for the first time. The corn seed, under brand names Maximizer ...

In the world of impulsive buying and split-second decisions, it comes down to 7 seconds. That is all the time seed companies figure they have to catch your attention and nab your purchase. At stake ...

Iowa's spot in the NCAA Tournament was locked up a while ago. The Hawkeyes had to wait until Monday night to get the details surrounding their eighth straight trip to the Big Dance. When Iowa finally ...

CHICAGO – Purdue won the Big Ten Tournament on Sunday afternoon with a 67-65 victory over Penn State, then waited, wondering whether its first conference tournament title since 2009 would be enough to ...