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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 Microsoft promises new Office for Macs next year 11/04/2014 08:10am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- After a long wait, Microsoft says it plans to release a new version of its popular Office software package for Mac computers -- but not until next year.Microsoft did release one component, the Outlook email program, through the company's Office 365 subscription service, which c UCLA's Jack ready for 2-way test with Thompson 11/04/2014 02:56am • DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Linebackers hit running backs, running backs hit linebackers, and UCLA's Myles Jack and Washington's Shaq Thompson will be hitting each other plenty by lining up at both positions Saturday."I guess we should start our own little group," Jack said. " Meth found amid California child's Halloween candy 11/04/2014 12:40am • HERCULES, Calif. (AP) -- Police in Northern California are investigating who gave a plastic bag of methamphetamine to a young girl on Halloween.Hercules police Sgt. Ezra Tafesse tells the Contra Costa Times (http://bit.ly/1DXpHSR ) the 8-year-old girl's parents found the powder packaged in a small z Buying Real Estate as an Immigrant to the U.S. 11/04/2014 12:00am • The housing crisis may have tempered some enthusiasm for homeownership, but many people still consider putting down roots and buying a home to be part of the American dream. This is especially true for immigrants to the U.S. In fact, they accounted for nearly 40 percent of the net growth in homeown Wisconsin defense lifts team 11/03/2014 10:40pm • TAMIRA MADSEN Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- When Wisconsin coach Gary Andersen and his staff had to replace seven starters on defense, there was concern the lack of experience would hinder the Badgers this season.As the regular season winds down, it turns out that No. 25 Wisconsin is playin AP source: Dolphins' Thomas likely needs surgery 11/03/2014 08:40pm • STEVEN WINE AP Sports Writer DAVIE, Fla. (AP) -- Miami Dolphins reserve defensive back Michael Thomas has been placed on the reserve-injured list with a chest injury, ending his season.The move came Monday, the day after Thomas was hurt in the Dolphins' 37-0 victory over San Diego. He expected to un Full Redskins experience: distractions and 3-6 11/03/2014 06:23pm • JOSEPH WHITE AP Sports Writer ASHBURN, Va. (AP) -- Jay Gruden got the full Washington Redskins circus distraction experience all in one day. A protest against the name, a bus wreck on the way to the stadium, Robert Griffin III's return from an injury, a media report the coach called "amateurish," an Carnival Corporation rolls out faster Internet 11/03/2014 05:38pm • TAMARA LUSH Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- Carnival Corporation announced Monday it will offer a long-range, broadband wireless Internet network on all of its 101 ships across nine cruise line brands.The Miami-based cruise ship company says WiFi@Sea will use a combination of strategic State ballot measures: 5 things to watch 11/03/2014 01:40am • DAVID CRARY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- A total of 147 ballot measures will go before voters on Election Day, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. The topics range from marijuana legalization and abortion to food labels and gun sales.Some of the notable measures:___RET How to save money on Thanksgiving desserts 11/03/2014 12:00am • You've barely washed the face paint off your little trick-or-treaters, and now you have to think about Thanksgiving. If you're part of a big, extended family like mine, you've probably been plotting the feast for a while. Clear away the last of the spooky cobwebs and check out a few ways you can Weigh Passion, Practicality to Narrow Your College Search 11/03/2014 12:00am • Humans love to view the world in dichotomies, whether it's good vs. evil, head vs. heart or passion vs. practicality. A dichotomy means "a division into two parts," and it can be a powerful way to narrow a diverse set of possibilities down to a choice between two options. The passion vs. practicali Giants GM Jerry Reese wants new look vs. Colts 11/02/2014 03:30pm • TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- With the playoffs in doubt again, general manager Jerry Reese wants to see more from the New York Giants when they return from the bye against the Indianapolis Colts.Reese, who built two Super Bowl championship teams after taking over in 200 Russia's top radio station slapped by government 11/02/2014 03:44am • VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) -- The Russian government's communications watchdog has issued a warning to a top independent radio station over a program about Ukraine.Roskomnadzor's warning to Ekho Moskvy related to this week's program, in which two journalists exchanged first-han UConn upsets UCF 37-29 for first conference win 11/01/2014 05:57pm • PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- After getting off to another slow start on offense, UConn needed a spark.And Deshon Foxx provided it to lead the Huskies past UCF on Saturday to earn their first conference win since last December.Foxx ran for 102 yards and a score and Noe