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Some things aren't meant to be mail-ordered 11/06/2014 02:57am • WASHINGTON -- Many companies are making it easier for customers to get their products -- even Starbucks will start delivering next year. But while it may be convenient, some things shouldn't be shipped in the mail. For example, even though D.C. voted to legalize marijuana this week, it's not a g Woman gets 16 years for running fake university 11/04/2014 06:40pm • SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A San Francisco Bay Area woman was sentenced to more than 16 years in prison for running what prosecutors said was a sham university that served as a front for an immigration scam.Susan Xiao-Ping Su, founder and president of the phony Tri-Valle Syria's better-offs seek fun as war grinds on 11/04/2014 01:04pm • DIAA HADID Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- A vampire, a medieval knight and a man dressed as an Islamic militant walk into a blue-lit bar in a Damascus hotel, all determined to have fun at the costume party. The music is pounding, a break dancer stands on his head and in the DJ booth, a man UNC to face more scrutiny from accrediting agency 11/04/2014 10:50am • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- The University of North Carolina faces more scrutiny by an accrediting agency after details emerged on an academic scandal.The News & Observer of Raleigh (http://bit.ly/10R5zWw ) reported that the president of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools' Commission on Coll Is read option changing the game or a fading fad? 11/04/2014 10:08am • STEVEN WINE AP Sports Writer Ronald Reagan, who was pretty good at debates, could offer an argument as to the staying power of the read option.Some dismiss the package as a fad already fading from the NFL. But Carolina Panthers coach Ron Rivera says he watched the read option in the 1940 movie "Knut Airline bomber wanted to be deported to West Bank 11/04/2014 03:16am • ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Jordanian-born Palestinian responsible for a deadly 1982 airline bombing sought to be deported to the West Bank upon completing his prison sentence last year but the Israeli government denied the request, citing problems with his identity documents, Court: Anna Nicole Smith manager can be retried 11/03/2014 06:45pm • ANTHONY McCARTNEY AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Anna Nicole Smith's manager can be retried on conspiracy charges related to obtaining prescription drugs for use by the model, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday.The decision came as manager Howard K. Stern seeks a new trial. It re Hutchinson, Jets beat Blackhawks 1-0 11/03/2014 01:00am • MATT CARLSON Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) -- Michael Hutchinson had a perfect night against the Chicago Blackhawks he won't forget.Hutchinson stopped 33 shots for his first career shutout, and Michael Frolik scored 20 seconds in on the first shift of the game to lead the Winnipeg Jets to a 1-0 win LaBarbera helps Ducks to 3-2 win over Avs 11/03/2014 12:06am • PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) -- One moment, Jason LaBarbera was heading to a Halloween party with his minor-league teammates. Two hours of sleep and two long flights later, he was in Denver to serve as a backup for the Anaheim Ducks.And then, just before the opening faceoff, he was told h Florida runs wild over No. 9 Georgia 38-20 11/02/2014 04:12pm • MARK LONG AP Sports Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Florida coach Will Muschamp reached over his shoulder and said "let me lift this thing off my back."He probably should have used both hands.After all, this was a big win and an even bigger relief for Muschamp and the Gators.Matt Jones and Kelvin Butler's free throws lift Bulls over Wolves 11/02/2014 03:10pm • JON KRAWCZYNSKI AP Basketball Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Jimmy Butler's surprise return to the Chicago Bulls' starting lineup should really come as no surprise at all.Butler is the embodiment of the Bulls' mind-over-matter mantra, and he returned just in time to teach No. 1 overall draft pick Andrew Florida finds confidence, identity in 38-20 win 11/02/2014 02:20pm • MARK LONG AP Sports Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Florida found two things on offense Saturday that it had long been missing: confidence and identity.Maintaining both will be critical for the Gators down the stretch."A lot of our issues offensively have been confidence, have been timidity," Musc Woman in zombie costume charged twice with DWI 11/02/2014 01:26pm • GATES, N.Y. (AP) -- Police say a woman wearing a zombie costume and makeup was charged with drunken driving twice within three hours after attending an upstate New York bar's "zombie prom" party.Police in the town of Gates tell the Democrat and Chronicle of Rochester (http://on.rocne.ws/1wDDKe5 ) th Bangladesh sentences another top Islamist to death 11/02/2014 09:18am • JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- A special tribunal in Bangladesh sentenced to death a senior leader of the country's largest Islamist party on Sunday, the second death sentence in a week for mass killings during the nation's 1971 independence war against Pakistan.After the jud Mariota leads Ducks to 45-16 win over Stanford 11/02/2014 05:30am • ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- Marcus Mariota finally beat Stanford.Now on to the rest of the season and perhaps a shot at the playoffs after fifth-ranked Oregon snapped a two-game losing streak to the Cardinal with a 45-16 victory Saturday night."To get this win was huge. It