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Islamist militia now guards US Embassy in Libya 09/01/2014 07:52am • TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- An Islamist-allied militia group in control of Libya's capital now guards the U.S. Embassy and its residential compound, a commander said Sunday, as onlookers toured the abandoned homes of diplomats who fled the country more than a month ago.An Associated Press journalist saw Bautista homers again, Jays rally past Yankees 4-3 08/31/2014 07:06pm • IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) -- The Blue Jays finished off a forgettable August with their biggest power display of the month.Jose Bautista homered for the fifth straight game and Toronto erased a three-run deficit to beat the New York Yankees 4-3 on Sunday.Edwin Encarnacion and Melky Jeter can't come through, Yankees lose 4-3 to Jays 08/31/2014 06:56pm • IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) -- Derek Jeter's final regular-season at-bat in Canada didn't go the way he or the New York Yankees wanted.Jose Bautista homered for the fifth straight game and the Toronto Blue Jays erased a three-run deficit to beat the Yankees 4-3 on Sunday.Jeter had a c Oklahoma's RB trio dominates Louisiana Tech 08/31/2014 02:38pm • CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer NORMAN, Okla. (AP) -- In the old wishbone days at Oklahoma, Barry Switzer's teams often would have three or more backs put up big numbers.The fourth-ranked Sooners went old school with a twist in their 48-16 win over Louisiana Tech on Saturday night.Samaje Perine, Keith Sam cut from Rams, but may still have NFL future 08/31/2014 02:20pm • R.B. FALLSTROM AP Sports Writer ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Not long after Michael Sam waved to an adoring crowd at Missouri's season opener, he looked down at his cell phone.It was 3 p.m. CT, the deadline for NFL teams to pare rosters to 53 players. And the Rams coach was talking to the players who didn't ma Poland honors Solidarity with new culture center 08/31/2014 02:12pm • GDANSK, Poland (AP) -- Poland's new European Solidarity Center should help raise future generations with an appreciation of freedom and democracy, President Bronislaw Komorowski said as the center opened on Sunday.Komorowski and Lech Walesa, the legendary Solidarity leader and former president, both Dillashaw successfully defends bantamweight title 08/31/2014 01:42am • MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- T.J. Dillashaw successfully defended his bantamweight title with a fifth-round TKO over late fill-in Joe Soto at UFC 177 on Saturday night.Dillashaw (12-2) was never hurt in his first title defense and playfully toyed with the crowd, sticki Barao removed, Soto to fight Dillashaw at UFC 177 08/29/2014 09:20pm • MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- T.J. Dillashaw was looking forward to beating the man he won the UFC bantamweight title from in May and cementing his status as one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the business.Instead, Dillashaw will have to settle for a last-minut Power faces final obstacles in IndyCar title race 08/29/2014 09:00pm • GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer FONTANA, Calif. (AP) -- Will Power will start the final race in his IndyCar championship chase from the next-to-last spot on the grid. Way up front on the pole is Helio Castroneves, Power's teammate and the driver with the most realistic chance of catching him for the s Gurley ready for big season _ if he stays healthy 08/29/2014 06:45pm • PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATHENS, Ga. (AP) -- For Todd Gurley, the key to avoiding another injury marred season is simple."Just run harder," he said, chuckling.Georgia's dynamic running back will be on display in one of the key games of college football's opening weekend, leading the No. 12 Bul USF determined to not stumble in another opener 08/29/2014 04:20pm • FRED GOODALL AP Sports Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- One year later, the bitter disappointment of losing their season opener to a Football Championship Subdivision team lingers in the minds of the South Florida Bulls.Players say it serves as motivation in the weight room and on the practice field every Arlington Doctor Charged With Running Oxycodone Ring 08/29/2014 01:15pm • Dr. Derron McRae Simon, who ran the WithinMe MD medical clinic at 5275 Lee Hwy in Arlington, has been indicted on charges that he ran an oxycodone distribution ring. Starting in February 2013, federal prosecutors say Simon and five co-conspirators wrote, filled and sold fraudulent prescriptions for Image of Asia: A healthy trio of panda cubs 08/29/2014 08:12am • The Associated Press In this photo by Kin Cheung, panda triplets are examined at their 1-month medical checkup at the Chimelong Safari Park in Guangzhou, China. The official Xinhua News Agency says the girl and two boys are healthy and have grown to about a kilogram in weight since their birth July Shades of Pigpen: We travel with our own germs 08/29/2014 07:28am • LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sorry, clean freaks. No matter how well you scrub your home, it's covered in bacteria from your own body. And if you pack up and move, new research shows, you'll rapidly transfer your unique microbial fingerprint to the doorknobs, countertops and Shades of Pigpen: We travel with our own germs 08/29/2014 07:28am • LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sorry, clean freaks. No matter how well you scrub your home, it's covered in bacteria from your own body. And if you pack up and move, new research shows, you'll rapidly transfer your unique microbial fingerprint to the doorknobs, countertops and