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Broncos are still No. 1 in AP Pro32 rankings 10/22/2014 07:22am • SIMMI BUTTAR AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- It's almost unanimous: The Denver Broncos are still the top team in the NFL.Denver received 11 first-place votes Tuesday for the AP Pro32 power rankings, which are decided by a 12-member media panel that regularly covers the league.The Broncos (5-1) are CVS tacks tobacco payment to prescription network 10/22/2014 07:21am • TOM MURPHY AP Business Writer First, CVS Health pulled tobacco from its store shelves. Now, it plans to make some customers think twice about filling prescriptions at other stores that sell smokes.The nation's second-largest drugstore chain is developing a new tobacco-free pharmacy network that it 3 Household Items That Reveal More About Your Health Than a Scale 10/22/2014 12:00am • Have you heard? Scales are out. Or, more specifically, considering weight the holy grail of health is out. That approach, described by researchers in a recent review article in the Journal of Obesity as "weight normative," isn't so effective because it encourages yo-yo dieting and generally makes The Many Faces of Depression 10/22/2014 12:00am • To say Rachel Hargrave has experienced "depression" is a bit simplistic. Thirteen years ago, Hargrave -- now a 32-year-old mother and psychology student who lives in Sabina, Ohio -- gave birth to her daughter. A month later, she recalls, "I felt like I hit rock bottom. I couldn't get off the couch. A mammoth, but careful restoration at Smithsonian 10/21/2014 01:19pm • STEVE HENDRIX The Washington Post WASHINGTON (AP) -- There are no instructions for taking apart a 20,000-year-old mammoth skeleton. So workers moved carefully Monday as they beheaded the massive one that has loomed for decades over the Ice Age hall in the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural His IBM 3Q disappoints as it sheds 'empty calories' 10/21/2014 12:58am • MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- IBM disappointed investors Monday, reporting weak revenue growth again and a big charge to shed its costly chipmaking division as the tech giant tries to steer its business toward cloud computing and social-mobile services. Shares fell more than 7 How to Help Your Parents Eat Healthy and Exercise More 10/21/2014 12:00am • Michael Dempsey was in Del Taco mode. He would drive to fast-food chains every day for lunch and dinner. The 62-year-old had high blood pressure and was starting to show signs of pre-diabetes, but the last thing he cared about was his diet. Dempsey's ex-wife died in a car accident, and even though Which is Worse: Eating Pizza That's Been Left Out or Dropped on the Floor? 10/21/2014 12:00am • Anyone who's ever had too much fun and too little willpower has been there: Tempted by the slice of leftover pizza that was ordered late night and left on the counter, not stored in the refrigerator, where -- second to the belly -- it belongs. It can't be that bad, you think. Cheese tastes bett This Ugly Diet and Weight-Related Complication is Crippling Care and Progress 10/21/2014 12:00am • I've no doubt you've seen it. It complicates the provision of compassionate medical care, sours public discourse, poisons media and editorial discussion, and fuels the food industry's ability to suggest they're partners in health. And it doesn't just affect adults. Cartoons give it to our children, 11 Ways to Save Time and Money 10/21/2014 12:00am • Time versus moneySaving money so often comes with a different kind of price: your time. But with these strategies, culled from the U.S. News Frugal Shopper blog, you'll be able to save your cash and have more time to enjoy those savings, too.Skip sales. When retailers are loudly screaming at you (vi US regulator: Fannie, Freddie in deal with banks 10/20/2014 06:20pm • MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal regulator says government-controlled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have reached an agreement with major banks that could expand lending.The head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees Fannie and Freddie, announc Oscar Pistorius to finally learn his sentence 10/20/2014 01:52pm • GERALD IMRAY Associated Press STELLENBOSCH, South Africa (AP) -- Oscar Pistorius will finally learn his fate Tuesday when a judge is expected to announce the Olympic runner's sentence for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.Pistorius could be sentenced to years in prison, or he could be given a suspe The Hypocritical Diet of the Hipster 10/20/2014 12:00am • Hipsters, once a group that only listened to underground music and derided the mainstream, have become a force in the food world -- urging others to eat healthy, eat local and treat food with respect. While many hipsters love to eat healthy, and pride themselves on their diet of organic foods, kombu The Breakfast Benefit: Why Schools Should Make Morning Meals a Priority 10/20/2014 12:00am • In the morning, it's sometimes easier to hit the snooze button than reach for the cereal. Breakfast often takes the backseat to catching a few more minutes of sleep. As a result, the most important meal of the day is often the one most skipped -- a decision that will continue to affect you hours la Overcoming Obesity -- and Making it Last 10/20/2014 12:00am • Facts About Weight in the United States More than 2 in 3 adults are considered to be overweight or obese. More than 1 in 3 adults are considered to be obese. More than 1 in 20 adults are considered to be extremely obese. About one-third of children and adoles