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Bills beat Lions on 58-yard field goal 10/05/2014 10:23pm • JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) -- Bills kicker Dan Carpenter responded to an alleged laser pointer shining from the stands in Detroit with laser-point accuracy.After banking a 50-yard attempt off the left upright in the third quarter, Carpenter split the goal posts from 58 yards with 4 se Kemp's HR lifts Dodgers over Cards, NLDS tied at 1 10/05/2014 04:46pm • BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Matt Kemp skipped down the first base line, watching his drive fly while calling out to the ball, trying to coax it to stay fair.Once it sailed inside the foul pole and landed in the lower left field seats, he had salvaged a victory for the Los Angele Dodgers turn to Greinke to even NLDS against Cards 10/04/2014 04:20pm • BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Dodgers are turning to Zack Greinke to even up their National League Division Series against St. Louis.Greinke had the best start of his postseason career in Game 1 of last year's NLCS against the Cardinals. The right-hander allowed two runs and f Alex Smith returns to Bay Area to face old team 10/04/2014 12:02am • JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) -- Alex Smith was booed so many times on his home field at Candlestick Park, he has no idea how he might be received by the old fans when he runs out with the Chiefs to face the 49ers on Sunday.The 2005 No. 1 overall pick, Smith has clearly mo Trainer Doug O'Neill banned by Breeders' Cup 10/03/2014 06:30pm • BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Breeders' Cup banned trainer Doug O'Neill on Friday from entering horses in this year's world championships after he was suspended and fined by New York racing officials when one of his horses had a positive drug test.The ban is enforceable under Bowyer's rough year on track trumped by fatherhood 10/03/2014 04:12pm • DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) -- Midnight was approaching Tuesday, and Clint Bowyer was bummed. His hometown Royals were on the verge of losing to Oakland in their first playoff appearance in decades, and his baby boy was stubbornly refusing to make his entrance into the world Struggling Michigan faces Rutgers after long week 10/03/2014 10:55am • TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) -- Brady Hoke and struggling Michigan are in trouble heading into the weekend and they have to hope that surprising Rutgers doesn't add to their problems.Hoke and the Wolverines football program have spent the past week under the microscope after th Twin Cities airport plans solar power project 10/03/2014 10:30am • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport is planning a $25.4 million solar power installation to generate nearly 20 percent of the airport's electricity.Airport officials announced the plans Thursday with Gov. Mark Dayton. They say the installation will be the largest in th In Montgomery County, the sidewalks can have traffic problems, too 10/03/2014 02:39am • WASHINGTON -- After what can be a white-knuckle commute to work or home, you get out of your car, and find the challenges don't end. From parking lots where drivers and even pedestrians remain distracted by cellphones, to sidewalks that are blocked by construction, threading your way from your 2 officials resign in porn office emails case 10/03/2014 12:22am • PETER JACKSON Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Two top state officials resigned Thursday in the growing scandal surrounding office emails containing pornography in the Pennsylvania attorney general's office.Gov. Tom Corbett disclosed the resignations of Environmental Protection Secretary Chr Go On, Laugh Your Heart Out. It's Good for You 10/03/2014 12:00am • When Carla Riechman laughs, you hear it. With her big laughter, the former District of Columbia school teacher has been compared to the laughing Buddha, and it's a comparison she welcomes. She helps people laugh, which in turn helps them meditate. "Laughter brings one to silence," says Riechman, 63 Vancouver Canucks at a glance 10/02/2014 06:38pm • The Associated Press VANCOUVER CANUCKSLAST SEASON: 36-35-11, finished 12th in the Western Conference and missed the playoffs.COACH: Willie Desjardins, first season with the Canucks.ADDED: C Nick Bonino, LW Derek Dorsett, G Ryan Miller, D Luca Sbisa, RW Radim Vrbata.LOST: RW Zac Dalpe, D Jason Garr Bills' Manuel refuses take benching sitting down 10/02/2014 06:20pm • JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) -- Bills quarterback EJ Manuel has no intention of taking the first benching of his career sitting down.Manuel on Thursday accepted his demotion as something he has to live with and acknowledged having plenty of room to develop. More importantly, Drones banned from international balloon fiesta 10/02/2014 05:50pm • SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Hundreds of hot air balloons fill the sky just as the sun rises over the mountains bordering the city's eastern edge. In the opposite direction, the view is just as awesome, with the wave of colorful orbs and special shapes standing out 'Alien: Isolation' game an homage to original film 10/02/2014 04:18pm • DERRIK J. LANG AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) -- By the end of the original "Alien" film, warrant officer Ellen Ripley had been attacked by an android, stalked by an extraterrestrial and stranded in space. That's just the beginning of the interstellar mayhem that awaits Ripley's daughter i