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Correction: Marine-Released story 11/05/2014 04:00pm • WESTON, Fla. (AP) -- In stories that ran Nov. 1 and Oct. 31 about the release of US Marine veteran Andrew Tahmooressi, The Associated Press reported erroneously Tahmooressi's status with the Marines. He was honorably discharged after serving his four-year enlistment, not retired.A corrected version Police: Thieves still targeting distracted victims at Bethesda gas station 11/05/2014 01:35pm • Montgomery County Police say there have been three more car-related thefts at area gas stations, even after the department publicized a string of 14 of the incidents last month. One of the three additional thefts happened at the same Bethesda gas station where thieves targeted victims filli Romo skips practice in London with injured back 11/05/2014 11:37am • CHRIS LEHOURITES AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) -- Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo sat out the team's first practice in London on Wednesday because of his injured back.Romo, who missed last Sunday's 28-17 loss to the Arizona Cardinals with his third back injury in the last 18 months, made the tri Yellowstone park considers bumping up bandwidth 11/05/2014 09:58am • MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- Can Old Faithful compete with Netflix? The prospect of streaming wireless service deep inside Yellowstone National Park is re-igniting the debate over whether there should be any place off limits to technology.Park officials are in preliminary d Study: Google Glass may have blind spot 11/05/2014 05:46am • WASHINGTON - Google Glass, the tiny, Internet-connected eyewear, may have a blind spot that partially obstructs peripheral vision, according to a study in the Nov. 5 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association. The study, conducted on only three people, used a standard test to comp Georgia still alive in SEC despite Florida loss 11/04/2014 06:25pm • PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATHENS, Ga. (AP) -- Their national championship hopes largely dashed, the Georgia Bulldogs insist they aren't giving up on the season.And they're ready to forget an embarrassing loss to Florida."That's life," quarterback Hutson Mason said Tuesday. "Sometimes in life, y Giants in trouble after third straight loss 11/04/2014 05:10pm • TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- There was a sense of frustration in Tom Coughlin's voice speaking about the New York Giants' third straight loss.The 68-year-old coach had asked his team to step up with the season approaching crisis level, and it didn't.The offense had anot Syria's better-offs seek fun as war grinds on 11/04/2014 01:04pm • DIAA HADID Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- A vampire, a medieval knight and a man dressed as an Islamic militant walk into a blue-lit bar in a Damascus hotel, all determined to have fun at the costume party. The music is pounding, a break dancer stands on his head and in the DJ booth, a man Hoke says he can't let job status distract him 11/03/2014 06:29pm • NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- Michigan coach Brady Hoke says he's never been concerned about his job status because he can't allow himself to be distracted.Hoke discussed athletic director Dave Brandon's resignation Monday. The AD's exit was announced Friday, but after Michi Full Redskins experience: distractions and 3-6 11/03/2014 06:23pm • JOSEPH WHITE AP Sports Writer ASHBURN, Va. (AP) -- Jay Gruden got the full Washington Redskins circus distraction experience all in one day. A protest against the name, a bus wreck on the way to the stadium, Robert Griffin III's return from an injury, a media report the coach called "amateurish," an Patriots head into bye after five-game resurgence 11/03/2014 04:06pm • HOWARD ULMAN AP Sports Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- The New England Patriots were reeling from the second worst loss of the Belichick-Brady era when the disappointed but determined quarterback took a moment to look ahead."We need to make sure we never have this feeling again," Tom Brady said aft Republicans mull strategy if they control Congress 11/03/2014 03:18pm • CHARLES BABINGTON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican control of the House and Senate seems tantalizingly close, so leading Republicans are turning to a matter often overlooked in campaigns: how to actually govern.They say it will be crucial to show the GOP can legislate, lead and solve p Sesame Street marks 45th birthday 11/03/2014 03:16pm • BETH J. HARPAZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- You don't get to be the longest-running children's show in U.S. TV history by doing the same thing over and over. So even though parents who grew up watching "Sesame Street" can still see old favorites like Big Bird, things on the street have changed With 3 games left, Wolverines still hope for bowl 11/02/2014 02:47pm • NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- With so much talk about what will happen at the end of this ugly season for Michigan football, it's easy to overlook that there's a month to go in the regular season.The players -- especially the seniors -- don't have that luxury."They're playin Moore defends CIMB Classic title, wins by 3 shots 11/02/2014 04:43am • CHRIS LINES AP Sports Writer KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Ryan Moore knows how to finish a tournament, and how to start a season.For the second straight year, Moore won the CIMB Classic on Sunday, and for the third year running he won on the PGA Tour's fall schedule to get a flying start to the se