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Man pleads guilty to robbing Md. diamond store 09/22/2014 05:50pm • BALTIMORE (AP) -- A D.C. man has pleaded guilty to robbing a Queenstown diamond store of more than $362,000 worth of engagement rings.Forty-three-year-old Roy Lee Tolbert entered the plea last week in federal court in Baltimore. He faces a minimum of seven years in prison at sentencing on Dec. 17.Ac 5 ways to protect yourself from data breaches 09/22/2014 12:42pm • JOSEPH PISANI AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Data breaches at retailers aren't going away but there are ways consumers can protect themselves from future heists of their payment card information.Home Depot said Thursday that malicious software lurking in its check-out terminals between April an Tucker's field goal lifts Ravens over Browns 23-21 09/22/2014 04:48am • TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) -- The Baltimore Ravens aren't letting anything distract them from winning.While there are still questions about how their handling of Ray Rice's case, it's clear the Ravens haven't changed -- on the field.With Rice's troubling situation lingering over the Luck throws 4 TDs, Colts rout Jaguars 44-17 09/22/2014 03:59am • MARK LONG AP Sports Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Andrew Luck was critical of his play after the first two games.He found nothing to complain about this week.Luck threw four touchdown passes -- three in a lopsided first half -- and the Indianapolis Colts dominated the Jacksonville Jaguars 44-17 Jaguars turn things over to rookie Blake Bortles 09/21/2014 07:38pm • MARK LONG AP Sports Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- The Blake Bortles era has officially begun in Jacksonville.The Jaguars are counting on it resulting in more wins than the Byron Leftwich era, the David Garrard era, the Blaine Gabbert era and the Chad Henne era.Jacksonville turned things over to Browns bumble their way to 23-21 loss 09/21/2014 07:04pm • TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) -- The fake play -- helped by Johnny Manziel's superb acting -- worked to perfection but got called back. One field goal hit the uprights, another was blocked.The Browns had their chances Sunday.They blew them all.Seconds from another big win and a chance Mississippi St. stuns No. 8 LSU, 34-29 09/21/2014 04:18pm • BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Dak Prescott's dynamism put a dent in the Death Valley mystique and helped Mississippi State end some long, frustrating streaks.Prescott passed for two touchdowns and ran 56 yards for another score, and the Bulldogs survived a furious fourth-qua Playing catch up: Gordon, No. 19 Badgers impress 09/21/2014 02:38pm • GENARO C. ARMAS AP Sports Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin's offense is a work in progress with a first-year starting quarterback throwing to receivers placed in more prominent roles this season.But a 68-17 drubbing of Bowling Green offered positive signs for the road ahead for the Badgers, es Judge: Man in 9/11 airport hoax should be freed 09/21/2014 12:59pm • BILL DRAPER Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A Pennsylvania man accused of creating a hoax that closed down a busy terminal at Kansas City International Airport on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks might go free without ever standing trial, after a federal judge recommended th Twitter parody plays differently in middle America 09/21/2014 04:26am • JASON KEYSER Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) -- Jon Daniel was watching cartoons with one of his sons when he created a spoof Twitter account in the name of the Peoria mayor. Out of boredom, he said, he soon began sending profane messages about sex, drugs and alcohol.Daniel never intended for the fake Yankees struggle with injuries, lose to Blue Jays 09/20/2014 09:30pm • HOWIE RUMBERG AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Derek Jeter tried sparking another win on his farewell homestand. He got little help late as three more stars in pinstripes were out with injuries.Jeter hit an RBI double during a ninth-inning rally, but the Yankees could offer little else with Mark Te Bautista, Stroman, Jays end 6-game skid, top Yanks 09/20/2014 09:00pm • HOWIE RUMBERG AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Derek Jeter's farewell tour. Family and friends in the stands. On the fringes of a playoff race.Marcus Stroman was making dream start, and it sure had a happy ending.Stroman pitched six gritty innings, Jose Bautista hit his eighth homer of the year aga Army coughs up lead, falls to Wake Forest 24-21 09/20/2014 08:38pm • MIKE CRANSTON Associated Press WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) -- The first half was nearly perfect for Army. The triple option was churning out yards on the ground. The gambles on fourth down were working and the road crowd fell quiet.Then the running holes closed up. Add in a loss of discipline that led Wolford rallies Wake Forest over Army 24-21 09/20/2014 08:22pm • MIKE CRANSTON Associated Press WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) -- Wake Forest coach Dave Clawson doesn't allow true freshmen to talk to reporters early in their first college season.John Wolford is no typical wide-eyed rookie, enough so that Clawson is close to giving in."You're going to be able to talk to Guilty verdict in peanut trial should send warning 09/20/2014 10:48am • RUSS BYNUM Associated Press ALBANY, Ga. (AP) -- Food safety advocates say a guilty verdict in a rare federal food-poisoning trial should send a stern warning to anyone who may be tempted to place profits over people's welfare.More than five years after hundreds of Americans got sick from eating salm