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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 Trick or treat: Candy isn't the only sugar-packed food 10/31/2014 08:01pm • WASHINGTON -- All that candy your kids brought home from trick-or-treating sure is tempting. And that chocolate bar you swiped from their candy bags? Of course it contains lots of sugar. A Hershey's bar, for instance, contains 24 grams of the sweet stuff. But it's that can of soup in your Ebola quarantines: Can states do that? 10/31/2014 04:20pm • NANCY BENAC Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The quarantine of a nurse in Maine who recently returned from the Ebola hot zone in West Africa has touched off a battle between the authority of states to confine people to protect public health and the right of Americans to move about freely.Kaci Hic Nicely preserved mammoth carcass shown in Moscow 10/31/2014 01:02pm • MOSCOW (AP) -- Nearly 40,000 years old and in surprisingly good shape, the carcass of a woolly mammoth has gone on display in Moscow.The scientists who found the teenage mammoth in 2010 in Russia's far north region of Yakutia have named it Yuka. The carcass had gone on display in Japan and Taiwan be Is your job killing you? 10/31/2014 11:37am • WASHINGTON -- Many people these days are literally working themselves to death. Whether they are trying to advance in their jobs or are workaholics, they are destroying their mental and physical health. Are you experiencing any of these behaviors? Working more than 50 hours a week Living off Devils find way to win in SO, top Jets 2-1 10/30/2014 11:38pm • NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Before heading to a shootout, New Jersey Devils coach Pete DeBoer took some advice from veteran forward Patrik Elias and inserted little used reserve Jacob Josefson into the lineup.It paid off and ended a whole lot of frustration.Josefson scored the lone goal in the shootout and Vols have undergone major makeover since Sweet 16 10/30/2014 08:50pm • STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Just seven months after playing in the NCAA regional semifinals, Tennessee is being picked to finish near the bottom of the Southeastern Conference.Rarely has a team coming off a Sweet 16 appearance been held in such low regard. Then again, th Giants line looking at Colts defense vs. Steelers 10/30/2014 07:10pm • TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- The best way for the New York Giants' offensive line to protect Eli Manning against the Indianapolis Colts might be to mimic the Pittsburgh Steelers.The Steelers did a number on the Colts' defense this past weekend as Ben Roethlisberger thre Eagles center Kelce practices, return more likely 10/30/2014 05:38pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce made it through his third straight day of practice Thursday, making it more likely he will return from a sports hernia injury in this weekend's game against the Houston Texans.The center has been out since having surgery at the end of Septe Lawyer: Bar Curtis from questioning abused girls 10/30/2014 03:00pm • GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) -- A lawyer representing four current and former Lakewood High School girls who have sued ex-Detroit Tigers player Chad Curtis for sexually abusing them has asked a judge to bar Curtis from questioning them.Curtis seeks to represent himself in the lawsuit against him and the In 'Nightcrawler,' Gyllenhaal is on the prowl 10/30/2014 07:34am • JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer TORONTO (AP) -- Dan Gilroy, writer-director of the Los Angeles noir "Nightcrawler," knew his star, Jake Gyllenhaal, had entered an adventurous new phase as an actor. But he still didn't foresee the sudden emergence of a hair tie."One day he goes, 'Can I put my hair up in a The 6 golden rules of a healthy grocery cart 10/30/2014 12:00am • I like to think of myself as a fairly non-judgmental kind of girl. The problem is, when I'm waiting in the grocery store checkout line, that persona goes out the store's sliding doors. As I wait for my turn, I find myself examining the contents of others' carts, and sometimes -- dare I say -- I ju Riding the bus and a beach body: The surprising connection 10/30/2014 12:00am • For most of us, there's absolutely nothing sexy about riding the bus to work in the morning: It's crowded, someone is always yammering away on a cell phone and if you're lucky, at least your seat neighbor with the over-sized duffel in his lap showered before leaving home. Surely it's the last pl Utah hopes to continue rise 10/29/2014 05:00pm • MATTHEW COLES Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Since Larry Krystkowiak arrived as Utah's head coach four years ago, the Utes have improved every season, going from six to 21 wins.If that trajectory continues, they could return to their glory days of the 1990s that culminated in an NCAA champi Terminally ill woman fulfills bucket-list wish 10/29/2014 03:20pm • GOSIA WOZNIACKA Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- A 29-year-old terminally ill woman who plans to take her life under Oregon's death-with-dignity law has fulfilled a wish on her bucket list: She visited the Grand Canyon.Brittany Maynard visited the national park with her family last week. Mayn