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Which diet is the best kind for losing weight and keeping it off? 09/08/2014 02:56am • WASHINGTON -- Further frustrating the health conscious, two new studies appear to reach conflicting conclusions on what is the best way to lose weight and keep it off. One study published recently in the Annals of Internal Medicine reveals that following a high-fat, Atkins-style diet with few Dairy wars: Of fats, phobias and froth 09/08/2014 12:00am • Little Miss Muffet, clearly, was arachnophobic. Just as clearly, she was dauntless in the face of dairy products. You can still find people like that, of course. But these days, you're just as likely to find those with opposing attributes: They are good with spiders, but flee from dairy in dread AP Analysis: US wary over hitting Syrian militants 09/07/2014 07:06am • ZEINA KARAM Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) -- The U.S. and its allies are trying to hammer out a coalition to push back the Islamic State group in Iraq. But any serious attempt to destroy the militants or even seriously degrade their capabilities means targeting their infrastructure in Syria.That, how NFL teams moving to variable ticket pricing 09/06/2014 06:22pm • GENARO C. ARMAS AP Sports Writers FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- Many NFL teams are following the leads of other sports -- dropping prices for less desirable games while jacking up costs for the biggest matchups."The reality is not every game is created equal," said Jennifer Ferron, senior vice president Ill Peng stops; Williams-Wozniacki US Open final 09/06/2014 01:44pm • HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Overcome by heat and humidity in the second set of her U.S. Open semifinal, China's Shuai Peng paused between points to clutch at her left thigh and put her weight on her racket as if it were a cane.Still, she tried to continue Friday against Carolin S&P 500 hits record on dividend stocks, Ukraine 09/06/2014 08:52am • STEVE ROTHWELL AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- A surge in dividend-rich utility stocks helped push the Standard & Poor's 500 index to a record Friday.Investors bought up the stocks after the government reported that U.S. employers added fewer jobs than forecast for August. That boosted demand fo Luck doesn't fit the mold of the typical NFL star 09/06/2014 04:28am • MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Andrew Luck has always tried to deflect the spotlight.As a highly recruited high school quarterback in Houston and as a Heisman finalist at Stanford, he was often the reluctant center of media attention. Even now, he tries to avoid the sideshows th Elway wonders about playing now 09/06/2014 12:03am • The Associated Press John Elway retired from the game at age 38, his body too battered to try to win a third straight Super Bowl title. He looks at how the league has changed and wonders what it would be like playing now.Peyton Manning (38), Tom Brady (37) and Drew Brees (35) look like they can pla Fisherman admits to trafficking striped bass 09/05/2014 06:50pm • BALTIMORE (AP) -- A St. Michaels fisherman has pleaded guilty to trafficking in illegally harvested striped bass.Thirty-seven-year-old Lawrence "Daniel" Murphy entered the plea Friday in federal court in Baltimore.According to his plea deal, Murphy worked on a ship owned and operated by Michael Hayd Von Miller back to his old self on, off the field 09/05/2014 04:30pm • ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) -- The cadre of cameras and reporters around his locker started to disperse when Von Miller feigned indignation."What? No questions about the chickens?" he asked.Forget for a moment his return from reconstructive knee surgery. Or playing a Divers seek lost crab pots in Washington waters 09/05/2014 11:09am • MANUEL VALDES Associated Press PORT TOWNSEND, Wash. (AP) -- Over 12,000 crab pots are lost in Washington state's Puget Sound every year, costing an estimated $700,000 in lost harvest revenue, and more poignantly, damaging the sea floor environment. Using sonar to find the pots, divers and scientists The perks of pet ownership for retirees 09/05/2014 08:02am • WASHINGTON -- Owning a pet can offer companionship, but researchers are saying pets offer more perks, including better physical and emotional health for aging generations. About 68 percent of U.S. households have a pet, according to a recent survey from the American Pet Products Association. Th Comedian Joan Rivers dead at 81 09/05/2014 02:28am • LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer Joan Rivers, the raucous, acid-tongued comedian who crashed the male-dominated realm of late-night talk shows and turned Hollywood red carpets into danger zones for badly dressed celebrities, died Thursday. She was 81.Rivers died at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, s How to Count Calories 09/05/2014 12:00am • When you're trying to lose weight, the formula is simple -- the number of calories you burn has to be greater than the number of calories you take in. Despite the promises of magic weight-loss pills and diets telling you to just avoid carbs and watch the pounds melt off, nutrition experts say plain 10 Financial Terms Every Investor Should Know 09/05/2014 12:00am • For a novice, it can be intimidating to invest money. There's the anxiety that comes with taking risks and knowing you may not get all of your money back. But arguably, what's even more intimidating is the investing jargon. There are a lot of buzzwords financial advisors and veteran investors use, l