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Rookie center Russell Bodine gets chance to start 05/27/2014 04:56pm • JOE KAY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) -- Center Russell Bodine would snap the ball, hold a block a couple seconds and watch his running back dart past and head upfield, making one defender after another miss.It worked at North Carolina. He and running back Giovani Bernard will get a chance to try Once world's heaviest man cremated in Mexico 05/27/2014 03:16pm • MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) -- A Mexican man once listed as the world's heaviest human has been cremated after dying Monday at the age of 48.The body of Manuel Uribe was brought to the Serorrey funeral home aboard a flat-bed truck, on the same special bed where he spent much of the last decade.Funeral ho WWI Museum highlights century-old war 05/27/2014 09:31am • MARIA SUDEKUM Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The site of the National World War I Museum has weathered a whiplash arc from prominence to decline and back to distinction. With the centenary of the start of World War I being marked this summer, the museum is working to highlight the story o Big insurance rate hikes in the future? 05/27/2014 03:38am • TOM MURPHY AP Business Writer The wild hikes in health insurance rates that blindsided many Americans in recent years may become less frequent because of the health care overhaul.Final rates for 2015 won't be out for months, but early filings from insurers suggest price increases of 10 percent or mo Thai coup leader: Don't protest, it's no use 05/27/2014 03:06am • TODD PITMAN Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) -- Bolstered by an endorsement from Thailand's king, the nation's new military ruler issued a stark warning Monday to anyone opposed to last week's coup: don't cause trouble, don't criticize, don't protest -- or else the nation could revert to the "old days" Mexican man, once world's heaviest, dies at 48 05/26/2014 04:01pm • PORFIRIO IBARRA Associated Press MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) -- A Mexican man once listed as the world's heaviest human being died Monday at the age of 48.Manuel Uribe had slimmed down to about 867 pounds (394 kilograms), well below his then-record peak weight of 1,230 pounds (560 kilograms), which was c Auto parts price-fixing probe rattles industry 05/26/2014 12:46pm • ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- An investigation into price-fixing and bid-rigging in the auto parts industry has mushroomed into the Justice Department's largest criminal antitrust probe ever, and it's not over yet.The investigation, made public four years ago with FBI raids in the 5 factors that could sway insurance prices in 2015 05/26/2014 11:09am • TOM MURPHY AP Business Writer Customers who bought health insurance on the overhaul's public exchanges can expect a flurry of reports about big price hikes and some decreases for 2015 as insurers finalize their rates over the next few weeks. But they shouldn't give much weight to any of this.The act 5 factors that could sway insurance prices in 2015 05/26/2014 11:09am • TOM MURPHY AP Business Writer Customers who bought health insurance on the overhaul's public exchanges can expect a flurry of reports about big price hikes and some decreases for 2015 as insurers finalize their rates over the next few weeks. But they shouldn't give much weight to any of this.The act Big plans in works for NYC's gritty 'Wild West' 05/25/2014 09:36am • VERENA DOBNIK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- It was once a gritty stretch of Manhattan known for rail yards, warehouses and aging industrial buildings, so desolate it was dubbed "The Wild, Wild West."Now, one of the nation's biggest private construction projects is transforming a stretch of Manha Tackling poverty: DC community tries new approach 05/25/2014 05:16am • KIMBERLY HEFLING AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- The corner Safeway is long gone, closed after looting following Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination in 1968. Some residents have no choice but to buy groceries from an old ice-cream truck. Others rely on men known as "riders" who transport s 5 things to watch for during pope's Mideast trip 05/24/2014 11:15am • JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) -- Pope Francis' trip to the Middle East offers a host of symbolically important -- and potentially problematic -- moments, from the gifts he'll receive to the venues he'll visit and words he will pronounce. Here are five things to look for during his t Analysis: US plays down warming China-Russia ties 05/24/2014 08:36am • MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration is playing down an increasingly warm relationship between its main global rivals, China and Russia, that it may have inadvertently encouraged.U.S. officials maintain there is nothing to fear from the growing alliance betwee 'World's ugliest woman' pursues anti-bullying film 05/23/2014 03:03pm • ENRIQUE LOPETEGUI Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- In December 2013, she inspired millions with her TED Talk. Now Lizzie Velasquez, once called "the world's ugliest woman," hopes to reach an even-wider audience through an anti-bullying documentary about her story."I know what it is to be bulli South Dakota couples challenge gay marriage ban 05/22/2014 08:16pm • KEVIN BURBACH Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Six couples filed a federal lawsuit Thursday seeking to block South Dakota's gay marriage ban, leaving North Dakota as the only state in the country with an unchallenged law prohibiting same-sex weddings.The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Cou