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AP Interview: Penn St. AD Curley on new tix plan

Penn State's athletic department oversees 29 varsity sports, but the most popular one, football, generates the most revenue and helps pay for most other activities.

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Robbery motive in deaths of 5 in rural Arkansas

Thieves shot to death five Arkansas family members and burned their bodies for the meager bounty of a set of wheel rims and some flat-screen televisions, police said court docum ...

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Ala. court says woman can't claim $41.8M jackpot

The Alabama Supreme Court says a woman who thought she had hit a jackpot worth almost $42 million at the Victoryland electronic bingo center will end up empty handed. The court ...

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ALL BUSINESS: Economics 101, by way of toy hamster

In a world full of economic indicators, the best one during the holiday season may prove to be a furry toy hamster.

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Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cluster reported in NC

Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday.

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Flurry of IPOs signals IPO rebound to continue

The flurry of initial public offerings this week is confirmation that this fall's rebound in the market wasn't a fluke and sets the stage for more companies to raise money throu ...

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Report: Bangladeshi mom doesn't want twins back

The mother of recently separated conjoined Bangladeshi twins does not want custody of the daughters she gave up for adoption and wants them to have new lives in Australia, newsp ...

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Bishops discuss authority over Catholic colleges

Fallout continues from the summer controversy over the University of Notre Dame awarding an honorary degree to President Barack Obama, who supports abortion rights.

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Moderate Dems pivotal in Saturday health care vote

Suitably opaque, Section 2006 takes up only a few dozen lines in a sweeping health care bill that runs to 2,074 pages and mentions neither Sen. Mary Landrieu nor her state of Lo ...

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Big crowds expected as Palin kicks off book tour

Huge crowds are expected when Sarah Palin kicks off her national book tour in Michigan.

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Go 'Rogue' in brief: Alaska, campaign, family, oil

Not a speed reader? Want to get through Sarah Palin's new book in a flash?

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Chief: I didn't try to sell Parker-Broderick items

An eastern Ohio police chief accused of breaking into the home of the woman who carried twins for Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick says he never discussed selling item ...

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NYC TV newsman guilty of attempted assault on wife

Cable television newsman Dominic Carter, an influential reporter on New York politics, was convicted Friday of an attempted assault on his wife.

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Warrant: Drug in Jackson case came from Vegas firm

Michael Jackson's doctor bought a powerful anesthetic in Nevada and had it shipped to California, where it was found at the pop singer's bedside after he died, court documents r ...

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"Going Rogue" is going big

"Going Rogue" is going big.

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Far from track, suspended Mayfield holds auction

Jeremy Mayfield sat in the back of his large barn Friday morning about 800 miles from where NASCAR's season-ending weekend was kicking off. Several hundred people surrounded him ...

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Pricey gift: MLB offers Series film set for $2,229

Major League Baseball has the perfect gift to bust a budget in a recession.

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Kings owner will no longer operate WNBA franchise

The Sacramento Monarchs folded on Friday, a shocking and disappointing development for the WNBA and one of its original eight franchises.

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Ohio State-Michigan series has slipped in stature

The Game has lost a lot of luster.

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NFL union pans reporting on teammates' concussions

The NFL Players Association opposes commissioner Roger Goodell's call for players to tell their teams' medical staffs if they think a teammate shows symptoms of a concussion, sa ...

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Wie withdraws, Ochoa leads LPGA Tour Championship

Michelle Wie couldn't take the pain one week after taking the spotlight at Lorena Ochoa's tournament.

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Shanahan retires from NHL after 21 seasons

Brendan Shanahan is retiring from the NHL after 21 seasons and an almost certain Hall of Fame career.

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Germany and Canada win WC skeleton races

The home-ice advantage for the U.S. skeleton team vanished for the second straight week in World Cup competition and Canada and Germany took advantage in the snowless Adirondack ...

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