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Mexico orders immediate release of Marine veteran 11/01/2014 04:50am • JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A Mexican judge on Friday ordered the immediate release of a jailed U.S. Marine veteran who spent eight months behind bars for crossing the border with loaded guns.The judge called for retired Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi (Tah-mor-EE-si) to be freed Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon resigns 11/01/2014 03:00am • NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- Dave Brandon took over Michigan's athletic department four years ago with so many of the right qualifications: success as a businessman, experience as a university regent -- and he'd played football for Bo Schembechler, too.That football program Wilson's presence still felt by resurgent Bills 11/01/2014 12:02am • JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) -- Reminded of the "RCW" patch Bills players are wearing on their jerseys, Fred Jackson looked to the heavens and wondered if the team's late owner might be pulling a few strings.Something certainly seems to be up in Buffalo.Though the veteran run Herbalife eyes settlement in federal lawsuit 10/31/2014 09:10pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Herbalife says it has agreed to settle a lawsuit that claimed the company's business structure and marketing practices violated federal and state laws.The weight loss and nutritional supplements company did not elaborate in its statement Friday on the terms of the proposed settle AIG to pay NY $35M to settle licensing allegations 10/31/2014 08:00pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Insurance company American International Group Inc. has agreed to pay New York state $35 million to settle claims that two former subsidiaries did business without licenses and misled regulators about their operations in the state.The deal was announced Friday by the state Depar Army hosts Air Force in season's key home game 10/31/2014 06:50pm • JOHN KEKIS AP Sports Writer WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) -- Jeff Monken's first year at Army probably hasn't gone the way he envisioned as the Black Knights try to right a season teetering on the brink.At least there are two chances left on the schedule to really shine: service-academy games against Air Fo No. 25 UCLA sees must-win game vs No. 14 Arizona 10/31/2014 06:36pm • GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer PASADENA, Calif. (AP) -- With No. 25 UCLA's season getting grimmer by the week, Brett Hundley and coach Jim Mora just couldn't bring themselves to embrace the usual football clichés about No. 14 Arizona's visit to the Rose Bowl.The Bruins (6-2, 3-2 Pac-12) need a break Hurley takes a 2-shot lead at CIMB Classic 10/31/2014 07:10am • CHRIS LINES AP Sports Writer KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Billy Hurley III made six birdies on his front nine en route to a 5-under 67 Friday that gave him a two-shot lead after the second round of the CIMB Classic.Hurley matched his score from Thursday for a 10-under total of 134, two strokes ahe N. Korea says it has invited EU rights official 10/31/2014 03:40am • CARA ANNA Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- North Korea on Thursday said it has invited European Union's top human rights official to visit the country, but it threatened to drop recent offers of visits by United Nations rights officials unless a U.N. resolution on the country removes any refe How Dietitians Handle Halloween Candy Overload 10/31/2014 12:00am • Halloween is upon us, and with it, the tempting abundance of candy in all shapes, sizes and flavors. If you want to keep the same pant size, you might need to have a strategy or two in place to deal with the excess. Here are some of the ways a slew of registered dietitians tame the candy beast in t Attorney: Oklahoma RB Mixon accepts probation 10/30/2014 03:59pm • CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon has accepted one year of probation after being charged with punching a young woman at a restaurant in July.Mixon's attorney, Kevin Finlay, said Thursday that Mixon entered an Alford plea in which he acknowledged there 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