(Updated) Facebook adds more personal touches to News Feed
MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — Facebook is trying to breathe new life into its social network with a redesign of its News Feed. Amid complaints that company's site has become a jumble of monotonous musings...
View ArticleVietnam cardinal arrives, last one in for conclave
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The last cardinal who will participate in the conclave to elect the next pope arrived in Rome on Thursday, meaning a date can now be set for the election. But it's not clear when...
View ArticleSenate committee OKs bill curbing gun purchases
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee approved legislation Thursday toughening laws against people who illegally buy guns for others as lawmakers cast the first votes in Congress to curb...
View ArticleU.S. official: Bin Laden spokesman captured
WASHINGTON (AP) — Osama bin Laden's spokesman and son-in-law has been captured by the United States, officials said Thursday, in what a senior congressman called a "very significant victory" in the...
View ArticleCash can bribe dieters to lose weight, study finds
Willpower apparently can be bought. The chance to win or lose $20 a month enticed dieters in a yearlong study to drop an average of 9 pounds — four times more weight than others who were not offered...
View ArticleKansas State hires BGSU assistant AD for football
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State has hired Bowling Green's Clint Dowdle to be an assistant athletic director for administration with responsibility for the daily operation of the football program....
View ArticleFinancing terms reached for new $1 billion Atlanta Falcons stadium
ATLANTA (AP) — Officials say financing terms have been reached for the Atlanta Falcons' proposal for a new $1 billion stadium in downtown Atlanta. The Atlanta City Council must now vote on the...
View ArticleAll-district basketball teams selected (3-7-13)
COLUMBUS (AP) — The 2012-13 Associated Press Northwest All-District boys and girls basketball teams, as selected by a media panel from the district, with height, year and regular-season scoring average...
View ArticlePerrysburg vs Anthony Wayne boys basketball March 7th 2013
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View ArticleUpdated: 10:55 p.m., Anthony Wayne holds on against Perrysburg in district...
FINDLAY — The third and final version of Perrysburg versus Anthony Wayne certainly lived up to its hype — this time in a Division I district semifinal.The Yellow Jackets overcame an 11-point...
View ArticleHot chicks: At 60, Peeps more popular than ever
BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — It's Easter morning. A boy rouses his younger brother, and they run to the living room to find their baskets filled with — what else? — Peeps. "Peeps are THE candy of Easter," the...
View ArticleCoroner: Lion killed woman after escaping cage
DUNLAP, Calif. (AP) — The investigation into a lion attack that killed a 24-year-old woman who loved big cats is focusing on a cage door that the 550-pound animal managed to escape through to reach the...
View ArticleNew TSA policy on knives, bats sparks backlash
WASHINGTON (AP) — Flight attendants, pilots, federal air marshals and even insurance companies are part of a growing backlash to the Transportation Security Administration's new policy allowing...
View ArticleForest Service may let more fires burn
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After coming in $400 million over budget following last year's busy fire season, the Forest Service is altering its approach and may let more fires burn instead of attacking every...
View ArticleMayor apologizes to 82-year-old kicked of train for singing
MIAMI (AP) — The mayor of Miami-Dade County has apologized to an 82-year-old woman who was kicked off a Metrorail train for singing. The Miami Herald (http://hrld.us/Z4J9tM) reports Emma Anderson was...
View ArticleMacy's, Penney goes into mediation over Martha Stewart
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York State Supreme Court Judge has ordered Macy's, J.C. Penney and Martha Stewart Living into mediation in a bid to resolve a dispute over a partnership with the Martha Stewart...
View ArticleJapan economy grew in last quarter of 2012
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's economy did better than first thought in the last quarter of 2012, eking out a slight expansion instead of shrinking in a boost for Prime Minister's Shinzo Abe's policies to end...
View ArticlePlayers' association gives OK to NHL realignment
NEW YORK (AP) — The NHL moved a step closer to realignment Thursday as the players' association approved a proposed plan that is set to go into effect next season. Now that the league has gotten the...
View ArticleHamlin fined $25k by NASCAR for criticizing car
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A furious Denny Hamlin said he won't pay the $25,000 fine leveled on him by NASCAR on Thursday after his criticism of the Gen-6 race car. The fine also left many of his fellow drivers...
View ArticleResearchers: We may have found a fabled sunstone
LONDON (AP) — Researchers say a rough, whitish crystal recovered from the wreckage of 16th century English warship may be a sunstone, a special kind of mineral believed by some to have helped medieval...
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