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Falcons want big improvement from guys up front 07/26/2014 08:16pm • PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) -- Through the first two days of training camp, the Atlanta Falcons look just fine along the offensive line.Of course, let's see how they do when they break out the pads."We're out here in pajamas," guard Justin Blalock quipped.All joking aside Miller reshapes physique and image in 2014 07/26/2014 05:08pm • ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) -- Von Miller wants to forget about last season, not just the way it began with a drug suspension and ended with a torn ACL but also how he experimented with packing on too much muscle.He's dropped at least 25 pounds, saying, "a Ferrari is Colts' Ballard out for season due to torn Achilles 07/26/2014 05:02pm • MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) -- Colts running back Vick Ballard spent 10 months working his way back from a serious injury.Now he has to do it again.On Saturday, coach Chuck Pagano confirmed Indianapolis' worst fear -- that Ballard tore his left Achilles' tendon and will need s Questions linger after missing teen returns home 07/26/2014 03:49pm • LYNNE TUOHY Associated Press NORTH CONWAY, N.H. (AP) -- Since 15-year-old Abigail Hernandez returned home last week, her photo has been taken off the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's website. The missing-person posters that hung in her hometown for nine months are now scrawled wi Walsh, Locke ready for outdoor Vikings home games 07/26/2014 03:48pm • DAVE CAMPBELL AP Pro Football Writer MANKATO, Minn. (AP) -- The kicker and the punter on any team had better get along, with all the time the specialists spend together and apart from the rest of the players.Blair Walsh and Jeff Locke started their friendship well in advance, as high school prospect Camps are open, training rooms will get busy 07/26/2014 01:32pm • ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer Now that training camps are underway, team owners and fantasy football fans alike are holding their collective breath, praying to reach the regular season with their rosters intact.Chances are they won't.Three playmaking linebackers didn't even make it through Worries about US consumers drag stocks lower 07/26/2014 12:54pm • KEN SWEET AP Markets Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Investors got some bad news about the American shopper on Friday, driving down stocks and sending the Dow Jones industrial average to a loss for the week.Two major U.S. companies -- the retail giant Amazon and the credit card processor Visa -- both said t College football workouts not for the meek 07/26/2014 04:00am • JOHN MARSHALL AP College Football Writer TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) -- The massive men ran from one station to the next, barely taking a second to catch their breath between rounds of sit-ups, push-ups and throwing weighted balls against a wall.They moved on to the weights next, easily whipping bars with mul Confident Cardinals open camp expecting success 07/25/2014 10:40pm • GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- After going 10-6 and barely missing the playoffs, the Arizona Cardinals are a confident but wary bunch as they open their second training camp under coach Bruce Arians."You can sense the energy" among the players, said defensive tackle Darnell Dockett. "These guys, they know Jaguars open camp amid renovations on, off field 07/25/2014 08:04pm • JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Jacksonville Jaguars coach Gus Bradley's first team meeting of training camp included a video.And not his usual PowerPoint presentation, either.Bradley called his players into the stadium Thursday night to watch panoramic clips of the city on the team's new scoreboards -- Rowsell wins track pursuit, England leads in golds 07/25/2014 05:36pm • DENNIS PASSA AP Sports Writer GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) -- Track cyclist Joanna Rowsell helped England break New Zealand and Australian domination of the individual pursuit at the Commonwealth Games on Friday.While Scottish comedian Billy Connolly watched with Chris Hoy -- in the velodrome named after Anti-violence youth gunned down, but not silenced 07/25/2014 04:22pm • FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- Dressed in jeans, a low-neck T-shirt and white sneakers, 19-year-old Ravon Jordan strode confidently to the podium to address the city council.He had just three minutes, so he got right to the point: Eleven days earlier, on May 1, Jordan's best friend, Shaniqua Simmons, an Stocks sink...NHTSA looks into complaints about Dodge Chargers, Chevy Impalas 07/25/2014 03:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks are sinking in afternoon trading on Wall Street, dragged down by disappointing news from Visa and Amazon. Amazon shares slumped 11 percent after the online retail giant posted a much wider loss than analysts had forecast, hit by expenses. Visa fell 4 percent after the credit Giants LB Beason hopes to play in preseason 07/25/2014 02:49pm • EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- Injured middle linebacker Jon Beason said Friday he is hopeful he can play in a preseason game for the New York Giants.Beason has been sidelined since breaking a bone in his right foot and incurring ligament damage in June. The 29-year-old Beason is running on an underw Coyote reportedly spotted in Prince William County 07/25/2014 12:53pm • Sophie Ho, special to wtop.com WASHINGTON -- A coyote was reportedly seen by a resident in the Buckhall area of Prince William County, according to a release from the Prince William Health District. Coyotes can be found throughout Virginia and according to the state's Department of Game and Inl