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Drexel beats Cal State Northridge 55-47

Scott Rodgers and Gerald Colds each scored a game-high 13 points to lead Drexel to a 55-47 win over Cal State-Northridge on Monday night.

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NYPD: Passenger kills bus driver in fare dispute

A man stabbed a city bus driver to death over being denied a free ride, then escaped on foot Monday in the first killing of an on-duty New York City bus driver in more than a qu ...

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Police: Man swallows stolen earrings at Fla. mall

An X-ray marked the spot for southwest Florida police who say a teenager swallowed a $16 pair of earrings after taking them from a JCPenney store at a mall.

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Column: Banks using government money for deals

Critics are outraged that the nation's banks are using billions of dollars of federal bailout money to buy other banks instead of boosting their lending. But is that really such ...

Leisure Living: Prices holding up in ski areas

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Patient photos aid docs reading faceless CT scans

Imagine sitting in a dark room all day, evaluating CT scans and other medical images on a computer screen but never actually seeing real patients. That's life for many radiologi ...

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Regulators hang up on cell tower backup rules

Federal regulators have rejected proposed changes by the Federal Communications Commission that would require all U.S. cell phone towers to have at least eight hours of backup p ...

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UN officials launch "Year of the Gorilla"

The "Year of the Gorilla" began Monday _ a U.N. effort to raise money for primates threatened with extinction from disease, hunting and deforestation.

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Pastor who helped get "under God" in Pledge dies

The Rev. George M. Docherty, credited with helping to push Congress to insert the phrase "under God" into the Pledge of Allegiance, has died at 97.

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Philippines stock index tumbles 4.7 percent

Philippine shares tumbled Tuesday, dragged down by foreign selling following Wall Street's plunge overnight after a leading economic think tank declared the U.S. already in rece ...

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Official: MSNBC pundit may seek Pa. Senate seat

A Pennsylvania Democratic party leader says MSNBC pundit Chris Matthews may be considering a run for U.S. Senate in 2010.

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Obama plans to name 4 more Cabinet posts on Monday

President-elect Barack Obama plans to announce longtime advisers and political foes alike as his picks for top administration jobs at a Monday news conference, nominating one-ti ...

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`Cadillac Records' plays song you've heard before

Darnell Martin could have made an entire movie about Muddy Waters. Or Etta James. Or Chuck Berry.

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Mario Lopez in talks to host Miss America again

Mario Lopez is in negotiations to once again host the Miss America pageant.

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iTunes: Coldplay, Leona Lewis topped sales in 2008

Coldplay was the hottest iTunes album download this year: Its "Viva la Vida" was crowned the best-selling album of 2008, while Leona Lewis's "Bleeding Love" ...

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Former UCLA hospital worker admits selling records

A former employee of UCLA Medical Center pleaded guilty Monday to selling information from the medical records of celebrities and high-profile patients, including Britney Spears ...

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Ecclestone expects gold medals in place for 2009

Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone is confident his proposal for the world drivers' championship to be decided by gold medals awarded to race winners will be implemented next se ...

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Madonna, Alex Rodriguez in Mexico City

A-Rod and Madonna were together _ in the same city, anyway.

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Houston's WNBA team disbanding

The Houston Comets, a franchise that won the first four WNBA championships, is disbanding.

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Mount St. Mary's defeats American 57-52

Jeremy Goode scored 22 of his career-high 29 points in the second half and Mount St. Mary's, Md., won at American for the first time in 43 years, 57-52 on Monday night.

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Giants talking about Burress' future with the team

The New York Giants might make a decision on Plaxico Burress' immediate football future before the justice system or the NFL hands down rulings.

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Tour tries another fix for FedEx Cup

The PGA Tour revamped its FedEx Cup race Tuesday for the third straight year of its existence, this one geared at making sure that the winner of the $10 million prize is decided ...

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