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• Lance Armstrong stripped of his 7 Tour de France titles
  Geneva — Cycling’s governing body agreed Monday to strip Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles and ban him for life, following a ...
• Debate cooking over smartphones in restaurants
  The digital divide is wider than ever between diners who talk, tweet and snap pictures mid-meal and those who wish they’d just shut up, shut down ...
• Big Bird costumes fly off the shelves after Romney...
  Can’t figure out how to dress as a binder full of women for Halloween? There’s always Big Bird, the other star of the U.S. presidential debates. ...
• After slow start, Welker back in middle of Patriots...
  So much for Wes Welker’s disappearing act. For the Patriots first two games, his playing time mysteriously dropped. In the ...
• Obituary: ‘Moon River’ crooner Andy Williams...
  With a string of gold albums, a hit TV series and the signature “Moon River,” Andy Williams was a voice of the 1960s, although not the ’60s we ...
• Ravens, Smith have little prep time after emotional...
  The Ravens don’t have much time to re-energize themselves after an emotionally draining win over the New England Patriots. Baltimore must shift ...
• ‘Homeland’ stars Claire Danes and Damian Lewis...
  Claire Danes and Damian Lewis of “Homeland” each won leading actor Emmy Awards on Sunday, while Aaron Paul won for best supporting drama actor ...
• Nervous times in New York
  Joe Girardi chewed out an umpire at Tampa Bay, was brusque with reporters after a loss to Baltimore and snapped at a heckling fan in ...
• Elvis’ ex-wife Priscilla, daughter greet fans on...
  Thousands of devotees converged on Graceland to mark the 35th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death and got a surprise welcome from the King’s ...
• Lawyers for Kardashian, husband spar over pace of...
  Kim Kardashian’s divorce has engulfed her family and network, literally.Attorneys for her estranged husband sought detailed records Wednesday ...
• Bring on the show!
  With a little British pomp and a lot of British pop, London brought the curtain down on a glorious Olympic Games on Sunday in a spectacular, ...
• Phelps has the most medals, but does most mean best?
  The greatest? When it comes to Michael Phelps, the answer seems obvious with just a cursory glance of the medals table. The guy has won 16 golds ...
• Jermaine Jackson expresses regret about family turmoil
  Jermaine Jackson called for an end to the public feud Wednesday that has embroiled his family for more than a week, saying issues over the care ...
• Aging graffiti artists in New York still have urge...
  In torn jeans and saddled with a black backpack, Andrew Witten glances up and down the street for police. The 51-year-old then whips out a black ...
• Key results on drugs to fight Alzheimer’s expected...
  We’re about to find out if there will be a way anytime soon to slow the course of Alzheimer’s disease. Results are due within a month or so from ...
• ‘Breaking Bad’ returns for penultimate season...
  Turns out “Breaking Bad” is an inadvertent argument for “Obamacare.”Consider: if affordable health care had been available to Walter White when ...
• Preserving maritime tradition
  With a river basin view that mesmerizes, out-of-towners might miss the tree trunks stacked along the street by Harold Burnham’s shipyard. But ...
• Parise, Suter answer call of the Wild
  The Minnesota Wild were a starless team in need of a big-time jolt to get the franchise back to the point of being worthy of playing in “the ...
• Disney’s ‘Brave’ tops box office
  A new Disney princess has ascended to the box-office throne with a No. 1 debut for Pixar Animation’s “Brave.”The latest from the makers of ...
• Barefoot trend can cause injuries: experts
  Swept by the barefoot running craze, ultramarathoner Ryan Carter ditched his sneakers for footwear that mimics the experience of striding unshod. ...
• Nothing is guaranteed in this Game 6
  NEWARK, N.J. — Eighteen years ago, Mark Messier set the stage for one of sports’ most dramatic moments. On the eve of the New York Rangers’ ...
• Donna Summer, Grammy-winning Queen of Disco, dies at 63
  NEW YORK — Disco queen Donna Summer, whose pulsing anthems such as “Last Dance,” ”Love to Love You Baby“ and ”Bad Girls“ became the soundtrack ...
• Sea Shepherd’s Canadian leader Paul Watson...
  FRANKFURT, Germany — The Canadian founder of an environmental activist group known for its confrontations with whalers and fishermen has been ...
• Facebook updates data policy
  New York - Facebook is updating its data use policy in an attempt to give people, including users from throughout Newfoundland and Labrador, more ...
• Bird flu papers cause controversy
  Four months ago the U.S. government sought to block publication of two studies about how scientists created an easily spread form of bird flu. ...
• Newsman Mike Wallace dead at 93
  CBS newsman Mike Wallace, the dogged, merciless reporter and interviewer who took on politicians, celebrities and other public figures in a ...
• Mythic mayhem resumes in perfunctory 'Wrath of the...
  There aren't many pleasures in "Wrath of the Titans," the 3-D sequel to the 2010 "Clash of the Titans" remake. But surely one is seeing Ralph ...
• Teaching the titan
  Eleven-year-old John Payne has been a student of the Titanic since kindergarten.He has scrupulously researched the ship, built a model out of ...
• Cameron back from bottom of the world
  Hollywood icon James Cameron has made it to Earth’s deepest point and back. The Canadian director of “Titanic,” “Avatar” and other films used a ...
• Turkish military Sikorsky helicopter crashes into...
  KABUL, Afghanistan — A Turkish military helicopter — a Sikorsky (though the model is not yet known) — crashed into a house near the Afghan ...