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How to Build a Home Gym for Under $100 09/19/2014 12:00am • We all have the same 24 hours to work with. We all have to make the most of those hours, dividing the time between work, family and, hopefully, seven to eight hours of sleep. Somewhere in the pie chart of our time we need a small slice for fitness. If you only have 20 or 30 minutes for a workout, y Boyfriend jeans a hit on the Milan runway 09/18/2014 06:37pm • COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) -- Hey girlfriend, baggy boyfriend jeans are all the rage on the Milan runway this season.At Emporio Armani, they fit Giorgio Armani's passion for blue -- an international color that the designer says satisfies any appetite for ethnic looks. The Emporio col FedEx to add 50,000 seasonal jobs 09/18/2014 01:46am • DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writer DALLAS (AP) -- Growth in online shopping is boosting profit at FedEx, and the company plans to hire more than 50,000 extra workers to handle what is shaping up as another record year for holiday-season package deliveries.That's up from about 40,000 temporary holiday w What We've Learned in 30 Editions of the Best Colleges Rankings 09/18/2014 12:00am • This college search thing can be a little intimidating, especially if you're going through it for the first time. This is our 30th go-round at U.S. News, so we feel like we've got some experience worth sharing. We're proud of the fact that, with last week's launch of the 2015 edition, the U.S. Ne 6 Fabulous Ways to Eat an Avocado 09/18/2014 12:00am • Avocados are big. They're easy to find, delicious to eat and beneficial to your health. The truth is, however, that avocados are rarely used to their full potential -- and further, they often get a bad rap for being high in fat. Let's dispel the myths and misconceptions once and for all, and get av Is Health Care Improving for Obese Patients? 09/18/2014 12:00am • Nearly 35 percent of U.S. adults are considered obese, each with individual health-care needs. But if you're among them, it might feel like you can't get through a single medical encounter without being urged to lose weight -- even if you just came in for a flu shot. And you're tired of sitting on Kaepernick fined for inappropriate language 09/17/2014 06:20pm • JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) -- Colin Kaepernick said Wednesday he has been fined more than $11,000 by the NFL and he will appeal the penalty for what an official called "inappropriate language" by the 49ers quarterback following a fourth-quarter interception in Sunday's Scandrick gets 2-game reprieve, says he's ready 09/17/2014 06:20pm • SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer IRVING, Texas (AP) -- Orlando Scandrick had to watch the Cowboys on pay-per-view from California in their second game without him, hoping a revised drug policy would cut his four-game suspension in half.The long-awaited word finally came Wednesday morning, and the Dal Ex-Raven donates kidney to brother, ex-Steeler 09/17/2014 06:20pm • JULIET LINDERMAN Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) -- On the field, their ex-teams are huge NFL rivals. Off the field, brothers Ma'ake Kemoeatu, an ex-Baltimore Raven, and Chris Kemoeatu, an ex-Pittsburgh Steeler, are closer than close. When Chris' pro football career was cut short because he needed Scots' inventions are fuel for independence debate 09/17/2014 05:48pm • JILL LAWLESS Associated Press EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) -- What has Scotland ever done for us? Plenty, it turns out.The land that gave the world haggis and tartan has produced so much more, from golf and television to Dolly the Sheep and "Grand Theft Auto."If Scotland splits from Britain after a refe Westwood looking trim for Ryder Cup 09/17/2014 05:40pm • NEWPORT, Wales (AP) -- Lee Westwood has been working out and losing weight as he prepares to make his ninth appearance in a European Ryder Cup team.The 41-year-old Westwood arrived for this week's Wales Open at Celtic Manor looking trim and ready to take on the United States at Gleneagles later this Dempsey: Half of Iraqi army not OK as US partners 09/17/2014 05:02pm • ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer PARIS (AP) -- About half of Iraq's army is incapable of partnering effectively with the U.S. to roll back the Islamic State group's territorial gains in western and northern Iraq, and the other half needs to be partially rebuilt with U.S. training and additio Engine sounds heard before Alaska plane crash 09/17/2014 04:47pm • BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- Two witnesses on the ground described hearing a high-pitched sound from the engine of a small airplane before it crashed last year on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula, killing all 10 people aboard.Another reported seeing a puff of black smoke from the eng Best practices for a healthy financial life, part 1 09/17/2014 03:26pm • Barry Glassman, CFP WTOP Financial Contributor WASHINGTON -- Much like changing your diet and working out to lose weight, getting in shape financially is easier said than done. When it comes to understanding and feeling confident about finances, many can feel overwhelmed. That's understandable CDC study: Americans' bellies are expanding fast 09/17/2014 03:20pm • LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) -- The number of American men and women with big-bellied, apple-shaped figures -- the most dangerous kind of obesity -- has climbed at a startling rate over the past decade, according to a government study.People whose fat has settled mostly around their