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10 Items to Banish From Your Résumé 10/15/2014 12:00am • What you don't include on your résumé can be as important as what you do include. There are some things that make a résumé look unprofessional, outdated or distracting to hiring managers, who have only moments to scan the document. Make sure hiring managers see only information that strengthens, School group cuts ties with R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 10/14/2014 09:00pm • MICHAEL FELBERBAUM AP Tobacco Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- In a quick about-face, the National School Boards Association is cutting ties with the nation's second-biggest cigarette maker, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.The organization announced late Tuesday that it is ending a recently announced partnersh Miami's Shelby reinstated following suspension 10/14/2014 08:10pm • DAVIE, Fla. (AP) -- Suspended defensive lineman Derrick Shelby was reinstated Tuesday, returned to practice with the Miami Dolphins and said afterward he had messed up.Shelby was suspended without pay last week after his arrest on misdemeanor charges of resisting arrest and trespassing at a nightclu Panthers seeing dismal crowds to start season 10/14/2014 12:39pm • TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) -- A half-hour before the Florida Panthers' home opener, there were people waiting outside the arena to buy tickets.A total of 11 people, to be precise.The Panthers aren't winning, either on the ice or at the box office in the early portion of this se Virginia woman dies in Maine crash 10/13/2014 04:50pm • STEUBEN, Maine (AP) -- State police say a Virginia woman died after her vehicle crashed on Route 1 in Steuben.WNSX-FM reports 74-year-old Virginia Keiley of Hume, Virginia was the sole occupant of a small SUV that crashed while traveling north on Route 1 on Sunday night. Police say Keiley was not we Police: Thieves target distracted drivers at Montgomery Co. gas stations 10/13/2014 04:50pm • WASHINGTON - Montgomery County police are warning drivers to lock their car doors when pumping gas after taking reports for 14 thefts or attempted thefts at gas stations near the Capital Beltway. During the past two months, thieves have taken purses, phones, laptops, iPads and three vehicles. Inve Cops: Criminals Stealing From Distracted Women At Area Gas Stations 10/13/2014 02:35pm • Montgomery County Police are looking for tips in a string of 14 thefts from distracted motorists at gas stations, including six in Bethesda and Chevy Chase. The thefts — some involve stealing property from vehicles, others involve stealing the vehicles — have been reported over a two-mo Olive Garden seen through an unlimited pasta pass 10/12/2014 04:12pm • CANDICE CHOI AP Food Industry Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- The "Never Ending Pasta Pass" card from Olive Garden not only promised weeks of unlimited pasta, but a look into why the chain is fighting to hold onto customers.The Italian-themed chain sold the $100 card last month that allowed 1,000 people to Flashy NYC lawyer now focus of rape investigation 10/12/2014 10:52am • JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- He's been a loud, inescapable and expensive adversary of the New York Police Department for years: the publicity-loving lawyer who got huge settlements, and headlines, in some of the city's most notorious brutality cases.Now Sanford Rubenstein is gett No. 1 Florida State beats Syracuse 38-20 10/12/2014 03:58am • JOHN KEKIS AP Sports Writer SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) -- Distractions? What distractions?Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston ignored the controversy from a sexual assault allegation swirling around him and responded with a nearly flawless performance Saturday, throwing for 317 yards and three touchdo Syracuse gains momentum, can't top Florida State 10/11/2014 06:30pm • JOHN KEKIS AP Sports Writer SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) -- With two rookie quarterbacks learning on the fly, Syracuse played top-ranked Florida State even in the second half. If only the Orange could have that first half back.Despite more controversy surrounding quarterback Jameis Winston, he responded with Hong Kong protesters petition Chinese President Xi 10/11/2014 12:46pm • SYLVIA HUI Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) -- Students leading pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong issued an open letter Saturday to Chinese President Xi Jinping, urging him to consider political reforms in the city and blaming the city's unpopular leader for the demonstrations.The letter, issued by Pegulas buy Bills to cement commitment to Buffalo 10/11/2014 01:56am • JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- Larry Quinn had never heard of Terry Pegula, let alone knew what to make of the man in the golf sweater inquiring about the possibility of buying the Buffalo Sabres.It was the spring of 2010 when the Sabres' then-managing partner met with Pegula at Some surprising NFC divisions through 5 weeks 10/11/2014 12:12am • BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer What was supposed to be the NFC Least has three winning teams.The NFC South was pegged as a division for outsiders to avoid for fear of getting swallowed up, yet it's been mediocre.Same for the NFC North.Just some early season machinations or a trend that will con FAA, flight attendants square off over electronics 10/10/2014 07:00pm • JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The nation's largest flight attendants union says it wants airline passengers to return to stowing cellphones and other electronics during takeoffs and landings, but the group's arguments didn't seem to fly Friday in court.A lawyer for the union arg