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8 Ways You're Telling Your Boss, 'I Don't Want to Be Here' 10/30/2014 12:00am • Do you occasionally daydream about responding to an impossible deadline request by laughing in your boss's face and dumping your coffee on her shoes? Or maybe your happy thought is about devoting most slides of your big presentation to the challenges and triumphs of your fantasy football team. Or, s Are You Cut Out to Work From Home? 10/30/2014 12:00am • Many of us dream about working from home. But is it as easy as it looks? There are some people who know instinctively that it won't work for them, because there are too many distractions and things they'd rather be doing -- and would do while at home. If that's how you feel, or if you're uncertain Wozniacki confident she can finish NYC Marathon 10/29/2014 05:27pm • RACHEL COHEN AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Caroline Wozniacki started having nightmares of being rolled off the New York City Marathon course in a wheelchair.As first-time marathoners are supposed to, she had planned one long training run of close to the 26.2-mile distance. The only problem: The Review: Avid readers will love Kindle Voyage 10/29/2014 11:46am • ANICK JESDANUN AP Technology Writer GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) -- As stand-alone e-book readers go, I have yet to find anything as comfortable and easy to use as Amazon's Kindle.Last year's Kindle Paperwhite was small and sturdy, and came packed with useful features such as the ability to jump to another Hornets hope Stephenson takes them to next level 10/29/2014 10:34am • STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Lance Stephenson could be the missing piece to the championship puzzle Michael Jordan is trying to build in Charlotte.At least the Hornets owner believes Stephenson gives his team a fighting chance.That's if the often volatile 6-foot-5, 230-pound s Venezuela's government recalls ambassador to Spain 10/28/2014 08:30pm • JORGE RUEDA Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuela's socialist government on Tuesday recalled for consultations its ambassador to Spain to protest Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's call to free a jailed opposition activist who led anti-government protests earlier this year.Rajoy met with Army coach accepts blame for NCAA violations 10/28/2014 06:02pm • JOHN KEKIS AP Sports Writer A contrite Jeff Monken accepted responsibility on Tuesday for a football recruiting trip that happened a month after he was hired as head coach at Army and resulted in minor NCAA violations."Everything that happens in this program is my responsibility. It was wrong," Monk No. 24 Duke keeping focus on Pitt, ACC race 10/28/2014 04:39pm • JOEDY McCREARY AP Sports Writer DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- After quarterback Anthony Boone found out No. 24 Duke was back in the national rankings, he called a players-only meeting.The message was simple: Don't let it be a distraction.It sure wasn't last year when the Blue Devils cracked the polls and cli Cavaliers looking to keep a good thing going 10/27/2014 10:10pm • HANK KURZ Jr. AP Sports Writer Tony Bennett and Virginia are hoping to build off last season's success.The Cavaliers also are coming off their best season in decades, and despite two huge losses in Joe Harris and Akil Mitchell, there's still the chance for Virginia to be even better than last year.H Business Highlights 10/27/2014 06:50pm • The Associated Press ___The SUV goes from All-American to global starDETROIT (AP) -- Once a hulking symbol of American excess, sport utility vehicles are quickly becoming the world's favorite way to get around.It's a surprising rebirth for a vehicle that was the subject of obituaries when gas price Valeant: We'll bump Allergan offer to $200 a share 10/27/2014 12:36pm • The Associated Press The Canadian drugmaker Valeant said it would be willing to raise its takeover bid for Allergan by almost 12 percent, which would mean $200 or more per share for the maker of Botox.The letter to Allergan's board Monday did not break down the exact terms of the new offer, but Val Agenda of Japan's Abe challenged as scandals mount 10/27/2014 12:10pm • ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) -- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's honeymoon with Japan's voters is fading as scandals and a slowing economic recovery take a toll on his popularity and hinder progress on his policy agenda.The resignations of two ministers in Abe's newly reshuffled Cabine Families of missing Mexican students still waiting 10/27/2014 06:58am • CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press TIXTLA, Mexico (AP) -- Night is the most difficult time at the rural teachers college, where families have stayed on thin, bare mattresses in classrooms since 43 students went missing a month ago. The day's distractions of meals, meetings and marches end, and the Seahawks: No distractions after Harvin trade 10/27/2014 04:38am • STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- The Seahawks are putting Percy Harvin's trade and other distractions behind them.Russell Wilson used Seattle's 13-9 victory over the Carolina Panthers on Sunday as proof that things are just fine with the defending Super Bowl champions."There were Wilson leads Seahawks over Panthers again, 13-9 10/27/2014 12:02am • STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Russell Wilson walked into the huddle with his team down a field goal and less than five minutes remaining. He started laughing, sensing the familiarity of the situation.Then he looked around at his teammates and said, "We've been here two years in