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Inexperienced UCLA will lean on newcomers 10/29/2014 02:16pm • BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Four starters lost, including three to the NBA draft. A slew of newcomers. There's some instability at UCLA.The Bruins may be hard-pressed to duplicate their success of last season, when coach Steve Alford arrived in Westwood. He's got one returning s Fact sheet: 2015 GMC Yukon Denali 4WD 10/29/2014 12:20pm • The Associated Press 2015 GMC Yukon Denali 4WDBASE PRICE: $63,770 for 2WD; $66,770 for 4WD.PRICE AS TESTED: $74,785.TYPE: Front-engine, four-wheel drive, seven-passenger, large sport utility vehicle.ENGINE: 6.2-liter, overhead valve, EcoTec3 V-8 with VVT.MILEAGE: 14 mpg (city), 21 mpg (highway).TOP Big, capable luxury defines GMC SUV 10/29/2014 11:20am • ANN M. JOB For The Associated Press The full-size, 2015 GMC Yukon Denali is a no-excuses sport utility vehicle that's both capable and pampering.The fuel-thirsty SUV -- updated this year with more luxury features, a more powerful engine and new styling -- also is well-timed, as declining U.S. gasoli Seoul: N. Korea's Kim Jong Un had ankle surgery 10/29/2014 04:24am • KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea's spy agency believes it has solved the mystery of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's 6-week public absence that set off a frenzy of global speculation, a lawmaker who attended the agency's closed-door briefing said Wednesday.The Committee takes long view with playoff rankings 10/29/2014 02:57am • RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer The first College Football Playoff rankings are in the books. The top four for now is Mississippi State, Florida State, Auburn and Mississippi, three teams from the SEC West and the defending national champion Seminoles.It is way too early and there are way Captured Australian weight-loss conman convicted 10/29/2014 02:40am • CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- An Australian man who promoted fake slimming products was convicted Wednesday of assaulting police and resisting arrest during his recent capture after a year on the run.Peter Foster, 52, has been on the loose since failing to show up for a sentencing hearing late last ye 8 Positive Outcomes of the Paleo Trend 10/29/2014 12:00am • Let me get this out of the way right now: I'm not a fan of the paleo diet. I don't support this restrictive, meat-heavy diet that bans so many nutritious foods, such as dairy, grains and beans. It's a diet plan that landed at the bottom of the list in U.S. News Best Diets rankings, scoring only 2 o When Your Diagnosis Is Osteoporosis 10/29/2014 12:00am • When she turned 50 eight years ago, Sharan Christ of Littleton, Colorado, had a bone scan during a routine physical. Feeling perfectly healthy, she was "absolutely floored" and "devastated" to learn she had osteoporosis -- the silent disease that leaves bones thin, brittle and weak. Pat Burkey of The Great Potato Debate: Healthy or Not? 10/29/2014 12:00am • When Jeff Nimoy "cheats" on his paleo diet, he almost always goes for pizza or a cheeseburger -- with a side of French fries. But most days of the week, "I'm definitely anti-potato," says the 48-year-old Los Angeles writer, who blogs about his food choices at CookingCaveman.com. Nimoy is in good co Cyanide searches found on poison suspect's laptop 10/28/2014 09:10pm • JOE MANDAK Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A medical researcher charged with poisoning his wife had a computer on which someone conducted searches relating to cyanide poisoning two or three days after she died, a state police computer expert testified Tuesday.The searches found on 66-year-old Dr Bill Clinton holds 2nd rally for Sen. Mark Udall 10/28/2014 09:06pm • NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press LAKEWOOD, Colo. (AP) -- Former President Bill Clinton on Tuesday reminded Colorado Democrats of the symbolic weight of this year's elections, saying "everybody looks at you as the state of the future" and urging voters to stick with two embattled Democratic incumbe Spartans still a threat after losing Harris, Payne 10/28/2014 06:41pm • NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Tom Izzo is still lamenting an opportunity that slipped away last season."Not many times I felt like we had a chance to do something special -- last year I did," the Michigan State coach said. "I really believed it was a year to not only get Go For the Food: Make an odyssey of 1 meal, 1 chef 10/28/2014 02:56pm • J.M. HIRSCH AP Food Editor NEW YORK (AP) -- So you've landed in a foodie destination, a happening city brimming with top tier restaurants and chefs sporting scary-good culinary cred. You want to make the most of your time.But even the most intrepid eaters can pack only so many meals into a day. And Tunisians shun Islamists in vote for stability 10/28/2014 02:00pm • PAUL SCHEMM Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) -- Tunisia's well-organized Islamists have been defeated in parliamentary elections, paying the price for their turbulent years of power after the Arab Spring that saw the rise of terrorist groups in this North African nation.Voters sought security an Alicia Silverstone talks about a plant-based diet 10/28/2014 11:23am • KELLI KENNEDY Associated Press MIAMI (AP) -- Alicia Silverstone may have made her acting mark as a "Clueless" valley girl, but these days she'd rather be known as someone so very clued in about diet and health.It was more than 16 years ago that Silverstone switched to a vegan diet, ditching animal p